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New York Times:
How Trump's Billion-Dollar Campaign Lost Its Cash Advantage — Five months ago, President Trump's re-election campaign had a huge financial edge over Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s. The Times conducted an extensive review of how the Trump team spent lavishly to show how that advantage evaporated.
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Progress Pond, Axios, Raw Story, Spectator USA, Eschaton, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The National Interest, IJR, Daily Kos, Slate, The Guardian and Mediaite
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Politico:
The 8 states where 2020 will be won or lost: A POLITICO deep dive — Within each of these swing states, the roadmap ahead for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden is clear. Polling, however, is not. — POLITICO Illustration — Minnesota's Iron Range. Wisconsin's “WOW” counties.
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CNN, The Hill, The Atlantic, New York Times, ABC News, One America News Network, The Dispatch, Bloomberg, Townhall and IJR
Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Putting Up to $100 Million of His Cash Into Race — Discussions follow heavy spending by campaign earlier in year — Biden reported record $365 million fundraising haul in August — President Donald Trump has discussed spending as much as $100 million of his own money …
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The Daily Caller, The American Independent, Mediaite, The Hill, Raw Story and electionlawblog.org
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump defends his campaign's spending as cash advantage evaporates — President Donald Trump defended his campaign's financial decision-making on Tuesday, after a report provoked new scrutiny of his reelection team's spending habits and squandered cash advantage over Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
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Reuters, The Hill, Axios, Raw Story and The National Interest
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump to announce SCOTUS list as early as Wednesday
POLITICO Playbook: Trump to announce SCOTUS list as early as Wednesday
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The Guardian, Financial Times, The Gateway Pundit, The Atlantic, One America News Network, Florida Politics, Raw Story, The Hill, Bloomberg and NBC News
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump doubles down on crime message as polls suggest it's a risky gamble
Trump doubles down on crime message as polls suggest it's a risky gamble
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
1,000 people double-voted in Georgia primary and may face charges — Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday that 1,000 Georgians voted twice in the state's June 9 primary, a felony that he said will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Axios, National Review, Associated Press and Townhall
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Michael Cohen explains why Trump likes Putin, and what Trump really thinks of his supporters — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is an authoritarian, racist sexual predator, according to a new book by his former lawyer and confidant, who says Trump admires ruthless dictators and openly mocks …
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Political Wire and Mediaite
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Isaac Stone Fish / Washington Post:
Why Disney's new ‘Mulan’ is a scandal — The most devastating part of “Mulan,” Disney's much-anticipated live-action remake of the 1998 animated film, isn't the story. It's the credits. The film retells the ancient Chinese tale of Hua Mulan, a filial daughter who dresses as a man to join the army …
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BBC, Breitbart, American Greatness, Bloomberg, Althouse, The Verge and The Wrap, more at Mediagazer »
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Lily Kuo / The Guardian:
Disney remake of Mulan criticised for filming in Xinjiang
Disney remake of Mulan criticised for filming in Xinjiang
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Reason, ABC, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Hundreds of Americans Planted ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’ — What I learned by reading thousands of internal emails about the Chinese mystery seeds. — Jason Koebler — In late July, America was briefly enthralled with “Unsolicited Seeds from China,” which started showing up in mailboxes in all 50 states.
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New York Post
Politico:
Senate returns with a path to nowhere on coronavirus aid — The Senate returns from its August recess Tuesday with no signs of progress on a new coronavirus relief package — and only days to reach a deal before lawmakers head back home to campaign. — Despite weeks of high-level talks between …
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Yael Halon / Fox News:
John Bolton denies claim Trump disparaged fallen American soldiers in France: ‘Simply false’ — ‘The main issue was whether or not weather conditions permitted the president to go’ — Former national security adviser John Bolton disputed the main thesis of The Atlantic's recent report alleging …
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The Federalist, TheBlaze, IJR, New York Post, WHTM-TV, JONATHAN TURLEY and Spectator USA
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Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
3 Crucial Breakdowns In Journalistic Standards That Explain The Atlantic's Trump Political Hit Piece
3 Crucial Breakdowns In Journalistic Standards That Explain The Atlantic's Trump Political Hit Piece
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Instapundit
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Trump's dilemma: How much longer to contest Michigan? — BRIGHTON, Mich. — President Donald Trump won Michigan in 2016 by a total of just 10,704 votes out of some 4.7 million cast, a lightning-in-a-bottle victory over a fatally flawed opponent. — Four years later, Trump's already-microscopic margin …
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Raw Story
CNN:
Video shows USPS mail being dumped in a California parking lot. A postal union says USPS employees weren't involved — CNN obtained surveillance video from a Glendale, California, spa showing bags of mail being dumped in a parking lot earlier this month — (CNN)Bags of mail were dumped …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
The Left Secretly Preps for MAGA Violence After Election Day — DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS — The progressive coalition Fight Back Table has been meeting to game out what happens if Joe Biden doesn't win by a landslide. It's not pretty. — Last week, a coalition of leading progressive groups gathered …
JONATHAN TURLEY:
ACLU Official Attacks University For Admitting Nick Sandmann While Professor Promises To Monitor His Conduct — I have previously written, as a long supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), about my concern over how the venerable group has changed under its current leadership …
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National Review and Twitchy
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
For the First Time, America May Have an Anti-Racist Majority — After George Floyd was killed, Donald Trump sensed an opportunity. Americans, anguished and angry over Floyd's death, had erupted in protest—some set fires, broke the windows of department stores, and stormed a police precinct.
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The Nation
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Joe Biden is beefing up his campaign in Georgia — Joe Biden's campaign is expanding its footprint in Georgia with 10 additional staffers for the final stretch of the presidential race. — The 10 operatives will join a small campaign apparatus in Georgia that launched in July with the hire of five well-known strategists.
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
House Oversight Committee will investigate Louis DeJoy following claims he pressured employees to make campaign donations — House Democrats are launching an investigation of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and called for his immediate suspension following accusations that he reimbursed former employees …
Kanye West / TMZ.com:
President Trump Autographed Bible for Sale — Here's a shocker for 54 percent of the country ... President Trump opened a Bible (that's not the shocker), signed his name in it, and now the good book could now be worth nearly $40k. There it is. — Yes, as Trump would almost certainly put it …
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Raw Story
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Mark Meadows: ‘Additional documents’ spell ‘trouble’ for ex-officials in Durham investigation — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said he has seen “additional” documents that are pertinent to U.S. Attorney John Durham's criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation.
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The National Interest, Raw Story, Political Wire, Sara A. Carter and The Daily Caller
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Supporters who helped Trump win presidency lagging in motivation this year — NEW YORK (Reuters) - With less than two months to go until the U.S. election, President Donald Trump is having trouble energizing his core supporters, especially white voters without college degrees who were key …
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POLITICUSUSA
Stanley B. Greenberg / American Prospect:
How Trump Is Losing His Base — Focus groups with working-class and rural voters show the deep health care crisis in America, and trouble for Trump's re-election. — The onetime coal boomtown of Glouster, Ohio — The heartbreaking health care crisis that is ravaging working-class …
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Raw Story
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
‘Not The Same Joe Biden’: White House Stenographer Says Former VP's ‘Mental Acuity’ Has Deteriorated — Joe Biden's former White House stenographer said the vice president's public speaking ability has deteriorated significantly since leaving office to the point where he's “not the same Joe Biden.”
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Redstate
Andrew McDonald / Politico:
UK minister confirms plan to break international law over Brexit — LONDON — U.K. government plans to backtrack on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement will break international law, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told the House of Commons Tuesday. — The Financial Times reported Monday …
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Financial Times, One America News Network and Foreign Policy
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Several deaths have been connected to protests, but the story is more complicated — Personal disputes and looting linked to some of the deaths. — The images are stark — people clashing with police, buildings on fire, vandalism, shootings and even killings.
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Twitchy
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump's Net Worth Drops $600 Million In A Year To $2.5 Billion — Senior editor at Forbes, covering Donald Trump's business.
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Political Wire, POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Michele Bachmann Claims Biden Will Collapse the U.S. Economy and Impose Communism — Right-wing former Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on televangelist Kenneth Copeland's “The Victory Channel” last week, where she warned that Black Lives Matter and anti-fascist protesters are trying to destabilize …
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Raw Story
USA Today:
I was a casket bearer at Dover. I never thought a U.S. president would insult the fallen. — The straight-line distance between Washington, D.C., and Dover, Delaware, is less than 85 miles. It takes a helicopter about 40 to 45 minutes to make the trip. I was 19 years old, and it was my first time riding a helicopter.