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Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Here's a snapshot of what I've heard:The Democrats today kick off a convention season that will be unlike any other — due to the coronavirus — where the programming will consist of speeches and performances from different remote locations.Here’s the Monday night lineup of speeches, which will take place from 9:00 pm ET to 11:00 pm ET:FYI: Convention planners say most of the speeches and segments will be shorter than in years past – think between two and five minutes.As for the Republican counterprogramming, President Trump will be traveling to Minnesota and Wisconsin to deliver economic speeches in the afternoon.While Democrats were supposed to flood Milwaukee this week for their convention, it’s the Republicans who have in-person events in Wisconsin this week.But as both campaigns embark on dramatically different strategies regarding in-person events, the DNC and Biden campaign are out with The ad just started running this morning, first in Washington D.C. according to the ad trackers ad Advertising Analytics.

)Also from our poll: 53 percent of voters say Trump didn’t take the coronavirus threat seriously at the beginning — and still isn’t handling it well.That’s another 50 percent problem for the president.And that storyline continues today, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling the House What makes the controversy so politically potent is that this is something that affects EVERYONE.“This is something — in a way like the virus — that everyone is experiencing in their own specific way,” NBC’s Kasie Hunt said on THREAD: Postal Service policy changes are taking a toll on military veterans, whose mail-order medications are delayed. "Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Group calls out sexist reporting of woman VP candidatesNo, Fox News, this reporter didn't call the press secretary a 'lying b**ch'Tucker Carlson addresses top show writer's resignationTucker Carlson suggests senator who served in Iraq 'hates America'Mary Trump book to be published early due to high demandFired Fox News anchor Ed Henry accused of rape in lawsuitWhy reporters at Voice of America are worried it may turn into 'Voice of Trump'

Alexander asked, "What do you say to Americans who are scared?" "Let me just tell you something," Trump added. "And the same with NBC and Comcast.

But that one political party can run an attack ad based off of the other’s decision to hold in-person events is yet another sign of how COVID-19 has flipped political campaigning on its head.When is the deadline to register in your state? "You see yourself as a wartime President right now, leading the country through a pandemic that we are experiencing," Collins noted. Trump News Today tries hard to publish content from viewpoints across the entire political spectrum. All rights reserved.

And you ought to get back to reporting instead of sensationalism.

After striking a somber tone earlier in the week, Trump in recent days has returned to his usual attacks against the press. "Moments later, Kaitlan Collins, a White House correspondent for CNN, asked Trump if it was appropriate to embark on tirades against members of the news media during a public health crisis. All rights reserved. "That's really bad reporting. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.President Donald Trump arrives for a news conference at the White House, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.Reporter asks Trump: What do you say to scared Americans?Reporter asks Trump: What do you say to scared Americans?After arrest, Jimmy Lai denies colluding with foreign forcesTucker Carlson's guest corrects his pronunciation of Kamala HarrisDo TikTok and WeChat pose real threats to national security?

"Instead of rebuking the right-wing personality for the question, Trump on Thursday boasted that he had canceled the White House's subscriptions to the country's major newspapers. Can you vote by mail without an excuse?

Trump defended his verbal assault on Alexander, saying he's "not a good journalist" and launching into another rant against him. I call it 'Con-Cast.'"