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Republican National Convention

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• “Land of Greatness”: Everything you need to see from the final night of the RNC (The Daily Caller)

• Full transcript of President Trump’s speech (The Patriot Post)

• David Dorn’s widow eviscerates the Black Lives Matter narrative (PJ Media)

• Alice Johnson praises Trump for First Step Act, urges compassion for “forgotten faces” (The Hill)

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Elsewhere in Politics

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• After watching three days of the RNC, Pelosi says Joe Biden should stay in his basement (The Federalist)

• White supremacist who organized Charlottesville race riots endorses Biden (The Federalist)

• Sen. Rand Paul thanks DC cops for saving him from “crazed mob” (Fox News)

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Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

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• Having “solved” so-called systemic racism with tour de force air ball, NBA players decide to resume playoffs (ESPN)

• New York Times sympathizes with adults who pursue sex with 13-year-old girls (The Federalist)

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The Latest on COVID-19

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• White House signs $750 million deal with Abbott Labs to buy 150 million rapid coronavirus tests (Business Insider)

• CDC director clarifies change in coronavirus testing guidelines after backlash (The Hill)

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Around the Nation

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• Hurricane Laura leaves six dead, homes flattened, coastal towns flooded in Louisiana (The Weather Channel)

• 17-year-old suspect in Jacob Blake protest shooting is charged with two counts of homicide (NBC News)

• Boneheaded Virginia Senate approves bill to downgrade penalty for assaulting a police officer (National Review)

• U.S. Marshals recover 39 missing children in Georgia operation (FOX 5 Atlanta)

• Homeschooling rate doubles as school satisfaction plummets (Foundation for Economic Education)

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Other Notables

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• After correction, study that claimed mutilating trans people helps them now finds the opposite (The Federalist)

• Japanese PM Shinzo Abe resigning over resurfacing of chronic illness (Fox News)

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Closing Arguments

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• Policy: California’s green dream is actually a nightmare (Washington Examiner)

• Policy: Why does the Post Office forbid private competition? (Foundation for Economic Education)

• Humor: Millions of American pets eager to vote by mail in their first presidential election this year (Genesius Times)

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