The Trump admin is quietly deleting info about the Capitol attack from the DOJ website as it prepares to give funds to J6ers. This week, DOJ deleted a press release about one man with an ongoing child solicitation case who came to the Capitol with bear spray. Before and after:
This press release was up when I last looked at it on Wednesday. The Website Archive has a saved version from last month.

I’m listening to Rep. Vindman’s town hall in Cherry Hill, Virginia. Hundreds in attendance. Many of the voters have introduced themselves as federal workers or people close to federal workers who are frustrated with DOGE and Musk. This is a toss up district. One woman is crying as she asks her question because she said she’s worried she might get fired for asking questions. “How am I supposed to find a job when 1000s of other federal employees and contractors are also going to be out of work?” she asks. The crowd applauded.

This is awkward: The Libertarian delegates wrapped up their voting and came in to discover that the priority seating in the room where Trump is speaking has been claimed by Trump fans. Now the Libertarian chair is asking Trump people to move, but most are not moving. The Libertarian Chair said they will now be moving the tables at the front of the room to accommodate more delegates. People are standing around now.

If you see a video clip on Twitter of a live event and are wondering why you can’t find a story on it yet, let me explain what’s happening behind the scenes as you are Googling:
1) Reporter sees the news
2) Reporter flags it to an editor
3) Editor assigns the story
(cont.) 4) Reporter reached out to relevant people, as well as experts and others for context (it might take longer depending on where the reporter is to make calls i.e. can’t make calls in events)
5) Reporter researches history and relevant background of the issue
(cont.)

During the hearing on Florida's restrictions for requiring students wear masks, one of the attorneys representing parents has been coughing all day. She told the judge she caught covid from her preschooler. This hearing is virtual because the judge said last week that there was an outbreak among court staff. Also, another attorney representing the parents says a medical expert has covid too ->

https://twitter.com/GallagherLaw/status/1429905461143379971?s=20

In a hearing for the lawsuit by parents against Florida's mask mandate ban, the legal team for DeSantis is showing a graph they say proves mandates weren't effective last year. I've asked DeSantis's office several times for the underlying data for that graph and not received it. For reference, here’s Kyle Lamb from the governor’s office sharing the graph last week on Twitter. Now the state has presented it in court, but no one from DeSantis’s office has shared the underlying data since I’ve emailed, called, tweeted, DMed and sent a records request.

https://twitter.com/kylamb8/status/1427772199365136384

Happy Friday, y'all! Inspired by readers' coronavirus questions, I wrote explainers this week to help decipher some complex topics. To figure out what people wanted to know, I dived into our newsroom's submission form ⬇️and found some great queries hosted-washpost.submissionplatform.com/sub/hosted/5e2… In the first story, I address saliva tests. The latest one to get FDA authorization was lauded as "groundbreaking." Is it? What advantages could these tests have over the traditional nasal swab? Will it become more widespread? washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08…

THREAD: @taylourmarks and I spent the last two days in Panama City, and I’m still processing everything we saw. One main lesson learned: It’s been 4 months since #HurricaneMichael, and the Panhandle is years away from recovery. Years might sound dramatic but the estimate for rebuilding Tyndall Air Force Base — which is related to a third of Bay County’s economic activity — is five years.