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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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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.
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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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Forbes, Law & Crime, Deadline, Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Moderate Voice
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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IJR, CNN, Townhall and The American Independent
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
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump's Perverse Campaign Strategy — If the president's allies are talking about the moment “shooting will begin” and “martial law,” it's not by accident. — On Sunday, Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services …
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NBC News:
Trump's ‘rigged’ election talk is more dangerous than it was four years ago
Trump's ‘rigged’ election talk is more dangerous than it was four years ago
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WCNC-TV, Slate, Florida Politics and Washington Post
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, Raw Story and Vox
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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National Review, NY State Attorney General and The Hill
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
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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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Manu Raju / CNN:
Rank-and-file House members achieve rare bipartisan consensus in bid to press Hill leaders to cut stimulus deal — (CNN)A bipartisan group of House members is unveiling a sweeping proposal to inject up to $2 trillion in aid to the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, a move aimed …
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Times, Forbes and The Hill
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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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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
He Hunted Bin Laden for CIA. Now He Wants Americans Dead. — ‘ELIMINATE THEM’ — Michael Scheuer used to hunt Osama bin Laden, whom he now says he admires. Now his quarry is Donald Trump's enemies, whom he equates with terrorists. — The former senior CIA official once in charge …
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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Politico, Reuters, ABC News, CANNONFIRE, Axios, Law & Crime, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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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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Political Wire and The Dispatch
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.
Erik Schatzker / Bloomberg:
Bill Gates Wonders Whether FDA Can Be Trusted on a Covid Vaccine — Philanthropist says political pressure cost agency credibility — Polls show confidence slipping as Trump pushes for approval — Bill Gates used to think of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the world's premier public-health authority.
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STAT and Political Wire
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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Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Goes Unmentioned in Most TV Ads for House, Senate Campaigns — Democrats are sticking with an ad strategy of campaigning on policy promises, while Republicans avoid Trump while wooing swing voters — President Trump dominates television news coverage, but there is one corner …
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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.
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 …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Cities Were Filled With Mass Protests in the Summer of 2020. They Are Different Now — Law-enforcement officials say presence of armed fringe groups from both sides of political spectrum raise prospect of a new wave of violence — Months of mass protests have given way to more violent …
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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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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Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call and Bloomberg
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 …
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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 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Inside the House Dem leadership talks — DRIVING THE DAY — HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP MET in the Capitol for the first time in a while Monday evening, and they began to confront what many of them see as an only-in-a-TRUMP-presidency question: If DONALD TRUMP loses …
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The Hill, Washington Post and Fox News
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Trump in ‘Fox & Friends’ interview claims coronavirus vaccine coming ‘in a matter of weeks’ — Thee president also spoke about Hurricane Sally, slammed Bob Woodward's book and ripped Joe Biden — President Trump in an interview on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday claimed a vaccine for coronavirus could be approved “in a matter of weeks.”
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NBC News, CNN, Bloomberg and The Federalist
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A US Diplomat Is Pleading With Belarus To Release Her Spouse From Jail — A dual American Belarusian citizen and political strategist who has worked for presidential candidates in the United States has been languishing in a jail in Minsk, Belarus, for nearly two months.
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