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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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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 …
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Max Burns / The Daily Beast:
Will Amy Coney Barrett Finally Explain Her Ties to Anti-Gay Hate Group?
Discussion: Fox News
WRAL-TV:   Poll: Supreme Court process more important in NC's Senate race than Cunningham's affair
CBS News:
Live updates: Senate begins Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:   Behind the scenes of Democrats' half-century quest to destroy the Supreme Court
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
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.”
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
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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.
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Long lines mark the first day of early voting in Georgia as voters flock to the polls
Discussion: COURIER
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.
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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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Trump's troubles weighing on Iowa Senate race as Joni Ernst fights for reelection
Discussion: The Message Box and spiked
Bubba / WinRed:
WinRed: Zero to $1,000,000,000 in 15 Months  —  Today we're proud to report that Republicans raised over $1 Billion on WinRed in its first 15 months since launching.  What took ActBlue 12 years to accomplish, WinRed did in a little over a year.  —  WinRed Lifetime Raised: $1,205,933,469
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:   GOP raises over $620M through WinRed in third quarter
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.
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
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.
New York Times:
Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S. Doing the Same  —  Fearing Russian ransomware attacks on the election, the company and U.S. Cyber Command mounted similar pre-emptive strikes.  It is not clear how long they may work.  —  Microsoft and a team of companies …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at winning back seniors  —  The Trump campaign is launching a new “eight figure” advertising campaign this week that focuses, in part, on recovering President Trump's standing among senior citizens, according to top officials.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and WSPA-TV
Hunter Woodall / The Daily Beast:
Sanford, Florida, Braces for Trump's ‘Crazy’ COVID Roadshow  —  “Do I think it's safe to have this rally?  No I don't,” one business owner told The Daily Beast.  —  If it was up to Patrick Austin, President Donald Trump would hold off from heading to Sanford, Florida …
Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker:
Andrew Cuomo, the King of New York  —  The Governor has been widely praised for his response to COVID.  But his critics see a would-be authoritarian obsessed with settling scores.  —  The difference between doing the job and just appearing to do the job is rarely absolute.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Trump's chances  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  TRUMP'S CHANCES.  Every day some new poll is published showing Democratic challenger Joe Biden with a big lead over President Trump.
Discussion: IJR, The Hill and The Colorado Sun
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.
Discussion: The Big Picture
 
 
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Discussion: The Hill
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Discussion: COURIER
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Discussion: National Review, Forbes and Axios
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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