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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87 — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural, and feminist icon has died. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from cancer.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87 — “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in a statement. — WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday of “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” the Supreme Court announced.
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ABC News:
Donald Trump to put forth nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in coming days: Sources — The shortlist includes at least one woman, sources said. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images — President Donald Trump is expected …
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Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
The Glorious RBG I learned, while writing about her, that her precision disguised her warmth. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg used to instruct her clerks to get it right and keep it tight, so I'll try to do the same. Only someone so stubborn and single-minded, someone so in love with the work …
NBC News:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who was as pioneering as she was brash, died on Friday, the court said. She was 87. — Despite her diminutive stature, Ginsburg was larger than life, both on and off the bench.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court's Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87 — The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg's pointed and powerful dissenting opinions earned her late-life rock stardom. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court …
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Washington Post:
McConnell says Senate will move to confirm Ginsburg replacement — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who refused to consider former president Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee in the months leading up to the 2016 election, vowed Friday to hold a vote on President Trump's nominee to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Axios:
Trump, McConnell to move fast to replace Ginsburg
Trump, McConnell to move fast to replace Ginsburg
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Politico:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: In Minnesota, Biden Paints Trump as ‘Looking Down’ at the Middle Class
2020 Election Live Updates: In Minnesota, Biden Paints Trump as ‘Looking Down’ at the Middle Class
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Kathleen Arberg / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release — Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded …
For Immediate Release — Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded …
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CNN:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
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New York Times:
A Deal on Drug Prices Undone by White House Insistence on ‘Trump Cards’ — The White House and the pharmaceutical industry were nearing a major deal to lower drug prices. Then the administration demanded that $100 cash cards be sent to millions of seniors before the election — and the industry balked.
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Emails Detail Effort to Silence C.D.C. and Question Its Science — Emails from a former top Trump health official and his science adviser show how the two refused to accept Centers for Disease Control and Prevention science and sought to silence the agency.
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Gene Weingarten / Washington Post:
A neighbor asked for a tomato. This is where the story gets weird. — The following account is completely true, and, no, there is nothing funny about it. — I was on my laptop in the dining room of my rowhouse in downtown Washington, D.C., when someone rapped at the window.
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Admits That Congressman Offered Pardon to Assange If He Covered Up Russia Links — Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher offered Assange the deal in 2017, a year after the emails that damaged Hillary Clinton had been published. — LONDON—Lawyers representing the United States …
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Andrew MacAskill / Reuters:
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for Democratic emails, lawyer says
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for Democratic emails, lawyer says
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Task & Purpose:
New emails reveal the chaotic final days of Brett Crozier's command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt — The situation was so dire on the USS Theodore Roosevelt that by March 30 leaders on the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier found themselves “inside a tornado fighting a war,” …
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Associated Press:
Judge: Michigan must count absentee ballots that arrive late — A judge has cleared the way for more absentee ballots to be counted in Michigan — FBI director says there is little evidence for potential mass voter fraud — While he says there is little evidence for mail-in voter fraud …
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Satchuel Cole, leader in the fight for racial equality in Indianapolis, lied about own race — Satchuel Cole, a highly visible community leader advocating for racial and social justice in Indiana, has apologized for misleading people about Cole's own race, saying “I have taken up space as a Black person while knowing I am white.”
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Erin Coates / The Cain Gang:
Police Haul Man Out of Library for Not Wearing Mask During Meeting About Wearing Masks — A man was physically removed from a school board meeting in Mitchell, South Dakota, on Monday night because he refused to wear a protective face covering. — Reed Bender had attended meetings in the past …
Tom Batchelor / Newsweek:
Hundreds of Heavily-Armed Gun Activists Surround Michigan State Capitol — Hundreds of pro-gun activists have demonstrated at Michigan's State Capitol in support of the right to open-carry firearms inside the government building. — Heavily-armed protestors, some waving Confederate flags …
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump at Minnesota rally: Biden will turn state into a ‘refugee camp’ — President Donald Trump said his Democratic rival Joe Biden would “turn Minnesota into a refugee camp” and bragged about deporting Somali nationals, sharpening his play for the battleground state during a Friday rally.
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Biden's fact-free ‘Park Avenue vs. Scranton’ line: A reminder that the major media will never fact-check Biden
Biden's fact-free ‘Park Avenue vs. Scranton’ line: A reminder that the major media will never fact-check Biden
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The United States is backsliding into autocracy under Trump, scholars warn — The weakening of democratic values — a path that's difficult to reverse — has accelerated, according to hundreds of indicators assessed each year — Three years into the Trump administration …
NBC News:
Trump announces aid for Puerto Rico, infusing politics in an apparent play for Florida voters — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday he is sending $13 billion in disaster aid to Puerto Rico, an unexpected move years after a hurricane devastated the island and 45 days before the election …
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Virginians come out in force to cast ballots on the first day of early voting — Voters stood in line for up to four hours in the Northern Virginia suburbs on Friday to cast ballots in a bitterly contested presidential election, turning out in force on the first day of early voting …
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump campaign manager didn't vote for his boss in 2016 — or at all
Trump campaign manager didn't vote for his boss in 2016 — or at all
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Politico:
State Dept. provides House Dems docs previously given to Ron Johnson's Biden probe — The State Department on Friday turned over 16,000 pages of documents to a House committee that were previously given to Senate Republicans investigating Joe and Hunter Biden — providing Democrats …
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
An Idaho ‘no-masker’ pastor prayed against a mask mandate. He's now in intensive care for covid-19. — When coronavirus cases began increasing in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in late July, Pastor Paul Van Noy prayed with his congregation that the city council would not pass a mask mandate.
Arizona Republic:
Mark Kelly could be sworn into the U.S. Senate early if he wins race, experts say — If Mark Kelly defeats incumbent Sen. Martha McSally in Arizona's high-stakes U.S. Senate race, he may not have to wait long to start work in Washington, D.C. — Two Republican and Democratic election attorneys agree …
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Republican U.S. House campaign arm cancels $2 million in Houston-area advertising — The region is home to multiple competitive races, including Congressional District 7 where Republicans are seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher — WASHINGTON - The National Republican Congressional Committee …
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New York Times:
A Danish Children's TV Show Has This Message: ‘Normal Bodies Look Like This’ — The program aims to counter social media that bombards young people with images of perfect bodies. — COPENHAGEN — “OK, children, does anyone have a question?” the TV show's host, Jannik Schow, asked.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A White House Aide Just Warned Us That Donald Trump Is a Sociopath — A procession of former Trump administration officials, speaking both on and off the record, have depicted the president as fundamentally unfit for office. Yesterday, the latest addition to their ranks …
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Washington Post:
The Falwells, the pool attendant and the double life that brought them all down — For 2½ years, Giancarlo Granda had been telling his family about the generosity of his business partners. The wealthy couple from out of town had taken him under their wing, he said …
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
We Are All Algorithms Now — Is that what's really destroying the legitimacy of our democracy? — I've never felt this way about an election before. For my entire adult life, campaigns could be exhilarating, tedious, crowded with incident or laden with foreboding, but you always felt that …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Trump, Pence criticize U.S. Chamber CEO — President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence criticized the CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce during a phone call Thursday, venting their frustrations over its recent endorsement of nearly two dozen vulnerable House Democratic freshmen, two sources familiar with the call tell Axios.
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Trump hits FBI director again over testimony on antifa, Russia — President Donald Trump on Friday expressed further dissatisfaction with FBI Director Christopher Wray over testimony he gave to Congress on foreign and domestic threats and did not rule out the possibility of replacing him.
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