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What We’re Reading Today: Mail Troubles, Convention Reviews, TDS And SBA … And More

Election 2020

McCollister endorses Biden, invites other Nebraska Republicans to join  —  Lincoln Journal Star

Biden to ABC’s David Muir: ‘I would shut [country] down’ to prevent spread of COVID-19 if scientists recommended  —  ABC News

Rising GOP star will target Biden’s ’47-year failed record’ in major convention speech — Fox News

Mail Bombs

Judge invalidates Paterson, NJ, city council election after allegations of mail-in voter fraud — CNN

Canvassers demand answers after 72% of Detroit’s absentee ballot counts were off — Detroit News

Michigan election officials call Detroit’s primary voting problems ‘appalling,’ ‘alarming’  —  Detroit News

More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016 — NPR

Attn. Dems & media constantly claiming Trump ‘without evidence’ says mail-in voting can lead to fraud… — Twitchy

House set to vote on USPS bill amid mail-in voting controversy  —  ABC News

White House threatens to veto Democrats’ bill to provide more money to USPS — CNN

New Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought — NPR

Democrats’ Convention

The DNC Sounded Like a Eulogy for Joe Biden — The Week

Don’t be surprised if Biden doesn’t get a convention bounce in the polls. That’s not the point. — Washington Post

Maher: DNC Was Like Watching A Telethon At 2 In The Morning — Breitbart

Trump responds to ‘gloomiest’ DNC: ‘Joe Biden sees American darkness, I see American greatness’ — Washington Times

The Democratic Convention Skipped over the Biden–Harris Agenda — National Review

Misc

The US Now Has More National Debt Than The GDP Is Worth — Daily Caller

Susan B. Anthony memorial refuses to accept Trump’s pardon of civil rights leader — Just the News

Chicago Mayor Defends Policing Double Standard: ‘I Have a Right to Make Sure That My Home Is Secure’ — PJ Media

Why Does Hollywood Hate Real Estate Developers? — Reason

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California’s Power Failure Is A Frightening Preview Of Democrats’ ‘Green New Deal’

The Dems’ Phony Election Mail ‘Crisis’ Is Over, But The Real One Remains

Could Trump Executive Order Eliminate AARP’s Sweetheart Deal?

Media Lie When They Try To Sell Kamala Harris As A ‘Moderate’

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