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Thomas Rid / Washington Post:
Insisting that the Hunter Biden laptop is fake is a trap. So is insisting that it's real. — The lesson of 2016 is to be even more careful with potential disinformation in 2020. — “You mean the laptop is now another Russia, Russia, Russia hoax? You got to be kidding me,” …
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Axios, The Guardian, Mother Jones and Daily Kos
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Tina Nguyen / Politico:
The MAGAverse tries to summon another Clinton-FBI moment
The MAGAverse tries to summon another Clinton-FBI moment
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Washington Post, Raw Story and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
You're Not Supposed to Understand the Rumors About Biden
You're Not Supposed to Understand the Rumors About Biden
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Raw Story
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Jared and Ivanka threaten to sue the Lincoln Project for ‘enormous’ damages over Times Square billboards on COVID: report — Attorneys representing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are threatening to sue the Lincoln Project over two Times Square billboards criticizing the administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alternet.org
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Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump threaten to sue Lincoln Project over Times Square ads … Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are threatening to sue over a pair of giant, side-by-side, pro-Joe Biden campaign billboards in Times Square that blast the couple's response to the coronavirus crisis.
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The Guardian, Conservative News Today, Raw Story, The Hill and Fox News
USA Today:
Trump's campaign made stops nationwide. Coronavirus cases surged in his wake in at least five places. … As President Donald Trump jetted across the country holding campaign rallies during the past two months, he didn't just defy state orders and federal health guidelines.
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POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Unspectacular Excellence of Joe Biden's Slow and Steady Campaign — It was a frigid night in mid-Michigan on November 2, 2018, when Joe Biden jogged onto the stage inside an overheated gymnasium at Lansing Community College, a rowdy audience of several thousand people chanting his name.
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CNN, Fox News, Grist, Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal and New York Post
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Focus Group Slams Trump for No Empathy in Final Presidential Debate
Focus Group Slams Trump for No Empathy in Final Presidential Debate
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One America News Network
New York Times:
Trump's Philanthropy: Big Tax Write-Offs and Claims That Don't Always Add Up — Hidden financial records cast doubt on a number of his charitable commitments and show that most of his giving came from land deals that offset his income. — In President Trump's telling …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Forbes, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Electronics Ward News and CNN
New York Times:
U.S. Sets Coronavirus Case Record Amid New Surge — More than 79,000 new cases of the virus were reported across the country on Friday, shattering an earlier single-day record and stirring new fears about the months ahead. — The United States is in the midst of one of the most severe surges …
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The Signorile Report and The Week
Harriet Alexander / Yahoo News:
Republican party spends nearly $1 million to make Fox News' Sean Hannity a bestseller — A stridently pro-Trump Fox News host has seen his book reach the top of the bestsellers list, after the Republican Party spent nearly $1 million buying up copies. — Sean Hannity, the highest-paid star …
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Republican Party has spent nearly $1 million making Sean Hannity's book a bestseller
Republican Party has spent nearly $1 million making Sean Hannity's book a bestseller
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POLITICUSUSA and New York Daily News
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
The White Issue: Has Anna Wintour's Diversity Push Come Too Late? — Vogue's September issue celebrated Black culture and contributors. But some employees say the magazine's powerful editor fostered a workplace that sidelined women of color. — Vogue's September issue was different this year.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
National Republican Party Formally Backs QAnon Supporter — A $5,000 September donation formalizes the GOP's acceptance of Marjorie Taylor Greene's candidacy after top officials in the party had signalled hesitancy in backing her. — After weeks of wavering, the national Republican party …
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The Hill
CNN:
Fauci says it might be time to mandate masks as Covid-19 surges across US — See what Dr. Fauci thinks about Biden's mask plan — (CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci has been reluctant to support a federal mask mandate. — “A national mandate probably would not work,” he said on Sept 15 during a news conference with Vermont Gov. Phil Scott.
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Forbes, Political Wire and Axios
BuzzFeed News:
A Leaked Internal Report Reveals The Wall Street Journal Is Struggling With Aging Readers And Covering Race — A brutal internal Wall Street Journal report obtained by BuzzFeed News reveals how the 130-year-old broadsheet is struggling mightily in the current digital and cultural age …
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Twitchy, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, Daily Kos and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting — In letter this month, Facebook says the project violates provisions in its terms of service that prohibit bulk data collection — Facebook Inc. is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data …
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MIT Technology Review, Gizmodo, Electronics Ward News, Politico and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
While Her Father Rails Against ‘Idiot’ Scientists, Ivanka Trump Talks Ice Cream — The first daughter is trying to woo the white suburban female voters who have become her father's demographic kryptonite. — FRANKLIN, Wis. — President Trump had just been on Fox and Friends …
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Raw Story and Electronics Ward News
Washington Post:
Trump seeks momentum from debate while Biden focuses on pandemic — An upbeat President Trump moved swiftly Friday to capitalize on what his campaign saw as a well-executed debate performance, cutting an ad that includes Biden stumbling over energy policy, touting a record day of digital fundraising …
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Political Wire, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Guardian and Washington Times
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
A Debate Pledge to ‘Transition’ From Oil Puts Climate at Center of Campaign Finale
A Debate Pledge to ‘Transition’ From Oil Puts Climate at Center of Campaign Finale
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CNN, The Week, The American Conservative, KRQE-TV, TMZ.com, Breitbart, Tennessee Star, Raw Story, Axios, Newsbusters, Associated Press and Discourse.net
NBC News:
For second straight day, U.S. Covid cases reach new high … For the second day in a row, the United States set a daily record for coronavirus cases when more than 79,000 infections were reported. — Friday's 779,303 cases, as tallied by NBC News, topped Thursday's 77,640.
Washington Post:
Trump's historic assault on the civil service was four years in the making — President Trump's extraordinary directive allowing his administration to weed out career federal employees viewed as disloyal in a second term is the product of a four-year campaign by conservatives working from a little-known West Wing policy shop.
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Mark Kelly classmates say report on yearbook photo by right-wing media site is false — Four of his Merchant Marine Academy classmates say Mark Kelly, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, was falsely accused of dressing up for Halloween decades ago as Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
Andy Mannix / Star Tribune:
Texas member of Boogaloo Bois charged with opening fire on Minneapolis police precinct during protests over George Floyd — Feds say Texas adherent of far-right group fired on precinct building, conspired with cop killer to ignite civil war. — TEXT SIZE — MORE
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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What's the Plan Now? — The office was dedicated to the long-term safety of vaccines. Experts say plans to track coronavirus vaccines are fragmented and “behind the eight ball.” — As the first coronavirus vaccines arrive …
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The Week
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Forbes Estimates China Paid Trump At Least $5.4 Million Since He Took Office, Via Mysterious Trump Tower Lease — Donald Trump maintained a stake in Trump Tower when he became president, and with it, a financial connection to the Chinese government. — President Donald Trump, who declared …
Religion News Service:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as ‘non-denominational Christian’ — Flip — WASHINGTON (RNS) — In an exclusive interview with Religion News Service, President Trump said in a written statement that he no longer identifies as a Presbyterian and now sees himself as a non-denominational Christian.
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the way of improvement … and New York Post
New York Times:
As Governor Resists Mask Mandate, Iowans Sour on the G.O.P. — Gov. Kim Reynolds has adopted President Trump's defiant attitude toward public health guidance on the coronavirus. But while she isn't on the ballot, her leadership may be dragging down Republicans who are.
Des Bieler / Washington Post:
Brett Favre and President Trump discuss keeping sports separate from politics — During a town hall taped Tuesday at the White House and aired Wednesday evening, Brett Favre asked President Trump a question about recent efforts made by professional sports leagues to support anti-racist and pro-Black Lives Matter messages.
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The Daily Caller, Newsbusters, Breitbart and BroBible
Samantha Power / Washington Post:
Two things Facebook still needs to do to reduce the spread of misinformation — Samantha Power is a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and the author most recently of “The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir.” — As a reporter years ago in Bosnia, I witnessed malicious actors spreading lies …
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Biden Trolls Trump With New COVID Website — 404 ERROR … Joe Biden wants the very online crowd to know that Donald Trump does not have a pandemic plan. — At least, that's the pitch the Democratic nominee's campaign is making through a gag website, TrumpCovidPlan.com …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Paranoia and finger-pointing in Trumpworld as election approaches — President Donald Trump's top advisers have plunged into a bitter round of finger-pointing and blame-shifting ahead of an increasingly likely defeat. — Accusations are flying in all directions and about all manner of topics …
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Wall Street Journal and Raw Story