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Grinnell College:
Joe Biden Leads Donald Trump in Latest Grinnell College National Poll  —  If the election were held today, the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll shows Joe Biden winning the popular vote in his quest to become to be the 46th President of the United States.
Discussion: Washington Times
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USA Today:
Exclusive: The conventions over, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by a narrower 50%-43% in USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll  —  The political conventions over, Joe Biden now leads Donald Trump in the race for the White House by 50%-43%, the new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
No bounce in support for Trump as Americans see pandemic, not crime, as top issue: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his re-election campaign has yet to boost his political standing, as most Americans …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Biden's lead in Pennsylvania shrinks to 4 points in new poll  —  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's lead in Pennsylvania has been cut down to 4 percentage points, according to a new survey showing a tightening race in a swing state that helped catapult Donald Trump to office in 2016.
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Trump attacks take a toll on Black Lives Matter support
Discussion: Breitbart and Twitchy
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's underdog status remains intact after GOP convention, per polls
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jsonline:
Joe Biden to visit Kenosha on Thursday, making his first campaign visit to Wisconsin  —  MADISON - Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will visit Kenosha on Thursday.  —  His visit to Wisconsin comes just days after President Donald Trump toured the destructive aftermath …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: New Poll Shows Biden's Lead Over Trump Narrowing in Pennsylvania  —  In Massachusetts, Senator Ed Markey held off a challenge from Joseph P. Kennedy III.  Joe Biden will give a speech today faulting President Trump over reopening schools.
ABC News:
DHS withheld July intelligence bulletin calling out Russian attack on Biden's mental health  —  The Trump campaign has repeatedly engaged in a similar line of attack.  —  In early July the Department of Homeland Security withheld publication of an intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement agencies …
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Ben Jordan / TMJ4:
Kenosha business owner declines President Trump photo-op, former owner replaces him  —  A Kenosha business owner is accusing President Donald Trump of using his destroyed store for political gain.  —  Tom Gram's century-old camera shop burned to the ground a week ago during the unrest in Uptown Kenosha.
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 …
Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump used private email accounts while in the White House, says former colleague and friend  —  Melania Trump regularly used a private Trump Organization email account, an email from a MelaniaTrump.com domain, iMessage and the encrypted messaging app, Signal, while in the White House …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump told Sarah Sanders to ‘take one for the team’ after Kim Jong-un wink  —  Donald Trump told Sarah Sanders she would have to “go to North Korea and take one for the team”, after Kim Jong-un winked at the then White House press secretary during a summit in Singapore in June 2018.
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘So skeptical’: Sen. Joni Ernst echoes conspiracy theory questioning coronavirus death count  —  When a man in the crowd of her Iowa campaign stop told Sen. Joni Ernst (R) on Monday that he believed the number of U.S. coronavirus deaths had been overcounted, Ernst replied that she too was “so skeptical.”
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Slate
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pelosi used shuttered San Francisco hair salon for blow-out, owner calls it ‘slap in the face’
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler moving to avoid rioters targeting his home  —  The Democratic mayor of Portland, Ore. is moving from his $840,000 condo to avoid rioters who have repeatedly targeted the building, according to a report.  —  Ted Wheeler wrote to neighbors in his building to say it would be …
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Peter Canellos / Politico:
The Unlikely Kennedy Who Ended the Kennedy Dynasty  —  For most of the 60-year history of the Kennedy dynasty, it's been easier to imagine its last act as coming in a burst of triumph, a spasm of violence or a dream-shall-never-die promise of enduring hope.  On Tuesday, however …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Ed Markey defeats Joe Kennedy in Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Alexei Navalny poisoned with Novichok, says German government … The German government has said toxicological exams at Berlin's Charité hospital have yielded “unequivocal proof” that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, NPR, ABC7 and New York Post
Washington Post:
Tactics of fiery White House trade adviser draw new scrutiny as some of his pandemic moves unravel  —  Peter Navarro has faced an internal investigation into his treatment of colleagues, and now two of his coronavirus-related actions are under internal scrutiny.
Discussion: Raw Story and Just The News
Katie Way / VICE:
The Little Cards That Tell Police 'Let's Forget This Ever Happened'  —  Some cops give their friends and family union-issued “courtesy cards” to help get them out of minor infractions.  The cards embody everything wrong with modern policing.  —  KW  —  Mike, a white man in his 50s …
Discussion: Gothamist
David Folkenflik / NPR:
At Voice of America, Trump Appointee Sought Political Influence Over Coverage  —  Toggle more options  —  At the Voice of America, staffers say the Trump appointee leading their parent agency is threatening to wash away legal protections intended to insulate their news reports from political meddling.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Can anything change Americans' minds about Donald Trump?  —  President Trump disembarks from Air Force One as lightning splits the sky at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on August 28.  Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images  —  The eerie stability of Trump's approval rating, explained.
HuffPost:
Trump Stopped Going to Dover AFB To Receive Bodies After Getting Berated On First Visit  —  Vice President Pence attended “dignified transfer” ceremonies for two years by himself after the father of a slain SEAL “rattled” Trump In February 2017.  —  WASHINGTON ― In the world …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Judge bars University of California from all use of SAT, ACT scores in admissions  —  The University of California, which has already stopped requiring applicants to take the SAT or ACT, must go further and prohibit campuses from allowing prospective students to submit their scores …
Discussion: Mercury News
Tallahassee Democrat:
Gunfire in a Tallahassee parking lot leads to arrest of armed couple, complaints of racism  —  Charles McMillon Jr. was dropping off a U-Haul van with his young son and childhood friend Kendrick Clemons when out of nowhere bullets started flying.  —  They had just parked the van …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Russian agency created fake leftwing news outlet with fictional editors, Facebook says … The Russian agency that interfered in the 2016 US election created a fake leftwing news publication, staffed it with fake editors with AI-generated photos and hired real freelance reporters as part …
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
'I support Joe Biden's pro-science agenda': 81 Nobel laureates endorse Biden for president  —  Washington (CNN)Eighty-one Nobel Prize winners endorsed Joe Biden for president in an open letter on Wednesday, citing the former vice president's “willingness to listen to experts” and his …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Mediaite
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The scandals surrounding Trump are beginning to overlap in strange ways  —  President Trump's proclamation that he'd surround himself “only with the best” people has been undermined again and again as his presidency has progressed.  That's thanks to a progression of campaign and administration officials …
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Many GOP Voters Value America's Whiteness More Than Its Democracy  —  In Donald Trump's America, democracy dies in broad daylight.  —  Previous presidents have flouted the rule of law and sought to restrict access to the ballot, but none of Trump's modern predecessors have treated these endeavors like photo ops.
Discussion: Power Line, Washington Post and PNAS
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
For his next act, Pete Buttigieg is pivoting to podcasting  —  Pete Buttigieg has a podcast voice.  It's low, calm and reassuring — even if the trailer for his new podcast, which launches next Wednesday sounds a bit too much like a campaign stump speech to register immediately as an independent media product.
Discussion: The Hill
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Perceptions of White-Black Relations Sink to New Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' already tepid review of relations between White and Black Americans has soured since 2018 and is now the most negative of any year in Gallup's trend since 2001.  The majority of U.S. adults …
Discussion: National Review, The Hill and Axios
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
FBI investigates after alarmed pilot tells LAX tower: ‘We just passed a guy in a jet pack’  —  The FBI has launched an investigation after an American Airlines pilot said he saw what appeared to be a man flying with a jet pack Sunday night near Los Angeles International Airport.  —  “Tower, American 1997.
Discussion: KTLA
Jazmin Goodwin / CNN:
Old Navy to pay store employees to work election polls in November  —  New York (CNN Business)With Election Day on the horizon, many companies are giving their employees the day off to vote.  But Old Navy is taking a different approach to get employees involved in the democratic process.
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
State Department imposes restrictions on Chinese diplomats in the U.S.  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday unveiled a set of new restrictions for Chinese diplomats operating inside the U.S., a move the secretary said is designed to mirror similar “significant barriers” facing American diplomats in China.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden posts stunning monthly cash haul: $365 million  —  August total puts to rest fears that the Democratic nominee would be drowned by Trump campaign spending.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.  Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee reported raising a record $365 million …
Jake Bittle / The Guardian:
Exclusive: Trump's postal chief ousted brother to win control of family firm, court files allege … Last week, as the Louis DeJoy testified before the House of Representatives about mail slowdowns around the country, the Republican congressman Jim Jordan praised the embattled postmaster general's career …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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