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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
‘Just A Firehose Of Lying’: Trump's Town Hall Widely Roasted As A Train Wreck — President Donald Trump ventured from the safe space of Fox News to a considerably more challenging town hall hosted by ABC News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. — The switch appears to have been ill-advised.
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Twitchy, americandigest.org, The Daily Beast, IJR and Raw Story
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
‘He was lying through his teeth.’ ABC town hall participants weigh in on Trump's performance — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. — Voters stood up and spoke the truth to President Trump on Tuesday night.
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Vox, Latest from Crooks and Liars, Redstate, ABC News and The Hill
CNN:
Trump's town hall didn't go well — Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor, is a former special assistant to President George W. Bush and a former campaign adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell. He is a partner at RunSwitch Public Relations in Louisville, Kentucky. Follow him on Twitter @ScottJenningsKY.
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National Review, CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABC News, ABC7, IJR and The Week
ABC News:
Trump's ABC News town hall: Full transcript
Trump's ABC News town hall: Full transcript
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Washington Post, Fox News, Washington Monthly, The American Independent, The Temple News, Daily Kos, MyNorthwest.com, IJR, Redstate, The Week and Mediaite
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump's ABC News town hall: Four Pinocchios, over and over again
Trump's ABC News town hall: Four Pinocchios, over and over again
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Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
ABC town hall shows Trump faces great peril outside Fox News bubble
ABC town hall shows Trump faces great peril outside Fox News bubble
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Raw Story, The Signorile Report, ABC News and Mediaite
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Trump's ABC News town hall updates: President defends COVID-19 response
Trump's ABC News town hall updates: President defends COVID-19 response
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HuffPost, Fox News, Raw Story, Mother Jones, New York Times, CNN, Deadline, IJR, FiveThirtyEight, The Guardian, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, ABC7, The Hill, Breitbart, Reuters, The Week and 6abc
Harriet Sherwood / The Guardian:
Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust … Almost two-thirds of young American adults do not know that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, and more than one in 10 believe Jews caused the Holocaust, a new survey has found …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The ‘Democrats Made Me Do It’ Excuse — Danielle Pletka's explanation of her vote for Trump doesn't wash. — Danielle Pletka, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has announced that while she never considered voting for Donald Trump in 2016, she may well do so this year.
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Washington Post and New York Post
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC Wisconsin poll shows Biden holding narrow edge over Trump — President's law-and-order message so far has failed to change the race in key battleground state — Former vice president Joe Biden holds a narrow edge in the key battleground state of Wisconsin as President Trump's law …
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National Review, NBC News, The Week, The Hill, Raw Story, The Guardian and Vanity Fair
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll and others suggest Minnesota has shifted since 2016, but by how much?
Post-ABC poll and others suggest Minnesota has shifted since 2016, but by how much?
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National Review, Reuters, FiveThirtyEight, The Hill, Politico, Columbia Journalism Review and Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »
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, POLITICUSUSA and USA Today
CNBC:
CDC says U.S. should have enough coronavirus vaccine to return to ‘regular life’ by third quarter of 2021 — The U.S. should have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for Americans to return to “regular life” by the third quarter of next year, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Romney slams Senate GOP's Biden investigation as a “political exercise” — Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Wednesday criticized his Republican colleagues on the Senate Homeland Security Committee for their probe into Joe Biden and his son's dealings in Ukraine, saying that it has the “earmarks of a political exercise.”
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and New York Post
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Senate panel authorizes subpoenas in Republican probe targeting Obama officials
Senate panel authorizes subpoenas in Republican probe targeting Obama officials
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Bloomberg, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Talking Points Memo
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
‘Democrat Voters Against Joe Biden’ Group Has Trump Fanatics, a Psychic, but No Actual Dems — It's meant to be a counterpoint for Republican Voters Against Trump. But so far, it's mainly just copying the text from its website. — A new advocacy group ostensibly comprised of Democrats opposed …
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Raw Story and New York Times
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The Love Triangle That Spawned Trump's Mideast Peace Deal — Kushner went from playing divorce lawyer to marriage broker. — Having covered Arab-Israel diplomacy for more than 40 years, I have to say that the normalization agreements signed Tuesday between Israel and the United Arab Emirates …
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Japan Times, Fox News and American Thinker
Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios:
Exclusive: $1 billion-plus riot damage is most expensive in insurance history — The vandalism and looting following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police will cost the insurance industry more than any other violent demonstrations in recent history, Axios has learned.
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Noah Manskar / New York Post:
Riots following George Floyd's death may cost insurance companies up to $2B
Riots following George Floyd's death may cost insurance companies up to $2B
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The Daily Caller
Politico:
The Governor Who Holds Trump's Fate in His Hands — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ron DeSantis wanted names. — We were in his office here in Florida's Covid-shuttered Capitol, three reporters wearing masks spread out across from a non-masked DeSantis—stocky, suited and seated behind his desk stacked …
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
White House sees encouraging signs on coronavirus relief bill, Meadows says — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday he has seen encouraging signs by Democrats on reaching a deal on coronavirus relief legislation and the biggest stumbling blocks remain aid to state and local governments.
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One America News Network and The Hill
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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Rejects Moderate Democrat Push for Slimmer-Stimulus Vote
Pelosi Rejects Moderate Democrat Push for Slimmer-Stimulus Vote
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Breitbart
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Reason Trump Isn't Trying to Save the Economy — The fate of an incumbent president is exquisitely sensitive to economic conditions. Incumbents tend to lose elections when the economy is weak (e.g., George H. W. Bush's defeat in 1992) and win when it's strong (e.g., Bill Clinton's romp four years later).
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POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Climate change has brought a ‘new era of megafire,’ and we're failing to adapt — Scientists say America needs to rethink its response to wildfires — In California, smoke plumes spun into twisters made out of soot and flame, prompting the first-ever “fire tornado” warning.
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Deseret News and Niskanen Center
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump Stuck at 42% Job Approval — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the election for president moves into its post-Labor Day phase, President Donald Trump is maintaining a 42% job approval rating — unchanged from where he stood in Gallup's August poll, completed before the Republican …
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The Hill
Pew Research Center:
Support for Black Lives Matter has decreased since June but remains strong among Black Americans — As racial justice protests have intensified following the shooting of Jacob Blake, public support for the Black Lives Matter movement has declined, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
N.Y.C. Mayor to Furlough 495 Staff Members for a Week, Including Himself — The symbolic move, which would yield $860,000 in anticipated savings, could be a precursor to similar maneuvers to slash the budget. — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday is expected to announce that he is furloughing …
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Politico, Axios, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
Do You Speak Fox? — All happy families are alike; some unhappy families are unhappy because of Fox News. You might have come across the articles ("I Lost My Dad to Fox News" / “Lost Someone to Fox News?” / “'Fox News Brain': Meet the Families Torn Apart by Toxic Cable News") …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Sheldon Adelson is plotting a spending spree to help Trump with under 50 days left until the election — Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands, is looking to spend from around $20 million to $50 million in a last-ditch effort to help Trump overcome Joe Biden, CNBC has learned.
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Political Wire and Forbes
Jim Newell / Slate:
Old People Elected Trump. Will They Make Him a One-Term President? — Old people elected Trump. Will they make him a one-term president? — The Trump campaign isn't subtle. In an ad over the summer titled “Break In,” an older white woman is watching news coverage about activist demands to …
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CNN, Raw Story, Washington Post, Politico, IJR, The Guardian, Japan Times, Newsbusters, Fox News, Real Clear Politics and Press Herald
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Exclusive: False fire rumors keep spreading on Facebook despite ban — Conspiracy theories about the origin of fires in Oregon are still spreading through private Facebook groups days after the social media giant announced it would remove the false claims, according to research …
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
A Doctor Went Viral For Saying His Daughter Was Attacked By BLM. She Wasn't. — It was a shocking tweet from a clearly distressed father. — “My daughter called in tears,” wrote Andrea Natale, a world-recognized heart doctor based in Texas, on Sunday. “She was driving [with] …
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Baltimore Sun and The Root
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
National Review Has Elevated Anti-Anti-Trumpism to an Art Form — Four years ago, National Review famously published an issue headlined “Against Trump,” declaring, “If Trump were to become the president, the Republican nominee, or even a failed candidate with strong conservative support, what would that say about conservatives?”
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Outside the Beltway and Washington Post
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Top GOP senator calls for Biden to release list of possible Supreme Court picks
Top GOP senator calls for Biden to release list of possible Supreme Court picks
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Fox News, The Federalist, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post
New York Times:
Kanye West's Perplexing Run as a Potential 2020 Spoiler — Even those around the hip-hop artist struggle to explain his motivations for a presidential candidacy that some Democrats worry could siphon votes from Joe Biden. — Kanye West wants to bring back prayer in schools …
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New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Week and Mediaite
Big Ten Conference:
The Big Ten Conference Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020 — [Medical Subcommittee Update Overview] — The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) adopted significant medical protocols including daily antigen testing …
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The Media Overestimate Trump — The country is put at risk when the narrative gets in the way of the facts. — Remind me again, what was the premise of the short-lived hysteria over Bob Woodward's book? That Donald Trump, in early February, knew that the virus could kill and was spread through the air?
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
Associated Press:
Ohio judge blows up GOP plan to allow only 1 ballot box in each county — COLUMBUS, Ohio — A directive that restricted Ohio counties to one ballot drop box in November was arbitrary and unreasonable, a county judge ruled Tuesday, delivering the Republican secretary of state …
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Plain Dealer and NBC News
Emily Ratajkowski / The Cut:
Buying Myself Back When does a model own her own image? — My mother's ex-husband, Jim (who, until I turned 8, I'd thought was my uncle), had Google alerts set for me. Every time my name appeared in the news — if you can call gossip websites “news” — he was notified immediately via email.
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The Daily Caller