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David French / TIME:
The Battle Over Ginsburg's Seat Is Set to Be All About Raw Power. But There's Still a Way to Show Principles Matter — French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time. His new book is Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.
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Jonathan V. Last / Bulwark+:
This Isn't “Hypocrisy” — Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue. This isn't it. — 2 hr — Hypocrisy is good. — Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue. It is one of the guardrails against nihilism. — Example: Senator Hornswaggle says, “I believe in family values.
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Senator Rob Portman and Breitbart
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
It's Not Hypocrisy — I was watching the president of the United States suggest to a mostly maskless crowd that a Democratic congresswoman had married her brother when the news broke that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. The shock of her death sledgehammered a country teetering on an ugly and desperate edge.
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TIME, The American Independent, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Raw Story, The Root and The Hill
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Supreme Court's Potency as 2020 Voter Issue Surges Among Democrats After Ginsburg's Death — 60% of Democrats say the court is ‘very important’ to their vote, up 12 points in a week — 58% percent said they had seen, read or heard “a lot” about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.
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Roll Call, Associated Press, Politico, Washington Post and One America News Network
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
AOC says all options ‘on the table’ to block Supreme Court nominee confirmation, including impeachment — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won't rule out using impeachment as tool to block Trump's Supreme Court pick — Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the House “must consider” …
Steve Beynon / Stars & Stripes:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an advocate for military women, will be buried at Arlington
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Exclusive: Conservative group launches $2M Supreme Court ad
Exclusive: Conservative group launches $2M Supreme Court ad
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Forbes, CNBC, Washington Times, Washington Post and Big League Politics
Christopher Scalia / Fox News:
My father's relationship with Justice Ginsburg - ‘best of friends’
Axios:
McConnell: Senate has “more than sufficient time” to process Supreme Court nomination
McConnell: Senate has “more than sufficient time” to process Supreme Court nomination
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Bloomberg, Political Wire, Politico, The Hill, Washington Times, New York Post and Breitbart
Joyce White Vance / TIME:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lost Her Battle to Save Voting Rights. Here's How We Can Take Up the Fight and Honor Her Legacy
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lost Her Battle to Save Voting Rights. Here's How We Can Take Up the Fight and Honor Her Legacy
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Washington Post
Chris Truax / USA Today:
Filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat would be a disastrous Republican move
Filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat would be a disastrous Republican move
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POLITICUSUSA, TheBlaze, American Prospect and Fox News
Steven G. Calabresi / National Review:
The Federal Courts Are Overworked and Need to Be Expanded
The Federal Courts Are Overworked and Need to Be Expanded
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Vox and FiveThirtyEight
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Ginsburg flap shows Supreme Court, justices are too important
Mary Ziegler / The Atlantic:
A Dangerous Moment for the Court
A Dangerous Moment for the Court
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Washington Post, IJR, The Week, Raw Story, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller and UncoverDC
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Supreme Court fight highlights the new political reality: America under minority rule
Supreme Court fight highlights the new political reality: America under minority rule
Jamison Foser / Crooked Media:
How Court Packing Can Protect the Election—and Democracy
How Court Packing Can Protect the Election—and Democracy
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says Supreme Court list is down to 5 people, announcement coming Friday or Saturday
Trump says Supreme Court list is down to 5 people, announcement coming Friday or Saturday
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Washington Post, Politico, CNN, One America News Network, Forbes, Just The News, NPR, TheBlaze, New York Times, IJR, courthousenews.com, Bloomberg, The Daily Signal, NBC News, Townhall, Axios, Althouse, CBS Los Angeles and New York Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How the GOP is trying to justify its Supreme Court reversal
How the GOP is trying to justify its Supreme Court reversal
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Fox News, Balkinization, Bangor Daily News and The National Interest
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
A Notorious COVID Troll Actually Works for Dr. Fauci's Agency — Bill Crews is a PR official at the National Institutes of Health. But he also has another job: an anonymous RedState editor who rails against the agency for which he works. — The managing editor of the prominent conservative …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Department Of Justice Identifies New York City, Portland And Seattle As Jurisdictions Permitting Violence And Destruction Of Property — Identification is Response to Presidential Memorandum Reviewing Federal Funding to State and Local Governments that are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Justice Dept. brands NYC an ‘anarchist jurisdiction,’ targets federal funds — New York City was among three cities labeled “anarchist jurisdictions” by the Justice Department on Sunday and targeted to lose federal money for failing to control protesters and defunding cops, The Post has learned.
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Forbes, Wall Street Journal, TheBlaze, Fox News, Law & Crime, Mediaite, Raw Story, National Review and Political Wire
NBC New York:
DOJ Designates New York City as an ‘Anarchist Jurisdiction’ — What to Know — The Justice Department designated NYC, Portland and Seattle as “anarchist jurisdictions” under guidelines issued by President Trump earlier this month — Trump's Sept. 2 memo directs federal agencies to minimize funding for designated cities
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Vanity Fair, New York Post, Bloomberg, POLITICUSUSA, The Root and Forbes
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Trump's DOJ Threatens To Strip Funds From NYC And Other “Anarchist Cities,” Prompting Cheers From NYPD Unions
George Packer / The Atlantic:
The Inside Story of the Mueller Probe's Mistakes — ndrew Weissmann was one of Robert Mueller's top deputies in the special counsel's investigation of the 2016 election, and he's about to publish the first insider account, called Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation.
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Redstate, New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Axios, CNBC, Raw Story and Law & Crime
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Rating Changes: Maine Senate Moves to Leans Democratic — Dear Readers: On Thursday at 2 p.m. eastern, we'll be devoting our new episode of our Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes webinar series to previewing the debates, which start next week. If you've got questions about the debates …
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Raw Story, The Hill, Washington Times and Forbes
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Victoria McGrane Globe / The Boston Globe:
Collins trails Gideon in Maine Senate race, according to a new Suffolk/Globe poll
Collins trails Gideon in Maine Senate race, according to a new Suffolk/Globe poll
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The American Independent, The Hill and Bangor Daily News
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
New Loeffler ad: 'She's more conservative than Attila the Hun' — Barks Attila: ‘Eliminate the liberal scribes.’ — U.S. Sen. David Perdue honed his jean-jacketed outsider image with memorable TV spots. Gov. Brian Kemp had his shotgun splash. Now U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is trying …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Warnock rises in polls as allies urge other Democrats to quit Senate race
Warnock rises in polls as allies urge other Democrats to quit Senate race
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The Daily Caller and Redfield & Wilton Strategies
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Sen. Kelly Loeffler compares herself to Attila the Hun in campaign ad
Sen. Kelly Loeffler compares herself to Attila the Hun in campaign ad
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The Week, The Hill and Kelly Loeffler
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
The CDC says coronavirus is airborne and spread by aerosols, warns of poorly ventilated spaces — For months, scientists and public health experts have warned of mounting evidence that the novel coronavirus is airborne, transmitted through tiny droplets called aerosols that linger in the air …
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David Siders / Politico:
'It's a big, big swing': Trump loses ground with white voters — Donald Trump is making modest inroads with Latinos. Polls suggest he's pulling slightly more Black support than in 2016. — But Trump is tilting at the margins with those groups. His bigger problem is the demographic …
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Associated Press:
Trump's Ohio suburb slide signals peril in industrial north
Trump's Ohio suburb slide signals peril in industrial north
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
With cash windfall, Biden adds GOP states to campaign map
With cash windfall, Biden adds GOP states to campaign map
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Ashwin Rodrigues / VICE:
Gig Economy Company Launches Uber, But for Evicting People — A company called Civvl says evicting people is the “FASTEST GROWING MONEY MAKING GIG DUE TO COVID-19.” — Ashwin Rodrigues — “SINCE COVID-19 MANY AMERICANS FELL BEHIND IN ALL ASPECTS,” reads the website copy.
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Some Protests Against Police Brutality Take a More Confrontational Approach — The protests are moving into white residential neighborhoods, where activists demand that people choose a side. — PORTLAND, Ore. — Terrance Moses was watching protesters against police brutality march …
Anneken Tappe / CNN:
Dow tumbles 800 points as coronavirus fears mount — New York (CNN Business)In a painful start to the week for the Dow and the broader market, stocks tumbled Monday as investors worry when Washington will agree another stimulus bill. — Rising Covid-19 infections around the world …
Jonathan Lai / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How ‘naked ballots’ in Pennsylvania could cost Joe Biden the election — The 2020 presidential election could come down to envelopes. — The state Supreme Court in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state that's seen as increasingly likely to determine who wins the White House …
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump administration shakes up HHS personnel office after tumultuous hires — The Trump administration on Monday removed the top two liaisons between the White House and the health department, leaving HHS Secretary Alex Azar's chief of staff as the de facto personnel chief, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
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