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New York Post:
Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad — Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing …
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Hunter Biden emails show leveraging connections with his father to boost Burisma pay — Hunter Biden discussed leveraging his connection to his father in a bid to boost his pay from a Ukrainian natural-gas company, according to an e-mail he sent around the time he joined the firm's corporate board.
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Voters have right to know what Joe Biden did for son Hunter — Joe Biden repeatedly has denied knowing anything about son Hunter's lucrative work on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma. — “Hunter Biden is a private citizen and a lawyer. The former vice president does not endorse …
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Amy Coney Barrett Explained Why She Doesn't Care About Preexisting Conditions — From the beginning of Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court hearings, the Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have been focused on the message that Barrett represents a threat to the survival …
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
Why The Amy Coney Barrett Hearings Are Verging On The Absurd
Why The Amy Coney Barrett Hearings Are Verging On The Absurd
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Laura Packard / USA Today:
I'm a cancer survivor, but I might not survive Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court
I'm a cancer survivor, but I might not survive Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Bulk of Voters Continue to Back Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation
Bulk of Voters Continue to Back Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation
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Robby Soave / Reason:
If Amy Coney Barrett Has To Apologize for Saying Sexual ‘Preference,’ Does Joe Biden?
If Amy Coney Barrett Has To Apologize for Saying Sexual ‘Preference,’ Does Joe Biden?
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Amy Coney Barrett Is the Perfect Victim for the Christian Right
Amy Coney Barrett Is the Perfect Victim for the Christian Right
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Postpone the election? Voter intimidation? Amy Coney Barrett is open to it.
Postpone the election? Voter intimidation? Amy Coney Barrett is open to it.
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Wife of Trump's labor secretary, who was at Barrett Rose Garden event, tests positive for Covid
Wife of Trump's labor secretary, who was at Barrett Rose Garden event, tests positive for Covid
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump's words haunt Amy Coney Barrett as she vows not to be a ‘pawn’ on Supreme Court
Trump's words haunt Amy Coney Barrett as she vows not to be a ‘pawn’ on Supreme Court
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Washington Post:
‘Unmasking’ probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report — The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC Says Trump Will Hold Town Hall Meeting Thursday, Competing Against Biden — President Trump may not be debating Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the same stage on Thursday night as originally planned. But the two candidates will still face off head-to-head. — NBC News confirmed on Wednesday …
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NBC News:
NBC News to host town hall with Trump on Thursday — President Donald Trump will take part in an NBC News town hall event in Miami on Thursday, the network announced on Wednesday. — The town hall, moderated by “TODAY” anchor Savannah Guthrie, will take place on the same evening …
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Troy Closson / New York Times:
Amy Cooper Made 2nd 911 Call to Falsely Accuse Black Bird-Watcher — Prosecutors said Ms. Cooper called the police twice, saying she had not only been threatened but had been assaulted by a man in Central Park who had asked her to leash her dog. — Amy Cooper, the white woman who called …
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Axios:
Joe Biden is the luckiest, least scrutinized frontrunner — Eight months ago, Joe Biden was in danger of losing the Democratic nomination. Now he's a prohibitive favorite for president — who got there with lots of luck and shockingly little scrutiny. — Why it matters …
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Why do Republicans still work for Trump? Especially when the White House is a COVID hotspot? — When I left the Republican Party and lost my network, I fell into debt. I understand financial obligations. But now Trump is putting lives at risk. — I get asked all the time …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Democrats dominate early voting in Florida — MIAMI — Republicans typically hold a slight edge in absentee ballot returns in Florida elections. But this year, there's been a stunning development. — For the first time ever at this stage of a general election, Democrats here are outvoting Republicans …
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top scientists — Maverick scientists who call for allowing the coronavirus to spread freely at “natural” rates among healthy young people while keeping most aspects of the economy up and running …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: White House Embraces ‘Herd Immunity’ Declaration
Covid-19 Live Updates: White House Embraces ‘Herd Immunity’ Declaration
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New York Times:
‘Straight to Gunshots’: How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist — New accounts from the scene raise questions about whether Michael Reinoehl, suspected of killing a far-right Trump supporter, pulled out a gun before officers fatally shot him. — Michael Reinoehl was on the run.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
'He's just so angry all the time': Trump hemorrhaging support among suburban women — LANSING — Michigan is looking less competitive by the day, and there's a growing likelihood of Joe Biden blowing out Donald Trump here come November 3. — All three Rust Belt states that Trump improbably won in 2016 …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Task Force Is Now Openly Rebelling Against Him — From Fauci, to Birx, to Redfield, the president's top health officials appear to be at their wits' end. — Standing outside of one of the main buildings on the University of Connecticut campus last week, Dr. Deborah Birx …
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
What Kamala Harris Learned About Power at Howard — As a college student, she wanted to have an impact. The answer she landed on — working inside institutions — set her on the path to the vice-presidential nomination. — WASHINGTON — Lita Rosario remembers when she first noticed the girl named Kamala.
Miriam Elder / Curbed:
When NIMBY Met MAGA Liberals on the Upper West Side wanted to oust hundreds of homeless men from a hotel. Then Tucker Carlson took up their cause. — By the time Alison Morpurgo heard that 283 homeless men would be moving into the Lucerne Hotel, just a few blocks from her apartment on the Upper West Side, she was already riled up.
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Trump's campaign nearly went broke for the 2020 home stretch amid Brad Parscale's $200 million budgeting misfire, Republicans tell Insider … - Before his ouster earlier this summer as President Donald Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale had been banking on a $200 million cash surge for October, Republicans told Insider.
Montana State University:
MSU releases its Treasure State pre-election poll — The 1,787 Montanans who responded to the 2020 Treasure State mail-in poll consisting of about 80 questions revealed a tight race in key elections.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump, Trailing in Pennsylvania, Launches Familiar Attacks on Biden — At a rally in Johnstown, Pa., the president's aides nudged him toward a populist script. But he also had other issues in mind. — WASHINGTON — With just three weeks until Election Day, and President Trump on the defensive …
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Ryan Deto / Pittsburgh City Paper:
Pittsburgh-area mail carrier under investigation is apparent QAnon conspiracy theorist — Yesterday, the Baldwin home of Sean Troesch was raided by special agents from the United States Postal Service, who confiscated eight large garbage bags of suspected undelivered mail, according to KDKA.
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
'They're turned off by him': Trump in trouble as Florida's seniors shift towards Biden … If Donald Trump believed joining the ranks of Florida's senior voters would earn him political capital with a group crucial to his hopes of a second term in the White House, it may have been a miscalculation.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump's Great “Unmasking” Hoax Is Finally Dead — Another “Deep State” non-scandal goes down the memory hole. — G uess we can close the file on that one. — William Barr has quietly ended the probe into the supposed “unmasking” scandal which was only opened as fan service …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Last Exit From Autocracy — The most important ballot question in 2020 is not Joe Biden versus Donald Trump, or Democrat versus Republican. The most important question is: Will Trump get away with his corruption—will his crooked and authoritarian tactics succeed? — If the answer is yes, be ready for more.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Prez Race Stays Tight; Dem Senate Candidate Gains — Incumbent maintains lead in governor's race — West Long Branch, NJ - It continues to be a very tight race for president in North Carolina according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll. The race for U.S. Senate has grown …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Touts Falconer's Benghazi Blood-Sacrifice Conspiracy Theory — Trump's endorsement of the insane story shot it to national prominence, fueling the bizarre allegations about blood sacrifice and Bin Laden body doubles. — President Donald Trump backed a budding conspiracy theory …
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Ricochet Podcast:
House of Deplorables: Victor Davis Hanson Makes His Final “Case For Trump” — SUBSCRIBE WITH: — With a little over three weeks to go before the election, we thought it would a good time to have a heart to heart discussion with our good friend Victor Davis Hanson. the Classics professor …
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