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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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New York Post:
Emails reveal how Hunter Biden tried to cash in big on behalf of family with Chinese firm — Hunter Biden pursued lucrative deals involving China's largest private energy company — including one that he said would be “interesting for me and my family,” emails obtained by The Post show.
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Hotair, Redstate, Fox News, National Review, The Daily Beast and Breitbart
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 …
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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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Althouse, The Week, Alternet.org, Washington Post, Vox and KVIA-TV, more at Mediagazer »
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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Alternet.org, Raw Story, TechCrunch, Talking Points Memo, CANNONFIRE, Fox News, Slate and New Republic, more at Mediagazer »
The Daily Beast:
Trump Knew for Days That Rudy's Hit on Hunter Biden Was Coming
Trump Knew for Days That Rudy's Hit on Hunter Biden Was Coming
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Breitbart, SFist, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Federalist, Fox News, The Daily Signal and Townhall
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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Breitbart, The Wrap, The Right Scoop, Fox Business, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Deadline, Variety, The Federalist and Bloomberg
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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National Review, Spectator USA, Politico, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Scroll.in
Shannon Bond / NPR:
Facebook And Twitter Limit Sharing ‘New York Post’ Story About Joe Biden
Facebook And Twitter Limit Sharing ‘New York Post’ Story About Joe Biden
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Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Breitbart, Fox News, Asia Times and Cyprus Mail
Dominic Green / Spectator USA:
Hunter Biden and the Big Tech information coup
Hunter Biden and the Big Tech information coup
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The Federalist, New York Post, Fox News and Big League Politics
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.
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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Wall Street Journal, Redstate, Fox Business, Raw Story, The Hill, Mediaite, Slate, Breitbart, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Vox, TheBlaze, Conservative News Today, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and The Verge
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, FiveThirtyEight, Daily Kos, Raw Story, The College Fix, The Hill, Reason, Washington Post and Althouse
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Samantha Raphelson / NPR:
Booker Doubles Down On Barrett In Continued Exchange About Racism
Booker Doubles Down On Barrett In Continued Exchange About Racism
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Washington Post
Politico:
Senate Republicans wave away SCOTUS threat to Obamacare
Senate Republicans wave away SCOTUS threat to Obamacare
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Los Angeles Times, Reuters, New Republic, Slate, NPR, New York Times, National File, The Hill, The Week, Washington Post and Roll Call
John Haltiwanger / Business Insider:
Amy Coney Barrett won't say if presidents should commit to a peaceful transfer of power and if they can pardon themselves
Amy Coney Barrett won't say if presidents should commit to a peaceful transfer of power and if they can pardon themselves
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The Dispatch, Slate, Vox, Washington Post and New York Times
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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Washington Post, ABC News, Breitbart, MyNorthwest.com, Occupy Democrats, The Hill and Raw Story
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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Florida Politics and Politico
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden continues to hold double-digit national lead over Trump in NBC News/WSJ poll — WASHINGTON — Less than three weeks before Election Day, Joe Biden maintains a double-digit national lead over President Donald Trump, with 6 in 10 voters saying that the country is on the wrong track …
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Bloomberg, Reuters, Washington Times, CNBC, The Week and NBC4 Washington
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 …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week, Alternet.org, Mediaite and Raw Story
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up — Two new studies show the effect of the emergency $2 trillion package known as the Cares Act and what happened when the money ran out. — WASHINGTON — After an ambitious expansion of the safety net …
Politico:
'He's getting a bit desperate': Trump tramples government boundaries as election nears — The farther behind Donald Trump has fallen in the competition for campaign dollars, the more he's milked government resources to make up the difference. — Millions of boxes of food doled out to needy families …
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CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, ABC News, The Bulwark, Raw Story, MyNorthwest.com, Blue Virginia and Florida Politics
Elena Schneider / Politico:
ActBlue's stunning third quarter: $1.5 billion in donations — Democratic candidates and left-leaning groups raised $1.5 billion through ActBlue over the last three months — a record-smashing total that reveals the overwhelming financial power small-dollar donors have unleashed up and down the ballot ahead of the 2020 election.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden raised whopping $383M in September
Biden raised whopping $383M in September
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Slate, The Hill, Forbes, Breitbart and Political Wire
Lauren Leatherby / New York Times:
U.S. Virus Cases Climb Toward a Third Peak — The number of new coronavirus cases in the United States is surging once again after growth slowed in late summer. While the geography of the pandemic is now shifting to the Midwest and to more rural areas, cases are trending upward in most states …
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Political Wire
Phillip Halpern / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Commentary: I won't work in Attorney General William Barr's Justice Department any longer — After 36 years, I'm fleeing what was the U.S. Department of Justice — where I proudly served 19 different attorneys general and six different presidents. For the last three-plus decades …
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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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American Greatness:
Democrats Are Done with Democracy — Those who want to preserve the consent of the governed need to vote accordingly on November 3. — After a century of progressives hollowing out our constitutional republic from within through their administrative state governing philosophy, their patience has finally run out.
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Bidenworld fires warning shot against Cabinet jockeying — Joe Biden's transition team has a message for anyone publicly jockeying for a job in a potential Biden administration: Knock it off. — Members of the transition team have been fuming at the recent flood of stories listing people …
New York Times:
As Trump's Language Grows More Heated, Fears Rise of Political Violence — The plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan is only the latest in a growing list of election-related threats. Some experts say the president is emboldening extremists. — The arrest of more than a dozen right-wing extremists …
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Political Wire, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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
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 …
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 …
ICIJ:
The fastest way to send criminal cash: money transmitters — No, this former vice president cannot have his seven planes back. — In May, the International Criminal Court ruled that Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, will not be compensated …
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The Strategist
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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One America News Network, The Hill, Fox News, CNN, The Guardian, New York Times, Opinion Today and Forbes
CNN:
California Republican Party says it will not comply with state's cease and desist order on ballot drop boxes — (CNN)The California Republican Party said Wednesday it will not comply with the state's cease-and-desist order over unofficial ballot drop boxes placed in at least four counties …
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BuzzFeed News, The Wrap, Reuters, The American Spectator and Political Wire