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Mike Allen / Axios:
Furious Democrats consider total war if McConnell jams through Supreme Court pick — Furious Democrats are considering total war — profound changes to two branches of government, and even adding stars to the flag — if Republicans jam through a Supreme Court nominee, then lose control of the Senate.
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Talking Points Memo, The Mahablog, Washington Post, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, TheBlaze, Townhall, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, Redstate and Politico
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Majority of Americans, including many Republicans, say wait for election to replace Ginsburg - Reuters poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans, including many Republicans, want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Senate's Rural Skew Makes It Very Hard For Democrats To Win The Supreme Court — I don't have a particularly strong take on how the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg will affect either the presidential election or the race for control of the U.S. Senate. And I'd encourage you to avoid putting …
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The Guardian, Reason, New Republic and HuffPost
John Parkinson / ABC News:
Pelosi won't rule out launching new impeachment inquiry to block Trump SCOTUS nominee — Pelosi does not rule out impeachment to block Trump nominee to Supreme Court. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid tribute …
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Townhall, Daily Kos, IJR, Mother Jones and New York Post
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Biden implores key Republicans: ‘Follow your conscience’ on Ginsburg replacement — Joe Biden personally appealed to the handful of Republican senators who control the fate of Donald Trump's upcoming nominee to the Supreme Court and framed the firestorm over the vacancy as a referendum on Obamacare, union rights, and Dreamers.
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NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Washington Times, Political Wire, Mediaite and New York Times
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden to Senate GOP after RBG passing: “Please follow your conscience” — Joe Biden made a direct appeal to Senate Republicans in a speech addressing the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, urging them to “cool the flames that have been engulfing our country” …
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Fox News, NBC News, Bloomberg, Denver Post, The Guardian, NPR, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Vanity Fair, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, New York Times, Bangor Daily News and Associated Press
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans are showing us why they should lose their majority
Senate Republicans are showing us why they should lose their majority
Washington Post:
Live updates: Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she doesn't support filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat before the election
Live updates: Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she doesn't support filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat before the election
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Fox News, New York Times, Political Wire, New York Times, Just The News and TalkLeft
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pelosi won't rule out using impeachment as option to stop Trump Supreme Court pick
Pelosi won't rule out using impeachment as option to stop Trump Supreme Court pick
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ginsburg's death gives GOP an edge in 2020 legal fights
Ginsburg's death gives GOP an edge in 2020 legal fights
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Axios, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart, The Hill, One America News Network, Reuters and The Colorado Sun
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Pelosi won't rule out new impeachment to delay SCOTUS vote if Biden wins
Pelosi won't rule out new impeachment to delay SCOTUS vote if Biden wins
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Fox News, The Federalist, ABC News, Denver Post, CNBC, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, Newsbusters, TheBlaze, Politico and Breitbart
Sen. Ted Cruz / Fox News:
After Ginsburg — 3 reasons why Senate must confirm her successor before Election Day
After Ginsburg — 3 reasons why Senate must confirm her successor before Election Day
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Wall Street Journal, Breitbart and Twitchy
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Justice Ginsburg is gone, but democracy must survive
Justice Ginsburg is gone, but democracy must survive
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New York Times, The Daily Caller and Reuters
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Will the Election Turn on R.B.G.?
Will the Election Turn on R.B.G.?
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Murkowski says she opposes voting on Ginsburg replacement before election
Murkowski says she opposes voting on Ginsburg replacement before election
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BuzzFeed News, Mother Jones, New York Post, Forbes, IJR, The Week, Vox and The Hill
William Saletan / Slate:
McConnell Is Inventing Excuses to Grab Ginsburg's Seat
McConnell Is Inventing Excuses to Grab Ginsburg's Seat
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New York Times, Fox News, Senator Rob Portman, The National Interest, The Daily Caller, Yahoo News, Politico, Talking Points Memo and TMZ.com
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Trump to His Female Supporters: I Hope Your Husbands OKed You Attending My Rallies
Trump to His Female Supporters: I Hope Your Husbands OKed You Attending My Rallies
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Reuters, The Daily Beast and Breitbart
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
Deadly Terror Networks And Drug Cartels Use Huge Banks To Finance Their Crimes. These Secret Documents Show How The Banks Profit. — A huge trove of secret government documents reveals for the first time how the giants of Western banking move trillions of dollars in suspicious transactions …
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Axios, ICIJ and The Guardian
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NBC News:
Secret documents show how North Korea launders money through U.S. banks — WASHINGTON — North Korea carried out an elaborate money laundering scheme for years using a string of shell companies and help from Chinese firms, moving money through prominent banks in New York, according to confidential bank documents reviewed by NBC News.
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Political Wire
Tom Warren / BuzzFeed News:
Documents Show Deutsche Bank's Top Executives Were Warned It Had A Dirty Money Problem. Then A $10 Billion Scandal Broke. — When the $10 billion mirror trading scandal was exposed, little emerged about who its victims were or how much Deutsche's executives knew. The FinCEN Files investigation shows how deep the rot went.
ICIJ:
Global banks defy U.S. crackdowns by serving oligarchs, criminals and terrorists — Secret U.S. government documents reveal that JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and other big banks have defied money laundering crackdowns by moving staggering sums of illicit cash for shadowy characters and criminal networks …
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BuzzFeed News
CBS News:
Florida race tightens and Trump has edge over Biden in Texas — Battleground Tracker poll — Joe Biden still has a small edge in Florida, but the contest has tightened since our last poll in July, from six points down to two now, amid an ebbing — if still sizable — concern about coronavirus …
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The Hill, Politico, Political Wire and Big League Politics
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why it could be a Biden blowout in November — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new ABC News/Washington Post poll from Minnesota finds Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden with a 57% to 41% lead over President Donald Trump among likely voters. — Two other Minnesota polls released …
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Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why a Never Trumper Changed Her Mind — On Monday, Danielle Pletka, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, published an op-ed in the Washington Post titled “I never considered voting for Trump in 2016. I may be forced to vote for him this year.”
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
After a tumultuous month of news, Biden maintains national lead over Trump — WASHINGTON — After a month of political conventions, fresh controversies, more protests and additional deaths from the coronavirus, the 2020 presidential race remains where's it's been for months …
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Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Leads Trump by 8 Points in New Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll
Biden Leads Trump by 8 Points in New Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll
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Detroit Free Press and The Hill
Phillip W. Magness / Quillette:
Down the 1619 Project's Memory Hole — The history of the American Revolution isn't the only thing the New York Times is revising through its 1619 Project. The “paper of record” has also taken to quietly altering the published text of the project itself after one of its claims came under intense criticism.
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Politico
Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Trump Describes Journalist Hit By Rubber Bullet As ‘A Beautiful Sight’ — At a rally in Minnesota, President Trump described an MSNBC anchor hit by a rubber bullet while covering protests after the death of George Floyd in May as “a beautiful sight,” comments quickly condemned by journalists including CNN's Jake Tapper.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Trump mocks MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi for getting shot with rubber bullet
Trump mocks MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi for getting shot with rubber bullet
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The Hill
Bloomberg:
Trump Wants $5 Billion From TikTok Deal for History Project — President Donald Trump said Saturday he wants $5 billion from companies creating a new U.S.-based TikTok venture directed toward teaching American children “the real history of our country.” — Trump said Saturday that he had approved …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
H.R. McMaster Tries to Wish Away His Old Boss Donald Trump — Don't look to the former national security adviser's new book for revelations about his time serving Trump. Look to it for its evasions—which explain that service to Trump so well. — BEAST INSIDE