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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump among likely voters in key states — Democrat Joe Biden is ahead in three key states that President Donald Trump won in 2016, according to new Fox News statewide surveys of Arizona, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. — Support for reelecting Trump falls below his 2016 vote share in each state.
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National Review, Political Wire, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Stranger, The Hill, Fortune, The US Sun, POLITICUSUSA, Townhall and Breitbart
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump encourages North Carolina residents to vote twice to test mail-in system — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested that people in North Carolina should vote twice in the November election, once by mail and once in-person, escalating his attempts to cast confusion and doubt on the validity of the results.
New York Post:
Gov. Cuomo says: Trump ‘better have an army’ to protect him if he comes to NYC — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday all but threatened President Trump's safety if he returns to New York City in a rant responding to an exclusive story by The Post that Trump is looking to pull federal funds from “lawless” cities including New York.
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Political Wire, Politico, Breitbart, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and Instapundit
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New York Times:
Trump Moves to Cut Federal Funding From Democratic Cities — The president directed officials to identify “anarchist jurisdictions” and move to withhold funds as he tries to build his campaign around the unrest that has accompanied racial justice protests. — President Trump …
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump orders review to defund NYC, other ‘anarchist’ cities — WASHINGTON — President Trump is ordering the federal government to begin the process of defunding New York City and three other cities where officials allowed “lawless” protests and cut police budgets amid rising violent crime, The Post can exclusively reveal.
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Fox News, The Daily Beast, Politico, Redstate, The Guardian, NBC New York, Forbes, The Post Millennial, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, The US Sun, Raw Story, TheBlaze and Twitchy
San Francisco Chronicle:
Speaker Pelosi calls salon visit a ‘set-up,’ refuses to apologize — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to apologize Wednesday for her controversial visit to a San Francisco hair salon, calling it “a set up” and suggesting that she had been tricked by the business owner.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden's lead persists post-conventions — After two political conventions unlike any the United States had seen before, Joe Biden maintains an advantage over Donald Trump in the race for the presidency, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.Among registered voters, 51% back Biden, 43% Trump.
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Investor's Business Daily, Redstate, The Unz Review, Raw Story, Washington Post and USA Today
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
This is why Trump is still losing — President Trump spent last week trying his best to convert the power of his office into a shift in presidential polling. The Republican Party presented a parade of people meant to attest to Trump's effectiveness as president and to intone about the dangers …
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New York Times, Washington Times, The US Sun, The Hill, Fox News, Townhall and Forbes
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump May Have Gotten A Convention Bounce. But It's Very Slight And May Already Be Fading.
Trump May Have Gotten A Convention Bounce. But It's Very Slight And May Already Be Fading.
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Politico, Washington Post, The National Interest and The Hill
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Sanders Says Trump Joked About Her ‘Taking One for the Team’ With Kim Jong-un — Sarah Huckabee Sanders writes in a new book that after Mr. Kim winked at her, President Trump joked that “you're going to North Korea,” “your husband and kids will miss you, but you'll be a hero to your country!”
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Vanity Fair
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump told Sarah Sanders to ‘take one for the team’ after Kim Jong-un wink
Trump told Sarah Sanders to ‘take one for the team’ after Kim Jong-un wink
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The US Sun, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post and Raw Story
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes May Be Trump's ‘Person’ Who Witnessed the Antifa Plane ‘Firsthand’ — The mega-loyalist Nunes was seemingly the first person in Trumpworld to publicly float the rumor of a plane full of geared-up antifa soldiers—days before the president spread it.
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Chicago Tribune, Political Wire, The Nation, Vox, Popular Information and The Guardian
Meg O'Connor / The Appeal:
HIS BROTHER CALLED FOR HELP AFTER HE WAS ACTING STRANGELY. POLICE KNELT ON HIM UNTIL HE WAS BRAIN DEAD. — Body camera video shows that Daniel Prude was complying with police when they knelt on his back and pushed his face to the ground for so long that he stopped breathing.
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The Daily Beast
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Clay Higgins Threatens To Shoot Armed Protesters: 'I'd Drop Any 10 Of You' — His social media post, which was removed by Facebook, had a photo of armed Black men. — Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) said he'd be more than willing to shoot any armed demonstrators in Louisiana …
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Fox News, The Hill, The Advocate and BuzzFeed News
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HillReporter.com:
[COMMENTARY] Don't Look Now, but Democrats Are in... Array?! — Editor's Note: — I am truly honored to reproduce this article, originally published on the MeidasTouch website. The article was written by Adam Parhomenko and Sam Youngman. If I have to tell you who these gentlemen are …
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Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and POLITICUSUSA
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden posts stunning monthly cash haul: $365 million
Biden posts stunning monthly cash haul: $365 million
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Reuters, The American Mind, Breitbart, Raw Story, CBS Philly, Bangor Daily News, courthousenews.com, Fox News, Forbes, One America News Network, The Hill, Washington Post and UPI
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden raises a record-shattering $364 million in August
Biden raises a record-shattering $364 million in August
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Washington Post and Axios
Washington Post:
First covid-19 death linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally reported in Minnesota — The case, involving a biker in his 60s, is one of at least 260 infections traced to the event last month where many declined to wear masks. — A Minnesota biker who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally …
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, INSIDER, The Hill and No More Mister Nice Blog
Michael J. Sandel / New York Times:
Disdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice — It's having a corrosive effect on American life — and hurting the Democratic Party. — Mr. Sandel is a political philosopher. — Joe Biden has a secret weapon in his bid for the presidency: He is the first Democratic nominee …
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Eduwonk, POLITICUSUSA, Center for Economic …, Mother Jones and Political Wire
Commission on Presidential Debates:
Kristen Welker, Co-Anchor Weekend TODAY, White House Correspondent, NBC News — Thursday, October 22, Belmont University, Nashville, TN — Fahrenkopf, Ridings and Wollack said that, “We are grateful to these experienced journalists, who will help ensure that the general election presidential …
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New York Times, The Hill, New York Post, Associated Press, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart, IJR, Redstate, Florida Politics, Washingtonian, The Wrap, Politico, UPI, Axios and The Federalist, more at Mediagazer »
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Mike Dennison / KTVQ-TV:
Trump, state and nat'l GOP sue to stop all-mail ballots in MT — The Trump campaign, national Republicans and the Montana Republican Party filed suit Wednesday to overturn Gov. Steve Bullock's August order allowing Montana counties to conduct the Nov. 3 election with mail ballots.
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ABC News
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CNN:
Trump and RNC sue Montana over mail-in voting
Trump and RNC sue Montana over mail-in voting
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ABC News, Axios, Forbes, Billings Gazette and courthousenews.com
New York Times:
C.D.C. Tells States How to Prepare for Covid-19 Vaccine by Early November — As Trump pushes the possibility of a vaccine this year, the C.D.C. has outlined technical scenarios to state public health officials for an unidentified “Vaccine A” and “Vaccine B.”
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NPR, The Guardian, The Mahablog, The US Sun, The Wrap and Fox News
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
CDC letter urges governors to prepare for coronavirus vaccine distribution in ‘fall of 2020’
CDC letter urges governors to prepare for coronavirus vaccine distribution in ‘fall of 2020’
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The Hill, New York Times, Politico, National Review and New York Post
Mitchell Byars / Denver Post:
Woman assaults 12-year-old boy in Boulder over Trump yard sign, police say — Boulder police are investigating a report that a 12-year-old boy was assaulted over a President Donald Trump yard sign. — According to Boulder police, the assault occurred at 3 p.m. Monday at Folsom Street and Glenwood Drive.
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Townhall, TheBlaze, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, Twitchy and The Post Millennial
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Presidential Race Tightens — Democrats lead in other state contests — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 4-point lead over Donald Trump among all registered voters in Pennsylvania according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll. Among likely voters, the race is a tight 1 to 3 points …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump promised a 350-ship Navy. China actually built it. — President Trump has been publicly promising to build a 350-ship U.S. Navy since his 2016 campaign and he's still campaigning on it. He will end his first term failing to achieve that goal. But according to the Pentagon, China did it — on Trump's watch.
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New York Post and Washington Times
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
IRS Chief Makes More Than $100,000 Per Year Off Trump Property, Documents Show — The commissioner of the IRS—who is responsible for releasing President Trump's tax returns to Congress—owns two rental properties at the Trump International Waikiki that he profits off of while in office …
Mark Schlinkmann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis mayor temporarily relocates following protests at her home — ST. LOUIS — Mayor Lyda Krewson has temporarily relocated after a string of protests at her Central West End home. — The mayor on Wednesday confirmed that she and her husband, former television reporter Mike Owens …
Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
5 mistakes that can disqualify your November mail ballot and how to avoid them — More states and counties than ever are allowing Americans to vote from home with a paper ballot mailed to their house this fall. — But voting by mail can be more prone to human error than voting in person …
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Covid-19 has killed more police officers this year than all other causes combined, data shows — By one estimate, coronavirus deaths among law enforcement are likely to surpass those of 9/11 — In a speech this week in Pittsburgh, Joe Biden linked the Trump administration's mismanagement …
The Post Millennial:
Seattle man arrested by feds for threatening to blow up Portland police station espoused Antifa beliefs — A Seattle man who espoused support for Antifa causes has been arrested and federally charged for threatening to blow up a Portland police station with a bomb.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Trump in Kenosha — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — TRUMP IN KENOSHA. President Trump wasn't on the ground in Wisconsin for very long, but it was long enough to show …
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Washington Post, The Western Journal and The White House
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Washington Post:
Design your own scenario — Choose a group and see how it could impact the election. The gray zoneon the controls represents shifts from 2016 to 2020 that are most plausible, based on historic results. … BIDEN — TRUMP — This analysis helps illustrate a long-running argument …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump melts down after Lincoln Project ad mocks his RNC TV ratings: ‘We have FAR more people!’ — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw a tantrum about a new Lincoln Project ad that mocked him for scoring lower television ratings for the Republican National Convention than Democratic rival Joe Biden.
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POLITICUSUSA and IJR