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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Tucker Carlson for President? GOP donors and conservative media are taking the idea seriously — Tucker Carlson's rise to the king of cable news aligns with growing chatter he could run for president in 2024. — Republican donors in New York last month began talking up the possibility …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
As coronavirus surges, Fox News shifts its message on masks — WASHINGTON — When Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said this week on Fox News that Americans needed to wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus, anchor Sandra Smith did not challenge him on the science.
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Washington Post, Fortune, Bangor Daily News and Fox News
Bobby Burack / Outkick:
Tucker Carlson is Working Among All Ages, Because He's Not Supposed to
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Redstate
CNN:
Justice Department considering replacing US attorney in Brooklyn with Barr ally — (CNN)The Justice Department is considering replacing the US attorney in Brooklyn with a senior department official close to Attorney General William Barr, officials briefed on the matter said.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Brooklyn U.S. attorney heads to top DOJ role
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Talking Points Memo and The Hill
NBC New York:
Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested, Sources Say — Maxwell was accused in a civil suit of allegedly helping Epstein traffic underage girls; he died by suicide awaiting trial last year — Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and heiress who became a confidante …
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Texas governor mandates face masks in public spaces — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order Thursday requiring all Texans to wear a face covering in public in counties with 20 or more positive coronavirus cases. — Why it matters: It's a dramatic reversal for the Republican governor …
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Fox News, KHOU-TV and The Daily Caller
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
In Whiplash-Inducing Reversal, Abbott Requires Masks In COVID-Ravaged Texas — In a major reversal, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued a statewide rule Thursday requiring masks to be worn in public, but only after the dramatic COVID-19 spike in the state. — Abbott has long resisted taking …
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
His troops have suffered a very different fate. — Only a few hours had passed since President Trump pardoned 1st Lt. Clint Lorance and the men of 1st Platoon were still trying to make sense of how it was even possible. — How could a man they blamed for ruining their lives …
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Alternet.org and Balloon Juice
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
More Voters Rule Out Trump Than Biden — Mixed results on who has presidential ‘stamina’ — West Long Branch, NJ - Half of the nation's electorate says they have ruled out voting for Donald Trump in November, while 4 in 10 say the same about Joe Biden. Biden currently holds a 12 point lead …
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Fox News, New York Post and POLITICUSUSA
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Joshua Blank / The Texas Politics Project:
New UT/Texas Politics Project poll finds Trump leading Biden by 4 in Texas amidst dour views …
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Raw Story
Max Cohen / Politico:
Poll: Biden maintains double-digit lead over Trump
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Breitbart, The Hill, The Guardian and Axios
Just Security:
The Baseline: How a Functional Executive Would Have Handled the Russian Bounty Operation — It's increasingly clear that the Trump administration has committed a serious policy failure in its lack of response to the stream of intelligence reporting on Russian bounties placed on the heads of U.S. service members in Afghanistan.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Benghazi probe offers a roadmap for Trump's Russian bounty briefing
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DCReport.org, Fox News and Washington Post
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“What Do I Do? What Do I Do?”: Trump Desperate, Despondent as Numbers Crater, “Loser” Label Looms — “They probably won't have” the Jacksonville convention. The Joni Ernst campaign is angry at Trump's horrible numbers. Meadows and Kushner are at loggerheads over Parscale.
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Florida Politics, The Week, Raw Story, Axios and Power Line
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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Trump's Thinks 2020 Will Be a Repeat of 1968
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Herman Cain is receiving treatment for coronavirus at an Atlanta hospital — (CNN)Former 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is receiving treatment for coronavirus at an Atlanta-area hospital, according to a statement posted to his Twitter account.
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Axios, Breitbart, Just The News, Mediaite and The Daily Dot
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Jason Devaney / Newsmax:
Herman Cain Hospitalized With COVID-19
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CNBC, Alternet.org, The Hill and New York Post
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Herman Cain, who attended Trump's Tulsa rally, hospitalized with covid-19
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Associated Press and IJR
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Away says co-CEO Steph Korey will step down this year after her attacks on the media — Stuart Haselden will be taking over as CEO in 2020 — Steph Korey, the co-CEO of luggage company Away, will be stepping down from her role within the year, co-founder Jen Rubio and co-CEO Stuart Haselden …
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Stephanie Ruhle / MSNBC:
Speaker Pelosi: ‘The president himself is a hoax’ — Congressional leaders are hoping they will get the answers they're looking for this morning when Trump administration officials brief them on intelligence that Russia allegedly paid bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
What Should Republicans Do? — The thirst among Republican voters isn't even for policy.
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IJR
Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Pelosi slams McCarthy over statue desecration charges
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The Federalist, Fox News, IJR and The Hill
Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: Soldiers were issued bayonets for DC unrest — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., last month in response to civil unrest …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump ambassadors sold stocks as president downplayed pandemic and virus was spreading — Several ambassadors chosen by President Donald Trump shed assets amid warning signs that the coronavirus was rapidly spreading across the world. — Their sales came as many investors across …
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Duckworth threatens to block military nominees unless impeachment witness Vindman gets promotion — Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Thursday announced she'll hold up the confirmation of more than 1,000 military promotions until Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirms that the promotion of impeachment witness Army …
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Axios, One America News Network and The Hill
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detroitnews:
Angry exchange on video shows gun being pulled on mom, teen in Orion Twp. — Content warning: This video contains graphic language. — An angry exchange with accusations of racism was caught on video outside of an Oakland County Chipotle restaurant and shows a woman allegedly pulling a gun …
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The Daily Dot, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Post
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump's pick for ambassador involved in racist smear against black politician — President Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Norway is facing demands that he abandon his pursuit of the diplomatic post following the unearthing of a 1994 court filing indicating his involvement in the production …
ProPublica:
He Built a Privately Funded Border Wall. It's Already at Risk of Falling Down if Not Fixed. — Trump supporters funded a private border wall on the banks of the Rio Grande, helping the builder secure $1.7 billion in federal contracts. Now the “Lamborghini” of border walls is in danger …
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Law & Crime
Deb Perelman / New York Times:
In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can't Have Both. — Our struggle is not an emotional concern. We are not burned out. We are being crushed by an economy that has bafflingly declared working parents inessential. — Last week, I received an email from my children's principal …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Coronavirus continues to spike amid mixed messages from Trump administration — New coronavirus cases around the country continued to shoot up on Thursday, with Florida shattering its previous record for a single-day increase, while health officials in the Trump administration offered …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Must really hate yourself’: Kellyanne Conway's daughter Claudia wonders how any woman could support Trump — George and Kellyanne Conway's daughter Claudia has become a political commenter in her own right, taking to social media to unleash her logic on the Washington, D.C. establishment.
Siraj Hashmi / Washington Examiner:
As coach, Tommy Tuberville handed a one-game suspension to player charged with rape of 15-year-old — When Clifton Robinson, the short but quick receiver from Naples, Florida, returned to the Auburn University football team in August 1999 after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency …
Brad Schmidt / Oregonian:
Oregon State Police don't wear coronavirus masks while patronizing coffee shop, despite governor's order — A group of Oregon State Police troopers appeared to defy Gov. Kate Brown's statewide mask order while in uniform Wednesday, entering a Corvallis coffee shop without wearing required face coverings …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
China Never Reported Existence of Coronavirus to World Health Organization — Contrary to claims from both Chinese officials and the World Health Organization, China did not report the existence of the coronavirus in late 2019, according to a WHO timeline tracking the spread of the virus.
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Just The News, National Review and World Health Organization
JONATHAN TURLEY:
University of Massachusetts Nursing Dean Fired After Saying “Everyone's Life Matters” [Updated] — We have been discussing the growing fear of professors and students over the loss of free speech on campuses for years, but recently those concerns have been greatly magnified with the investigation …
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