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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts — Some reporters withheld their bylines and questioned the credibility of an article that made the tabloid's front page on Wednesday. — The New York Post's front-page article about Hunter Biden on Wednesday was written mostly …
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Peter Sterne / New York Magazine:
New York Post Insiders Slag ‘Very Flimsy’ Hunter Biden Stories — The New York Post's own journalists say they are skeptical of the paper's stories about Hunter Biden, including the man who wrote most of the “smoking gun” story and would not put his name on it, four newsroom sources told Intelligencer.
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Stratechery, The Week, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
New York Post:
‘Unverified’ is a (false) excuse for ignoring The Post's Hunter Biden scoops
‘Unverified’ is a (false) excuse for ignoring The Post's Hunter Biden scoops
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Redstate, Real Clear Politics, LewRockwell, The American Spectator, Breitbart, Townhall and Fox News
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Charlie Kirk says he's in ‘a hostage situation’ with Twitter after social media giant blocks his account
Charlie Kirk says he's in ‘a hostage situation’ with Twitter after social media giant blocks his account
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Breitbart
Washington Post:
Trump's den of dissent: Inside the White House task force as coronavirus surges — As summer faded into autumn and the novel coronavirus continued to ravage the nation unabated, Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist whose commentary on Fox News led President Trump to recruit him to the White House …
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Political Wire and CNBC
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ABC News:
Trump heads into final campaign stretch forced to play defense against Biden — The president's team is growing concerned over key battleground states. — 'I'm seeing more enthusiasm than I saw in 2016': RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is interviewed on “This Week.”
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Rolling Stone endorses Biden, calls Trump ‘categorically unfit to be president’ — Rolling Stone magazine is endorsing Democratic nominee Joe Biden, saying in a piece on Monday that America has lived “under a man categorically unfit to be president” for the last four years.
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Rolling Stone and The Guardian
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump mocks Biden for trusting scientists while Biden slams Trump for Covid-19 ‘lie’
Trump mocks Biden for trusting scientists while Biden slams Trump for Covid-19 ‘lie’
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Sky News, Washington Post, The Hill, CNN, Associated Press, Breitbart, Just The News, Political Wire, Fox News, Redstate, Axios, WGN-TV, Reuters, Mediaite, New York Post, Raw Story, One America News Network and IJR
Chris Willman / Variety:
Beastie Boys License a Song for an Ad for First Time Ever, for Joe Biden Spot Focused on Live Music Shutdown
Beastie Boys License a Song for an Ad for First Time Ever, for Joe Biden Spot Focused on Live Music Shutdown
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POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Peter Schweizer: Hunter Biden's Flipped Business Partner Provided 26,000 Emails — The business partner of Hunter Biden who flipped on the Biden family from prison provided access to 26,000 emails, Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer said in a Saturday morning radio appearance.
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CANNONFIRE and Conservative News Today
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Ratcliffe says Hunter Biden laptop, emails ‘not part of some Russian disinformation campaign’
Ratcliffe says Hunter Biden laptop, emails ‘not part of some Russian disinformation campaign’
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JONATHAN TURLEY
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
The Biden Corruption Scandal Isn't About Hunter, It's About Joe
The Biden Corruption Scandal Isn't About Hunter, It's About Joe
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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and Conservative News Today
David Siders / Politico:
The hidden factors that could produce a surprise Trump victory — By almost every measure that political operatives, academics and handicappers use to forecast elections, the likely outcome is that Joe Biden will win the White House. — Yet two weeks before Election Day …
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CNN, National Review, Real Clear Politics, IJR and WTOP
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Pollster Who Thinks Trump Is Ahead — NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he polling aggregator on the website RealClearPolitics shows the margin in polls led by Joe Biden in a blue font and the ones led by Donald Trump in red. For a while, the battleground states have tended to be uniformly blue …
Jonathan LaPook / CBS News:
Fauci admits administration has restricted his media appearances, says he's not surprised Trump got COVID — In a wide-ranging 60 Minutes interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci expresses his frustration with a Trump campaign ad; explains why, early in the pandemic, masks were largely recommended …
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, CNN, Conservative News Today, IJR, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, The Guardian, The Hill and Axios
The Federalist:
We Gamed Out The 2020 Election And Found Our Constitution Can Handle The Madness — Risks this year include no certain presidential results on election night, and high-stakes struggles up to 79 days afterward, including foreign disinformation, fake news, and big-tech censorship.
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Instapundit
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Associated Press:
2016 sequel? Trump's old attacks failing to land on Biden — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump stood before a crowd in a state that had once been firmly in his grasp. There were fewer than three weeks left in the campaign, one reshaped by a virus that has killed more than 215,000 Americans …
New York Times:
As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place — A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms. — The instructions were clear: Write an article calling out Sara Gideon …
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Electronics Ward News and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
The Dworkin Report:
Meet the journalist who asked Trump if he “regrets all the lying” to the American people — Scott talks to S.V. Daté the world traveler who is now White House Correspondent for HuffPost. Daté is the author of a new book entitled, “The Useful Idiot: How Donald Trump Killed …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
With Covid-19 Under Control, China's Economy Surges Ahead — Exports jumped and local governments engaged in a binge of debt-fueled construction projects. Even consumer spending is finally recovering. — BEIJING — As most of the world still struggles with the coronavirus pandemic …
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Wall Street Journal, National Review and Instapundit
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
A Secret U.S. Rescue in Yemen Played a Role in Mideast Peace Deal — The U.S. helped rescue U.A.E. soldiers after a 2017 helicopter crash, building a reservoir of trust that helped lead to recent agreement — WASHINGTON—On Aug. 11, 2017, a United Arab Emirates helicopter filled …
Chris Willman / Variety:
Brian Wilson Disavows Trump's Beach Boys Benefit in California (EXCLUSIVE) … It will be fun, fun, fun under the California sun for many well-heeled attendees at today's Donald Trump fundraiser in Newport Beach — but not for Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, who are chagrined …
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Fox News, Los Angeles Times and The Wrap
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New York Times:
Has Trump Drawn the Water for a ‘Republican Blood Bath’? — And if he has, what should Biden do with his first term? — Bret Stephens: Good morning, Gail. I was reading on social media that Osama bin Laden is alive and well and that he's living inside Donald Trump's brain. Care to comment?
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Althouse
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump launches a frenzied effort to save his brand — President Donald Trump is racing to close a yawning gap in the polls in his final, frantic sprint to Election Day — and also rushing to restore a key element of his personal brand. — Two weeks since exiting a hospital after being pumped …
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Raw Story
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Federal judge strikes down Trump plan to slash food stamps for 700,000 unemployed Americans — A federal judge on Sunday formally struck down a Trump administration attempt to end food stamp benefits for nearly 700,000 unemployed people, blocking as “arbitrary and capricious” …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Losing His Touch. So Is the TV Producer Who Shaped His Image. — Mark Burnett helped turn Donald Trump into a national figure with “The Apprentice.” But since 2016, his impact “has kind of gone bust.” — Did you catch Steve Harvey's “Funderdome” on ABC?
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Do Originalists Ignore the Reconstruction Amendments? — Critics of originalism sometimes claim that originalists focus only on the original 1787 Constitution, while ignoring the Reconstruction amendments, which transformed the Constitution after the Civil War.
Victoria Colliver / Politico:
California's $100M dialysis battle comes with ancillary benefits for labor union — OAKLAND — In initiative-happy California, one set of ads stands out — those involving dialysis clinics, an industry that's historically been a lower-profile player in politics.
New York Times:
How Prepared Are These 7 Battlegrounds for the Election? A Readiness Report — Short on money and under enormous pressure, many swing states are still trying to shore up a democratic process challenged daily by court cases, new laws and surges in the coronavirus.
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Political Wire, Raw Story and Electronics Ward News
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump Will Have $900 Million Of Loans Coming Due In His Second Term If He's Reelected — The president would likely have to engage in a series of high-stakes transactions that could produce unfathomable conflicts of interest. — Whether or not Donald Trump wins the election …
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POLITICUSUSA