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Pelosi, Schumer, Maloney, Peters Statement Calling on Postmaster General and Chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors to Testify About Postal Service Sabotage — Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney …
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Talking Points Memo, Twitchy, Daily Kos, HillReporter.com, Axios and CNN
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House accelerates oversight of Postal Service as uproar grows, demanding top testify at ‘urgent’ hearing — The House Oversight Committee announced a hearing for Aug. 24, inviting Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Postal Service board of governors Chairman Robert M. Duncan
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New York Daily News, Vanity Fair, Mashable, Mediaite, The Guardian, Balloon Juice, Fox News and NPR
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State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears about mail voting — President Trump's unprecedented attacks on the U.S. Postal Service amid widespread mail delays across the country are shaking voters' faith that their ballots will be counted …
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Talking Points Memo and New York Times
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Trump's coup-by-mail is underway. America can't wait until November to fight back — First, they came for the mailboxes. — The once-fantastical notion of a political or military coup in the United States has long lingered in the American imagination. Older Boomers might remember …
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Scripting News
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Oversight Committee Calls Postmaster General to Testify at “Urgent” Hearing on Sweeping Operational and Organizational Changes
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Townhall, New York Times, Gothamist, POLITICUSUSA, NBC New York, Sputnik News and Daily Kos
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The Most Tremendous Reelection Campaign in American History Ever Inside the chaotic, desperate, last-minute Trump 2020 reboot. — For the two and a half years that he was in charge, a Brad Parscale sighting was always news at Trump campaign headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia.
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POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos and The Week
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Biden Leads Trump, 50% to 41%, in Poll Ahead of Party Conventions — President struggles to reach job approval that would make re-election more likely, while opponent draws soft support that could present turnout challenges — President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden start …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
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Biden remains ahead of Trump nationally on eve of conventions in NBC News/WSJ poll — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump continues to trail Democratic challenger Joe Biden nationally as more than 60 percent of voters say America's response to the coronavirus has been unsuccessful …
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The Hill, Breitbart, Axios and Washington Times
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Biden solidifies Democratic base support ahead of convention — Battleground Tracker poll
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The Week
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Sanders defends Harris as vice presidential pick
Sanders defends Harris as vice presidential pick
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NBC News, The Hill, One America News Network and Reuters
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Trump eyes Putin meeting before November election, say four people familiar with discussions — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has told aides he'd like to hold an in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the November election, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
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The US Sun, POLITICUSUSA, The Guardian, Bloomberg and Axios
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Kamala Harris has a message for voters who aren't feeling her and Joe Biden — EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with theGrio, Sen. Harris explains why showing up to vote is a life or death matter in the age of COVID-19. — Loading the player... Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) has a message …
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Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Associated Press, IJR, CNN, NBC News, Steve Cortes on FNS, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and New York Times
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Harris responds to Trump's birther attacks: 'They're going to engage in lies'
Harris responds to Trump's birther attacks: 'They're going to engage in lies'
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Breitbart, TheGrio, The Hill and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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Bill Barr Injures Back While Trying to Lift Mailbox Into Truck — WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Attorney General William Barr suffered what was described as a “severe back strain” while trying to lift a mailbox into a pickup truck on Saturday. — According to Barr, he tried to give the mailbox …
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‘May rent. June rent. Late fees. Penalties.’ … There's no room for disbelief in my position. I've had other people tell me: “Really? They're evicting you during a pandemic? That's crazy.” I don't know. Maybe it is. I haven't had time to sit and feel sorry.
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Iran ‘Snapback’ Isn't Worth the Risk — It would weaken the Security Council veto, which serves U.S. interests at the U.N. — For the U.S., there is one point of high principle worth dying in a ditch for at the United Nations: Never impair the Security Council veto.
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54% approve of Harris selection, including 1 in 4 Republicans: POLL — More Americans approve than disapprove by a 25-point margin. — More Americans approve than disapprove of Joe Biden's choice of Sen. Kamala Harris for the 2020 Democratic ticket by a 25-point margin, 54-29%, in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.
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The Hill and New York Post
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Suburban Housewives Take a Hard Pass on Trump's Cringeworthy Ploy — After Trump tweeted that “suburban housewives” would be voting for him, those same housewives mobilized against him the best way they knew how—on Facebook. — Earlier this week, President Donald Trump tweeted what many saw …
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Raw Story
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'I'm leaving, you guys won': Moment furious Seattle cop tells activist he's quitting because of constant unrest caused by BLM protests - just days after city's Chief of Police resigned over huge budget cut — While the circumstances surrounding the video remain unclear, the officer …
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Raw Story
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Facebook algorithm found to ‘actively promote’ Holocaust denial … Facebook's algorithm “actively promotes” Holocaust denial content according to an analysis that will increase pressure on the social media giant to remove antisemitic content relating to the Nazi genocide.
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New York Post
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‘Hidden’ Trump Voters Exist. But How Much Impact Will They Have? — Republicans insist that millions of Americans want to vote for Trump but won't admit it. Polling experts tell a different story. — MOORESVILLE, N.C. — It wasn't the most obvious spot for a flag that people usually buy to make a big statement.
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Hollywood's Apocalypse NOW: Rich and famous are fleeing in droves as liberal politics and coronavirus turn City of Dreams into cesspit plagued by junkies and violent criminals — Gold's Gym has become synonymous with the Hollywood Dream. — Set just a few hundred yards from the ocean …
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Trump's Policies Are a Boon to the Super Rich. So Where Are All the Seven-Figure Checks? — Only a small fraction of the president's top donors from 2016 have given as much to his re-election effort. — Timothy Mellon, reclusive heir to a Pittsburgh banking fortune …
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Raw Story
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Progressive Boston Doctor Seeks to Unseat “Do-Nothing Moderate Democrat” in Congress … With just over two weeks left until the Massachusetts Democratic primary, progressives across the country are focused on the high-profile primaries of Sen. Ed Markey, who is fending off a challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy …
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NYC Is Dead Forever... Here's Why — I love NYC. When I first moved to NYC, it was a dream come true. Every corner was like a theater production happening right in front of me. So much personality, so many stories. — Every subculture I loved was in NYC. I could play chess all day and night.
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Althouse and Viking Pundit
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Milwaukee's Lost Mega-Event: 'It's the Ghost Convention Now' — The Democratic convention starts Monday. But none of the leading participants will be in Milwaukee, the host city. Hotels there were closed and the bars of America's most beer-loving city were eerily barren.
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QAnon Incited Her to Kidnap Her Son and Then Hid Her From the Law — ON THE RUN — Beguiled by far-right conspiracy theories that foster care was a front for child sex-trafficking, Cyndie Abcug allegedly planned to kidnap her son. Then she went on the run. — Part Two of a Two-Part Series