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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Chris Wallace Calls Debate ‘a Terrible Missed Opportunity’ — The veteran anchor conceded he was initially “reluctant” to step in during the Trump-Biden matchup. “I've never been through anything like this,” he said. — “I'm just sad with the way last night turned out.”
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Nearly 65 million people watched that crazy presidential debate — Fox News was the most-watched network for the showdown between President Trump and Joe Biden. — It may have been nearly unwatchable as a television program, but a lot of people — 64.7 million, to be exact …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The President's Debate Performance Was Pure Fascism — Donald Trump wants his own private Belarus, with his own private militias at polling places, and in the streets if he loses. And he's fixing things to get it, too. — If I am discovered in a state of advanced catatonia at any point …
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Debate commission promises changes after chaotic Trump-Biden faceoff
Debate commission promises changes after chaotic Trump-Biden faceoff
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John F. Harris / Politico:
An Epic Moment of National Shame: The Debate Was an Embarrassment for the Ages
An Epic Moment of National Shame: The Debate Was an Embarrassment for the Ages
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Trump wasn't just telling his people what to do, he was showing them how to do it
Trump wasn't just telling his people what to do, he was showing them how to do it
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The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Breitbart and Bloomberg
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Undecided voters call Trump ‘unhinged’ and ‘un-American’ — but are unswayed by debate
Undecided voters call Trump ‘unhinged’ and ‘un-American’ — but are unswayed by debate
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Trump's mistake by the lake: Taking his own voters for granted
Trump's mistake by the lake: Taking his own voters for granted
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“This Is So Unpresidential”: Notes from the Worst Debate in American History
“This Is So Unpresidential”: Notes from the Worst Debate in American History
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Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Ratings for chaotic Trump-Biden presidential debate nosedive from 2016
Ratings for chaotic Trump-Biden presidential debate nosedive from 2016
Axios:
Commission on Presidential Debates wants “additional structure” for remaining debates
Commission on Presidential Debates wants “additional structure” for remaining debates
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Debates commission says it will add order to Trump and Biden's remaining showdowns
Debates commission says it will add order to Trump and Biden's remaining showdowns
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David Bossie / Fox News:
Trump clearly defeats Biden in first presidential debate
Trump clearly defeats Biden in first presidential debate
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The Family Is Worried Brad Will Start Talking”: Trumpworld Panics Over Debate Fiasco as Campaign Turmoil Mounts — Over three days, the New York Times dropped a tax bombshell, Florida cops cuffed Brad Parscale, and the president just couldn't help himself onstage.
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Politico:
Parscale steps away from Trump campaign as wife denies physical abuse — Brad Parscale, a senior adviser to Donald Trump's campaign who was involuntarily detained by police this weekend, said he is stepping away from the reelection effort and seeking help for what he called “overwhelming stress” on him and his family.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
The Trump Campaign Is Quietly Purging Brad Parscale From Their Website
The Trump Campaign Is Quietly Purging Brad Parscale From Their Website
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Raw Story, Slate and Daily Mail
Axios:
Trump says he doesn't know who Proud Boys are after telling them to “stand by” — President Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he doesn't know who the “Proud Boys” are, after saying at the presidential debate last night that the far-right group should “stand back and stand by” …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
How Trump advisers feel about his Proud Boy comments at the debate — President Trump's advisers feel the president needs to outright condemn far-right extremists and white supremacy during his rally tonight in Minnesota. — Why it matters: Trump sent shockwaves during the debate for telling …
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CNN, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Anti-Defamation League, Political Wire and America's Voice
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Reacts to Trump ‘Stand Back and Stand By’ Order Live in Real Time — Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes reacted in real-time to President Donald Trump's controversial debate remarks about the far-right extremists by feigning outrage that Trump would presume to issue orders to the group.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: What happened in Cleveland
The Trailer: What happened in Cleveland
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Politico:
Republicans to Trump: Condemn white supremacy now
Republicans to Trump: Condemn white supremacy now
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Wall Street Journal:
Intelligence Officials Urged Trump Spy Chief Not to Disclose Unverified Russian Claims About Clinton — Officials at CIA, NSA, Office of Director of National Intelligence warned disclosure to Congress would give credibility to Kremlin-backed material — WASHINGTON—Senior U.S. officials urged Director …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Exclusive poll: Biden won the debate convincingly — Photo by Jim Watson, Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images — A decisive win, powered mostly by character. — A new poll by Data for Progress provided exclusively to Vox shows that viewers thought Democratic nominee Joe Biden decisively won Tuesday's …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump's fear dominated his first debate with Biden
Trump's fear dominated his first debate with Biden
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Trump's scorched-earth nihilism will cost him the presidency
Trump's scorched-earth nihilism will cost him the presidency
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Politico, Vanity Fair, Florida Phoenix, Al Jazeera, The Daily Dot and The Guardian
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Unprecedented ad blitz spearheaded by Democrats coming to SC in US Senate race — COLUMBIA — If you think you are already being inundated with political ads for South Carolina's U.S. Senate race, just wait until you see the bombardment that's in store for the final month.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll finds Trump, Biden in statistical dead heat in South Carolina
Poll finds Trump, Biden in statistical dead heat in South Carolina
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Politico, Washington Post, Axios and Political Wire
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump's Chances Are Dwindling. That Could Make Him Dangerous. — President Trump's quest to win a second term is not in good shape. He entered Tuesday night's debate with roughly a 7- or 8-point deficit in national polls, putting him further behind at this stage of the race than any other candidate since Bob Dole in 1996.1
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
How Trump's ‘Voter Fraud’ Lie Is Disenfranchising Americans — On an October morning four years ago, eight young staff members at the Indiana Voter Registration Project in Indianapolis were planning their final steps before a closely contested presidential election.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Tuesday's Debate Made Clear the Gravest Threat to the Election: The President Himself
Tuesday's Debate Made Clear the Gravest Threat to the Election: The President Himself
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Memory sticks used to program Philly's voting machines were stolen from elections warehouse — A laptop and several memory sticks used to program Philadelphia's voting machines were stolen from a city warehouse in East Falls, city officials confirmed Wednesday, setting off …
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who13.com:
Joe Biden Leads President Trump By Two Points in Nexstar Iowa 2020 RABA Research Poll — DES MOINES, IOWA — Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by two-percentage points in Iowa with just over one month to go until Election Day, according to the Nexstar Iowa RABA Research Poll released on Wednesday.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The media keeps making these cringeworthy mistakes — In the aftermath of President Trump's unhinged, embarrassing and frightful performance Tuesday night, we are told “the debate” was a dumpster fire, “the debate” was a low point in American politics, “the debate” was incoherent.
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Billy Corriher / Governing:
Court Packing? It's Already Happening at the State Level
Court Packing? It's Already Happening at the State Level
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FiveThirtyEight:
Who Won The First 2020 Presidential Debate? — We partnered with Ipsos to poll voters before and after the candidates took the stage. — Illustrations by Anika Orrock, Candidate Portraits by Fabio Buonocore — On Tuesday, President Trump and Joe Biden faced off for the first time, in a rocky and, at times, tumultuous debate.
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Mike Giglio / The Atlantic:
A Far-Right Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans — Image above: Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers — Stewart Rhodes was living his vision of the future. On television, American cities were burning, while on the internet …
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Sheila Kaplan / New York Times:
White House Blocked C.D.C. Order to Keep Cruise Ships Docked — The C.D.C. director wanted a “no sail” order extended until February, a policy that would have upset the tourism industry in the crucial swing state of Florida. — The White House has blocked a new order from the Centers …
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Seaborn Larson / Helena Independent Record:
Former Gov. Marc Racicot to vote for Biden — Former Montana governor and Republican National Committee Chair Marc Racicot on Tuesday said he would not vote for President Donald Trump, citing Trump's character as fault enough to vote for Democrat challenger Joe Biden on Nov. 3.
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Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed News:
A Member Of Congress Is Facing Death Threats After QAnon Went After Him — The House Republican campaign committee falsely accused Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski of protecting sexual predators. “They knew exactly what they were doing,” he said. — Reporting From — Washington, DC — Copy
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Political Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Alex Yablon / Foreign Policy:
America Is About to Enter Its Years of Lead — Trump's calls for political violence are a familiar far-right strategy. — “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” President Donald Trump told his supporters in the far-right street-fighting group from his podium at the first 2020 presidential debate.
Grace Qi / CBS News:
5,000 pets found dead in boxes at Chinese shipping depot — Beijing — At least 5,000 pets were found dead in cardboard shipping boxes last week at a logistics facility in Central China, likely casualties of a miscommunication in the supply chain of China's thriving mass-breeding industry.
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