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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Trump Health Aide Falsely Alleges Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt — Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection, and he accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A Trump official's insane rant should reflect back on Trump himself — Everybody is talking about the insane rant that Michael Caputo, the senior communications official at the Department of Health and Human Services, delivered in a live video talk from his Facebook page on Sunday.
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Washington Post:
Top Trump health appointee Michael Caputo warns of armed insurrection after election
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Top HHS official accuses scientists of plotting against Trump, tells supporters to buy ammunition
Top HHS official accuses scientists of plotting against Trump, tells supporters to buy ammunition
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Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center — Several legal advocacy groups on Monday filed a whistleblower complaint on behalf of a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center documenting …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Defends Indoor Rally, but Aides Express Concern — “I'm on a stage, and it's very far away,” Mr. Trump said of the gathering on Sunday. His own campaign aides privately called the move a game of political Russian roulette. — WASHINGTON — President Trump and his campaign are defending …
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Debra J. Saunders / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
In exclusive interview, Trump slams Sisolak, defends indoor rally — President Donald Trump is interviewed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal outside a campaign rally at Xtreme Manufacturing in Henderson, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
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Washington Post:
Trump's first indoor rally in months staged as a rebuke to coronavirus restrictions
Trump's first indoor rally in months staged as a rebuke to coronavirus restrictions
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump defies virus rules as ‘peaceful protest’ rallies grow
Trump defies virus rules as ‘peaceful protest’ rallies grow
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Washington Post and Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Staged Fake FBI Raid on Business Partner, Actor Hired for Production Says — A Virginia man who responded to a Craigslist ad seeking actors to play FBI agents quickly discovered he'd been roped into yet another Wohl/Burkman hoax — A supposed FBI raid of a home …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
FBI raids home of conservative conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman — Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the home of lobbyist, conspiracy theorist and right-wing operative Jack Burkman early Monday morning. — Burkman confirmed the raid and said he was not arrested.
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Politico:
Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets. — A digital ad released by a fundraising arm of the Trump campaign on Sept. 11 calling on people to “support our troops” uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets and weapons.
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Arielle Zionts / Rapid City Journal:
DPS: Attorney General reported hitting a deer, but man's body discovered the next morning — South Dakota's attorney general reported hitting a deer Saturday night but actually hit and killed a man whose body wasn't discovered until the next morning, the Department of Public Safety said Monday morning.
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible for state ballot — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible to appear on the state ballot, a relief for state and local election officials who feared an addition …
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Danielle Pletka / Washington Post:
I never considered voting for Trump in 2016. I may be forced to vote for him this year. — Danielle Pletka is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. — In 2016, I never considered voting for Donald Trump. The Johnny-come-lately Republican and his nasty schoolyard jibes seemed …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs to Be Deposed in Seth Rich Case — A new court filing says the Fox stars have agreed to answer questions on their role in spreading conspiracy theories about the murdered DNC staffer. — Fox News star Sean Hannity was once his network's most prominent booster …
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NBC News:
Justice Department internal watchdog is investigating Roger Stone's sentencing, say sources — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General has begun investigating the circumstances surrounding the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, a longtime friend …
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BuzzFeed News:
“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation — Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent …
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New York Times:
Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds — The detection of a gas in the planet's atmosphere could turn scientists' gaze to a planet long overlooked in the search for extraterrestrial life. — High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be life.
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Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Biden leads Trump 67-30 among Jewish voters, survey finds — (JTA) — A survey of Jewish voters shows 67 percent plan to vote for Joe Biden in November and 30 percent plan to vote for Donald Trump. — The numbers in the survey released Monday by the Jewish Electorate Institute broke …
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New York Times:
Is the Mail Getting Slower? We're Tracking It — In July and August, when a public outcry rose over late mail, there was indeed slower delivery from the United States Postal Service. — Since then, on-time delivery of the mail has improved slightly. But for first-class mail …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin's ‘Useful Idiot’ — Shortly after midnight on June 17, 1972, an unusually attentive security guard named Frank Wills discovered an unlocked door in the garage of the Watergate office complex. A piece of tape had been placed over the latch.
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Jeff Wise / New York Magazine:
The People v. Donald J. Trump The criminal case against him is already in the works — and it could go to trial sooner than you think. — The defendant looked uncomfortable as he stood to testify in the shabby courtroom. Dressed in a dark suit and somber tie, he seemed aged, dimmed, his posture noticeably stooped.
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CNN:
‘Nothing more could have been done’: Trump's final phone call to Woodward — Washington (CNN)On August 14, the coronavirus pandemic was on fire in the US. More than 168,000 Americans had died, with more than 1,300 deaths that day alone. But when President Donald Trump called legendary …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The president who says the coronavirus will go away makes the same prediction about global warming — There are a range of policy issues on which President Trump's approach varies dramatically from that of his opponent in this year's presidential contest, former vice president Joe Biden.
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Politico:
Down-ballot Dems split from Biden on door-knocking — Democrat Sara Gideon's campaign is knocking on voters' doors in her close Senate race in Maine. So is Steve Bullock in Montana, another one of the nation's most competitive Senate contests. Democratic candidates in state legislative races …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Biden campaign adds more staff in Texas
Biden campaign adds more staff in Texas
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Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say — Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers already contribute 5 percent of sea-level rise — Two Antarctic glaciers that have long kept scientists awake at night are breaking free from the restraints that have hemmed them in …
Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire Steven Cohen Reaches Deal to Buy New York Mets — Agreement values the team at between $2.4 billion and $2.5 billion, a record for a North American professional sports franchise — Billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen has reached an agreement to purchase the New York Mets …
New York Times:
Navalny, Awake and Alert, Plans to Return to Russia, German Official Says — Mr. Navalny talked with a German prosecutor about being poisoned. Word of his improvement came as France and Sweden confirmed that he had been sickened by Novichok, a Russian nerve agent.
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Associated Press:
Judge strikes down Pennsylvania virus policies — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's pandemic restrictions that required people to stay at home, placed size limits on gatherings and ordered “non-life-sustaining” businesses to shut down are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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WPRI-TV:
Here's what the November election looks like for the RI General Assembly — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Fewer than half of the candidates running for legislative office will face a challenger in November, paving the way for Democrats to again take commanding control of the General Assembly.
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
L.A. deputies tackled and arrested a reporter. Her videos contradict their claims about the incident. — As Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies tackled Josie Huang to the street on Saturday night, the reporter for NPR affiliate KPCC screamed repeatedly she was a journalist.
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Jonathan S. Tobin / The Federalist:
Censoring Scott Atlas Should Be The Last Straw For Big Tech's Censorship — Google-owned YouTube removed video of a presidential advisor discussing COVID-19 lockdowns. Anti-trust action and legislation must cap this abuse of power. — If the coronavirus pandemic has proved anything …
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