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Erica Orden / CNN:
In tell-all book, Michael Cohen says Trump hired a ‘Faux-Bama’ during White House run — (CNN)Before Donald Trump ever sought the Oval Office, he was preoccupied by its occupant President Barack Obama, publicly questioning his birthplace and privately describing him as “a Manchurian candidate” …
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Washington Post:
In new book, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen describes alleged episodes of racism and says president likes how Putin runs Russia — President Trump's longtime lawyer and personal fixer, Michael Cohen, alleges in a new book that Trump made “overt and covert attempts to get Russia to interfere …
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Trump erases Biden's lead in Texas, as Hegar chips away at Cornyn's edge in Senate race — New Dallas Morning News/UT-Tyler poll shows Texas remains a battleground, but the president has regained momentum despite ongoing pandemic and economic woes. — WASHINGTON - Texas remains a toss-up in the presidential race.
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CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker: National, Wisconsin contests steady amid protests; more think Biden trying to calm situation — The presidential horse race remains unchanged by recent protests — Joe Biden still leads President Trump by the same margins nationally and in the battleground state of Wisconsin.
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Jennifer De Pinto / CBS News:
Voters skeptical about potential COVID-19 vaccine and say that one this year would be rushed - CBS News poll
Voters skeptical about potential COVID-19 vaccine and say that one this year would be rushed - CBS News poll
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The Daily Caller
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Republicans vs. Imaginary Biden
Republicans vs. Imaginary Biden
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Washington Post:
Louis DeJoy's rise as GOP fundraiser was powered by contributions from company workers who were later reimbursed, former employees say — Louis DeJoy's prolific campaign fundraising, which helped position him as a top Republican power broker in North Carolina and ultimately as head …
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Political Wire, Raw Story and Patterico's Pontifications
Bloomberg:
Trump Ended 2018 France Trip Having Art Loaded on Air Force One — President decided he wanted pieces from ambassador's residence — Painting, bust, figurines flown home to display at White House — After Donald Trump's planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines …
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Political Wire and NBC News
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump prepares a new fall offensive: Branding Kamala Harris — Kamala Harris is about to get the Trump treatment. — President Donald Trump has long excelled at ridiculing opponents and fomenting rivalries among those around him — from contestants on “The Apprentice” to his top aides inside the White House.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's law and order campaign isn't working — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new CNN/SSRS poll has former Vice President Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by a 51% to 43% margin. — That 8-point margin matches a Grinnell College/Selzer & Co. poll published this week as well and is in-line with the national polling average.
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Townhall, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Daily Mail:
Wealthy NYC college student, 20, is among eight arrested for ‘causing $100,000 worth of damage to businesses in Manhattan during BLM rampage’ — A wealthy college student is among the eight people arrested on rioting charges after participants in a Black Lives Matter protest went on a rampage in Manhattan …
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New York Post:
Wealthy NYC woman busted in BLM rampage — That's rich. — One of the Black Lives Matter protesters now facing felony rioting and misdemeanor graffiti charges — after a window-smashing free-for-all in Manhattan — is a wealthy Upper East Sider whose mother is an architect and whose father is a child psychiatrist.
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The Post Millennial, Fox News and Althouse
New York Times:
A New Front in America's Pandemic: College Towns — The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return. — IOWA CITY, Iowa — Last month, facing a budget shortfall of at least $75 million because of the pandemic, the University …
New York Times:
In Final Stretch, Biden Defends Lead Against Trump's Onslaught — The president is attempting to overtake his Democratic challenger with a strategy of racial polarization in heavily white Midwestern states, even as Democrats make inroads in the Republican-leaning South and West.
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New York Times:
At Least 4 Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas, Officials Say — No injuries were immediately reported at the event, which was taking place on Lake Travis. — The authorities rescued numerous people from the waters of Lake Travis in Texas on Saturday after at least four boats sank …
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Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
Multiple vessels sink during a Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis in Texas and people are rescued from the water - as nationwide MAGA celebrations kick off for the Labor Day weekend
Multiple vessels sink during a Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis in Texas and people are rescued from the water - as nationwide MAGA celebrations kick off for the Labor Day weekend
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KVUE-TV:
‘Many boats in distress,’ several have sunk during ‘Trump Boat Parade’ on Lake Travis, TSCO says
‘Many boats in distress,’ several have sunk during ‘Trump Boat Parade’ on Lake Travis, TSCO says
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New York Daily News, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
Hojun Choi / Austin American-Statesman:
Hundreds rally but some boats are swamped in Lake Travis parade for Trump
Hundreds rally but some boats are swamped in Lake Travis parade for Trump
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NBC News
Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News:
He once thought Hillary Clinton and Lady Gaga ate babies. Now he wants to help people out of QAnon — Stephen Ross went from being one of Lady Gaga's “little monsters” in high school to believing she was a cannibal pedophile. — The Massachusetts native says he was a sheltered kid with …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Here's what the media must do to fend off an election-night disaster — I learned about the hazards of election night the hard way. In late 2000, only a year into my job as the Buffalo News's top editor, I had to make the high-anxiety wee-hours decision about a main headline for the paper's first Wednesday morning print editions.
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
This rural Virginia community thought it could escape the pandemic. Now, it has among the highest number of new cases in the state. — ST. PAUL, Va. — In the brightest red corner of Virginia, where “Trump Digs Coal” signs dot the Appalachian mountain hollers, Jerry Estep first brushed off the coronavirus as an urban plague.
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Our Long, Forgotten History of Election-Related Violence — President Trump has sparked dangerous lawlessness, but killing and destruction linked to political antagonisms are nothing new for this country. — In the fall of 1856, according to news reports, a Baltimore resident named Charles Brown was …
Maria Carrasco / Politico:
Michigan secretary of state warns Election Day could be Election Week — Michigan's secretary of state said on Sunday her state's full results of the Nov. 3 elections won't be available on Election Day, advising voters it could take a week for a final tally.
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The Daily Caller
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
What Joe Biden didn't let himself see in Pennsylvania — PITTSBURGH — Sometimes, we are presented with opportunities that could change how we view the world outside the bubble of our daily lives. One event can change how we see people, talk to people, and understand people and where they live …
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Companies Recruit 350,000 Poll Workers for U.S. Election — Hundreds of businesses are giving employees paid time off to work the polls and to vote — Big employers including Gap Inc.'s Old Navy, Target Corp. and Warby Parker are telling employees they can take paid time off to volunteer …
Associated Press:
Rare spat between Serbia and Russia after US-brokered deal — BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A social media post by Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman apparently ridiculing Serbia's president after he signed a U.S.-sponsored agreement between Serbia and Kosovo has triggered a rare spat between traditional allies Moscow and Belgrade.
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One America News Network
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Trump deploys YouTube as his secret weapon in 2020 — In 2016, Donald Trump's campaign cracked the code on Facebook as a campaign tool — gaining an advantage over Hillary Clinton that was little noticed at the time but helped propel him to victory. — This time, the president is betting big on YouTube.