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Lex Haris / CBS News:
Trump administration violates agreement and releases “60 Minutes” interview ahead of Sunday broadcast — President Trump on Thursday violated an agreement with CBS News and released the White House's recording of an interview with “60 Minutes,” three days ahead of the expected Sunday airing on CBS.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Trump releases unedited “60 Minutes” interview days early — President Trump tweeted on Thursday a link to an unedited 38-minute clip of his interview with Lesley Stahl of CBS' “60 Minutes” — days before its planned Sunday airdate. — Why it matters: Trump, who threatened yesterday to release the clip …
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New York Times:
Trump Posts ‘60 Minutes’ Interview He Cut Short After Bristling at Questions — Republican senators advanced President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, setting up a final vote on Monday. Joe Biden, pressed to take a stand on court packing, said courts were “getting out of whack” …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Harris, prominent Democrats listed as ‘key contacts’ for Biden family business venture projects — Email is unrelated to the laptop or hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden — Hunter Biden's ex-business associate now in fear for his life — EXCLUSIVE: A list of …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Hunter biz partner confirms email, details Joe Biden's push to make millions from China — Wait until Scranton hears about this. — One of Joe Biden's ways of contrasting himself with President Trump has been to declare the election a battle of Park Avenue values vs. Scranton, Pa., values.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden business associate's text messages indicate meeting with Joe Biden
Hunter Biden business associate's text messages indicate meeting with Joe Biden
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Joe Biden (sort of) addresses Hunter Biden accusation
Byron York's Daily Memo: Joe Biden (sort of) addresses Hunter Biden accusation
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Townhall, New York Post and The Hill
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
Burn It All Down A growing number of liberal lawyers want more than court-packing. — Christopher Kang knows the judicial nominations process as well as anyone — he spent seven years in the Obama White House getting judges through, including two Supreme Court nominations …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The fight is for democracy — President Trump disembarks from Air Force One on October 21.
The fight is for democracy — President Trump disembarks from Air Force One on October 21.
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Mike Lee / First Things:
Of Course We're Not a Democracy — During the recent vice presidential debate …
Of Course We're Not a Democracy — During the recent vice presidential debate …
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New York Times:
Russia Poses Greater Election Threat Than Iran, Many U.S. Officials Say — Russia's hackers appeared to be preparing to sow chaos amid any uncertainty around election results, officials said. — WASHINGTON — While senior Trump administration officials said this week that Iran …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How the Iran news actually undermines one of Trump's biggest lies
How the Iran news actually undermines one of Trump's biggest lies
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Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
‘No surprise’ Russia and Iran want Trump out: National Security Adviser O'Brien
‘No surprise’ Russia and Iran want Trump out: National Security Adviser O'Brien
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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Trump's Twitter hacked after Dutch researcher claims he guessed password - report … Donald Trump's Twitter account was hacked last week, after a Dutch researcher correctly guessed the president's password: “maga2020!”, Dutch media reported. — Victor Gevers, a security expert …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
My Wild 2 Weeks Inside the Trump Campaign Bubble — LAS VEGAS — Monday was a day of rage for Donald Trump. — He woke up at his Las Vegas hotel, a gold brick of glass on the edge of the Strip next to an abandoned lot, and was already in a foul mood. The previous day he had seen a TV ad …
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New York Times:
Trump Holds Small Lead in Conservative Kansas, Poll Shows — President Trump won Kansas by more than 20 points, but he leads Joe Biden by only seven in a Times/Siena College poll. The Republican Senate candidate leads his Democratic rival by an even smaller amount, 46 percent to 42.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: ‘Dumb mistake’ exposed Iranian hand behind fake Proud Boys U.S. election emails - sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government analysts and private sector investigators were able to rapidly attribute to Iranian hackers a wave of thousands of threatening emails aimed at U.S. voters …
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Washington Post:
Senate Republicans fume as Mnuchin gives ground to Pelosi in search of deal — Pelosi cites progress in talks with Mnuchin, but Republicans say Mnuchin is capitulating to the Democratic leader — Senate Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin …
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Meghan McCarthy / COURIER:
All of the Times Republicans Have Refused to Help Americans During the Coronavirus Pandemic
All of the Times Republicans Have Refused to Help Americans During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Nick Ochsner / WBTV-TV:
Man arrested in Kannapolis with van full of guns and explosives, researched killing Joe Biden — KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (WBTV) - A man was arrested in Kannapolis with a van full of guns and explosives with plans to carry out an act of terrorism, including trying to assassinate Joe Biden.
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New York Times:
Trump Campaign Draws Rebuke for Surveilling Philadelphia Voters — President Trump's campaign has been videotaping voters at ballot drop boxes, a tactic that could amount to illegal voter intimidation, Pennsylvania's attorney general says. — PHILADELPHIA — The Trump campaign …
Business Insider:
Jared Kushner floating launch of a new Trump-branded media outlet, GOP sources say. It's another sign of a looming 2020 defeat. … - Jared Kushner has been talking about starting a Donald Trump-themed news outlet or another media company, perhaps as soon as after the November election …
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us-cert.cisa.gov:
Alert (AA20-296A) — Russian State-Sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat Actor Compromises U.S. Government Targets — Summary — This joint cybersecurity advisory—written by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) …
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The Atlantic:
The Case Against Donald Trump — In 1973, a United States Air Force officer, Major Harold Hering, asked a question that the Air Force did not want asked. Hering, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, was then in training to become a Minuteman-missile crewman. The question he asked …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
After Barrett meeting, Murkowski still opposes election-year confirmation — Sen. Lisa Murkowski met with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett this week but remains opposed to an election year confirmation to the high court. — While the Alaska Republican wouldn't say explicitly …
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ABC News:
Senate Republicans move Barrett Supreme Court nomination toward final vote
Senate Republicans move Barrett Supreme Court nomination toward final vote
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
The US Eliminated Nearly 21,000 Election Day Polling Locations for 2020 — Exclusive VICE News analysis shows a 20% cut in election locations nationwide, and much deeper cuts in California, Maryland, Kentucky, New Jersey, and North Dakota. — CJ — RA
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Eric Yoder / Washington Post:
Trump issues sweeping order for many career federal employees to lose civil service protections — Career federal employees whose work involves making policy would no longer be hired under competitive procedures and would lose some civil service protections from being fired as well as eligibility …
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QU Poll:
Biden Holds Stable Double-Digit Lead Over Trump, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly 6 In 10 Say Coronavirus Is Out Of Control — With less than two weeks until Election Day, likely voters support former Vice President Joe Biden over President Donald Trump 51 - 41 percent in a Quinnipiac …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump, U.S. intelligence chief push to declassify document on Russia's 2016 election role: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his intelligence chief have pushed for quick declassification of a document disputing the 2017 intelligence community finding …
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Liz Kotalik / KUSA-TV:
Trailer park tenants say landlord sends note implying a vote for Biden is a vote for increased rent — “We are not telling you how to vote,” a copy of the letter sent to 9NEWS says. “We are just telling our tenants what we will do according to the results.”
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
The first debate was a horror. The second was scrapped. Now it's up to Kristen Welker. — The NBC News rising star and the youngest of the 2020 debate moderators has her work cut out for her in the final Trump-Biden faceoff. — Kristen Welker was handed a daunting enough task …
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Politico:
Bernie Sanders makes a play for Biden Labor secretary — The Vermont senator is interested in joining Joe Biden's Cabinet, should his former primary rival defeat President Donald Trump. — Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a protest at the U.S. Capitol. Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
US signs anti-abortion declaration with group of largely authoritarian governments — Move is part of a campaign by Trump administration to reorient US foreign policy in a more socially conservative direction — The US has today signed an anti-abortion declaration with a group …
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Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Scoop: Fox News Host Melissa Francis Says Network Lawyer Told Her To Accept Men Are Paid More Than Women, Sources Say — 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 …
Kelly McBride / NPR:
Michigan militia language — John Vidal writes: I say this with the love of a loyal listener, for the love of god please STOP saying “put her on trial” (and ask your affiliates to stop) in relation to the vigilante kidnappers in Michigan!! Every time that phrase gets repeated in the media …
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CIS.org:
Immigrant Population Growth Slows — ‘Trump Effect’ likely explains slowdown — Steven A. Camarota is the director of research and Karen Zeigler is a demographer at the Center. — Recently released Census Bureau data from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) shows the number of immigrants …
Rapid City Journal:
GOV. NOEM: Update on South Dakota's COVID-19 response — It has been nearly eight months since COVID-19 first hit our state. Though there is still much to learn, we are fortunate to have a much better sense of the common enemy we're fighting today than we did back in March.
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
James Randi, Magician Who Debunked Paranormal Claims, Dies at 92 — Known professionally as the Amazing Randi, he dedicated his life to exposing seers who did not see, healers who did not heal and many others. — James Randi, a MacArthur award-winning magician who turned his formidable savvy …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Federal Judges Claim It's Unconstitutional for States to Protect Voting Rights — The federal judiciary is on the brink of mandating voter suppression—even in states that don't want it. — The Supreme Court consistently upholds states' voter suppression schemes—stringent ID laws …