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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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Fox News, The Daily Beast, The American Spectator and Scroll.in
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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The Guardian, Althouse, The Week, Vox, Washington Post, Asia Times and KVIA-TV, more at Mediagazer »
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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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 — The president cheered as his personal lawyer prepared a “sex and drugs” sliming of the Democratic nominee's son. — Rudy Giuliani's latest effort to push more dirt on the Bidens weeks before the 2020 presidential election …
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SFist, The Federalist, New York Post, Fox News, MyNorthwest.com, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Breitbart and Alternet.org
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
Anti-Biden Disinformation Decried by Disinfo Experts, Social-Media Giants — A Trump-tied newspaper floats dubious accusations. Will others bite? — Imagine: three weeks before a national election, a newspaper with ties to the incumbent publishes emails purporting to be from the son of the challenger in the race.
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Fox Business, The Wrap, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, The Right Scoop, Deadline, Variety, The Federalist and Bloomberg
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden's alleged laptop: An explainer — The New York Post on Wednesday published an article based on emails purportedly obtained from a laptop that Hunter Biden, the vice president's son, had supposedly left behind for repair in a Delaware shop in April 2019.
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National Review, Newsbusters, Medium, New York Post, The Federalist, Liberty Unyielding, Fox News, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Reason and Louder With Crowder
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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Power Line, Spectator USA, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Fox Business
Dominic Green / Spectator USA:
Hunter Biden and the Big Tech information coup
Hunter Biden and the Big Tech information coup
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Fox News, New York Post, National Review, Protocol and Cyprus Mail
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.
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Washington Post, OutKick, The Cain Gang, Fox News, Raw Story, The Right Scoop, War Room: Pandemic, National Review, Washington Free Beacon and Breitbart
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, Raw Story, The Hill, Fox News, Mediaite, Slate, Breitbart, Bloomberg, Vox, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, Conservative News Today, 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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FiveThirtyEight, USA Today, 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, Business Insider, Slate and Vox
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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ABC News, Breitbart, MyNorthwest.com, Vox, Occupy Democrats, The Hill and Raw Story
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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The Week, Alternet.org, Mediaite 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
Biden continues to hold double-digit national lead over Trump in NBC News/WSJ poll
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Bloomberg, Reuters, The Week and NBC4 Washington
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden raised whopping $383M in September — Joe Biden announced Wednesday evening that his campaign and affiliated committees raised $383 million in September, breaking a record he had just set the prior month as his campaign continues to ride a surge of online donations.
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Raw Story, ActBlue Blog, Mediaite, Slate, The Hill, Forbes, Breitbart and Political Wire
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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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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, The American Spectator and Political Wire
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Trump directs California GOP to ‘fight hard’ in court over ballot boxes despite prosecution threat
Trump directs California GOP to ‘fight hard’ in court over ballot boxes despite prosecution threat
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Raw Story, Reuters, WHDH-TV, Good Day Sacramento, GV Wire and Los Angeles Times
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
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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
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 …
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 …
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, Washington Post, Reuters, ABC News, The Bulwark, MyNorthwest.com, Raw Story and Blue Virginia
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 — Members of Joe Biden's transition team have been fuming at the recent flood of stories listing people in contention for top administration posts. — Joe Biden's transition team has a message for anyone publicly jockeying for a job …
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 …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News portrayed it as one of the biggest scandals in American history. Then it fell apart — New York (CNN Business)It was a conspiracy that Fox News portrayed as one of the greatest — if not the greatest — political scandals in American history. — Tucker Carlson called it a …
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Washington Post, NBC News, KVIA-TV, New York Times, Newsmax, Vanity Fair and The Guardian
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% …
CNN:
Exclusive: Feds chased suspected foreign link to Trump's 2016 campaign cash for three years — Washington (CNN)For more than three years, federal prosecutors investigated whether money flowing through an Egyptian state-owned bank could have backed millions of dollars Donald Trump donated …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Shibani Mahtani / Washington Post:
Thailand declares state of emergency to stop protests — Thailand issued an emergency decree early Thursday, banning gatherings of five or more and restricting media content in an effort to put an end to protests that have taken direct aim at the once-untouchable monarchy and the Thai king in particular.
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Reuters, Associated Press, The Diplomat, Al Jazeera, KVIA-TV, MyNorthwest.com and Asia Times