Alex Nester is an intern at the Washington Free Beacon and will begin a fellowship with The Public Interest in September. She graduated from Hillsdale College this spring with a bachelor of arts in economics.
The Seattle City Council filed a resolution to defund the city's police department and create a "Civilian-led Department of Community Safety & Violence Prevention" on Friday. 
Seattle’s Office for Civil Rights created a whites-only racial-bias training program for city employees earlier this summer, according to recently released documents.
MSNBC host Craig Melvin on Wednesday asked Georgia state representative Vernon Jones, a pro-Trump Democrat, if he was being paid to support President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign—the second time this week the network has asked African-American supporters of the president whether they are on Trump's payroll.
Mike Siegel, Democratic candidate for Texas's 10th Congressional District, described himself as a "red-diaper baby" and likened his parents’ politics to those of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro in a recently resurfaced speech.
Federal prosecutors charged a Democratic Tennessee state senator on Wednesday with embezzlement and theft.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) endorsed Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D.) on Wednesday in her Democratic primary contest against Detroit city council president Brenda Jones, in a change of course from her past criticisms of Tlaib and other members of "The Squad."
Democratic senator Brian Schatz (Hawaii) was accused of sexism Tuesday morning after interrupting a female witness in a Senate subcommittee hearing. 
While mainstream media outlets have tried to paint Portland's protests as "mostly peaceful," local black leaders have criticized demonstrators for destroying private and public property in the city—actions that they say distract from the call for racial justice. 
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) said on Sunday that Antifa riots in Portland are a “myth.”
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