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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ — When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn't fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn't drive him there.
Detroit Free Press:
Former Michigan governor Rick Snyder: I am a Republican vote for Biden — Forty-four years ago, I celebrated my 18th birthday at the 1976 Republican National Convention as part of Gerald Ford's national youth group. At that convention, I had the honor to watch two great leaders in action — Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Anti-Trump Lincoln Project to unleash Facebook army to get out the vote for Biden — The Lincoln Project, a group led by anti-Trump Republicans, will be launching a new initiative on Friday, The Lincoln Project Digital Coalition. — The plan is to have thousands of Lincoln Project …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Barr claims a man collected 1,700 ballots and filled them out as he pleased. Prosecutors say that's not what happened. — In his latest warning about the dangers of mass mail-in voting, Attorney General William P. Barr pointed to a case in Texas that he said highlighted the risk of fraud.
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ABC News:
Russia is ‘amplifying’ claims of mail-in voter fraud, intel bulletin warns — Bulletin: “Russian malign influence actors” targeted absentee voting process. — Russia has sought to “amplify” concerns over the integrity of U.S. elections by promoting allegations that mail-in voting will lead …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
A Lawless Attorney General Hits New Lows
A Lawless Attorney General Hits New Lows
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Rosa Brooks / Washington Post:
What's the worst that could happen? … We wanted to know: What's the worst thing that could happen to our country during the presidential election? President Trump has broken countless norms and ignored countless laws during his time in office, and while my colleagues and I at the Transition …
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The Economist:
Donald Trump is very likely to challenge the results of the US election — If he does so it will be bad, quite possibly very bad indeed — In his final debate with Hillary Clinton in 2016, Donald Trump refused to commit himself to accepting the results of the coming election.
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
The Democrats' Dangerous Delegitimization of the Election
The Democrats' Dangerous Delegitimization of the Election
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Jessica A. Krug:
The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies — For the better part of my adult life, every move I've made, every relationship I've formed, has been rooted in the napalm toxic soil of lies. — Not just any lies. — To an escalating degree over my adult life, I have eschewed …
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Washington Post:
White GWU professor admits she falsely claimed Black identity — In a blog post attributed to Jessica A. Krug, the associate professor at George Washington University said she's claimed a Black identity throughout her career. — A blog post attributed to a history professor …
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Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Cooper Leads for Guv, Tight Senate Race, Prez in Play — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden and Donald Trump are separated by a negligible 2-point margin among all registered voters in North Carolina according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll, while the U.S. Senate race is even tighter.
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NCSBE:
A Message from Karen Brinson Bell to NC Voters
A Message from Karen Brinson Bell to NC Voters
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Associated Press:
Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test
Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Donald Trump's Encouragement to Vote Twice Could Cause Election Day Chaos
Donald Trump's Encouragement to Vote Twice Could Cause Election Day Chaos
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New York Times:
7 Officers Suspended as a Black Man's Suffocation Roils Rochester — The man, Daniel Prude, who was having a psychotic episode, died in March after police officers placed a mesh hood over his head. — ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Seven Rochester police officers were suspended on Thursday …
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USA Today:
Police used ‘spit hood’ on Black man who died of asphyxiation: What we know about Daniel Prude's death
Police used ‘spit hood’ on Black man who died of asphyxiation: What we know about Daniel Prude's death
RochesterFirst:
7 Rochester police officers involved in Daniel Prude death suspended with pay
7 Rochester police officers involved in Daniel Prude death suspended with pay
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Michael Hill / Associated Press:
Video in Black man's suffocation shows cops put hood on him
Video in Black man's suffocation shows cops put hood on him
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi and Mnuchin agree on plan to avoid government shutdown — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have tentatively agreed to use a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, according to Capitol Hill aides.
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
McEnany plays footage of Pelosi in hair salon on loop, says speaker ‘ought to apologize’ to Americans
McEnany plays footage of Pelosi in hair salon on loop, says speaker ‘ought to apologize’ to Americans
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Pelosi, Mnuchin agree to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month
Pelosi, Mnuchin agree to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month
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ABC News:
Ex-NRA insider speaks out: Gun owners should be ‘horrified’ by what I saw — In an exclusive interview, Joshua Powell breaks ranks with the NRA. — A former high-ranking official within the National Rifle Association is breaking ranks with the powerful gun lobby, publishing a book …
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Scott D. Pierce / Salt Lake Tribune:
Ann Romney will join Michelle Obama on TV to get out the vote — Ann Romney will team up with Michelle Obama on prime-time television to encourage people to vote this fall. — The former first lady and Romney — whose husband, Sen. Mitt Romney, lost the 2012 race to former President Barack Obama …
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Gardner ‘Flatly Outnumbered’ by Independents as He Seeks Re-Election in Colorado Senate Race — Hickenlooper holds 29-point lead over GOP incumbent with unaffiliated voters, who make up more than 40% of the state's electorate … Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner has a math problem.
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New York Times:
Netanyahu Privately Condoned U.S. Plan to Sell Arms to U.A.E., Officials Say — The package being pushed by the Trump White House — which could shift the military balance in the Middle East — includes an electronic warfare plane, the EA-18G Growler. — WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks — The attorney general is said to have set a deadline over the objections of career lawyers who say they need more time to build the case. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to bring an antitrust case …
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The Daily Beast:
Postal Chiefs Warn: Workers' ‘Heroic’ Efforts Won't Save the Vote — “Despite the heroic efforts ...the reality is, that's going to be a difficult situation for that voter to have their vote counted,” one official said. — The embattled leadership of the U.S. Postal Service warned …
Anneken Tappe / CNN:
Stock market bloodbath: Dow and Nasdaq plummet in the worst day since June — New York (CNN Business)It was a wild day on Wall Street. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP) tumbled nearly 5% and the Dow fell more than 800 points, as investors made a dash for the exits following a streak of record-setting days over the past several weeks.
Scott Hounsell / Redstate:
Nate Silver's Latest Shows Biden Is Headed for a Very Bad November — Nate Silver, the popular statistician and data geek who publishes his predictions for political outcomes throughout the country has released some new findings for the November Presidential Election and the news for Team Biden isn't great.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Seven in 10 new coronavirus cases are emerging in red states — For the first time, red counties are seeing as many new cases as blue ones. — It's hard to overstate the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has been saturated with partisan politics. Simple recommendations like wearing …
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New York Times:
Trump's Tactic: Sowing Distrust in Whatever Gets in His Way — From business competition in New York to President Barack Obama's birthplace to mail-in voting, President Trump's goal has been to undermine the opposition and leave people uncertain about what to believe.
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
White House: Trump to release list of potential Supreme Court nominees after Labor Day — White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday that President Trump in the coming weeks will issue an updated list of conservative justices he would consider for future Supreme Court nominations.
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Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Refuses to Criticize Blake's Father Over Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts — Campaign's Jewish outreach director claimed candidate would confront anti-Semitism on the left — The Biden campaign has remained silent on revelations that the father of Jacob Blake, a black man shot by police in Kenosha …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Biden jokes that Kenosha audience would ‘shoot me’ if he didn't wrap up his remarks — Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to joke on Thursday that if he spoke any longer about his plan to increase taxes on the wealthy “he'll shoot me,” as he addressed a group of Kenosha, Wis., residents after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
I'm Doomsday Prepping for the End of Democracy — Even if Trump loses, there's no guarantee we'll make it to the other side. — To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. — My wife, Helen, and I got into a quarrel …
Media Matters for America:
After Kenosha shootings, former Sheriff David Clarke advises radio listeners on how to get away with killing protesters — Clarke tells his Wisconsin audience to “have a plan” to legally justify shootings and hypes vigilante violence: “You don't need permission from the police”
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Said It Removed A Militia Event Page Threatening Violence In Kenosha. It Didn't. — Sandra Fiehrer thought she was helping Facebook enforce its own rules when she reported “Armed Citizens to Protect our Lives and Property,” an event being organized on the social network for the evening of Aug. 25 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It's not just Trump. All Republicans must go. — The argument for keeping House and Senate Republicans rests on the premise they somehow lack the disqualifying characteristics (e.g., congenital lying, racism, constitutional illiteracy, conspiracy-mongering) that addle President Trump. Think again.
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