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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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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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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 …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘Whatever it takes’: Trump says he's willing to spend his own money as campaign's cash advantage evaporates — President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that his campaign was in dire financial straits but pledged he would contribute “whatever it takes” from his own personal fortune to ensure the success of his reelection effort.
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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, Townhall and electionlawblog.org
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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Bloomberg:
McConnell Plans Vote on Relief Plan Pelosi Calls ‘Fraudulent’
McConnell Plans Vote on Relief Plan Pelosi Calls ‘Fraudulent’
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CNN, Fox News, Axios, The Hill, IJR, One America News Network and Denver Post
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate to vote on scaled-down coronavirus relief package
Senate to vote on scaled-down coronavirus relief package
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Fox News, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, Roll Call, Washington Times, POLITICUSUSA and Just The News
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
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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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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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, New York Times, ABC, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, Hollywood Reporter, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Newly renovated Rose Garden under repair less than 3 weeks after unveiling — (CNN)The newly renovated White House Rose Garden is under repair less than three weeks after it's official unveiling. The garden is experiencing “issues with water drainage” and “some minor complications with updated construction …
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.
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
JONATHAN TURLEY:
ACLU Official Attacks University For Admitting Nick Sandmann While Professor Denounces His “Anti-Intellectual” Views — 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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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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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
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
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 …
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.
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
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, Political Wire, Raw Story, Sara A. Carter and The Daily Caller
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pittsburgh police investigating after viral videos of protesters spread on social media — Pittsburgh police are investigating after videos of a Saturday protest in Downtown Pittsburgh showed protesters yelling at restaurant patrons and breaking a glass. — The videos, which have been viewed millions …
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IJR, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and Forbes
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
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
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 and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
A Black seventh-grader played with a toy gun during a virtual class. His school called the police. — Dani Elliott was at work last month in Colorado Springs when her 12-year-old son's vice principal called with alarming news: A police officer was on the way to her house …
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The Guardian, BuzzFeed News, Twitchy, TheBlaze, New York Post and Law & Crime
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, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA