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Alicia Robinson / Orange County Register:
Unofficial ballot drop boxes popping up throughout the state worry elections officials — Promoting such boxes — which have been found in Los Angeles, Orange and Fresno counties — could be a felony. — In a photo posted to social media last week, a young man wearing a mask …
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
California GOP installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes. State officials say they're illegal. — The metal boxes have popped up around Southern California in recent weeks, from churches to gun stores to gyms. On the front, an authoritative-looking sign beckons to voters: “Official ballot drop-off box.”
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The American Independent, CBS Los Angeles and Vox
Jacob Jarvis / Newsweek:
California GOP Accused of Setting Up Fake Official Ballot Drop-Off Boxes Across State — The California Republican Party has faced questions over unofficial drop-off boxes set up to collect mail-in ballots across the state. — Reports of such boxes, which claim to be official …
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Raw Story, The Week and Orange County Register
Associated Press:
Trump's task: Resetting campaign that GOP fears is slipping — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is running out of time to recover from a series of self-inflicted setbacks that have rattled his base of support and triggered alarm among Republicans who fear the White House is on the verge of being lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Schumer says Democrats won't give GOP quorum to advance Barrett nomination — Schumer called the Barrett confirmation effort ‘illegitimate, dangerous and unpopular’ — Barrett ‘completely capable’ to be on the high court: Keisha Russell — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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Beyond Court Packing: Here's How Dems Plan To Create A One-Party State
Beyond Court Packing: Here's How Dems Plan To Create A One-Party State
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Townhall, Fox News, Vox, Bloomberg and American Thinker
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans face the prospect of more House losses
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans face the prospect of more House losses
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New York Times, Fox News and WSYR
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Barrett Supreme Court hearing expected to focus on health care, with the pandemic looming over the proceeding
Barrett Supreme Court hearing expected to focus on health care, with the pandemic looming over the proceeding
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Monika Bickert / About Facebook:
Removing Holocaust Denial Content — Today we are updating our hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. — Organizations that study trends in hate speech are reporting increases in online attacks against many groups worldwide, and we continue our efforts to remove it.
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Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Variety, Mashable, Deadline, The Verge and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
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Brian Fung / CNN:
Microsoft takes down massive hacking operation that could have affected the election — Washington (CNN Business)Microsoft has disrupted a massive hacking operation that it said could have indirectly affected election infrastructure if allowed to continue. — The company said Monday it took …
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Microsoft on the Issues and The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
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Max Burns / The Daily Beast:
Will Amy Coney Barrett Finally Explain Her Ties to Anti-Gay Hate Group? — She told Franken in 2017 that she was “generally aware” that the Alliance Defending Freedom had been categorized as a far-right hate group. What does she know about the group now? — BEAST INSIDE
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Majority says wait on the SCOTUS seat; 6 in 10 favor upholding Roe: POLL
Majority says wait on the SCOTUS seat; 6 in 10 favor upholding Roe: POLL
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The Hill, Slate, Washington Post, New York Times and Political Wire
Adam J. Levitin / American Prospect:
Supersize the Supreme Court to Save It
Politico:
How Biden could end 2020 on election night — and why Trump's path is unlikely — President Donald Trump has demanded to know the results of the 2020 election on election night, even though some states warn that it will take days to count their votes. But if there is a winner declared on Nov. 3 …
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Washington Examiner, Florida Politics, New Republic, ABC News, The National Pulse and Raw Story
New York Times:
The Billionaire Who Stood by Jeffrey Epstein — Leon Black, whose $9 billion fortune could buy the best counsel in the world, paid at least $50 million to Mr. Epstein for advice and services after most others had deserted him. — The billionaire financier Leon Black …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Heavy turnout creates lines as polls open in Georgia for early voting — By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kristal Dixon - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ben Brasch - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tyler Estep - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Politico:
‘Green tsunami’: Inside Senate Republicans' financial freak-out — In mid-April, senior advisers to a dozen Republican senators gathered on the second floor of the National Republican Senatorial Committee's offices, where NRSC executive director Kevin McLaughlin detailed …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
Portland protesters topple statues of Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln in ‘Day of Rage’; police declare riot — Protesters topple statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln — A group of protesters toppled statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt …
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Investor's Business Daily:
IBD/TIPP Presidential Election Tracking Poll 2020 — From now through election day on Nov. 3, the IBD/TIPP Presidential Tracking Poll will post daily results of the race for the White House between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. — Update: Joe Biden holds …
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Political Wire
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The Lincoln Project: Career Republicans call on Americans to vote out President Trump — A group of longtime Republican strategists who have worked with the likes of John McCain and George W. Bush have launched a scorching campaign against the president. Lesley Stahl reports.
Washington Post:
Trump's children brought Secret Service money to the family business with their visits, records show — Eric Trump took his Secret Service agents to Trump golf courses in Scotland, as he led transatlantic tours for paying customers. Donald Trump Jr. took his protectors to the Trump hotel in Vancouver …
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Mark Zuckerberg is spending millions like never before to overhaul a landmark law — The billionaire Facebook founder is making the most expensive electoral play of his career. — SHARE All sharing options — Mark Zuckerberg is politically worn down these days — besieged from both the left …
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
China, Russia and Saudi Arabia set to join UN human rights council — Rights campaigners voice concerns as Cuba and Pakistan also expected to be elected — China, Russia, Cuba, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are expected to be elected to the board of the UN human rights council on Tuesday …
Rachel M. Cohen / The Intercept:
Locked in Tight Race, GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan Caught in Environmental Scandal … In the final month of his reelection campaign, Alaska's one-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is fighting to recover from a scandal that ties him more closely to a controversial mining project opposed by the majority of voters in his state.
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Daily Kos and Anchorage Daily News
Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
Florida Sees Signals of a Climate-Driven Housing Crisis — Home sales in areas most vulnerable to sea-level rise began falling around 2013, researchers found. Now, prices are following a similar downward path. — If rising seas cause America's coastal housing market to dive — or …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
An Arrest in Canada Casts a Shadow on a New York Times Star, and The Times — A top editor is now reviewing Rukmini Callimachi's reporting on terrorism, which turned distant conflicts into accessible stories but drew criticism from colleagues. — Derek Henry Flood wasn't looking for work in March of 2018 …
Alex Turner-Cohen / news.com.au:
Coronavirus: WHO backflips on virus stance by condemning lockdowns — Lockdowns have been used to control the coronavirus around the world. Now a WHO official has questioned the success of them. — Video — Image — WHO's huge lockdown backflip (VIDEO: The Spectator)
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Kevin Vaughan / KUSA-TV:
Suspect in Denver shooting near dueling rallies wasn't licensed as a security guard, officials say — Matthew Dolloff was being held Sunday without bail on suspicion of first-degree murder following the shooting that left one man dead. — DENVER — Records show the man being held …
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Redstate, Twitchy, Fox News, KVIA-TV and Denver Post
ABC News Public Relations:
ABC NEWS HOSTS TOWN HALL WITH DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MODERATED BY GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS - UPDATED — ‘The Vice President and the People’ a Live Special Edition of ‘20/20,’ Airs Thursday, October 15, at 8:00 p.m. ET
Craig Gilbert / USA Today:
These 6 swing states are pivotal in the White House race. But what are the keys to winning each state? — USA TODAY Network reporters explore battlegrounds within 6 swing states- the keys to the political map in the states likely to choose the next president. — Michigan again expected to be a key battleground
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Readiness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Falls to 50% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' willingness to be vaccinated against the coronavirus has dropped 11 percentage points, falling to 50% in late September. This sharp decline comes after the percentage dwindled from 66% in July to 61% in August.
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
How to Keep a Fall Surge From Becoming a Winter Catastrophe — COVID-19 cases are rising in parts of New York City, and the mayor is threatening business and school closures. Across other parts of the United States and Western Europe, outbreaks are spiraling out of control.