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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett supported group that said life begins at fertilization — Barrett signed newspaper ad in 2006 sponsored by St Joseph County Right to Life, an extreme anti-choice group — Amy Coney Barrett, the Trump administration's supreme court nominee …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Amy Coney Barrett Signed Letter Urging End of ‘Barbaric’ Roe v. Wade — The letter may be in line with conservative thinking. But it could complicate her Supreme Court fight. — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a letter in 2006 calling for the end of Roe v. Wade …
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Sen. Feinstein, Dems formally ask for delay in Amy Coney Barrett confirmation
Sen. Feinstein, Dems formally ask for delay in Amy Coney Barrett confirmation
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Spectator USA, The Daily Caller and WAVY-TV
Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Amazon blocks sale of merchandise with “stand back” and “stand by” — Amazon and other online retailers are pulling merchandise from their sites emblazoned with the words “stand back” and “stand by” and displaying the insignia of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group.
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Essence, Cronkite News, Florida Politics, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg and Forbes
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New York Times:
A Debate That Can't Be Ignored — Americans need to face the man who is their president.
A Debate That Can't Be Ignored — Americans need to face the man who is their president.
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Crooked Media, Spectator USA, CNN and The Federalist
Washington Post:
Belligerent Trump debate performance stokes fears among Republicans about November
Belligerent Trump debate performance stokes fears among Republicans about November
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Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
The “Very Fine People” President
The “Very Fine People” President
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Newsweek, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Triad, New York Times and The Unz Review
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
McEnany: Trump has ‘condemned’ white supremacy, but ‘shameful’ media won't cover it
McEnany: Trump has ‘condemned’ white supremacy, but ‘shameful’ media won't cover it
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Axios
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden is still leading in the polls, and voters say he won his first debate against Trump — Democrat Joe Biden came into the first debate ahead of President Trump in the national polls. — The first scientific polls to ask who won the debate Tuesday night show Biden coming out on top.
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Judge rules federal law enforcement commission violates law, orders work stopped as attorney general prepares to issue report — Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement is not diverse, doesn't hold public meetings as law requires — A national commission on law enforcement launched earlier …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court: Trump administration policing panel broke transparency law — What happened: A blue-ribbon law enforcement panel created at the direction of President Donald Trump broke a federal open meeting law and must halt its work until it comes into compliance with the statute, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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One America News Network, The Hill and Raw Story
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Federal Judge Halts Trump's Cop-Filled Law Enforcement Task Force — The judge, a George W. Bush appointee, said the commission managed by William Barr can't release its report yet. — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration not to release a report by the Presidential Commission …
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Internal document shows Trump officials were told to make comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials were directed to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha …
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
Abbott orders counties to close multiple ballot dropoff sites — Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order Thursday requiring counties to close multiple locations where voters can drop off completed mail-in ballots. — As an election security measure, counties will be limited to one dropoff site …
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Texas Gov. Abbott limits mail-in voting drop-off locations — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued a proclamation Thursday requiring all mail ballots delivered in person be dropped off at the one voting clerk's office designated per county for “enhanced ballot security protocol.”
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Reuters, Talking Points Memo, Office of the Texas Governor and CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump's ex-national security adviser says president is ‘aiding and abetting’ Putin — Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday that President Donald Trump is “aiding and abetting” Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to sow doubt about the American electoral system.
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Trump's Ex-National Security Adviser on His Failure to Condemn White Supremacy — As the election nears, a parade of ex-administration officials and political advisers has come forward to denounce President Donald Trump and offer firsthand accounts of incompetence and venality running through his government.
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Foreign Policy, Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA, Axios and The Hill
Regina Ip / New York Times:
Hong Kong Is China, Like It or Not — After months of chaos in the city, something had to be done, and the Chinese government did it. — Ms. Ip is a legislator and a member of the Executive Council in Hong Kong. — HONG KONG — No amount of outcry, condemnation or sanctions …
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Biden poised to launch in-person canvassing in key states — NEW YORK (AP) — After months of avoiding direct contact with voters because of the pandemic, Joe Biden's campaign is about to launch in-person canvassing efforts across several battleground states.
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Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Trump requires food aid boxes to come with a letter from him — The Agriculture Department last week began mandating that millions of boxes of surplus food for needy families include a letter from President Donald Trump claiming credit for the program. — The USDA's $4 billion Farmers …
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Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, The Root, The Hill, HillReporter.com, Raw Story, Slate, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and CBS Boston
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Biden Lead Looks Firmer as Midwest Moves His Way — Dear Readers: Join us today at 2 p.m. eastern for our latest episode of Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes. We'll be reacting to the first debate and going over the state of the race, including the many rating changes we made today (see below).
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Washington Post, Florida Politics, Outside the Beltway, Blue Virginia and Washington Times
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Trump's plans for rally in western Wisconsin up in the air — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to have canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Most Illuminating Moment of the Debate — The moments after your first child is born are humbling and overwhelming, the emotional equivalent of staring directly into the sun. You realize that you are suddenly responsible for a human life that you helped create, a sliver of two souls smuggled …
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Raw Story, Washington Post and The Daily Dot
New York Times:
Rebuffed by Vatican, Pompeo Assails China and Aligns With Pope's Critics — Pope Francis declined to see Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is demanding a harder Vatican line on China. The Holy See said meeting just before a U.S. election would be inappropriate.
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Pope denies audience with Pompeo; Vatican warns against playing politics over China
Pope denies audience with Pompeo; Vatican warns against playing politics over China
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BBC
New York Times:
How Trump Voters View His Position on Pre-existing Conditions — He has pursued policies to weaken insurance protections, but that's not reflected in polling of Republicans. — When Pamela Jean Locke votes in November, one issue she'll be thinking about is protections for Americans with pre-existing health problems.
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Raw Story, The Hill, Kaiser Health News and Daily Kos
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Why Are There So Many Accused Domestic Abusers in Trumpworld? You Know Damn Well Why. — Brad Parscale's arrest on domestic violence charges would have been an enormous scandal for a normal politician. In Trumpland, it was just another Sunday. — BEAST INSIDE
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NBC News:
Biden outspent Trump $153 million to $57 million on ads in a single month — WASHINGTON — We've told you how Joe Biden passed President Trump in the money race. Now let's show you how Biden is spending his money — and how Trump isn't, at least over the advertising airwaves.
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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Snapchat has helped 1 million users register to vote, a possible boon to Democrats — When Americans cast their ballots in this year's presidential election, millions will do so because they registered to vote through such social platforms as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
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The Nation:
Fire Donald Trump — We have no illusions about Biden, but we need him to win. — This is the most important election in our lifetimes—and one of the most consequential in The Nation's 155-year history. Accepting his party's nomination in 2016, Donald Trump promised to …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Millions of Americans risk losing power and water as massive, unpaid utility bills pile up — More than 179 million people may be at risk for shut-offs as many state protections end — This Tuesday marked 67 days of darkness for Kenneth Parson. He fell behind on his utility bills in the spring …
Lola Méndez / Refinery29:
Megyn Kelly's Tweets Make One Thing Clear: She's For Trump — In the nation-wide hangover from the first presidential debate of 2020 on Tuesday night, we emerged from a literal yelling matching learning nothing new: Viewers were left yearning for more concrete policies from both candidates …
Andrea Widburg / American Thinker:
The Trump debate decoded: He won, and he won big — With 24 hours having passed since the first presidential debate, it's becoming clear that Trump won in a big way. It wasn't an apparent victory, but it was a real one: He showed his base and ordinary Americans that he will always fight …
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Jack Stubbs / Reuters:
Exclusive: Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target U.S. voters - sources — LONDON (Reuters) - The Russian group accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. election has posed as an independent news outlet to target right-wing social media users ahead of this year's vote …
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Helen Sullivan / The Guardian:
Irish court rules Subway bread is not bread … The Irish Supreme court has ruled that the bread served at Subway - a US sandwich food chain with branches in more than 100 countries - cannot be defined as bread. — Under Ireland's Value-Added Tax Act of 1972 it cannot even be defined as a staple food …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
House prepares to pass revised COVID relief bill as White House talks hit roadblock — The House appeared likely to move ahead Thursday with Democrats' revised $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill as 11th-hour negotiations with the White House continued. — The latest: After meeting …
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Spiegel Online:
“I Assert that Putin Was Behind the Crime” — Interview Conducted by Benjamin Bidder und Christian Esch — It's six o'clock in the morning on Wednesday when Alexei Navalny shows up at the Berlin editorial office of DER SPIEGEL for an interview. The office is located a few hundred meters …
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The Guardian, Associated Press, Breitbart, NPR and The Daily Caller
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The definitive case for ending the filibuster — Every argument for the filibuster, considered and debunked. — If Joe Biden wins the White House, and Democrats take back the Senate, there is one decision that will loom over every other. It is a question that dominated no debates …
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Fox News, New York Times, Center for American … and Conservative News Today
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
False G.O.P. Ad Prompts QAnon Death Threats Against a Democratic Congressman — Representative Tom Malinowski, Democrat of New Jersey, is facing down death threats from QAnon supporters after the House Republicans' campaign arm falsely accused him of lobbying to protect sexual predators.