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Above the Fold

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• “He was not just my brother, he was my best friend”: Robert Trump, younger brother of President Trump, has died (The Daily Wire)

• NYPD union endorses Trump: “We need your strong voice across the country” (New York Post)

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United States Postal Service Scheme

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• Nancy Pelosi summons House back to try to block USPS changes (Washington Examiner)

• Joe Biden and Taylor Swift embrace bizarre USPS conspiracy (The Federalist)

• Nevada sent more than 200,000 mail-in primary ballots to wrong addresses (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Twenty-eight million mail-in ballots went missing in last four elections (RealClearPolitics)

• For the record: Six myths about the USPS and the election debunked (The Federalist)

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Democratic National Convention Circus

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• Biden-Harris ticket aims to spark enthusiasm at convention after low-key campaign (Fox News)

• Trump “failure” on COVID-19 will be central message of Biden convention (The Hill)

• Black Lives Matter movement to play elevated role at convention (The Hill)

• Kamala Harris brings gun confiscation support to presidential ticket (The Washington Free Beacon)

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Government & Politics

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• “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f—k things up”: Tensions linger between Biden and Obama camps (Fox News)

• Federal appeals court rules law-evading Hillary Clinton does not have to testify in lawsuit over her emails (National Review)

• GAO rules DHS secretary and deputy are not valid officeholders (The Resurgent)

• Hawaii beach property linked to Obama, a climate alarmist, bypasses coastal protection laws (Fox News)

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Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

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• Portland protest turns violent; brutal assault caught on video (Fox News)

• More than sixty 911 calls go unanswered during Portland riot (PJ Media)

• Trump threatens to intervene in the Big Apple after another violent weekend saw 50 people shot and seven killed (UK Daily Mail)

• Costs from weeks of “protests” take financial toll on cash-strapped cities (Fox News)

• The 2020 San Francisco exodus is real, and historic (SFGate)

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Business & Economy

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• South Dakota turns down extra $300-a-week unemployment benefits from Trump administration (Fox Business)

• Iowa requests nearly $4 billion in disaster aid after derecho; the storm damaged or destroyed 13 million acres of corn (Fox Business)

• Japan was hit by its biggest economic slump on record in the second quarter (Reuters)

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Other Notables

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• Head-turner: Notorious Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down California’s ban on high-capacity magazines, says restrictions violate Second Amendment (Fox News)

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo inks deal to support more U.S. troops in Poland (AP)

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Closing Arguments

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• Policy: Environmentalists should not oppose natural gas (National Review)

• Policy: Here’s how your children are getting indoctrinated by leftist ideology (The Daily Signal)

• Humor: Study finds most Americans trust Dr. Pepper over Dr. Fauci (The Babylon Bee)

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