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USA Today:
Naked Republican hypocrisy is destroying trust in Supreme Court: Reagan, Bush lawyers — Republicans are using a deeply unfair process to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Build faith in democracy by letting the people decide. — When a vacancy on the Supreme Court arose nine months ahead …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, NPR and The Atlantic
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WRAL-TV:
Poll: Supreme Court process more important in NC's Senate race than Cunningham's affair — RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voters don't seem to mind that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham had an affair - he's even gained ground among male voters - according to the results of a WRAL News poll released Monday.
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 …
Maria Arias / Axios:
Mark Meadows refuses to wear mask while talking to reporters in Capitol
Mark Meadows refuses to wear mask while talking to reporters in Capitol
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Politico, One America News Network, Slate, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Week and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »
Axios:
Klobuchar: There's no “secret, clever, procedural way to stop” Barrett confirmation
Klobuchar: There's no “secret, clever, procedural way to stop” Barrett confirmation
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ABC News, Conservative News Today, Al Jazeera, VICE, Fox News, Political Wire and Mediaite
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Packing the Supreme Court would ‘do considerable violence to the institution’: Jonathan Turley
Packing the Supreme Court would ‘do considerable violence to the institution’: Jonathan Turley
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Breitbart
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing live updates
Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing live updates
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Reuters, The Hill, FiveThirtyEight, USA Today, New York Post, Washington Times, Forbes, Redstate, Fox News, IJR, CBS Los Angeles and Townhall
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media Freak Out Over Mike Lee Following CDC's Coronavirus Guidelines
Media Freak Out Over Mike Lee Following CDC's Coronavirus Guidelines
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump tests negative for coronavirus, ‘not infectious to others,’ White House physician says
Trump tests negative for coronavirus, ‘not infectious to others,’ White House physician says
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Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
D.C. reports increased demand for coronavirus tests amid White House outbreak
D.C. reports increased demand for coronavirus tests amid White House outbreak
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Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Dr. Fauci: The Trump Campaign Is ‘In Effect, Harassing Me’ — The nation's top infectious disease expert says there is “not a chance” he quits the task force. But he's openly angry with how he's being politicized. … The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci demanded …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Top general did not give his consent to be used in Trump political ad — President Donald Trump's campaign is running an online political ad that uses an image of his vice president, his Pentagon chief and his most senior military adviser watching the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the Situation Room on Oct. 29, 2019.
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NPR, The Hill and New York Times
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at winning back seniors
Trump launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at winning back seniors
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New York Times, The Hill, Fox News, CBS News, Daily Kos and Florida Politics
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
As Trump Flouts Safety Protocols, News Outlets Balk at Close Coverage — Newspapers and networks are wary of exposing their staff members to the president and his aides, saying they do not have assurance that basic precautions will be taken to protect reporters' health.
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Political Wire, The Hill and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: ‘Record’ Turnout for Early Voting in Georgia as Biden Campaigns in Ohio — Joe Biden will speak in Toledo and Cincinnati and President Trump, returning to the campaign trail, will travel to Florida. Senate hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett have begun.
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and Breitbart
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Heavy turnout creates lines as polls open in Georgia for early voting
Heavy turnout creates lines as polls open in Georgia for early voting
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Raw Story, Forbes, The Week and Associated Press
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Trump Defectors Help Biden Build Leads in Wisconsin and Michigan — NEW YORK TIMES/ — SIENA COLLEGE POLL — Joe Biden leads Donald J. Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin. Mr. Biden's polling leads in both states would currently withstand a 2016-size polling miss. — 2016 Election Result NYT/Siena
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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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The American Independent, Daily Kos, Associated Press and Raw Story
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
GOP raises over $620M through WinRed in third quarter
Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Trump's troubles weighing on Iowa Senate race as Joni Ernst fights for reelection
Trump's troubles weighing on Iowa Senate race as Joni Ernst fights for reelection
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The Message Box, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times and spiked
Amy Taxin / Associated Press:
California GOP says it owns unofficial ballot drop boxes — LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's Republican Party on Monday acknowledged owning unofficial ballot drop boxes that state election officials said are illegal. — California election officials received reports over the weekend …
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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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Townhall, CBS Los Angeles, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Newsweek, OC Vote, Fox News, KTLA, COURIER, The Daily Caller, CBS San Francisco, Mic, Talking Points Memo and The American Independent
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Roberta W. McCain, maverick mother of Sen. John McCain, dies — Roberta McCain, an independent-minded oil heiress who was married to one of the Navy's highest-ranking officers and who displayed characteristic pluck when she took to the presidential campaign trail at age 96 on behalf of her son …
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New York Times, TheBlaze, The Hill, WSPA-TV and The Week
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Natasha Dado / WDIV-TV:
Eric Trump cancels event at Michigan gun shop after former employee is linked to domestic terror plot against governor — Former employee was fired and would show up to work in tactical gear, gun shop says — DETROIT - Eric Trump has canceled a Michigan based campaign event scheduled …
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Political Wire
Anna Wilde Mathews / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Reinfection Documented in Nevada Adds to Questions on Virus Immunity — Case of man reinfected with the coronavirus, reported in a Lancet medical journal, joins a number of Covid-19 second-cases world-wide — A Nevada man became the first published case of Covid-19 reinfection in the U.S. …
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
Laura Bassett / ELLE:
Senator Gary Peters Shares His Abortion Story — He's the first sitting senator in history to do so. — United States Senator Gary Peters, a low-key, moderate Democrat from Michigan, is in a very tight re-election race that — could decide — whether his party wins the Senate.
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Police Arrest Heshy Tischler As His Backers Swarm Home Of The Jewish Journalist He Targeted — Four days after leading a violent mob against a journalist in clear view of NYPD officers, Heshy Tischler, the right-wing radio host and City Council candidate, was arrested by police outside his Borough Park home on Sunday night.
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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.
Spectrum News Central NY:
Cuomo: No Interest in Going to D.C. for a Biden Cabinet — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said he has “no interest” in serving in a potential Joe Biden administration as attorney general. — Cuomo, interviewed on NBC's “Today” show earlier in the morning, insisted he wanted to remain in New York.
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Breitbart, The Hill, NBC New York, Politico and Conservative News Today
CBS News:
Black man led by rope by White cops on horseback suing for $1 million — Galveston, Texas — A Black man who was led by a rope by two white officers on horseback has sued a southeast Texas city and its police department for $1 million, saying he suffered humiliation and fear during his arrest.
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The Root, KVIA-TV, The Daily Caller, KHOU-TV and CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Jordan Schachtel / The Mass Illusion:
CDC: 85% of COVID-19 patients report ‘always’ or ‘often’ wearing a mask — Americans are wearing masks, but masks aren't working. — 7 hr — An underreported, recently-published CDC study adds to the pile of evidence that cloth masks or other forms of mandated face coverings only contribute negatives to our COVID-19 problem.
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Big League Politics and The Gateway Pundit
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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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Democrats in Trump Country: They're Not Shy Anymore About Liking Biden — As the campaign enters the final stretch, some Democrats in Trump country are less hesitant than before to express their preference. The surge in enthusiasm reflects an urgency for Democrats desperate to oust the president.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's intel chief is undermining U.S. intelligence. He should resign. — Michael Morell, a contributing columnist for the Post, served as deputy director of the CIA from 2010 to 2013 and twice as acting director during that period. Mike Vickers served as undersecretary of defense for intelligence from 2011 to 2015.