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The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani Posts Footage of Himself Mocking Asians to YouTube — The president's personal lawyer gleefully pantomimed a bow while putting on a stereotypical Chinese accent in footage he apparently posted accidentally. — Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was caught mocking Asians …
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The Daily Beast:
Man Who Reportedly Gave Hunter's Laptop to Rudy Speaks Out in Bizarre Interview — John Paul Isaac gave conflicting stories to reporters on Wednesday. He also said he feared for his life, citing the Seth Rich conspiracy. — On Wednesday morning, the New York Post published a story alleging …
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Fox News, TechCrunch, Alternet.org, Raw Story and CANNONFIRE
The Daily Beast:
Trump Knew for Days That Rudy's Hit on Hunter Biden Was Coming — The president cheered as his personal lawyer prepared a “sex and drugs” sliming of the Democratic nominee's son. — Rudy Giuliani's latest effort to push more dirt on the Bidens weeks before the 2020 presidential election …
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New York Post, The Federalist, Fox News, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Breitbart, Redstate and MyNorthwest.com
Politico:
Biden campaign lashes out at New York Post — Joe Biden's campaign is punching back at a New York Post story that alleged a direct link between the Democratic presidential nominee and his son's business dealings. — Top Biden advisers who staffed him during his vice presidency …
New York Times:
Allegation on Biden Prompts Pushback From Social Media Companies — Joe Biden's campaign rejected assertions made in a published report that were based on unverified material from Trump allies. Facebook and Twitter found the story dubious enough to limit access to it on their platform.
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Asia Times
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden's alleged laptop: An explainer — The New York Post on Wednesday published an article based on emails purportedly obtained from a laptop that Hunter Biden, the vice president's son, had supposedly left behind for repair in a Delaware shop in April 2019.
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Fox News, New York Post, National Review, The Federalist, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
New York Post:
Notice Biden campaign not denying Post's scoop facts on Hunter Biden's sleaze
Notice Biden campaign not denying Post's scoop facts on Hunter Biden's sleaze
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Spectator USA, Fox Business, Fox News and Breitbart
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rudy Found Hunter Biden Emails That Totally Weren't Stolen by Russia
Rudy Found Hunter Biden Emails That Totally Weren't Stolen by Russia
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Redstate, Vox, Raw Story, Slate, Fox News, Conservative News Today, TheBlaze, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
Anti-Biden Disinformation Decried by Disinfo Experts, Social-Media Giants
Anti-Biden Disinformation Decried by Disinfo Experts, Social-Media Giants
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Deadline, Twitchy, Fox News and The Federalist
BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Limited The Reach Of An Unconfirmed Story About Joe Biden's Son Hunter. Twitter Blocked It.
Facebook Limited The Reach Of An Unconfirmed Story About Joe Biden's Son Hunter. Twitter Blocked It.
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Fox News, SFist, NPR, New York Post, CNBC, The Right Scoop, The Hill, Protocol, Twitchy, The Week, The Wrap, JustOneMinute, The Verge and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Giuliani and the New York Post Are Pushing Russian Disinformation. It's a Big Test for the Media.
Giuliani and the New York Post Are Pushing Russian Disinformation. It's a Big Test for the Media.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, OutKick, The Cain Gang, The Daily Caller, The Right Scoop and Washington Free Beacon
New York Post:
Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad
Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Donald, Rudy and Rupert's Dubious ‘October Surprise’ Reeks of Desperation
Donald, Rudy and Rupert's Dubious ‘October Surprise’ Reeks of Desperation
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Washington Post, Raw Story and CNN
CNN:
Notre Dame calendars show more events not listed on Amy Coney Barrett's Senate paperwork — (CNN)Public calendars from the University of Notre Dame's law school show at least seven additional talks not listed on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Senate paperwork, including one with the law school's …
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USA Today, Daily Kos, The College Fix, Raw Story, Reason, The Hill, Washington Post and Althouse
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Harris asks Barrett if COVID-19 is infectious and if smoking causes cancer to make climate change point
Harris asks Barrett if COVID-19 is infectious and if smoking causes cancer to make climate change point
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ABC News, Breitbart, The Hill, Vox, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story and The Guardian
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Supreme Court Justices Are Politicians, Too
Supreme Court Justices Are Politicians, Too
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Slate, Wall Street Journal and Alternet.org
New York Times:
As Virus Spread, Reports of Trump Administration's Private Briefings Fueled Sell-Off — A hedge fund consultant's summary of private presentations by White House economic advisers fanned investor worries.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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New York Times:
As Virus Spread, Reports of Trump Administration's Private Briefings Fueled Sell-Off — A hedge fund consultant's summary of private presentations by White House economic advisers fanned investor worries. — On the afternoon of Feb. 24, President Trump declared on Twitter that the coronavirus was …
First Lady / The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump: “My personal experience with COVID-19.” — It was two weeks ago when I received the diagnosis that so many Americans across our country and the world had already received—I tested positive for COVID-19. To make matters worse, my husband, and our nation's Commander-in-Chief, received the same news.
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Biden Is Ahead In Georgia, But It Is Too Close To Call In Ohio, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Democrats Lead In Both Georgia Senate Races — EORGIA: Biden 51%, Trump 44% OHIO: Biden 48%, Trump 47% GEORGIA SENATE: Ossoff 51%, Perdue 45% GEORGIA SENATE: Warnock 41%, Collins 22% …
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Fox News, Politico, FiveThirtyEight, Damian J. Penny, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden raised whopping $383M in September — Joe Biden announced Wednesday evening that his campaign and affiliated committees raised $383 million in September, breaking a record he had just set the prior month as his campaign continues to ride a surge of online donations.
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Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Bloomberg, Breitbart, Axios, Political Wire and NPR
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Biden raises record $383 million in September
The Latest: Biden raises record $383 million in September
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Fox News, CNN, Reuters, Washington Times and POLITICUSUSA
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Team Biden's new strategy: Run out the clock
Team Biden's new strategy: Run out the clock
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The Bulwark, Breitbart, Fox News, The Guardian, Reuters and National Review
Eliza Collins / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Has 11-Point Lead Over Trump Less Than Three Weeks to Election Day — A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll of registered voters shows Joe Biden leading the president 53% to 42% — Joe Biden holds a double-digit lead over President Trump less than three weeks from Election Day …
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NBC News
Washington Post:
Across the country, Democratic enthusiasm is propelling an enormous wave of early voting — With less than three weeks to go before Nov. 3, more than 14 million Americans have already voted in the fall election, reflecting an extraordinary level of participation despite barriers erected …
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Reuters, Fox News, The Hill, CNN, The Guardian, New York Times and Opinion Today
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The Dworkin Report:
MoveOn.org's senior strategist just gave calming advice for the 2020 election — Scott talks with Reggie Hubbard, a senior political strategist at MoveOn.org and advisor to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. In addition to being one of DC's top political movers and shakers …
Robert O'Harrow / Washington Post:
Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: 'Be not afraid of the accusations that you're a voter suppressor' — As the presidential campaign entered its final stages, a fresh-faced Republican activist named Charlie Kirk stepped into the spotlight at a closed-door gathering …
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Daily Kos, The Hill, The Week and Little Green Footballs
Sarah Moon / CNN:
California Republican Party says it will not comply with state's cease and desist order on ballot drop boxes — Investigation launched into unofficial ballot boxes — (CNN)The California Republican Party said Wednesday it will not comply with the state's cease-and-desist order …
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BuzzFeed News, The Wrap, The American Spectator, Political Wire, GV Wire and KTLA
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Trump directs California GOP to ‘fight hard’ in court over ballot boxes despite prosecution threat
Trump directs California GOP to ‘fight hard’ in court over ballot boxes despite prosecution threat
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Reuters, WHDH-TV, Good Day Sacramento, Los Angeles Times and Alternet.org
Charles Piller / Science:
The inside story of how Trump's COVID-19 coordinator undermined the world's top health agency — Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. — On the morning of 13 July, more than 20 COVID-19 experts from across the U.S. government assembled …
Harriet Alexander / The Independent:
Giant billboard in Iowa directs people looking for campaign rally to ‘Trump Covid superspreader event’ — Up to 10,000 people are expected to attend — An group of Iowa farmers has put up a billboard ahead of the president's Wednesday night rally in the state, directing people towards the “Trump Covid superspreader event”.
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Des Moines Register and Iowa Starting Line
CNN:
Exclusive: Feds chased suspected foreign link to Trump's 2016 campaign cash for three years — Washington (CNN)For more than three years, federal prosecutors investigated whether money flowing through an Egyptian state-owned bank could have backed millions of dollars Donald Trump donated …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News portrayed it as one of the biggest scandals in American history. Then it fell apart — New York (CNN Business)It was a conspiracy that Fox News portrayed as one of the greatest — if not the greatest — political scandals in American history. — Tucker Carlson called it a …
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Washington Post, KVIA-TV, Vanity Fair, Newsmax and The Guardian
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Michael Cohen writing book about DOJ and Trump world — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former fixer who turned against him, is writing a second book, about the politicization of the Justice Department and his time in Trump world. — Last month Cohen published his first book …
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
DOJ official Bruce Ohr resigns from department amid disciplinary review
DOJ official Bruce Ohr resigns from department amid disciplinary review
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The Hill, Washington Times, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Republicans will try to destroy a Biden presidency — As you've heard, Wolf Blitzer and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had a very contentious exchange on Tuesday, in which the CNN anchor demanded to know why the House Speaker was not prepared to support the White House's offer of a $1.8 trillion stimulus package.
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
If ‘unreliable’ is the issue, why did social media never block anti-Trump stories? — This is what totalitarianism looks like in our century: not men in darkened cells driving screws under the fingernails of dissidents, but Silicon Valley dweebs removing from vast swaths of the Internet …
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The Guardian, Bloomberg, Breitbart and Washington Free Beacon
Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump's “Serial Bad Behavior” at NBC — Following revelations about the outsized role ‘The Apprentice’ played in Trump's reinvention, The Hollywood Reporter talked to former NBC insiders who provide new detail on his brazen demands (including large donations to his ill-fated foundation) …
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The Daily Beast, The Week and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Shibani Mahtani / Washington Post:
Thailand declares state of emergency to stop protests — Thailand issued an emergency decree early Thursday, banning gatherings of five or more and restricting media content in an effort to put an end to protests that have taken direct aim at the once-untouchable monarchy and the Thai king in particular.
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KVIA-TV, The Diplomat, Al Jazeera and MyNorthwest.com
John Nichols / Magazine:
Interview with John Cusack: ‘You Vote Out Trump and Then Fight’ — Actor John Cusack on the need to beat the President—and take on neoliberalism. — Donald Trump has no critic more outspoken and consistent than John Cusack, the iconic actor who has starred in films including Say Anything …
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Washington Post and Townhall