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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rudy Found Hunter Biden Emails That Totally Weren't Stolen by Russia — Rudy Giuliani has spent at least two years attempting to find some kind of Ukrainian dirt that can be used to discredit Joe Biden. Now he has unveiled his October surprise: emails, or images of what purport to be emails …
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BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Limited The Reach Of An Unconfirmed Story About Joe Biden's Son Hunter. Twitter Blocked It. — Facebook and Twitter said they will be limiting the distribution of or blocking a New York Post story making unverified claims about former vice president Joe Biden.
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New York Post:
Facebook censors The Post to help Joe Biden's 2020 campaign — So much for Facebook's claims to be a neutral platform: One of its top execs just put the social-media giant firmly in the pro-Biden camp. — Andy Stone, the social-media company's policy communications manager …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Foreign Operatives and Rudy Try to Bail out Trump Again
Foreign Operatives and Rudy Try to Bail out Trump Again
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Balloon Juice
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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New York Times:
North Carolina Voters Distrust Trump and Tillis, Poll Finds, Imperiling G.O.P. — President Trump trails Joseph R. Biden Jr. by four points in the latest Times/Siena survey of North Carolina, and Senator Thom Tillis is lagging behind his Democratic challenger in a crucial Senate race.
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Jason Devaney / Newsmax:
Trump Declines to Say Barr Will Join Second Term: 'I'm Not Happy' — President Donald Trump offerered a “no comment” on whether he plans to keep Attorney General William Barr should he win a second term. — In an exclusive interview with Newsmax TV that airs Wednesday night on …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
As Trump's chief conspiracy theory suffers a major blow, he reaches for more desperate ones — It was a crystallizing moment in our current political reality: The president, staring down an increasingly likely reelection loss, saw one of his favorite conspiracy theories about his 2020 opponent crumble.
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Famed Navy SEAL pushes back after Trump amplifies baseless bin Laden conspiracy theory
Famed Navy SEAL pushes back after Trump amplifies baseless bin Laden conspiracy theory
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Washington Post:
‘Unmasking’ probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report
‘Unmasking’ probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report
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 …
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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Little Green Footballs
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
The Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Hearings Are an Enlightening Sham — If Supreme Court nomination hearings are thought of as quasi-judicial proceedings to determine whether someone deserves to spend decades on the nation's highest legal bench, it was clear well before Tuesday morning …
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Politico:
Barrett suggests Obamacare might survive Trump challenge
Barrett suggests Obamacare might survive Trump challenge
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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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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Amy Coney Barrett Explained Why She Doesn't Care About Preexisting Conditions
Amy Coney Barrett Explained Why She Doesn't Care About Preexisting Conditions
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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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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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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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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.
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Twitter, Like Facebook, to Remove Posts Denying the Holocaust — Twitter Inc. will remove posts that deny the Holocaust for violating its hateful conduct policy, according to a company spokeswoman. — Twitter's policy doesn't explicitly state that denying violent events is against the rules …
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.
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.
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Political Wire
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Biden Is Not Out of the Woods — Unanticipated electoral developments are affecting both presidential campaigns in surprising ways. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — With 20 days to go, most signals favor Joe Biden …
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Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Texas surpassed 1 million votes on first day of early voting — More than a million Texans have already cast ballots after just the first day of early voting. — And the state isn't even finished counting the first day's numbers. — Record breaking early voting, combined with unusually high mail …
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Political Wire
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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Political Wire and Raw Story
Jason Beaubien / NPR:
Americans Are Dying In The Pandemic At Rates Far Higher Than In Other Countries — During this pandemic, people in the United States are currently dying at rates unparalleled elsewhere in the world. — A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds …
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.
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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Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Two Americans Held Hostage by Iran-Backed Forces in Yemen Freed in Trade — U.S. backs exchange, including the remains of a third American, for Houthi fighters in deal that Saudis hope will jump start peace talks in Yemen's civil war — Two Americans held hostage by Iran-backed Houthi militants …
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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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Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Goldman's Pandemic Hot Streak Continues in Third Quarter — Bank's profit nearly doubles; trading revenue rose 29% from a year ago — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit nearly doubled, the latest confirmation that even in a pandemic and a recession, Wall Street can still make money.
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