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New York Times:
D.A. Is Investigating Trump and His Company Over Fraud, Filing Suggests  —  The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new court filing arguing Mr. Trump should turn over his tax returns.  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office suggested on Monday …
Discussion: Axios, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Prosecutor seeking Trump's taxes cites probe of his business
Discussion: The US Sun
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Trump Org under investigation for ‘insurance and bank fraud,’ filing suggests
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
As Trump leans into attacks on mail voting, GOP officials confront signs of Republican turnout crisis  —  President Trump's unfounded attacks on mail balloting are discouraging his own supporters from embracing the practice, according to polls and Republican leaders across the country …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Why the Botched N.Y.C. Primary Has Become the November Nightmare  —  Nearly six weeks later, two congressional races remain undecided, and officials are trading blame over the mishandling of tens of thousands of mail-in ballots.  —  Election officials in New York City widely distributed mail …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump threatens lawsuit to block mail-in voting in Nevada  —  President Donald Trump threatened legal action Monday after Nevada's Legislature passed a bill to mail ballots to all active voters, suggesting the measure would make it impossible for Republicans to win there in November's general election.
David Siders / Politico:
Trump campaign nears point of no return  —  Time is running out on Donald Trump.  —  While there are still 92 days until Election Day, the president has as little as half as much time to begin closing the gap with Joe Biden, according to interviews with nearly two dozen Republican and Democratic Party officials and strategists.
Discussion: Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump goes postal
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
These Conservatives Have a Laser Focus: ‘Owning the Libs’  —  On The Federalist and in Fox News appearances, some of President Trump's supporters don't really defend him.  They attack the critics.  —  When President Trump ran for office four years ago, a conservative writer …
Discussion: Twitchy
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
How the Pandemic Defeated America  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  Image above: A masked worker cleans a New York City subway entrance.  —  How did it come to this?
Discussion: Raw Story
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes  —  Loading...  It's hard to believe that the hole President Trump dug for himself could get deeper, but it has.  —  A record and widening majority of Americans disapprove of the job he's doing when it comes …
Discussion: Althouse
CBS News:
Biden increases Texas staff and resources in bid to win Lone Star state  —  Everything's bigger in Texas — including, as of Monday, Joe Biden's campaign staff.  —  On Monday the Biden campaign announced a slate of staff hires aimed at flipping the historically conservative Lone Star state …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Revolutionary Communist Party leader backs Biden
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Trump Reverses Course on TikTok, Opening Door to Microsoft Bid  —  The president said he did not object to a potential acquisition of the Chinese-owned app, retreating from comments about banning the service.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump gave the go-ahead for Microsoft to pursue …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch TikTok deal
Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Homicide Spike Hits Most Large U.S. Cities  —  Journal analysis shows double-digit increases in 36 of 50 biggest cities amid pandemic, though other types of violent crime fell  —  A sharp rise in homicides this year is hitting large U.S. cities across the country, signaling …
Elizabeth Drew / New York Times:
Let's Scrap the Presidential Debates  —  They've become unrevealing quip contests.  —  Ms. Drew is a journalist based in Washington.  —  Nervous managers of the scheduled 2020 presidential debates are shuffling the logistics and locations to deal with the threat of the coronavirus.
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Nikki Haley:
A Day Of Reckoning Is Coming With The National Debt  —  I'm often asked about America's biggest challenges.  —  On the world stage, communist China tops the list.  Closer to home, the coronavirus pandemic is the most urgent issue.  But there's also a massive fiscal challenge that we face …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House mandates randomized coronavirus testing for staff  —  The White House says the mandate is to ‘protect the health and safety’ of all officials  —  The White House on Monday said randomized COVID-19 testing, which was once voluntary, would be mandatory for staff to …
Discussion: Axios, CNBC, Politico and The Hill
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House committee subpoenas 4 top Pompeo aides  —  A top House Democrat has subpoenaed four senior aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accusing them of resisting interviews in an investigation of President Donald Trump's firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.
Discussion: Associated Press, Townhall and Reuters
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats warn GOP: Don't fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 or we'll retaliate  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats are warning Republicans not to fill a possible Supreme Court vacancy this year after denying President Barack Obama the chance in 2016, saying it would embolden a push on the left …
Houston Chronicle:
Thousands of Texans are getting rapid-result COVID tests.  The state isn't counting them.  —  The government's official data on the coronavirus outbreak is startling: More than 4.6 million cases in the U.S. More than 440,000 in Texas.  More than 70,000 in Harris County.
Discussion: Washington Post
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Blind Oracle of Noonan  —  The wistful, naïve pronouncements of the speechwriter-turned-columnist.  —  Good news!  All of us who are worried about President Trump and the future of the Republican party can pack it up.  Peggy Noonan, our cherished Reaganic oracle …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Trump's corruption may doom any attempt at an ‘October surprise’  —  When the full story of Donald Trump's presidency is written, one Machiavellian lesson to be drawn will surely run as follows: If you spend much of your tenure openly subverting the nation's interests to your own …
Daniel McGraw / The Bulwark:
‘The Craziness Is Exhausting People’  —  How Trump could lose the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.  —  With just over 90 days left until the election, it's worth taking a close look at the political trends in one of the regions most important to the outcome of the 2016 election and potentially …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
One-Third of New York's Small Businesses May Be Gone Forever  —  Small-business owners said they have exhausted federal and local assistance and see no end in sight after months of sharp revenue drops.  Now, many are closing their shops and restaurants for good.
Matthew Phelan / New Republic:
Inside the Project Veritas Plan to Steal the Election  —  James O'Keefe had big plans for 2020.  The founder of Project Veritas, the conspiratorial right-wing group that specializes in Fox News-friendly “stings” intended to expose supposed liberal bias and corruption in American society …
Simon D. Schuster / mcfn.org:
Campaign To Recall Whitmer Is In Flames Amid Allegations Of Embezzlement  —  Volunteers have left, alleging founder Chad Baase spent committee funds gambling, but Baase is determined to move forward.  —  Michigan Campaign Finance Network  —  With all the drama of a soap opera …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
North Dakota GOP's Platform Is So Anti-LGBTQ Nobody Will Say Who Wrote It  —  Hundreds of GOP officials approved language calling queer people unhealthy and dangerous.  Now they're condemning it and won't say where it came from.  —  WASHINGTON ― The North Dakota Republican Party voted …
 
 
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump makes another end run around GOP-controlled Senate by stretching delegation authority
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A Joe Biden presidency would be a disaster for our schools
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Don't blame “Congress” for GOP ending $600 unemployment benefit
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Journalist tests positive for coronavirus after covering President Trump's visit to Tampa Bay
Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Pressed on possible foreign sources, Republicans remain mum
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How white supremacy infected Christianity and the Republican Party
ABC News:
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
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Liz Peek / Fox News:
Biden's VP choice - this is why he's dithering
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Adviser Steve Cortes Thinks He Hasn't Been ‘Fascist’ Enough
Discussion: Raw Story
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Republicans prep for leadership battle if Trump goes down
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Matt Taibbi / Reporting:
Kansas Should Go F— Itself
Discussion: Instapundit
Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
A coronavirus vaccine won't change the world right away
Discussion: Redstate
detroitnews:
Republican Michigan senator critical of Gretchen Whitmer tests positive for COVID-19
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Arlinda Smith Broady / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
COVID cases, exposure have 260 Gwinnett school employees not working
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