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Trump Brags in Private He’s Stopped a COVID Second Wave

By Erin Banco, Asawin Suebsaeng

As the president boasts about crushing the deadly virus, his team is struggling to figure out how to handle a resurgence and acknowledging a vaccine may not be too close.

White Privilege Is Real. I Know. I Lost Mine After 9/11.

By Dean Obeidallah

Before Sept. 11, 2001, I had all the benefits of being thought of as white. But because I’m Arab and Muslim, that changed. Trump could never understand this.

Iowa Guv Ignores Feds as Virus Continues to Spread

By Hunter Woodall

“I’m not judging her by issuing a mask mandate here,” said Brad Hart, the Republican mayor of Cedar Rapids. “I’m just trying to protect Cedar Rapidians.”

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Man Known as BabyQ Is in Trouble for Using Synthetic Penis

By Will Sommer

Just your average day in the Qniverse.

Trump Unleashed a National Nightmare Far Longer Than Nixon’s

By Margaret Carlson

If he’d told us what he told Woodward, this really might all be winding down now, and he’d be favored for re-election. But that would have meant not lying.

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Russian Trolls Tried to Infiltrate Left-Wing Media

By Adam Rawnsley, Maxwell Tani

Jacobin, Truthout, and In These Times were all targeted by trolls in a (failed) attempt to court the American left.

Hugo Weaving: Why the Alt-Right’s Got ‘The Matrix’ All Wrong

By Marlow Stern

The Australian screen star opens up to Marlow Stern about Trump’s narcissism, Guy Fawkes masks, and how men’s rights activists have co-opted “The Matrix.”

How Sportswriters Capture the Action From Outside the Bubble

By Robert Silverman

Journalists working from home are figuring out new ways to cover the NBA beat.

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1. RNC Chair Asks Trump: Where the Hell Have Our TV Ads Gone?

MONEY TALKS

Ronna McDaniel reportedly told the president she was very worried about the level of cost-cutting in Trump’s 2020 campaign.

2. Half a Million People Flee Oregon’s Out-of-Control Blazes

CLIMATE CHANGED

Gov. Kate Brown said more than 900,000 acres of her state have gone up in flames over the past three days, with next to zero containment.

3. The Kate Spade Surprise Sale Is—No Surprise—an Amazing Deal

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4. ‘Choke-Slamming’ Secret Service Agent Cleared of Wrongdoing

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Viral footage from the 2016 campaign showed a Secret Service agent performing a WWE-style choke-slam on a Time magazine photographer at a Trump rally.

5. Team Trump Misspells ‘Nobel’ in Ad Touting Prize Nomination

PIECE DE RÉSISTANCE

Even if it was spelled correctly, the nomination is a publicity stunt barely worth celebrating.

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