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12:45 PM ET, October 14, 2020

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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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New York Post:
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.
Miranda Devine / New York Post:   Voters have right to know what Joe Biden did for son Hunter
Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Alyssa Farah slams Pelosi for calling CNN apologist for GOP: ‘News to me’
Discussion: New York Post and Washington Times
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Bulk of Voters Continue to Back Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation  —  48% say the Senate should confirm Ginsburg's replacement; 31% say it should not  —  As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court …
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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 …
Wajahat Ali / New York Times:
If Amy Coney Barrett Were Muslim
Discussion: Jihad Watch and BuzzFeed News
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Amy Coney Barrett Is the Perfect Victim for the Christian Right
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:   Pro-Trump Group Closes Campaign by Shopping Dirt on the Lincoln Project
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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 …
Discussion: WHDH-TV
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: White House Embraces ‘Herd Immunity’ Declaration
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.
Discussion: ProPublica, The Week and opb
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Trump urges California GOP to ‘fight on’ with unofficial ballot boxes despite prosecution threat  —  OAKLAND — President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to urge the California Republican Party to “fight on” in its move to collect ballots in unofficial “drop boxes” around the state …
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.
Discussion: THE CITY and Gothamist
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.
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.
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 …
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Pompeo Says Doing ‘Everything We Can’ to Release Clinton Emails  —  The State Department is doing “everything we can” to release additional emails from Hillary Clinton's tenure as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said, reaffirming a vow he made after President Donald Trump criticized him for not doing more.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: Bulwark+
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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Washington Post:
No, Trump has not been ‘tough’ on Russia
Rani Molla / Vox:
The president, not social media, is largely responsible for disinformation about mail-in voting
Discussion: Raw Story
Grace Segers / CBS News:
“Staggering” need: COVID-19 has led to rising levels in food insecurity across the U.S.
Emily Gray / Ipsos MORI:
Scottish independence  — Among those who would be likely to vote in an independence referendum …
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio may pursue pair already charged in Michigan for voter intimidation in minority areas
Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal
The Federalist:
In Minneapolis, Rage And Fear Have Hobbled A Great American City
Armond White / National Review:
Michael Brown's Myth and Counter-Narrative
Anna Merlan / VICE:
QAnon Fans Try to Explain Why Trump Took a Drug Developed With Fetal Tissue
Discussion: Alternet.org
Max Boot / Washington Post:
How can 42 percent of Americans still support the worst president in our history?
David Enrich / New York Times:
No, There Isn't Evidence That Trump Owes Money to Russia
 

 
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