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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Trump Health Aide Alleges Broad 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
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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Talking Points Memo, Axios, GovExec.com, The Hill, The Root and POLITICUSUSA
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 — The spittle was flying. So were the lies. — President Trump attempted to hold an unmasked, indoor superspreader event in Henderson, Nevada on Sunday night, running afoul of Nevada regulations and his own administration's guidelines.
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ProFootballTalk and Raw Story
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Gives Speech on Fires and Climate Change — President Trump's focus on unrest is not translating into more support for him, a poll found. Bob Woodward said Mr. Trump “could have saved lives” if he had spoken out about the dangers of the coronavirus sooner.
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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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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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Washington Post, The American Independent, Washington Times, CBS News and Breitbart
jsonline:
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
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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Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
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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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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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Talking Points Memo
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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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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Axios, Vanity Fair, Breitbart, The American Independent, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA and Twitchy
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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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.
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Former top Trump economic advisor Gary Cohn hasn't decided whether to vote for Biden or the president
Former top Trump economic advisor Gary Cohn hasn't decided whether to vote for Biden or the president
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Bloomberg, The National Interest and The Hill
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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Blue Virginia
Mikelle Street / Out Magazine:
Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum Comes Out As Bisexual … In a new interview with Tamron Hall, his first after going through a public scandal that involved drugs and accusations of infidelity, Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum has come out as bisexual. — “You didn't ask the question, you put it out there of whether I identify as gay.
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Miriam Kramer / Axios:
Andrew Gillum says he is bisexual
Andrew Gillum says he is bisexual
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Breitbart, Florida Politics, Political Wire and The Daily Beast
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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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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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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Raw Story
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything. Then Its Own Scandal Hit. — Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom. — Where were you when you first heard about the Snowden leak? — The huge breach of the National Security Agency's …
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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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The Intercept
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Law & Order Seen As Major Problem — Concern is high among Republicans and people of color — West Long Branch, NJ - Most Americans are concerned with maintaining law and order, with some interesting results by party and race. Neither presidential candidate has a clear edge on this issue …
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The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Brian Flood / Fox News:
CNN's Jake Tapper pestered GOP candidate Sean Parnell for statement dismissing scandalous DM: source — Tapper was blowing up his phone like an obsessed lunatic,' a source close to Parnell told Fox News — EXCLUSIVE: CNN's Jake Tapper has been pestering Republican congressional candidate Sean Parnell …
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
The majority backs Whitmer's pandemic actions. But it could only take 3% to stop her. — If I were governor, most things would still be shut down in Michigan, including outdoor dining, malls and gyms that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has allowed to open with restrictions.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
The Founders of The Environmental Movement Have a Message: Don't Vote For The Green Party — They spearheaded the breakthroughs in the '70s; saw the damage of the '80s; witnessed Nader's role in '00 and Jill Stein's in '16. Now, they have thoughts to share.
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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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Raw Story
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Biden, flush with cash, boosts ad spending in battlegrounds — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's massive campaign war chest was supposed to finance an onslaught of attacks that would destroy Joe Biden's chance of winning in November. — But after months of profligate spending …
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Florida Politics
Politico:
‘Keep back!’: How the Biden campaign obsesses over Covid — WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden's chartered airplanes and SUVs are meticulously sprayed with disinfectant and scrubbed. The microphones, lecterns and folders he uses are wiped down in the moments before his arrival.
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
DeJoy Gave $600,000 to GOP After Postmaster Job Opened Up — Donations increased to Trump, Republicans before appointment — Testimony on DeJoy giving submitted to House panel for hearing — Louis DeJoy boosted his giving to Republican political campaigns as the job …
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Raw Story
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Trump Says He Will ‘Negotiate’ Third Term Because He's ‘Entitled’ To It — President Trump said Saturday that he plans to “negotiate” to run again in 2024 if he wins reelection in November, his latest in a series of comments that have alarmed critics who say he has little regard for constitutional boundaries.
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Washington Monthly