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Inside the campaign to ‘pizzagate’ Hunter Biden … Some of the same people who pushed a false conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton that first emerged in 2016 are now targeting Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, with similar falsehoods. Their online posts are garnering astronomical numbers of shares on social media.
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden ‘Family Legacy’ — What we learned from the text messages of Hunter's partner Tony Bobulinski. — Joe Biden has a problem, and his name is Hunter. Because the former vice president hasn't had to answer any questions on this topic, that problem could soon become America's.
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James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Now Corruption Story Is About Joe, Not Hunter — How long can the media blackout continue? — At this hour many news consumers remain trapped behind the Silicon Curtain. Nevertheless word continues to spread about the Biden family business, thanks to an underground publication founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801.
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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 …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden business associate's text messages indicate meeting with Joe Biden
Fox News:
President Trump plans to bring Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski as guest to debate
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump will attack Biden's son at the debate. It will likely backfire on him.
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Kelly McBride / NPR:
Michigan militia language
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Joe Biden (sort of) addresses Hunter Biden accusation
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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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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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Look at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS. Tonight’s anchor, Kristen Welker, is far worse! #MAGA:
Look at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS. Tonight's anchor, Kristen Welker, is far worse! #MAGA
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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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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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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us-cert.cisa.gov:
Alert (AA20-296A) — Russian State-Sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat Actor Compromises U.S. Government Targets
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How the Iran news actually undermines one of Trump's biggest lies
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Politico:
Bernie Sanders makes a play for Biden Labor secretary — Sen. Bernie Sanders is hoping to be a part of Joe Biden's potential administration and has expressed a particular interest in becoming Labor secretary, two people familiar with the conversations tell POLITICO.
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Anand Giridharadas / The.Ink:
Judge Barrett is family to me. Don't confirm her — A relative of the Supreme Court nominee speaks out in The.Ink — Welcome to The.Ink, my newsletter about money and power, politics and culture. If you're joining us for the first time, hello! Click the orange button below to get this in your inbox, free.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
After Barrett meeting, Murkowski still opposes election-year confirmation
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Trump on Supreme Court opportunity to overturn Obamacare: “I hope they end it”
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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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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 …
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Nick Arama / redstate.com:
Rasmussen Says Trump Just Hit the ‘Holy Grail’ of Reelection Numbers — We're now counting down to the election with just 12 days left. — We're seeing all kinds of things exploding off in the Biden scandal as more and more information keeps dropping. It's clear Joe Biden is going to have serious problems over it.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Trump and Biden clash in final debate over federal Covid-19 response
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The Atlantic:
The Case Against Donald Trump
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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.
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Rod Dreher:
No Families, No Children, No Future — Here's a fascinating article from New York magazine on the massive gender gap between Trump and Biden supporters. It contains this eye-popping claim, buried deep down: … David Shor is one of the best data people the Democratic Party people has.
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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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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Madison Cawthorn's Racist Website — A new attack website put up by the Madison Cawthorn campaign includes an explicitly racist broadside against his opponent, Moe Davis (D-NC), for associating himself with people who want to “ruin white males.” — For real.
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump campaign press secretary suspended on Twitter over mail-in voting tweet — The Trump campaign accused Twitter of seeking to ‘silence’ the campaign, hours before a presidential debate. — Trump 2020 spokesman Gidley on Trump campaign reportedly dwarfed by Biden's in fundraising
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 …
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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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 …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump campaign ad about America's comeback features footage from Russia and Slovenia — President Donald Trump's campaign used stock footage from Russia and Slovenia in a digital ad intended to convince voters that America is bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Protecting Communities Through Partnerships and Listening — Remarks as delivered. — Hi, everyone. I'm grateful for the opportunity to speak with you, again, as part of this year's IACP conference. — Over my first three years as FBI Director, I've met and talked with law enforcement leaders …
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