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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Senate Dems ready tactics to muck up Supreme Court confirmation — Senate Democrats can't stop Mitch McConnell from confirming a new Supreme Court justice, but they are already planning to make it as painful as possible. — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
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USA Today:
Amy Coney Barrett was our professor. She'll serve America as well as she served her students. — While we vary about how to best interpret statutes and the Constitution, we agree on this: The nation could not ask for a more qualified candidate. … President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett …
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Thank God and Chuck Schumer for Amy Coney Barrett: The four Democratic overreaches that got us here — If Amy Coney Barrett joins the Supreme Court later this year, conservatives will rightly be thrilled, but maybe Democrats and the Left will question their scorched-earth tactics of the past few years.
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The Daily Signal
Barbara McQuade / New York Magazine:
Amy Coney Barrett Is Even More Extreme Than Antonin Scalia — Until now, one way to describe extreme conservatives was to call them “right of Attila the Hun.” Amy Coney Barrett is even further along that spectrum — she is right of Antonin Scalia. — Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee …
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Jacobin, New York Times, Politico and Informed Comment
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Sen. Mike Lee argues Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation shouldn't hinge on single issue
Sen. Mike Lee argues Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation shouldn't hinge on single issue
USA Today:
After Donald Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett, Senate now must ask these questions
After Donald Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett, Senate now must ask these questions
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TheBlaze, Raw Story, Conservative News Today, Washington Post, CNN and Townhall
Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats feel boxed in on strategy for Barrett confirmation fight
Democrats feel boxed in on strategy for Barrett confirmation fight
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Breitbart and Slate
Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin criticizes Hillary Clinton on Biden concession comments
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin criticizes Hillary Clinton on Biden concession comments
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Republicans push Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings starting Oct. 12 as Democrats criticize timing
Republicans push Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings starting Oct. 12 as Democrats criticize timing
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Fox News, Washington Post, NPR, The CT Mirror and The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett is his pick for the Supreme Court
Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett is his pick for the Supreme Court
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Amy Coney Barrett and the Triumph of Phyllis Schlafly
Amy Coney Barrett and the Triumph of Phyllis Schlafly
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CNN, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Redstate, The Nation, The Guardian and ABC News
Tom Ridge / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
I was a Republican governor of Pa. I'm voting for Joe Biden. — I will cast my vote for Joe Biden on Nov. 3. It will be my first vote for a Democratic candidate for president of the United States. But it is not the first time I have said “no” to Donald Trump. I urge my fellow Pennsylvanians to join me.
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump readies thousands of attorneys for election fight — A year before President Donald Trump alarmed Americans with talk of disputing elections last week, his team started building a massive legal network to do just that. — Dozens of lawyers from three major law firms have been hired.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Voters Believe Winner of Election Should Fill Court Vacancy, Poll Shows — A Times/Siena College poll showed that 56 percent said the next president should nominate a Supreme Court justice. And Joe Biden retained a clear lead over President Trump, 49 to 41 percent. — THE NEW YORK TIMES / SIENA COLLEGE POLL
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll: Biden maintains lead over Trump nationally in stable presidential race — After two political conventions, the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus, economic dislocation, more racial upheaval and a coming battle over a Supreme Court vacancy, the race for the White House remains stable …
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The Hill, Balloon Juice and Washington Monthly
CBS News:
Tight races in Georgia and North Carolina, while Supreme Court is another factor — Battleground Tracker — Voters say the Supreme Court vacancy has added to the already high stakes of the presidential election. — In the battlegrounds of Georgia and North Carolina, most say it makes …
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Fox News, Political Wire, The Week and Mediaite
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Majorities in Michigan, Wisconsin say 2020 winner should get to fill Supreme Court seat — WASHINGTON — Majorities of likely voters in Michigan and Wisconsin say the winner of the 2020 presidential election should get to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat left vacant after the death …
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ABC News, Politico, The Hill and Political Wire
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Between the economy and coronavirus pandemic, Biden keeps his advantage nationally: POLL
Between the economy and coronavirus pandemic, Biden keeps his advantage nationally: POLL
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The Hill
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Donald Trump, facing financial ruin, sought control of his elderly father's estate. The family fight was epic. … Donald Trump was facing financial disaster in 1990 when he came up with an audacious plan to exert control of his father's estate. — His creditors threatened to force …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
By Lowering the Debate Bar for Biden, Has Trump Set a Trap for Himself? — President Trump has worked overtime to persuade followers that Joe Biden is addled and incoherent. That could backfire if Mr. Biden doesn't fit the caricature. — WASHINGTON — President Trump has framed …
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The National Interest, Bloomberg and The Hill
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Bloomberg:
Biden Has Upper Hand Over Trump in Debate Expectations Game
Biden Has Upper Hand Over Trump in Debate Expectations Game
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Political Wire, Mediaite, Instapundit, MSNBC, New York Post and Toledo Blade
ABC News:
Trump targets Biden's mental health in debate lead-up, despite aides' efforts to raise expectations
Trump targets Biden's mental health in debate lead-up, despite aides' efforts to raise expectations
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Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
Ashley Thomas / Associated Press:
Reagan's age, Mitt's binders: Presidential debate highlights
Reagan's age, Mitt's binders: Presidential debate highlights
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The Daily Beast and One America News Network
New Yorker:
The Private Trump Angst of a Republican Icon — James Baker thinks Trump is “nuts,” but he voted for him once—and may soon do so again. — Over lunch a few blocks from the White House on a bright, sunny day in the summer of 2019, one of the architects of the modern Republican Party admitted he was thinking the unthinkable.
Greg Braxton / Los Angeles Times:
A Black reporter recalls racism in the newsroom and finally gets his day of reckoning — An uneasy calm had settled over Los Angeles a few weeks after the 1992 riots sparked by the acquittal of four police officers in the brutal beating of motorist Rodney King, but the Los Angeles Times newsroom was still in full adrenaline mode.
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Roberto Ferdman / VICE:
The Only Witness Who Heard Police Announce Themselves at Breonna Taylor's Door Changed His Story — Aarin Sarpee initially told investigators that he didn't hear police say who they were before ramming through Taylor's door. Two months later, he drastically changed his recollection. — RF
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Law & Crime and The Daily Beast
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
It's been 80 days since DoD leaders promised to release an investigation ‘within days’ into an Army helicopter buzzing protesters — ‘I would expect it pretty shortly, like within days, perhaps early next week,’ Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on July 9.
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump backers say he's not undermining confidence in election — Allies of President Donald Trump expressed support Sunday for his refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and advanced his points sowing doubt in the reliability of this year's election.