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Jessica Taylor / The Cook Political Report:
South Carolina Senate Moves To Toss Up — There has been no more surprising race on the Senate map than South Carolina. Even early this year, it looked like Sen. Lindsey Graham would cruise to re-election. Instead, the Republican incumbent finds himself in a tied race in both public …
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New York Times:
‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said — Top department officials were “a driving force” behind President Trump's child separation policy, a draft investigation report said. — WASHINGTON — The five U.S. attorneys along the border with Mexico …
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New York Times:
Trump's Return Leaves White House in Disarray as Infections Jolt West Wing — The West Wing was mostly empty, cleared of aides who were sick or told to work from home, and staff in the White House residence were in full personal protective equipment. — The White House that President …
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Washington Post:
White House signals stronger coronavirus precautions, but Trump continues to resist — The White House offered an informal nod to coronavirus best practices Tuesday, with mask-wearing prevalent after months of flouting public health recommendations and new internal guidelines for interacting …
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Washington Post:
White House clears Food and Drug Administration coronavirus vaccine standards it tried to derail
White House clears Food and Drug Administration coronavirus vaccine standards it tried to derail
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Washington Post:
Amy Coney Barrett served as a ‘handmaid’ in Christian group People of Praise — While Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has faced questions about how her Catholic faith might influence her jurisprudence, she has not spoken publicly about her involvement in People of Praise …
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Support Grows for Confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court — 46% of voters back Trump's nominee, up 9 points from late last month — Democrats are losing the Supreme Court messaging war, new polling indicates, with support for Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation trending in the GOP's direction.
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett lived in home of secretive Christian group's co-founder
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett lived in home of secretive Christian group's co-founder
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New York Times:
Elect Joe Biden, America — The former vice president is the leader our nation needs now. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Why Kamala Harris has been so quiet as Biden's No. 2
Why Kamala Harris has been so quiet as Biden's No. 2
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Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
What the Media Should Be Asking Kamala Harris
What the Media Should Be Asking Kamala Harris
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pence accedes to plexiglass at debate
Pence accedes to plexiglass at debate
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John Hudak / Brookings:
The most important vice presidential debate in American history
The most important vice presidential debate in American history
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris's Expected Vice-Presidency Keeps Getting Bigger
Kamala Harris's Expected Vice-Presidency Keeps Getting Bigger
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Washington Post:
Pence team agrees to plexiglass barrier on his side of debate stage
Pence team agrees to plexiglass barrier on his side of debate stage
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The Dworkin Report:
PA Rep. slams Republicans for COVID cover-up as “height of grotesque partisanship” — MLK III says we need leaders like Joe Biden & Kamala Harris in the White House — Scott talks with Martin Luther King, III who divulged details about his meeting with Donald Trump and spoke about a range …
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Washington Post:
Trump's erratic tweets on economic relief — over several hours — leave strategy unclear
Trump's erratic tweets on economic relief — over several hours — leave strategy unclear
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Art of the Crazy: Trump's Insane Twitter Negotiations
Art of the Crazy: Trump's Insane Twitter Negotiations
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Meghan Roos / Newsweek:
‘Red Sweater Guy’ Ken Bone from 2016 Town Hall Says Watching This Year's Debates is ‘Like Watching Your House Burn Down’ — U.S. 2020 Presidential Election 2016 Presidential Debates — It has been almost four years to the day since Ken Bone became one of the most famous uncommitted voters …
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USA Today:
“It is a slaughter”: Infectious disease icon asks CDC director to expose White House, orchestrate his own firing — A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health titan who led the eradication of smallpox asked the embattled, current CDC leader to expose …
Politico:
Trump rewrites the Russia probe from the hospital — Even as he recovers from a coronavirus case that left him hospitalized for days, President Donald Trump has intensified a late-campaign effort to undermine widely accepted evidence about Russia's election interference efforts in 2016.
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Troy Closson / New York Times:
80-Year-Old Is Killed After Asking Bar Patron to Wear Mask — The man was shoved to the ground and hit his head after confronting another patron at a bar in upstate New York, the police said. The case is one of the first of its kind in the state. — When an 80-year-old man at a bar near Buffalo …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Susan Collins lets loose with her career on the line — Susan Collins generally keeps an even keel. But she's had it with Sara Gideon. — “She will say or do anything to try to win,” Collins said when asked of her opponent during a wide-ranging 30-minute interview in her Capitol quarters last week.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Anonymous ‘former staff’ of Katie Hill slam film adaptation of ex-congresswoman's book — A forthcoming film adaptation of former California Rep. Katie Hill's memoir was the target of online criticism Wednesday morning from anonymous members of “Katie's former staff” posting from her old congressional Twitter account.
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California congressman says he got coronavirus after Sen. Mike Lee interaction — OAKLAND — Rep. Salud Carbajal announced Tuesday he tested positive for the coronavirus and said it came after he interacted indoors with Sen. Mike Lee, who revealed he had Covid-19 hours after President Donald …
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Siobhán O'Grady / Washington Post:
In a few days, more people in Trump's orbit tested positive for coronavirus than in all of Taiwan
In a few days, more people in Trump's orbit tested positive for coronavirus than in all of Taiwan
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Outside the Beltway and Forbes
John F. Harris / Politico:
Trump's Chickens Come Home To Roost. So Do America's. — During a recent videotaped message while quarantined at the hospital, President Donald Trump said some of the therapeutic treatments in development are so promising that, “frankly, they're miracles.”
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Stormy Daniels and Melania Trump accuse each other of being a hooker — Look who's talking. — After hearing audio of Melania Trump seeming to call her a hooker, porn star Stormy Daniels accused the first lady of being the one who has sex for money. — Tapes released by the first lady's …
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KMOV-TV:
McCloskeys indicted, grand jury adds charges of tampering with evidence — Mark and Patricia McCloskey appeared in court Tuesday morning. After the hearing, Mark McCloskey spoke to media and expressed their frustration over the news that the trespassers involved in their case were not charged.
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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Joseph L. Bruno, an iconic Capital Region senator, dies at 91 — Bruno served as Senate majority leader from 1994 to 2008 — ALBANY — Joseph L. Bruno, an iron-jawed former state Senate majority leader whose political clout shaped some of the region's largest economic achievements, died early Wednesday.
Yereth Rosen / Reuters:
Wide-bodied 747 crowned Alaska's fattest bear — ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - In Alaska's annual battle of heavyweights, a salmon-chomping bruin named 747 - like the jetliner - has emerged as the most fabulously fat. — The bear, one of more than 2,200 brown bears roaming Alaska's Katmai National Park …
Hilary Sargent / The Informant:
Snitches, cowards, and liars — White nationalists now hate Christopher Cantwell. The problem is they're all just like him. — 3 hr — Many in the movement have tried to suggest he was never one of them. That they never worshiped at the altar of Christopher Cantwell. But they absolutely did.
Associated Press:
Democrat's personal scandal roils N. Carolina Senate race — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A race in North Carolina critical to control of the U.S. Senate has been thrown into turmoil over allegations of personal misconduct by Democrat Cal Cunningham, a married man who had an extramarital relationship with a consultant.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Republicans: Ditch Trump, Save the Senate — “This is the time you have to make tough decisions,” former congressman Tom Davis, said of the party allocating its resources. — Increasingly convinced that President Donald Trump's election chances are grim, top Republican donors, lobbyists …
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Andy McGlashen / Audubon:
Duck Stamp Artists Turn to Spent Shotgun Shells to Meet New Pro-Hunting Mandate — The government art competition now requires hunting imagery, a change that some wildlife painters say undermines its conservation message. — Associate Editor, Audubon Magazine — Associate Editor, Audubon Magazine
NBC News:
Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms — Facebook said Tuesday that it is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms, a significant escalation over its previous action and one of the broadest rules the social media giant has put in place in its history.
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
Netflix indicted on felony charges in Texas for ‘Cuties,’ promoting ‘lewd material of children’ … Netflix is now facing felony charges for “Cuties,” as backlash against the controversial French film heads to the legal arena. — A Tyler County, Texas, grand jury indicted the streaming giant …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
‘Invincible’ Trump tells us to live with covid-19. These people died trying. — After Donald Trump got out of Vietnam with student deferments and a spurious claim of bone spurs, he proposed that those who did serve in Vietnam were “stupid” and “losers,” according to various accounts.
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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Trump support craters after contracting coronavirus, new FPU/Herald poll reveals — Catching coronavirus has been disastrous for President Trump's re-election hopes, with support for the president plummeting since news of the infection broke, allowing Democratic nominee Joe Biden to open …
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Daily Kos
Scott McKay / The American Spectator:
Five Quick Things: The Polls, or the Fundamentals? — Don't pack it in just yet. — Trump leaving Walter Reed (bgrocker/Shutterstock.com) — This week it's all the rage among the legacy media types and even a few of the old-time conservative pundit class to screech about poll numbers …
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