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Bonchie / Redstate:
Mike Pence Destroyed Kamala Harris, and the Media Settle On a Pathetic Excuse — This is how you know she lost. — Mike Pence debated Kamala Harris last night, and it was not a pretty sight for the Democrat. As per her usual arrangement, Harris ended up grimacing, cackling …
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CNN:
Post-debate CNN poll: Harris seen as winner in a contest that matched expectations — See who undecided voters thought won the VP debate — (CNN)More Americans said Sen. Kamala Harris did the best job in the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, according to a CNN Instant Poll of registered voters who watched.
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New York Times:
Pence, Peerless Trump Defender, Confronts His Limits
Pence, Peerless Trump Defender, Confronts His Limits
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
7 Quick Takeaways On The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate
7 Quick Takeaways On The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Mike Pence's Debate Performance Bugged Me Out
Mike Pence's Debate Performance Bugged Me Out
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Pence effectively went after Harris — and a very biased moderator
Pence effectively went after Harris — and a very biased moderator
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden gains ground over Trump
Fox News Poll: Biden gains ground over Trump
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The VP debate offers the nation a glimpse of a post-Trump future
The VP debate offers the nation a glimpse of a post-Trump future
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ABC News:
5 key takeaways from the vice presidential debate
5 key takeaways from the vice presidential debate
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Kamala Harris's Dishonesty on Abe Lincoln
Kamala Harris's Dishonesty on Abe Lincoln
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
When the Chaos Candidate Goes Missing
When the Chaos Candidate Goes Missing
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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence's Re-Election Case
Mike Pence's Re-Election Case
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Pence Dodges Peaceful Transfer of Power Question at VP Debate
Pence Dodges Peaceful Transfer of Power Question at VP Debate
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
‘They are coming for you,’ Harris says of Trump-Pence attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
‘They are coming for you,’ Harris says of Trump-Pence attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Harris won by keeping the focus on Trump — and Biden
Harris won by keeping the focus on Trump — and Biden
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NBC News:
Trump asked Walter Reed doctors to sign non-disclosure agreements in 2019 — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump required personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to sign non-disclosure agreements last year before they could be involved with treating him, according to four people familiar with the process.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump says Gold Star families could have given him Covid-19 — President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he might have contracted Covid-19 from Gold Star family members who were too close to him when telling stories of their loved ones who died in the line of duty.
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ABC News:
34 people connected to White House, more than previously known, infected by coronavirus: Internal FEMA memo — The administration has sought to downplay the spread. — White House-related COVID-19 infections grow — President Trump's circle of infections has now extended into the Pentagon.
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The Daily Beast:
White House Quietly Told Vets Group It Might Have Exposed Them to COVID — The first known White House warning to visitors about a coronavirus risk came the same day that the president acknowledged getting the virus. … On the same day President Trump acknowledged contracting the coronavirus …
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USA Today:
White House coronavirus outbreak may have exposed thousands from Atlanta to Minnesota
White House coronavirus outbreak may have exposed thousands from Atlanta to Minnesota
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
White House won't say when President Trump last tested negative for COVID-19
White House won't say when President Trump last tested negative for COVID-19
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Second Trump-Biden debate will be remote — The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that President Trump and Joe Biden will appear at next week's second presidential debate from “separate remote locations.” — The state of play: The decision comes as Trump continues …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
'I'm not going to waste my time': Trump says he won't do virtual debate against Biden — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would not participate in the second televised debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden next week after the nonpartisan commission responsible for producing …
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Top White House aide hosted lavish Atlanta wedding in May despite virus restrictions — At time, state banned gatherings of more than 10 people — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows hosted a lavish wedding for his daughter in Atlanta this May, despite a statewide order and city …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
What is The Cook Political Report? — The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.
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Elizabeth Meyer / Iowa Starting Line:
Greenfield Shatters Fundraising Records With $28.7M Haul — Theresa Greenfield raised more money in the last three months than any Iowan running for U.S. Senate had raised in an entire election cycle. — In the third fundraising quarter of 2020, spanning July through September …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Dies at 63 — Working for New York Newsday, The Daily News and The Times, he covered the human stories of New York in dramatic prose and crusaded against injustice. — Jim Dwyer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist …
New England Journal of Medicine:
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum — Article — Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test.
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Facebook Just Forced Its Most Powerful Critics Offline — “Nothing says ‘free speech’ quite as much as a multi-billion dollar corporation with a global monopoly getting its critics shut down.” — DG — Facebook is using its vast legal muscle to silence one of its most prominent critics.
Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review:
Trump's antibody treatment was tested using cells originally derived from an abortion — The Trump administration has looked to curtail research with fetal cells. But when it was life or death for the president, no one objected. — hide — This week, President Donald Trump extolled …
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Washington Post:
Economic relief talks are back on, Trump asserts, two days after he cut them off — Latest pronouncement comes as Pelosi and Mnuchin negotiate on airline relief; Trump says he's pushing for broader deal — President Trump said Thursday that economic relief talks are back on …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sen. Ron Johnson has been using a private plane owned by his adult children during coronavirus pandemic — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has been using a private plane owned by his adult children to travel between Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
With Just Weeks to Go, Trump is Not Making up Ground — Dear Readers: Join us today at 2 p.m. eastern for our latest episode of Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes. Vice presidential expert Joel K. Goldstein will be joining us to react to the VP debate. If you have questions you would like us …
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Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
Michigan AG: Burkman, Wohl turn themselves in on voter intimidation charges — DETROIT - Two right-wing political operatives accused of voter intimidation in Michigan have turned themselves in to authorities in Detroit, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday.
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Is Stonewalling Congressional Oversight On Hunter Biden — The FBI is refusing to provide answers to a congressional inquiry pertaining to Hunter Biden's potentially criminal overseas business activity revealed in a Senate report last month that chronicles the Biden family's conflicts of interest abroad.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Jobless claims were worse than expected amid slowdown in hiring — First-time claims for unemployment benefits totaled 840,000 last week, higher than the 825,000 Wall Street estimate. — Claims have remained above 800,000 every week since mid-March. — There are still 25.5 million …
Esther Gim / Rewire News Group:
Colorado Voters Could Determine Abortion Access Nationwide — Proposition 115 would ban abortions after 22 weeks except when the pregnant person's life is immediately threatened. — TRENDING — THIS WEEK — Amy Coney Barrett Exposed Her Kids to COVID-19. Black Moms Have Been Jailed for Less.