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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:
7 ways Trump and his cabal are using government to corrupt the election
7 ways Trump and his cabal are using government to corrupt the election
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Common Dreams
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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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Democrats launch probe into Trump officials' Covid-report tampering
Democrats launch probe into Trump officials' Covid-report tampering
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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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Washingtonian and Raw Story
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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Marie Fazio / New York Times:
South Dakota Investigates Fatal Crash Involving Attorney General
South Dakota Investigates Fatal Crash Involving Attorney General
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Argus Leader, Task & Purpose and New York Post
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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Associated Press:
In defiance of Nevada governor, Trump holds indoor rally — LAS VEGAS (AP) — In open defiance of state regulations and his own administration's pandemic health guidelines, President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, telling a packed, nearly mask-less Nevada crowd that the nation was …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump's Reckless, Atrocious, Deceitful Rally
Trump's Reckless, Atrocious, Deceitful Rally
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Gives Speech on Fires and Climate Change
2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Gives Speech on Fires and Climate Change
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller and The National Interest
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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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Intercept
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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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Woodward: ‘The president of the U.S. possessed specific knowledge that could have saved lives’
Woodward: ‘The president of the U.S. possessed specific knowledge that could have saved lives’
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Ron Johnson says Donald Trump should win ‘at least one’ Nobel Peace Prize
Ron Johnson says Donald Trump should win ‘at least one’ Nobel Peace Prize
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The Hill
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump says he gets along better with world leaders “the tougher and meaner they are”
Trump says he gets along better with world leaders “the tougher and meaner they are”
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Political Wire
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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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 …
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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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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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 …
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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Lock Him Up? For the Republic to survive Trump's presidency, he must be tried for his crimes. Even if that sparks a constitutional crisis of its own. — In the end, the most salient fact about Donald Trump may simply be that he is a crook. He has been defying the law since at least the early 1970s …
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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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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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Raw Story
Ben Geman / Axios:
Biden calls Trump a “climate arsonist,” warns of wildfire threat to suburbs — Joe Biden on Monday called President Trump a “climate arsonist” and warned that another four years of Trump's policies would expose suburbs to more deadly wildfires. — Why it matters: Biden's speech addressing …
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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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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Former Trump economic adviser: 'I honestly haven't made up my mind' on 2020 vote — President Donald Trump's former top economic adviser said Monday he had not yet decided who he will vote for in November's presidential election. — “You know, I honestly haven't made up my mind,” Gary Cohn told CNBC in an interview.
Politico:
‘This is f—ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories — MIAMI — George Soros directs a “deep state” global conspiracy network. A Joe Biden win would put America in control of “Jews and Blacks.” The Democratic nominee has a pedophilia problem.
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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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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting — With two former solicitors general and hundreds of lawyers, the Biden campaign is bracing for an extended legal battle and hoping to maintain trust in the electoral process. — Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s campaign is establishing …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
There are no good choices — Land of the free, home of the failed. Gary Hershorn/Corbis via Getty Images — In shifting so much responsibility to individual people, America's government has revealed the limits of individualism. — Where I live, the sky is choking. Wednesday was the worst.
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ProPublica:
Emails Show the Meatpacking Industry Drafted an Executive Order to Keep Plants Open — Hundreds of emails offer a rare look at the meat industry's influence and access to the highest levels of government. The draft was submitted a week before Trump's executive order, which bore striking similarities.