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Laura Wagner / VICE:
New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin for Zoom Dick Incident — In a statement to VICE, Jeffrey Toobin apologized for the “embarrassingly stupid mistake.” — Laura Wagner — The New Yorker has suspended reporter Jeffrey Toobin. Sources tell VICE it's because he exposed himself during …
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Justice Dept. Says Trump's Denial of Rape Accusation Was an Official Act — The writer E. Jean Carroll sued the president for defamation after he denied sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. Now the government wants to defend him. — The Justice Department said on Monday that President …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court denies GOP request to stop extended deadline for mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, a key state for Trump — The Supreme Court on Monday night allowed Pennsylvania election officials to count mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day, refusing a Republican request …
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows 3-day extension for Pennsylvania ballot counting — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count ballots received up to three days after the election, rejecting a Republican plea. — The justices divided 4-4 Monday, an outcome that upholds …
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Axios:
Supreme Court denies Pennsylvania GOP request to limit mail-in voting — The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from Pennsylvania's Republican Party to shorten the deadlines for mail-in ballots in the state. Thanks to the court's 4-4 deadlock, ballots can be counted for several days after Election Day.
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme court rejects Republican bid to limit mail-in voting in Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme court rejects Republican bid to limit mail-in voting in Pennsylvania
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Passed on Hunter Biden Laptop Story Over Credibility Concerns — Mediaite has learned that Fox News was first approached by Rudy Giuliani to report on a tranche of files alleged to have come from Hunter Biden's unclaimed laptop left at a Delaware computer repair shop …
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The Daily Beast:
FBI Examining Hunter's Laptop As Foreign Op, Contradicting Trump's Intel Czar
FBI Examining Hunter's Laptop As Foreign Op, Contradicting Trump's Intel Czar
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say
Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say
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The American Conservative:
Trump Campaign Feels Cheated From Its Foreign Policy Debate — The president's campaign issued a complaint Monday over the last debate's topics. The closing exchange traditionally focused near exclusively on foreign policy. — The Trump campaign is formally protesting the topics …
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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Trump Dismisses Fauci as a ‘Disaster’ in Call With Campaign Staff
2020 Election Live Updates: Trump Dismisses Fauci as a ‘Disaster’ in Call With Campaign Staff
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Debate commission to mute candidates during their opponent's initial responses to prevent interruptions
Debate commission to mute candidates during their opponent's initial responses to prevent interruptions
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William McRaven / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Will Make America Lead Again — We need a president with decency and a sense of respect. — In their 1998 book, “A World Transformed,” George H.W. Bush and Brent Scowcroft recount the events that fundamentally changed the world during the Bush presidency.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Florida shatters opening day record for early voting — TALLAHASSEE — Florida shattered its opening day record for in-person early voting Monday, with at least 350,000 people casting ballots and election officials continuing to count statewide late into the night.
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Yahoo News/YouGov poll: The tide turns against Trump as Biden surges to his largest-ever lead among likely voters — With only two weeks left until Election Day, Joe Biden's lead over President Trump has widened to 11 percentage points — Biden's biggest margin among likely voters in any Yahoo News/YouGov poll to date.
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Scott Rasmussen / Political IQ:
“Never Trumpers” are key to Biden's Lead in the polls
“Never Trumpers” are key to Biden's Lead in the polls
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Fox News may be continuing to undermine Trump's reelection hopes — If President Trump does end up losing reelection, one big area that will be ripe for an autopsy is the role that Fox News played in making that happen. — A mammoth new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The latest outbreak of GOP panic about Trump contains a key tell
The latest outbreak of GOP panic about Trump contains a key tell
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Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Rush Limbaugh on lung cancer: 'Days where I do not think I'm under a death sentence are over' — Conservative talk radio legend Rush Limbaugh told listeners Monday that he can no longer deny he's “under a death sentence” due to the progression of his stage 4 lung cancer.
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Josh Dzieza / The Verge:
Inside the empty promises and empty buildings of Wisconn Valley. — THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD* — *wonder not guaranteed — HOPES WERE HIGH — among the employees who joined Foxconn's Wisconsin project in the summer of 2018. In June, President Donald Trump had broken ground …
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
A Woman In Her Thirties Died Of COVID-19 On A Plane — A woman in her thirties died of COVID-19 while she was on a plane about to take off from Arizona to Texas in July, officials said Sunday. — The woman — who was only identified as a resident of Garland, Texas …
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New York Times:
U.S. Diplomats and Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks — American officials in China, Cuba and Russia say U.S. agencies are concealing the true extent of the episodes, leaving colleagues vulnerable to hostile actions abroad. — WASHINGTON — The strange sound came at night …
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Washington Post:
U.S. charges Russian intelligence officers in several high-profile cyberattacks — The United States on Monday unsealed criminal charges against six Russian intelligence officers in connection with some of the world's most damaging cyberattacks, including disruption of Ukraine's power grid …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace
Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit
US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit
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Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Exclusive: Mayor of Los Angeles Repeatedly Witnessed Top Adviser's Alleged Sexual Misconduct — It would mean so much to me if you would subscribe to my newsletter by clicking the button above or the button at the end of this post. You can subscribe for free, but I would be grateful …
Eyal Press / New Yorker:
Trump's Labor Secretary Is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers — As Election Day looms, Eugene Scalia, a cunning lawyer committed to dismantling regulation, is weakening one employee protection after another. — On February 24, 2010, during a show at SeaWorld Orlando, a trainer named Dawn Brancheau …
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Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Auditor: Iowa misallocated at least $21 million in COVID-19 funds — Iowa's government misallocated at least $21 million of federal assistance intended for COVID-19 relief and must correct the error by the end of the year or face having to repay the money, State Auditor Rob Sand says.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
McMaster says Trump's Taliban deal is Munich-like appeasement — President Trump's Afghanistan policy is confusing and unclear, even for his own officials. His top general and his national security adviser are publicly battling over U.S. troop withdrawals in the country.
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Sarah Longwell / The Atlantic:
Why People Who Hate Trump Stick With Him — President Donald Trump is losing to former Vice President Joe Biden by more than 10 percentage points in both the Real Clear Politics and FiveThirtyEight national polling averages. This historically large margin suggests that something amazing has happened …
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Politico:
Biden would revamp fraying intel community — President Donald Trump was in the middle of receiving a highly classified briefing on Afghanistan at his New Jersey golf club when he suddenly craved a malted milkshake. — “Does anyone want a malt?” he asked the senior defense …
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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Mark Warner keeps his head down on way to the election — and a possible Intel gavel
Mark Warner keeps his head down on way to the election — and a possible Intel gavel
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Lobbyists begin to prepare for a potential Biden presidency — Lobbyists are beginning to prepare for a potential Joe Biden presidency as he leads President Donald Trump in national and several swing state polls. — In recent weeks, some lobbyists have started meeting with Biden advisors …
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AJC:
AJC 2020 Survey of American Jewish Opinion — Results from AJC's 2020 Survey of American Jewish Opinion, conducted by the research company SSRS, is based on telephone interviews carried out September 9 - October 4, 2020, with a national sample of 1,334 Jews over age 18.
Mike Allen / Axios:
ExxonMobil on Trump's hypothetical phone call: “It never happened” — ExxonMobil issued a statement Monday denying anyone from the company had spoken with President Trump after he used the firm as an example of how he could use his position to out-raise his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
NBC New York:
Anthony Weiner Talks Political Past and Future — Anthony Weiner is turning a new leaf and jumping back into professional life. Andrew Siff shares an exclusive interview with the former congressman.
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Gowdy on Republicans leery of ‘debt and deficits’: ‘2024 is only four years away’ — Fox News contributor tells ‘Daily Briefing’ any agreement between Pelosi, Mnuchin ‘is dead’ in Senate — Pelosi sets 48-hour deadline for any preelection COVID relief bill
Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Texas social workers can now turn away LGBTQ, disabled clients — Texas social workers can now turn away LGBTQ clients and those with a disability. — The state Board of Social Work Examiners voted unanimously to change a section of its code of conduct last week following a recommendation …
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Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
Facebook workers ‘ashamed’ by tech giant's censorship of Post's Hunter Files reporting — “Facebook is almost an arm of the Democratic Party — an arm of the far-left wing of the Democratic Party.” So said the former Facebook insider as we sat down for an interview at a Midtown restaurant Friday afternoon.
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Karen Brooks Harper / The Texas Tribune:
Texas can reject mail-in ballots over mismatched signatures without giving voters a chance to appeal, court rules — A federal judge had ordered the state to give voters a chance to resolve signature questions in time for their ballots to be counted. Now that won't happen unless counties do it voluntarily.
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact-checking Trump's dishonest weekend: The President made at least 66 false or misleading claims in three days — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's dishonesty is getting worse. — Trump has been reliably deceptive for his entire presidency, filling his speeches and tweets with lies and other false statements.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Senate panel delays vote to subpoena Twitter, Facebook CEOs as some Republicans waver — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday postponed plans to vote on subpoenas to compel the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook to testify on allegations of anti-conservative bias after some panel Republicans expressed reservation about the maneuver.
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Republicans are ready to remember they hate the deficit again under Joe Biden … A decade ago, a generation of Republicans swept into office on the heels of the Great Recession, preaching austerity over bolstering state budgets or extending unemployment benefits, hoping to pin the slow crawl toward recovery on Democrats.
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