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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
By Biden's Own Standards, He Is Guilty As Charged — Like most people, I cannot know for sure what actually happened between Joe Biden and Tara Reade many, many moons ago, or, for that matter, what may have once transpired between Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford.
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YouTube:
Full Interview: Biden Denies Sexual Assault Allegation From Tara Reade | Morning Joe | MSNBC … Former VP Joe Biden joins Morning Joe to discuss assault allegations made against him by former Senate aide Tara Reade. Biden says the allegations are not true and they never happened. Aired on 5/1/2020.
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Joe Biden:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden — April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Every year, at this time, we talk about awareness, prevention, and the importance of women feeling they can step forward, say something, and be heard. That belief — that women should be heard …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
No, the media isn't fair. It gives Republicans a pass.
No, the media isn't fair. It gives Republicans a pass.
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Michigan Advance, Vanity Fair and Al Jazeera
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What Joe Biden did right in rebutting Tara Reade's claims
What Joe Biden did right in rebutting Tara Reade's claims
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Business Insider:
Biden called for the National Archives to release Senate documents that could shed light on Tara Reade's allegation.
Biden called for the National Archives to release Senate documents that could shed light on Tara Reade's allegation.
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Women's groups start to break silence on Biden allegations, as candidate makes first statement
Women's groups start to break silence on Biden allegations, as candidate makes first statement
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NBC News, Sean Hannity and Breitbart
Washington Post:
White House blocks Fauci from testifying before House panel next week — An Appropriations panel sought to hear from Fauci; the White House says it would be ‘counterproductive’ to take him away from his work — The White House is blocking Anthony S. Fauci from testifying …
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NBC News:
White House blocking Fauci from testifying before Congress about coronavirus response — A White House spokesman said it would be “counter-productive” for Fauci to testify now — The White House has blocked Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying about the response to the coronavirus crisis …
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POLITICUSUSA
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump uses White House events to project return to normalcy while relying on testing that public lacks
Trump uses White House events to project return to normalcy while relying on testing that public lacks
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Raw Story
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
McEnany dodges fireworks in return of White House press briefing
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
15 minutes after pledging not to lie, Trump's new press secretary made an obviously false claim — It dealt with a former Trump official who admitted lying — White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held the first daily news briefing in more than a year Friday, her first since assuming her current role last month.
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Minutes after pledging to not lie, the new White House press secretary lied a whole bunch — Kayleigh McEnany during her first White House press briefing on Friday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images — Kayleigh McEnany's first press briefing got off to a promising start. It lasted all of 15 minutes.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Kayleigh McEnany holds first White House press briefing in over a year
Kayleigh McEnany holds first White House press briefing in over a year
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Chelsea Prince / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Georgia verifies 1K new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours — State health officials have confirmed an additional 1,000 cases of the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing Georgia's total infections above 27,000. — As of noon Thursday, the Georgia Department of Public Health was reporting just over 26,000 confirmed cases.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Internal GOP poll points to troubling signs for Georgia Republicans — An internal poll conducted for the Georgia House GOP Caucus points to troubling signs for Republican leaders: President Donald Trump is deadlocked with Joe Biden and voters aren't giving the White House …
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Paula Newton / CNN:
Canada bans assault-style weapons after its worst ever mass murder — (CNN)Assault-style weapons are banned in Canada effective immediately, the country's prime minister said Friday. — The move comes less than two weeks after Canada's deadliest rampage in modern history …
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Canada bans assault-style weapons after shooting rampage
Canada bans assault-style weapons after shooting rampage
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Slate, Forbes and Mother Jones
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of ‘assault-style’ firearms — effective immediately
Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of ‘assault-style’ firearms — effective immediately
Leyland Cecco / The Guardian:
Trudeau announces Canada is banning assault-style weapons
Trudeau announces Canada is banning assault-style weapons
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The Intellectualist and New York Post
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Woman Claims Biden Sexually Harassed Her When She Was 14 Years Old by Complimenting Her Breasts — A woman says she was sexually harassed by presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden when she was 14 years old. — The woman, Eva Murry, told Law&Crime that Biden complimented …
Politico:
Wearing a mask is for smug liberals. Refusing to is for reckless Republicans. — In the '60s, protesters burned bras. In 2020, they might soon be burning masks. — Views on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic have become increasingly polarized, yet another political issue …
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Los Angeles Times:
Raucous protest in Huntington Beach demands beaches open, end of stay-at-home order — More than 500 protesters converged on Huntington Beach again Friday to demand stay-at-home rules in California be lifted and to express their displeasure with Gov. Gavin Newsom's directive closing local beaches to slow the spread of coronavirus.
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Lawfare:
Flynn Redux: What Those FBI Documents Really Show — Over the last few days, the president's supporters have taken a brief break from COVID-19, the economic collapse, and the 2020 presidential campaign to fixate anew on the case of General Michael Flynn. — You remember Mike Flynn …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Flynn bombshell puts renewed attention on Durham probe, source says Barr talking to him ‘every day’
Flynn bombshell puts renewed attention on Durham probe, source says Barr talking to him ‘every day’
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Redstate and The Gateway Pundit
Victor Ordonez / ABC News:
Michael Cohen's early prison release over coronavirus concerns was rescinded: Sources — He had been notified in mid-April that he would be released to home confinement. — President Donald Trump's former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen will not be leaving prison to serve out the rest …
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CNN:
Top HHS spokesman repeatedly directed sexually crude and sexist tweets at women — WARNING: This story contains graphic language. — (CNN)The top spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly directed crude and sexist comments toward women in now-deleted tweets, a CNN KFile review finds.
Pete Buttigieg / Washington Post:
China wants four more years of Trump — The president claims he's been tough. But our geopolitical rival has grown stronger on his watch. — President Trump is resorting to a desperate reelection strategy: To deflect blame for his own failure to address the coronavirus crisis …
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump says he has seen evidence linking coronavirus to Wuhan lab
Trump says he has seen evidence linking coronavirus to Wuhan lab
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Yonhap News Agency:
N.K. leader reemerges from 20-day absence amid rumors over his health — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his firs public appearance after 20 days of absence, contradicting rumors about his health, state media showed on Saturday. — Kim attended a ceremony marking the completion …
Berny Belvedere / Arc Digital:
T.W.E.E.T.: Trump's Worst Ever Embarrassing Tweet — The time has come to choose Trump's worst ever tweet. — I know, I know, there are more Bad Trump Tweets than there are grains of sand on the shores, or stars in the sky, but life under quarantine has enabled me to pursue a research opportunity …
Caroline Lewis / Gothamist:
A Manhattan Nursing Home Reported 13 Coronavirus Deaths To The State. The Real Number Was Closer To 100 — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the state has started tracking the number of deaths from the virus in nursing homes, but it seems some are still masking the grim reality inside.
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
Health official says US missed some chances to slow virus — NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government was slow to understand how much coronavirus was spreading from Europe, which helped drive the acceleration of outbreaks across the nation, a top health official said Friday.
Senator Mitt Romney:
Romney “Patriot Pay” Plan Would Support America's Frontline Workers — WASHINGTON—In order to help compensate essential workers who are necessarily subject to greater risk of COVID-19, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today proposed that they receive Patriot Pay, a temporary bonus of up to $12 per hour in May, June, and July.
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