08/14/2020 05:12 CDT

BIDEN COMES OUT OF BASEMENT TO URGE NATIONWIDE MASK MANDATE AND TRUMP MOCKS; FACT CHECKERS IGNORE KAMALA’S LIES; DEMS LIMIT AOC TO 60 SECONDS

TODAY’S TOP TEN

TRUMP SLAPS DOWN BIDEN’S SILLY MASK PLAN

PRESIDENT TRUMP MOCKS BIDEN’S PLAN for national mask mandate. CNBC.

• The folly of masks. Tony Heller.

BARR SAYS LAST NIGHT THERE WILL BE DEVELOPMENT today in Durham probe. Breitbart.

FACT CHECKERS GO ON VACATION FOR KAMALA HARRIS’ launch as VP. Daily Caller.

U.S. WEEKLY JOBLESS CLAIMS FALL UNDER 1 MILLION for first time since mid-March. CNBC.

DID STL PROSECUTORS PRESSURE DETECTIVE to lie about McCloskey case? NBC 5 St. Louis.

DOJ ACCUSES YALE OF ILLEGALLY DISCRIMINATING against white, Asian students. Just the News.

DID DAVID BROCK’S NETWORK OF GEORGE SOROS-FUNDED organizations violate federal election laws? Real Clear Investigations.

DEMOCRATS BELATEDLY TRYING LIMIT AOC’S influence by restricting her speaking time at convention to 60 seconds. Daily Wire.

MINNEAPOLIS DEMANDS TAXES FROM BUSINESS OWNERS whose businesses were destroyed by rioters. Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

TEXAS CROWD BOOS MLS PLAYERS KNEELING during the national anthem. The Federalist.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Why Trump is gaining ground on Biden. Michael Barone.
• Kamala Harris believed Joe Biden’s accusers — until she didn’t. Bethany Mandel.
• Critics of hydroxychloroquine, including Fauci, are dangerously wrong. Dr. Harvey Risch.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Trump says Middle East easier to deal with than Democrats. Free Beacon.
• Trump slams Biden, Harris in free-wheeling Fox Business interview. Mediate.
• Obama, Biden, and others mispronounce Kamala Harris. Free Beacon.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• Liberals upset that President Trump wants to ease showerhead rules. Associated Press.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@EmeraldRobinson) Chris Wallace telling his viewers that Kamala Harris is "not too far left" is a classic example of gaslighting your own audience. Tweet.
• (@MattWalshBlog) The national media's blackout of the Cannon Hinnant story is breathtaking. It's possibly the most heinous murder in memory -- a child executed at point blank range while riding his bike in his dad's yard -- and the national media has said nothing. Seriously, nothing. Incredible. Tweet.

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• HUGH HEWITT GRILLS SENATOR RON JOHNSON over failure to subpoena key Obamagate witnesses. Real Clear Politics.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• President Trump Announces Historic Peace Deal Between Israel and UAE BONGINO REPORT.