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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Romney backs vote on Supreme Court nominee, clearing way for Trump — Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday he would support a floor vote to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, essentially clinching consideration of President Donald Trump's nominee this year despite the impending election.
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Democrats have a better option than court packing — With the unfortunate death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Republicans are licking their chops at the prospect of a 6-3 conservative supermajority on the nation's highest legal body. This would be an obvious violation of the …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Why Biden is stiff-arming the left on court-packing and the filibuster — A year-and-a-half ago, when Pete Buttigieg made expansion of the Supreme Court a key plank of his presidential campaign, the issue was treated as an intellectual curiosity that fascinated reform-minded liberals and op-ed writers.
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The Daily Beast:
Dems Balk at Using Their Biggest Weapon in SCOTUS Fight — The party is divided on tactics. But so far, the main play is to make it all about health care. — Facing what they acknowledge to be a nearly impossible task of blocking President Donald Trump from filling a Supreme Court vacancy …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaires Haim and Cheryl Saban ramp up support for Biden and Democrats in Senate races — The Sabans were relatively quiet with their contributions during the Democratic primaries. They decided they would not get involved with the race for president until after Super Tuesday, as Haim Saban publicly opposed Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Down With Judicial Supremacy! — The Supreme Court was never meant to be the only arbiter of the meaning of the Constitution. — Beyond the obvious — that liberals need some way to respond to President Trump as he moves to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Biden: I'm Not Going to Say Whether I'll Try to Expand the Supreme Court — Joe Biden, in a one-on-one interview with WBAY in Manitowoc, Wis., yesterday: — Question: If Trump's Supreme Court pick goes through, but you win the election, Democrats take over Senate and maintain the House …
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Matt Vespa / Townhall:
Shove It, Democrats. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Seat Is Ours...And There's Nothing You Can Do About It — Welcome to Thunderdome, b**ches. This is the fight that distinguishes the men from the boys; who can deliver a strike to the jugular and who can't; and between who's weak and who wants to win.
Axios:
Scoop: Trump to meet with Supreme Court candidate Barbara Lagoa on Friday
Scoop: Trump to meet with Supreme Court candidate Barbara Lagoa on Friday
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Here's what's in Boehner's new book
POLITICO Playbook: Here's what's in Boehner's new book
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Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Rep. Collins says his constitutional amendment on court packing would take ‘heat of the moment’ out of debate
Rep. Collins says his constitutional amendment on court packing would take ‘heat of the moment’ out of debate
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CNN:
Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as Trump's favorite
Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as Trump's favorite
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Sumantra Maitra / The Federalist:
There's No Downside To Trump Nominating Amy Coney Barrett
There's No Downside To Trump Nominating Amy Coney Barrett
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Brittany Schmidt / WBAY-TV:
One-on-one interview with Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden
One-on-one interview with Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden
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Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
Mitt Romney Supports Replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg Before the Election
Mitt Romney Supports Replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg Before the Election
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Commission on Presidential Debates:
Moderator Announces Topics for First Presidential Debate — The first presidential debate will be held on Tuesday, September 29 at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. The format for the first debate calls for six 15-minute time segments dedicated …
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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump and Joe Biden are locked in a dead heat six weeks to Election Day — It's a dead heat in Iowa as a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden locked in a tie just six weeks to Election Day.
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Washington Post:
Pentagon used taxpayer money meant for masks and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor — Shortly after Congress passed the Cares Act, the Pentagon began directing pandemic-related money to defense contractors — A $1 billion fund Congress gave the Pentagon in March to build …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Race for president, Senate contests in Georgia ‘too close to call’ — Pollster: ‘All three races are in play’ — A new poll conducted for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows the presidential race in Georgia could not be closer, with President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden tied …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Nina Totenberg was close friends with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Was that a conflict for NPR?
Nina Totenberg was close friends with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Was that a conflict for NPR?
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Secret CIA assessment: Putin ‘probably directing’ influence operation to denigrate Biden — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides are “probably directing” a Russian foreign influence operation to interfere in the 2020 presidential election against former vice president Joe Biden …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg raises $16 million to allow former felons to vote in Florida — Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and his team have raised more than $16 million to pay the court fines and fees of nearly 32,000 Black and Hispanic Florida voters with felony convictions …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Bloomberg raises $16.1M to help Florida felons regain voting rights
Bloomberg raises $16.1M to help Florida felons regain voting rights
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Debates Could Seal Biden's Fate — Last weekend, Philippe Reines walked over to Ron Klain's house in Washington, D.C., to hand off his Donald Trump outfit: the suit, the shoes with the lifts, the shirt, the long red tie, the cufflinks. Just in case. When the former Hillary Clinton aide stored …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump, Orbán, and Putin Are Forming an Authoritarian Alliance — Hungarian president Viktor Orbán announced yesterday that he was endorsing President Trump's reelection campaign. It is fairly uncommon for sitting American presidents to receive election endorsements from foreign leaders …
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Holly Yan / CNN:
200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US. That's more than the US battle deaths from 5 wars combined — Graphics by Shane Csontos-Popko, CNN — (CNN)What happened today seemed impossible to many Americans six months ago. — When Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted in March that Covid-19 …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Doug McKelway retires from Fox News with an eyebrow-raising video: ‘I want to thank Roger Ailes’ — Doug McKelway, a longtime Washington correspondent for Fox News, announced his retirement this month in an unusual video posted on Facebook praising the network's disgraced co-founder Roger Ailes.
New York Times:
How Ginsburg's Death Has Reshaped the Money Race for Senate Democrats — From Alaska to Maine to the Carolinas, Democratic strategists working on Senate campaigns described a spontaneous outpouring of donations the likes of which they had never seen. A Republican surge is expected as well.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Graham Is Weak With GOP Voters. Strategists Think Another Supreme Court Fight Will Help
Graham Is Weak With GOP Voters. Strategists Think Another Supreme Court Fight Will Help
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Matt Gaetz discusses post-Trump GOP in new book, “Firebrand” — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a rising conservative star, writes about traveling with President Trump from New Hampshire to Dover Air Force Base for the return of the remains of two constituents killed in Afghanistan in his book, “Firebrand,” out Tuesday.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
13 Nobel Prize-winning economists back Biden
13 Nobel Prize-winning economists back Biden
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The sweeping hypocrisy of Trump's shrugging claim that ‘virtually nobody’ young dies from coronavirus — Speaking in front of an elbow-to-elbow crowd at an airport in Ohio on Monday, President Trump waved away concerns about how covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, affects young people.
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
‘It affects virtually nobody’: Trump incorrectly claims covid-19 isn't a risk for young people
‘It affects virtually nobody’: Trump incorrectly claims covid-19 isn't a risk for young people
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Detroit Free Press:
In secret recording, trainer for Unlock Michigan advises on unlawful tactics — LANSING - A company collecting signatures to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers coached paid petition circulators on giving voters false information, illegally collecting signatures without witnessing them …
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Politico:
Rank-and-file union members snub Biden for Trump — Joe Biden has pitched himself to voters as a “union man,” a son of Scranton, Pa., who respects the dignity of work and will defend organized labor if he wins the White House. — To rank-and-file members in some unions, especially the building trades, it doesn't matter.
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Jon Walker / American Prospect:
Pelosi Can Save Obamacare With a One-Line Amendment — By repealing the individual mandate, which is now functionally inert, the House Speaker can invalidate a push to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi can use leverage to quickly take action to save the Affordable Care Act.
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