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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 …
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Financial Times:
What happens if Trump loses but refuses to concede? — A contested result and the risk of civil unrest would pose a dilemma for Congress, courts and the military — As Americans prepare to cast their vote in the US election, a nightmare scenario looms large: what if Donald Trump were to lose …
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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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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Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Forbes, Law & Crime, Deadline, Las Vegas Review-Journal and NBC News
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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Townhall, The American Independent, IJR and The Moderate Voice
CNN:
Trump indoor rally site fined $3,000 for violating state coronavirus guidelines
Trump indoor rally site fined $3,000 for violating state coronavirus guidelines
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The Nevada Independent, The Hill, Mediaite, Vanity Fair and Defense One, more at Mediagazer »
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, myfox8.com and Washington Post
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.
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Don't expect our elites to learn from the Los Angeles horror — The attempted assassination of two Los Angeles County deputies, caught on a security video, is chilling and enraging enough. — A man walks up to the parked black-and-white cruiser and fires point-blank through the passenger window, then runs away.
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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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NY State Attorney General and The Hill
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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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Shredding of Civil Liberties Won't Stop With Antifa
Trump's Shredding of Civil Liberties Won't Stop With Antifa
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Daily Kos, Washington Post, Vox and Raw Story
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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Carter Sherman / VICE:
Staggering Number of Hysterectomies Happening at ICE Facility, Whistleblower Says — “We've questioned among ourselves, like, goodness, he's taking everybody's stuff out,” said a former nurse at the facility. “That's his specialty, he's the uterus collector.” — CS
Washington Post:
A fake FBI raid orchestrated by right-wing activists dupes The Washington Post — A fake FBI raid staged Monday by a notorious right-wing activist and conspiracist turned into an embarrassment for The Washington Post, which briefly reported the faux-event as if it were the real deal.
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Politico:
How Trump's Middle East Plan Could Boost the Region — Four years ago, in the midst of a divisive U.S. presidential election, we led a bipartisan task force taking a renewed and comprehensive look at the Middle East. In addition to the region's many problems, we identified “green shoots” …
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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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Washington's cozy media-political cocktail circuit needs a cooling-off. Now is the perfect time. — From the perspective of the Washington women involved in “Girls' Night Out,” the social gathering was friendly, professionally helpful, and harmless. — For about 10 years …
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Frustrated lawmakers draft their own pandemic aid package — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Tuesday will put forward their own plan to deliver badly needed coronavirus relief amid a bitter stalemate between their party leaders. — The House Problem Solvers Caucus has assembled …
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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.
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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Axios:
Boats, flags and merchandise: Trump is core to supporters' identity — If President Trump defies today's swing-state polls and pulls off another upset, what will we have missed that could have been a clue? — Here's a big one: Trump flotillas ... Trump flags bigger than American flags …
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The Day
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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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Confessions of a New Gun Owner — Even in suburbia, people are losing confidence the police will keep them safe. — On Monday it became official: The police issued me a gun permit. — Never did I imagine I'd be here. Not because I was anti-gun. My dad was a career FBI agent, so my siblings and I grew up with guns.
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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 …
ABC News:
Delaware ends primary voting, setting up historic November — The First State is the last to hold statewide primaries this year. — Delaware, which was crowned the First State in 1787, is the last to hold statewide primaries this year before Election Day in November.
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New York Post:
New evidence makes Hunter Biden's ‘business’ deals reek worse than ever — Foreign entities looking to influence American politics sometimes devise lucrative commercial deals involving a politician's family. While the deals can, and do, ensnare politicians of all stripes …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin decided the 2016 election. We'll have to wait on them in 2020. — Huge surges in mail voting will change how and when votes are counted in 2020. Here's our guide to the rules. — The most important states in the 2016 election are among …
Stephen Gandel / CBS News:
Trump alma mater says Biden plan would lead to more economic growth — Joe Biden's economic proposals would create a faster growing economy, higher wages for American workers and reduce the debt compared to where the U.S. is headed under President Donald Trump, according to new analysis …
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POLITICUSUSA, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, Bloomberg and Issues
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump makes four false claims in one sentence — Washington (CNN)In what may be a new record for President Donald Trump, he made four false claims in one sentence of a tweet on Saturday. — The sentence was about Hillary Clinton, Trump's 2016 election opponent, and Andrew McCabe …
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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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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Heiress to Predatory Mortgage Empire to Spend $200 Million for Dems — Sandlers made billions offering subprime loans blamed for 2007 financial crisis — The heiress to the subprime mortgage empire that preyed on minorities on its way to earning billions of dollars is now spending $200 million …