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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.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump pushes back on changes to upcoming presidential debates  —  President Trump suggested Thursday that he'll resist any moves that could cut off candidates' microphones in the next debate if he continues to talk over his opponent and the moderator.  — “Why would I allow the Debate Commission …
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Trump sees approval rating increase, majority expect him to beat Biden: poll  —  The poll was conducted in the two weeks before the first presidential debate  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 1  —  A poll conducted in the lead-up to Tuesday's presidential debate showed Americans …
Discussion: Gallup and TheBlaze
Bloomberg:   Biden Breaks Fundraising Record Again, Buoyed by Debate
WSB-TV:
Following rocky debate, Biden takes lead over Trump in latest exclusive Channel 2 poll
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
Washington Post:
If Trump wants us to believe he paid millions in taxes, all he has to do is show us one page
Discussion: Reason, TheBlaze and Jacobin
Rogerlsimon / theepochtimes.com:
Go Lincoln-Douglas: Eliminate Moderators From Presidential Debates
Washington Post:
Election live updates: Trump campaign wants no changes to debate rules, challenges leaders of debate commission
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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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 …
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Trump Supreme Court pick already ruled on pending Obamacare case — in a moot exercise
Discussion: Fox News and Deseret News
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle's Departure from Fox  —  As President Donald Trump heads into the 2020 elections, he faces a daunting gender gap: according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll, he trails Joe Biden by thirty percentage points among female voters.
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Proud Boys, Black Lives Matter leaders hold joint conference: We ‘denounce White supremacy’  —  Local leaders of the right-wing group Proud Boys in Salt Lake City held a joint news conference with a local Black Lives Matter leader on Wednesday to correct the record and “denounce White supremacy” …
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Leia Idliby / Mediaite:
Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Blames Democrats' ‘Hate’ and Flips Back to Endorsing Trump Just Hours After Abandoning President Over White Supremacy Comments at Debate
Jordan Valinsky / CNN:   Amazon removes ‘stand back and stand by’ merchandise
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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Zach Despart / Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Abbott limits mail ballot drop-off locations, forcing Harris County to close 11 sites
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Texas Gov. Abbott limits mail-in voting drop-off locations
SOM - State of Michigan:
AG Nessel Files Felony Charges Against Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl in Voter-Suppression Robocalls Investigation  —  LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed charges today against two political operatives for allegedly orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote in the November general election.
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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 …
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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USA Today:
1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election … WASHINGTON - Former Justice Department attorneys expressed concerns Thursday that Attorney General William Barr is using the power of the agency to help President Donald Trump win reelection …
Discussion: Raw Story
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DOJ Alumni:
DOJ Alumni Open Letter on Protecting Free and Fair Elections
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kayleigh McEnany's first post-debate briefing goes off the rails  —  For the second time in a week, the United States bore witness to an animated and interruption-filled political discussion.  The first one was Tuesday's debate, but Thursday's White House briefing wasn't that different.
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Fox News' John Roberts Loses Temper at Critics of His ‘White Supremacist’ Questions
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 …
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.
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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Washington Post:   Food banks are removing the signed letter Trump wanted to include in every food-aid box
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.
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.
Discussion: Reuters, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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Alex Ward / Vox:
Did America's top spy release Russian disinformation to help Trump?
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly rant in Minnesota shows why Republicans fear he'll lose  —  President Trump's shattering of the “blue wall” states in 2016 shocked many observers into believing that he possesses a quasi-mystical grasp of the values and aspirations of rural and small-town Whites in the industrial Midwest.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
American cyclist suspended over pro-Trump tweet  —  A rising American cycling star has been suspended after expressing support for President Trump in a Twitter feud with a Dutch journalist.  —  Quinn Simmons, the reining junior road race world champion and the junior U.S. road race champion …
Emily Green / VICE:
Border Patrol Snipers Were Authorized to Use Deadly Force at George Floyd's Burial  —  Records obtained by VICE News show police in Pearland, Texas, invited federal agents to surveil Floyd's burial and authorized them to open fire in the event of unrest.  —  EG  —  KH
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
It's not ‘chaos’: Trump revealed a clear blueprint for crushing American democracy
Discussion: Washington Post
Becky Peterson / Business Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman, one of the most successful female founders, is fighting to save her company
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Doomsday has arrived for tens of thousands of workers
Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Administration Lost Millions of Dollars of Food and Water Meant For Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Discussion: Axios
Abram Brown / Forbes:
Some Business Leaders Should Face A Firing Squad, Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Suggests In Angry Tweet
 Earlier Items: 
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Third-party candidate backs Graham in tightening SC race
Discussion: The Hill
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
South Carolina GOP asks Supreme Court to reinstate mail-in ballot witness requirement
Discussion: Political Wire, Forbes and Bloomberg
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Snapchat has helped 1 million users register to vote, a possible boon to Democrats
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