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Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Make way for Slayer Pete. Buttigieg is the Biden campaign's ruthless secret weapon — Mayor Pete has found his format: the five-minute, remote-feed evisceration. — He always looks so nice, Pete Buttigieg — handsome in that white, Midwestern, college yearbook way …
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Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
Trump intensifies focus on Harris in final weeks of campaign — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Grasping for a comeback, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are intensifying their focus not on Democratic nominee Joe Biden, but on his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris …
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New York Times:
California Republican Party Admits It Placed Misleading Ballot Boxes Around State — Government officials say the receptacles are illegal and could lead to voter fraud, but the party says it will continue the practice. — The California Republican Party has admitted responsibility for placing …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Irony at the Heart of the Amy Coney Barrett Fight — Judge Amy Coney Barrett sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a fuchsia dress and pearls, listening quietly as Republican senators depicted her as the ideal modern feminist. “How do you and your husband manage two …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump World Prays He Can Shut Up for Amy Coney Barrett Week — Beset by controversy and lagging in the polls, President Donald Trump this week was handed what his allies described as a gift: an opportunity to recede from the national spotlight while his party scored a win that would rearrange the tectonic plates of government.
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Writing off Trump, GOP allies focus on one last big win
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Don't Expect a “Gotcha” Moment in the Barrett Hearings
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WKRC:
Local 12 speaks 1-on-1 with Joe Biden as he visits Cincinnati for campaign event — CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The battle for Ohio voters is heating up with polls showing the race essentially tied right now. Democratic nominee Joe Biden made his way to Cincinnati Monday evening to speak directly to voters.
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Biden again dodges court-packing question, hints he is ‘not a fan’
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Joshua Holland / Alternet.org:
Here's the truth behind the Republicans' big lie about ‘court-packing’
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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Matthew Herper / STAT:
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant — The study of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine has been paused due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. — A document sent to outside researchers running the 60,000-patient clinical trial states …
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Maggie Fox / CNN:
Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial after ‘unexplained illness’ — FDA pledges Covid-19 vaccine will be guided by science — (CNN)Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has paused the advanced clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers.
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The outlook for House Republicans keeps getting worse — Here's how grim things look for House Republicans three weeks out from the election: They're struggling to win back seats even in conservative bastions like Oklahoma and South Carolina, where Democrats staged shocking upsets in 2018.
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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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Axios:
Always Trumpers: The president's unbreakable wall — More than 85% of elected Republicans who have been in Congress throughout President Trump's term have largely stood by him through seven crises that would have crushed most politicians, according to a comprehensive new study by “Axios on HBO.”
New York Times:
How Quickly Will Your Vote Be Counted? A State-by-State Timeline — A lot of voters are asking these questions right now: How quickly will ballots be counted in the presidential election? Which states will have results — and possibly a winner — on election night?
Jessica Taylor / 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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Michelle Theriault Boots / Anchorage Daily News:
Anchorage mayor admits to “inappropriate” relationship with news anchor — Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz apologized Monday for what he termed a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship” with Anchorage news anchor Maureen “Maria” Athens. — “I apologize to the people of Anchorage …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Imagining the Trump Presidency That Wasn't — A politically incorrect administration might have succeeded where this one failed. — Where would we be now if we had a truly politically incorrect president? Donald Trump is supposed to be politically incorrect, but, for the most part, he isn't.
Washington Post:
Trump returns to campaign trail after bout with covid-19, amid criticism he is still not taking pandemic seriously — President Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday, holding his first rally since being hospitalized earlier this month, as part of an intense effort to demonstrate …
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Jack Detsch / Foreign Policy:
Trump Taps Loyalists for Top Pentagon Liaison Jobs
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Texas' Abbott praises court ruling reinstating 1 ballot drop box per county — Counties can only have one location for people to drop off their mail-in ballots ahead of the election — Battle over mail-in-ballots heads for the Supreme Court — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday morning touted …
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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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Elizabeth Neumann / USA Today:
Trump made it hard for me to protect America. How could I vote for him again? How could anyone? — My job was to keep Americans safe and Trump was my biggest obstacle. He ignored white nationalist violence, ignored COVID-19, and nearly started a war.
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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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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Funnels Record Subsidies to Farmers Ahead of Election Day — Despite an extraordinary government bailout, America's agriculture sector remains under severe economic pressure. — WASHINGTON — For the American farmers whom President Trump counts on for support, the government money is flowing faster than ever.
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Associated Press:
Michelle Obama, LeBron James team up to boost early voting — A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama is partnering with a similar group founded by NBA star LeBron James and other prominent Black athletes and entertainers to sponsor events in major U.S. cities starting next week …
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Caroline Stauffer / Reuters:
Wisconsin says Foxconn short of 2019 jobs pledge, misses out on tax credits — CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Wisconsin factory hailed by President Donald Trump as proof he was reviving U.S. manufacturing did not create enough jobs in 2019 to earn its owner Foxconn Technology Group tax credits …
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Kate Bolduan / CNN:
The Pennsylvania women Trump has lost — Latrobe, Pennsylvania (CNN)They are all nervous. — Hollie Geitner fidgets with her coffee on a brisk and foggy fall morning. Joan Smeltzer shifts in her seat, adjusting her shirt as the breeze rolls through her backyard.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Rudy Giuliani campaigns for Trump in a packed Philly office space, with fans in ‘Save Columbus’ masks — About 75 Donald Trump supporters — many of them wearing masks with an Italian flag and the words Save Columbus — squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder into the campaign's Northeast Philadelphia …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $100 million more to election administrators, despite conservative pushback — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced Tuesday an additional $100 million in donations to local governments to pay for polling place rentals …
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
The Third Wave of the Pandemic Is Here — When Donald Trump checked into Walter Reed medical center more than a week ago, it appears likely to have marked the beginning of the end stage of his presidency. But it was also a milestone for the pandemic, and not just because COVID-19 had infected …
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