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Above the Fold

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“Hurricane Laura is rapidly strengthening and is poised to strike the upper Texas coast and western Louisiana with a ferocity that has not been seen in this region in more than a decade. The storm, which leaped from a Category 1 to Category 3 overnight Tuesday, is forecast to make landfall as a ‘catastrophic’ Category 4 between Houston and Lake Charles, La., on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Hurricane and storm surge warnings cover much of this zone.” (Capital Weather Gang)

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Republican National Convention

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• “Land of Opportunity”: Everything you need to know about Night 2 of the RNC, and what to expect tonight (The Daily Caller)

• Trump hosts naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens (Washington Examiner)

• Trump pardons convicted bank robber (Washington Examiner)

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo breaks with tradition, speaks from Jerusalem (Washington Examiner)

• Republicans push hard against abortion (Washington Examiner)

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Elsewhere in Politics

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• Joe Biden gets no convention bounce (Reuters)

• Senate Democrats unveil California-style $400 billion per year climate plan (The Washington Times)

• Five decades late to the ballgame: After 48 years, Democrats endorse nuclear energy in platform (Forbes)

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Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

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• BLM thugs demand diners raise fists in support (Power Line)

• BLM thugs assault female reporter (Power Line)

• Two shot dead, one injured in Kenosha during “protests” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

• Wisconsin governor declares state of emergency after Kenosha riots (National Review)

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National Security

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• Ex-NSA chief: "I haven’t seen any lessening of [the Russian] commitment to achieving that goal of weakening our institutions. You’re seeing a consistency over time. And in fact, it predates the 2016 election.“ (NPR)

• UN Security Council rejects U.S. demand to "snap back” Iran sanctions (AP)

• Trump nominates Chad Wolf to be Homeland Security chief (NPR)

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Health

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• What you need to know about “promising” convalescent plasma and COVID-19 (The Daily Signal)

• Ohio State University suspends 228 students for violating social distancing guidelines (The Daily Wire)

• World Health Organization declares Africa polio-free (Time)

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Other Notables

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• Irony: Houston’s anti-gun police chief looking to hire officers who have been “defunded” (The Truth About Guns)

• Jerry Falwell Jr. will get $10.5 million in compensation after resignation (The Washington Post)

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Closing Arguments

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• Policy: The dismal economics of offshore wind (Manhattan Institute)

• Policy: Until cities end riots, federal authorities stand ready (The Heritage Foundation)

• Satire: AOC says global warming to blame for several fires set in BLM riots across country (Genesius Times)

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