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Politico:
Caputo apologizes to HHS staff, signals desire for medical leave — The health department's top spokesperson Michael Caputo called an emergency staff meeting on Tuesday to apologize for drawing negative attention to the Trump administration's health care strategy and signaled that he might …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Michael Caputo was brought in to streamline coronavirus messaging. He has fostered chaos instead.
Michael Caputo was brought in to streamline coronavirus messaging. He has fostered chaos instead.
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The Atlantic, Bangor Daily News, The Week and Washington Post
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Trump's ABC News town hall updates: President defends COVID-19 response — The 90-minute special airs on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on ABC. — Exactly seven weeks before Election Day and two weeks before the first presidential debate, President Donald Trump faces uncommitted voters …
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ABC News:
Trump's ABC News town hall: Full transcript — Read the full transcript of President Donald Trump's ABC News town hall, Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. — Please note: This is a rush transcript that may not be in its final form, and may be updated.
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
‘I up-played it’: In ABC town hall, Trump denies minimizing pandemic threat
‘I up-played it’: In ABC town hall, Trump denies minimizing pandemic threat
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The Guardian, IJR, The Week, The Hill and 6abc
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Competitive Across State — Military vote weak for incumbent — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 3 to 5 point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, depending on a range of likely voter models. The Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds Biden with a large lead among Latino voters …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Close contest in Wisconsin; in Minnesota, not so much: Poll
Close contest in Wisconsin; in Minnesota, not so much: Poll
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Washington Post
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I can't believe you're forcing me to vote for Trump, which I definitely didn't already want to do — Believe me when I tell you that the LAST THING I could POSSIBLY want would be to vote for Donald Trump. That's why I am so stunned that you have taken it upon yourself to go to such lengths to FORCE me to vote for him!
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Althouse
The Intercept:
“He Just Empties You All Out”: Whistleblower Reports High Number of Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Facility … A whistleblower complaint filed this week with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General alleges that high rates of hysterectomies …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter — One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It's hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don't trust Dr. Fauci.”
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘A heart pumping blue blood:’ How fast-growing Orlando threatens Trump's reelection — TALLAHASSEE — In the shadow of Walt Disney World, in one of Florida's fast-growing metropolises, Democrats are assembling a political machine that they're counting on to destroy President Donald Trump's dreams of reelection.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden visits Florida as Democrats worry about his standing in the state
Biden visits Florida as Democrats worry about his standing in the state
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Adrian Carrasquillo / Newsweek:
‘The Cavalry is Coming:’ Lincoln Project Joins With National Latino Groups To Boost Biden
‘The Cavalry is Coming:’ Lincoln Project Joins With National Latino Groups To Boost Biden
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Commentary Magazine, The Hill and THE LINCOLN PROJECT …
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Jared Kushner responds to Trump publicly downplaying coronavirus threat — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner responded to tapes of President Donald Trump downplaying the threat of the coronavirus in March by saying Trump was “very forthcoming with the American people” about the dangers of the illness.
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Yael Halon / Fox News:
Trump campaign launching coalition to galvanize Jewish voters
Trump campaign launching coalition to galvanize Jewish voters
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Axios, Breitbart, Jihad Watch, Politico and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Travis Andersen Globe / The Boston Globe:
7 coronavirus-related deaths now connected to Maine wedding — A now-notorious Aug. 7 wedding in the area of Millinocket, Maine, has been linked to seven coronavirus deaths and 176 positive cases, a public health official said Tuesday. — Dr. Nirav D. Shah, director of the Maine Center …
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Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
Virus death toll linked to Maine wedding grows to 7
Virus death toll linked to Maine wedding grows to 7
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The Hill, Forbes and MyNorthwest.com
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Alan Dershowitz Files $300 Million Lawsuit Against CNN for Portraying Him as an ‘Intellectual Who Had Lost His Mind’ — Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against CNN, claiming the cable news network, together with their hosts and panelists …
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The Wrap and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, incumbent governor, win state's Democratic primary — U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Governor John Carney on Tuesday easily won their Democratic primary battle in the First State. — U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Gov. John Carney on Tuesday easily won …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Sarah McBride Is Set to Be the Nation's Highest-Ranking Transgender Official
Sarah McBride Is Set to Be the Nation's Highest-Ranking Transgender Official
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
A Monmouth poll shows Biden retaining strong Latino support in Florida.
A Monmouth poll shows Biden retaining strong Latino support in Florida.
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Raw Story, Axios, The American Independent and Bloomberg
Daniel Drezner / Washington Post:
I never considered voting for Trump in 2016. I may be scared into voting for him this year because of my exaggerated fears. — I write this in sorrow more than anger — but also, more in satire than sorrow. — In 2016, I never, ever, ever considered voting for Donald Trump.
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POLITICUSUSA, Talking Points Memo and The American Independent
HuffPost:
Trump Campaign Hiding Payments To Top Adviser Embroiled In Child Support Battle — Jason Miller has claimed he speaks to the president daily, yet filings do not show him receiving any money from the reelection campaign. — WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's reelection campaign is hiding what it pays …
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Raw Story
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Image Plummets Internationally as Most Say Country Has Handled Coronavirus Badly — Ratings for Trump remain poor — This analysis focuses on public opinion of the United States in 13 countries in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Views of the U.S. and its president …
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courthousenews.com, Washington Post, Florida Politics, The Guardian and Axios
Jonathan Broder / SpyTalk:
Trump's ‘New Middle East’ is a Mirage — Morocco, Qatar not likely to fall in line with Israel's Anti-Iran Alliance — President Donald J. Trump had better lower his expectation that additional Arab countries will follow the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in normalizing relations with Israel …
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New York Post and Bloomberg
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into John Bolton's Book — Investigators are examining whether the former national security adviser illegally disclosed classified information. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether President Trump's …
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Fox News, The Hill, Daily Kos, Redstate, New York Post, Denver Post, Raw Story, Reason, ABC News, The Week, NPR, Vanity Fair, IJR and Law & Crime, more at Mediagazer »
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Catholic group launches $9.7M campaign against Biden targeting swing-state voters — A Catholic voters group launched a $9.7 million campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, targeting Catholic voters in swing states. — Biden, if he is elected, would be the country's …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Biden to speak to Senate Democrats Thursday
Biden to speak to Senate Democrats Thursday
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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Is Behind Bogus Study That China Created COVID — The study goes against basically all scientific evidence and expert opinion. But it fits with the former Trump adviser's anti-China posture. — A new study purporting to show that the novel coronavirus was manufactured …
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New York Times:
Documents Reveal How the Police Kept Daniel Prude's Death Quiet — Officials in Rochester, N.Y., spent months trying to suppress video footage of the police encounter that led to Mr. Prude's death. — ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It was early June, days after the death of George Floyd …
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Power Line and The Daily Caller
US Census / The United States Census Bureau:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2019 — SEPT. 15, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that median household income in 2019 increased 6.8% from 2018, and the official poverty rate decreased 1.3 percentage points.
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Bob Woodward's Bad Characters — Why would President Trump coöperate with Bob Woodward—and not only coöperate but participate in eighteen interview sessions, one of which included his now infamous admission that he understood that the coronavirus was serious but intended to “play it down”?
Alex Scarborough / ESPN:
LSU coach Ed Orgeron: ‘Most’ of team has contracted coronavirus — LSU coach Ed Orgeron said on Tuesday that most of his team has contracted COVID-19. — “Not all of our players but most of our players have caught it,” Orgeron told reporters. “I think that hopefully they won't catch …
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Sahid Fawaz / Labor 411:
GOP Senator Who Walked Out To Stop Climate Vote Loses House To Wildfire — Oregon Republican state senator Fred Girod was one of 11 Republicans who made headlines when they walked out of the senate - some even leaving the state - so that a quorum could not be achieved for a climate change bill.
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Anchorage Daily News:
A late change to the 2020 General Election ballot sparks outcry from Alaska Democrats — A quiet change to Alaska's 2020 general election ballot has drawn the ire of the Alaska Democratic Party, which says the move is biased, lacks transparency and was disclosed days before ballots are mailed to overseas voters.
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Talking Points Memo
Vox:
How Beethoven's 5th Symphony put the classism in classical music — To many, Beethoven's most famous work is a symbol of exclusion and elitism in classical music. — Beethoven's Fifth Symphony starts with an anguished opening theme — dun dun dun DUNNNN — and ends with a glorious, major-key melody.
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Twitchy
Politico:
Pelosi faces growing Democratic unrest over Covid relief — Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces growing calls from within her own ranks — including from some of her most vulnerable members — to take quick action on a coronavirus relief bill even if there's no agreement with Republicans or the White House over the issue.
Aaron E. Carroll / New York Times:
Stop Expecting Life to Go Back to Normal Next Year — Americans will need to take pandemic precautions well into 2021 — yes, even after a vaccine arrives. — Anthony Fauci warned us last week that Covid-19 is likely to be hanging over our lives well into 2021. He's right, of course.
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Journalists Should Stop Cleaning Up After Biden — It's not the press's job to make excuses for a candidate's mistakes, but that's a benefit the Democrat is too often receiving. — All political candidates make mistakes. They have to retract hasty, ill-considered statements.
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National Review