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Why Won't TV News Book Tara Reade? — The stakes are high for the media in the case of a sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden. — There were good reasons to be skeptical of her 20-year-old allegations: She'd changed her story and said some weird stuff, and even denied the whole thing under oath.
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Forbes, Politics, Policy …, American Thinker, Redstate, Slate, The Guardian, TheBlaze, HuffPost and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »
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Alyssa Milano On Why She Still Supports Joe Biden & How She Would Advise Him About Tara Reade Allegations - Guest Column — Editors' Note: Actress and activist Alyssa Milano has been a leader of the #MeToo movement, as her 2017 tweet calling on women to share their stories of sexual harassment …
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New Republic, Reason, USA Today, Axios, HuffPost, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, IJR, Washington Post, NB Blog, The Wrap, Breitbart, Althouse, Sara A. Carter, NPR, The Week and Twitchy
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Biden camp refuses to open up Senate papers that could shed light on accuser's claims — but has sent operatives to look through records — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign has insisted that journalists “rigorously vet” the allegations of former Senate aide Tara Reade …
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National Review, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications, Washington Post, Redstate, MercatorNet, HuffPost and Discourse Blog
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Tara Reade allegations rattle Biden's VP search
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The Hill, Townhall, Law & Crime, Big League Politics, National Review, The Week, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and Fox News
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Tucker Carlson Highlights Sen. Gillibrand's Brett Kavanaugh Outrage vs. Her Joe Biden Defense and It Is Brutal
Tucker Carlson Highlights Sen. Gillibrand's Brett Kavanaugh Outrage vs. Her Joe Biden Defense and It Is Brutal
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CNN, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Feminist movement is fake, only cares about power. That's why Gillibrand is friends with Biden
Feminist movement is fake, only cares about power. That's why Gillibrand is friends with Biden
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Joe Biden Might Not Be Guilty, But Corporate Media Is
Joe Biden Might Not Be Guilty, But Corporate Media Is
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The Daily Caller and Redstate
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South Carolina Senate Moves to Likely Republican — It's hard to think of a politician who has undergone a bigger evolution over the past four years than South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. But could that very political makeover hurt him at the ballot box in 2020, even in a reliably red state?
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The Hill
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The Senate: Looking Beyond the “Core Four” — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — The focus on the evenly-matched battle for the Senate has in some ways narrowed to four GOP-held seats: Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and North Carolina. — Practically speaking, Democrats probably have to win all four …
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Forbes
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Top Lindsey Graham Donor Switches Sides, Now Backs Democratic Rival — Richard Wilkerson had served on Graham's short-lived presidential campaign. Now he's backing the senator's rival, Jaime Harrison. — A top donor to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is switching sides.
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The Hill and The Intellectualist
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Exclusive: Trump says he does not believe polls that show Biden ahead in presidential race — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic presidential opponent, Joe Biden, leading in the 2020 race for the White House.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to launch first 2020 ad blitz after erupting over reelection woes
Trump to launch first 2020 ad blitz after erupting over reelection woes
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Associated Press, The Hill, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump reelection team, defending president's coronavirus efforts, going up with first major TV ad blitz
Trump reelection team, defending president's coronavirus efforts, going up with first major TV ad blitz
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The Hill
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BREAKING: FBI Closed Flynn Case, Dubbed ‘Crossfire Razor,’ In Early 2017, Until Strzok Ordered It To Stay Open — After it found zero evidence that Michael Flynn broke any laws or was acting as a traitor to America, the FBI closed its case against Flynn, until fired former FBI agent Peter Strzok ordered the case to stay open.
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Flynn Lawyers Seize on Newly Released F.B.I. Documents
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Townhall, Vox, Reason, Bloomberg, Washington Post and emptywheel
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Michael Flynn case should be dismissed to preserve justice
Michael Flynn case should be dismissed to preserve justice
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Redstate, Law & Crime, Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit
Andrew C. McCarthy / The Hill:
Something seems rotten in Flynn's case — and maybe others, too
Something seems rotten in Flynn's case — and maybe others, too
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Power Line and The Federalist
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Big money donors are pressuring Joe Biden against picking Elizabeth Warren for VP: ‘He would lose the election’ — Big money donors are pressuring Joe Biden to not choose Sen. Elizabeth Warren as his running mate, even while the centrist former vice president tries to appeal to progressive voters.
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NBC News
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden announces VP search committee
Biden announces VP search committee
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Politico, Fox News, Power Line, The Hill and ABC News, more at Techmeme »
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Trump Officials Are Said to Press Spies to Link Virus and Wuhan Labs — Some analysts are worried that the pressure from senior officials could distort assessments about the coronavirus and be used as a weapon in an escalating battle with China. — WASHINGTON — Senior Trump administration officials …
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National Review, CNN, Axios, Washington Post, Gizmodo, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Raw Story, The Week, The Daily Dot and Just The News
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Spy Agencies Told White House There's No Evidence to Prove Virus Began in Wuhan Lab, Says Report
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Raw Story
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory
US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory
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The Daily Dot and One America News Network
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U.S. officials crafting retaliatory actions against China over coronavirus as President Trump fumes — The president has in recent days told aides and others that China has to pay for the outbreak and publicly floated demanding billions in compensation — Senior U.S. officials are beginning …
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Mother Jones, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Redstate
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AskTheAG: Barr is taking Twitter questions on coronavirus issues, and it's getting ugly — The Justice Department offered the public a rare opportunity on Wednesday morning to submit questions to Attorney General William P. Barr for a “nationwide #AskTheAG Q&A session on May 1.”
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Mike Pence, the Mayo Clinic, and the Mask — This is America. The rules are supposed to apply to everyone. — News reports of Vice President Mike Pence's refusal to wear a mask during his visit to the Mayo Clinic this week reminded me of something that occurred when I worked in the Reagan administration.
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The Bulwark Podcast and HuffPost
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Pence's wife says he was unaware of mask policy during visit
Pence's wife says he was unaware of mask policy during visit
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Axios, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
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Biden nominates Chris Dodd of ‘waitress sandwich’ fame to help shop for female vice presidential candidates — The Biden campaign, which is under mounting pressure after a woman claimed Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, announced Thursday that former Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd …
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Townhall, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and TheBlaze
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Biden Just Picked a Guy With #MeToo Issues of His Own For a Key Campaign Slot
Biden Just Picked a Guy With #MeToo Issues of His Own For a Key Campaign Slot
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The Federalist and Mediaite
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Mitch McConnell's coronavirus gamble — Coronavirus cases are still rising in the District of Columbia, where more than 200 people have died of the disease. The House decided it was too dangerous to return to the Capitol. — But Mitch McConnell's Senate is coming back anyway.
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Associated Press
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What Do Famous People's Bookshelves Reveal? — In quarantine, people are inadvertently exposing their reading habits — embarrassing, surprising and impressive. — Bibliophiles do not approach bookshelves lightly. A stranger's collection is to us a window to their soul.
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Hypocrisy reaches pandemic proportions in Republican ranks — At his news conference on Monday, President Trump boasted: “I built the greatest economy — with the help of 325 million people, I built the greatest economy in the history of the world. . . . I built it.”
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Raw Story
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Special Report: Trump told Saudis: Cut oil supply or lose U.S. military support - sources — WASHINGTON/LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Donald Trump gave Saudi leaders an ultimatum.
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Foreign Policy
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Admit It: You Are Willing to Let People Die to End the Shutdown — CNN's Jake Tapper was brutally direct in his question to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who recently lifted his state's stay-at-home order, in favor of a gradual reopening of business. Are you worried, Tapper asked …
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National Review
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NYPD helped plan chaotic Orthodox funeral de Blasio blamed on ‘Jewish Community’ — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio blamed “the Jewish community” for a Brooklyn funeral procession that broke social distancing rules, yet New York City police officers helped arrange the event, the Forward has learned.
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bill de Blasio's new low: blaming the Jews
Bill de Blasio's new low: blaming the Jews
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Jewish Insider, Althouse, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Townhall and TheBlaze
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How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take? — A vaccine would be the ultimate weapon against the coronavirus and the best route back to normal life. Officials like Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the top infectious disease expert on the Trump administration's coronavirus task force, estimate a vaccine could arrive in at least 12 to 18 months.
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Gothamist
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The golden age of Jared Kushner — President's son-in-law embodies everything that is wrong with America's coronavirus response — George W Bush declared mission accomplished in Iraq just before the war fell off a cliff. Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, has just gambled the same on coronavirus.
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Raw Story, The Bulwark and Vox
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DC May Not Reopen for Another 3 Months, Officials Say — D.C. leaders laid out a new timetable Wednesday evening for when the city could begin to reopen. — During an hourlong virtual town hall, Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of the D.C. Department of Health, walked through a slide show …
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More Than 70% of Inmates Tested in Federal Prisons Have Coronavirus — Prisons officials expect the number of positive results to climb as testing is expanded — More than two thirds of the small number of federal prisoners who have been tested for the new coronavirus had positive results …
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The Daily Caller
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BREAKING: Kemp to lift statewide shelter-in-place for most Georgians on Friday — Governor also urges Georgians to wear masks — Gov. Brian Kemp will lift a statewide shelter-in-place order for most of Georgia's 10.6 million residents starting Friday as he continues to roll back coronavirus restrictions …