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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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Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit
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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Redstate, The Federalist, Fox News, Townhall, National Review, Breitbart, Twitchy and The Cain Gang
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Sen. Hawley demands answers from Facebook for ‘censoring a news report’ on Hunter Biden
Sen. Hawley demands answers from Facebook for ‘censoring a news report’ on Hunter Biden
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The Daily Beast and Newsbusters
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Senate committee investigating alleged Hunter Biden drive, smoking-gun email
Senate committee investigating alleged Hunter Biden drive, smoking-gun email
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Fox News, National Review, Newsmax, The Federalist, Breitbart, Townhall, National File, Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden emails under investigation by Senate Homeland Security Committee after hard-drive report emerges
Hunter Biden emails under investigation by Senate Homeland Security Committee after hard-drive report emerges
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National Review, Breitbart, The Federalist and The Daily Caller
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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The Hill and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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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Fox News, The Hill, Siena College Research … and Political Wire
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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Newsmax, Reuters, Alternet.org, Raw Story, Forbes and Vanity Fair
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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The Hill, The National Interest, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Mediaite
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On multiple fronts, Trump's plan to exploit Justice Dept unravels
On multiple fronts, Trump's plan to exploit Justice Dept unravels
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Washington Post, The Guardian and CNN
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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Politico:
Barrett suggests Obamacare might survive Trump challenge — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday suggested that the Affordable Care Act might be able to withstand a challenge from the Trump administration, placing Obamacare once again at the forefront of the Supreme Court confirmation fight.
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Fox News, The Federalist, FiveThirtyEight, Breitbart, The Hill, Bangor Daily News, The Intercept and Roll Call
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
The Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Hearings Are an Enlightening Sham
The Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Hearings Are an Enlightening Sham
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The American Independent, Deseret News, The Daily Caller and americamagazine.org
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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Townhall, National Review, Breitbart, Washington Post, Forbes, The Hill, The Week, The Daily Caller and LifeNews.com
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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Fox News, Washington Post, Slate, The Nation, City Limits and Duluth News Tribune
Wajahat Ali / New York Times:
If Amy Coney Barrett Were Muslim
If Amy Coney Barrett Were Muslim
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The Cain Gang, The Guardian, SCOTUSblog, Jihad Watch and BuzzFeed News
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
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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Manhattan District …, The Daily Beast, Duluth News Tribune, The Root, New York Post, Forbes, KVIA-TV, Associated Press, The Hill, ABC7, The Daily Caller, The Wrap and CBS New York
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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Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Fox News and The Guardian
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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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Dallas Morning News, CNN, Politico, American Prospect, Fox News, Slate, LifeNews.com, The National Interest, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Al Jazeera, Daily Kos and Alternet.org
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.
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
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 and The Week
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
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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Salon, Politico, Power Line, Raw Story and Bulwark+
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:
How Will Indian Americans Vote? Results From the 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey — Even though Indian Americans comprise slightly more than 1 percent of the total U.S. population—and less than 1 percent of all registered voters—both major parties are leaving no stone unturned in reaching out to this community.
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
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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Axios, The Guardian, Forbes, CNBC, Orlando Weekly and BuzzFeed News
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 …
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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Alternet.org, The Hill and Raw Story