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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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Top Trump health appointee Michael Caputo warns of armed insurrection after election
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A Trump official's insane rant should reflect back on Trump himself
A Trump official's insane rant should reflect back on Trump himself
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Slate, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
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
In exclusive interview, Trump slams Sisolak, defends indoor rally
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Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Trump rally site fined $3,000 for violating Nevada's coronavirus guidelines
Trump rally site fined $3,000 for violating Nevada's coronavirus guidelines
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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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Las Vegas Review-Journal
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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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 …
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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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Bob Woodward Reveals New Tape of Trump's Shocking COVID Comments — “It's so easily transmissible, you wouldn't even believe it,” the president can be heard telling Bob Woodward on the new recording. — The hits keep coming from Rage author Bob Woodward, who premiered a new exclusive audio recording …
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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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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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Laura Ly / CNN:
Judge rules Chad Wolf likely unlawfully serving as Homeland Security secretary and temporarily blocks some asylum restrictions — (CNN)A Maryland federal judge on Friday ruled that Chad Wolf is likely unlawfully serving as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and temporarily barred …
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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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Biden spending alarms Trump allies — Joe Biden's mammoth $364 million August fundraising haul is leading to tens of millions worth of ads in battleground states. — The big picture: “It should be an alarm to every Republican donor that they've got to dig deep and give more,” Club for Growth head David McIntosh told AP.
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David A. Hopkins / Honest Graft:
If Trump Has Money Problems, They Won't Matter Much
If Trump Has Money Problems, They Won't Matter Much
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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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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Federal judge temporarily blocks Postal Service from sending election mailer to more voters in Colorado — A federal judge late Saturday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from sending a notice about the November elections to more people in Colorado, finding that the mailer …
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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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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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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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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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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 …
Matthew Franck / Public Discourse:
Racism Is Real. But Is “Systemic Racism”? That Time I Was Published by Newsweek—For Two Hours — The opinion editor of Newsweek should be commended for striving to publish a diversity of views at the site, but its editor-in-chief committed journalistic malpractice by taking …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
White evangelicals and Catholics may finally be opening their ears — To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. — Jeremiah was as good as it gets in the prophet business, but he could be a bit of a downer.
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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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Daniel Walters / News, Inlander:
After an Inlander article about her links to conspiracy theory websites, Rep. Jenny Graham responds with profanity, threats and another conspiracy website — State Rep. Jenny Graham (R-Spokane) called me on my cellphone the day the Inlander published my story about her unwittingly linking to conspiracy theory posts on Facebook.
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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 …