08/20/2020 05:21 CDT

NEW STUDY SHOWS YOUNG PEOPLE WAY SAFER FROM VIRUS THAN THEY THINK; NO BIDEN BOUNCE FROM KAMALA HARRIS PICK; WHITMER BLOCKING FOOTBALL

TODAY’S TOP TEN

VIRUS FEAR FACTOR: AMERICANS SCARED BEYOND THE FACTS

AMERICANS MASSIVELY OVERESTIMATING risk of coronavirus, particularly young people, analysis finds. Franklin Templeton.

• More evidence that shutdowns are useless. Power Line.

RASMUSSEN POLL: BIDEN’S LEAD OVER TRUMP falls 2 points after naming Kamala Harris his running mate. Breitbart.

BROADCAST RATINGS FOR DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION off dramatically from 2016. The Hill.

MICHIGAN LOCKDOWN GOVERNOR WHITMER reportedly blockading Big Ten football season. OutKick.

GOODYEAR TRIES TO BACKTRACK AFTER INCLUSION policy shown to be biased. PJ Media.

DEMOCRAT PARTY PLATFORM: BAN ONLINE AMMO SALES, license all gun owners. Breitbart.

RESTORATION PAC EXTENDS ITS DEVASTATING anti-Trump TV ad into Pennsylvania with large buy. Breitbart.

OREGON DEM CONGRESSMAN CHAINS SELF to USPS drop box to save it from Donald Trump. Legal Insurrection.

THE U.S. COMMISSION ON UNALIENABLE RIGHTS sidesteps abortion. National Review.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL application features question about George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks. Daily Caller.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• I never considered homeschooling before coronavirus. Now I’m hooked. Jeannette Ellis.
• Republican convention needs to be better than Democratic version. David Marcus.
• They are against Trump — but what are they for? Michael Goodwin.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Bill Gates: “You don’t have a choice!” Tony Heller.
• What happened to Joe Biden? Donald J. Trump.
• Radical Democrat at convention asks “why can’t folks imagine a world without cops?” Donald J. Trump.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• The mystery of America’s “Lost Colony.” The Virginian-Pilot.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@LisaMarieBoothe) The #DNCConvention is an absolute parody. Cuomo on COVID. Bill Clinton on chaos in the Oval Office. Elizabeth Warren on Native American issues. Are we being punked? Tweet.
• (@IngrahamAngle) Please, please tell us Joe's big plan to fight the virus -- Is that the same plan that Cuomo used in New York? Or is it the plan that Whitmer used in Michigan? Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• NEWT: BIDEN-HARRIS TICKET WILL COLLAPSE between now and election due to these 3 factors. Fox News.

LATEST RESTORATION PAC POLLS

• Trump -11 Michigan.
• Trump -12 Wisconsin.
• Trump -5 Pennsylvania.
• July polling results.

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• AG Barr Announces 1000 Arrests From Operation Legend – 200 Charged With Federal Crimes BONGINO REPORT.