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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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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.
Bill Sanderson / New York Daily News:
Ivanka, Jared: Don't blame us on Times Square billboards for Trump administration COVID-19 death toll — we'll sue — “The billboards will stay up,” it went on. “We consider it important that in Times Square, the crossroads of the world, people are continuously reminded of the cruelty …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump campaign sending out Ivanka in last-ditch effort to win over suburban women: report
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
While Her Father Rails Against ‘Idiot’ Scientists, Ivanka Trump Talks Ice Cream
While Her Father Rails Against ‘Idiot’ Scientists, Ivanka Trump Talks Ice Cream
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Electronics Ward News
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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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump may be running the sleaziest presidential campaign ever
Trump may be running the sleaziest presidential campaign ever
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MSNBC, Reporting by Matt Taibbi, Raw Story and Twitchy
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Former Giuliani associate raises questions about Hunter Biden's ‘hard drive from hell’
Former Giuliani associate raises questions about Hunter Biden's ‘hard drive from hell’
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The Daily Beast
Jonathan Lai / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pennsylvania GOP again asks U.S. Supreme Court to block mail ballot deadline extension — Pennsylvania Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court again late Friday to overturn a mail ballot deadline extension ordered by the state's high court, quickly returning to an issue on which the Supreme Court …
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
‘There is a voter-suppression wing’: An ugly American tradition clouds the 2020 presidential race
‘There is a voter-suppression wing’: An ugly American tradition clouds the 2020 presidential race
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Alternet.org, KXAN-TV, Electronics Ward News and Daily Kos
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Senate to convene rare Saturday session to debate Amy Coney Barrett nomination
Senate to convene rare Saturday session to debate Amy Coney Barrett nomination
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Breitbart, Associated Press and The Hill
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump voting in Florida; Bon Jovi joining Biden — President Donald Trump is casting his ballot Saturday morning, taking advantage of Florida's early voting system. — Trump will be voting in West Palm Beach, Florida, near his private Mar-a-Lago club.
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Sam Gringlas / NPR:
Trump Votes Early In Florida ‘For A Guy Named Trump’
Trump Votes Early In Florida ‘For A Guy Named Trump’
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The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Axios, TASS, The Hill, The Daily Caller, UPI, The Last Refuge, Mediaite and Just Jared
Michael Ellsberg / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Dominatrix Forcing Trump Supporters to Vote Biden — PAYBACK'S A B*TCH … Empress Delfina is talking her submissive fans into seeing the error of their ways for the low price of $1.99 a minute. — This election season, many people who wouldn't be natural allies …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine — Since 2016, the Falun Gong-backed newspaper has used aggressive Facebook tactics and right-wing misinformation to create an anti-China, pro-Trump media empire. — For years, The Epoch Times was a small, low-budget newspaper …
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
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.
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Trump campaign flouted agreement to follow health guidelines at rally, documents show — The start of President Trump's rally was still hours away when it became clear that his campaign would not keep its promise. — In the days leading up to the Sept. 30 event in Duluth, Minn. …
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Jed Graham / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump Vs. Biden Race Tilts Toward Democrat After Last Debate, IBD/TIPP Presidential Poll Shows — The latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden with a wider lead over President Donald Trump. The tracking poll, which includes five days of polling …
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Breitbart
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Trump Sons Hint At 2024 Runs As President's Polling Looks Dire — President Trump's two eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, both of whom have been deeply involved in their father's reelection campaign, broke with the “Keep America Great” message on Saturday to hint at their own runs in 2024 …
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Raw Story
Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
If A.O.C. Is So Heavily Favored, Why Has Her Race Drawn $30 Million? — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is expected to cruise to re-election, yet the race for her congressional seat is the second most expensive House campaign in the nation. — All the money in the world is not likely to influence …
Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Far-Right Groups Are Behind Most U.S. Terrorist Attacks, Report Finds — White supremacist groups have carried out a majority of “terrorist plots and attacks” this year, according to a report by a think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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The Trace
Washington Post:
Fearful calls flood election offices as Trump attacks mail-in voting, threatening participation in GOP strongholds — Weber County, a majority-Republican community of 260,000 on the eastern shores of Utah's Great Salt Lake, held its first by-mail election in 2013.
Elisabeth Egan / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Dropped Out of the Presidential Race and Wrote a Best Seller — MAYORAL FEAT In April, while the average stir-crazy citizen was binge-watching “Tiger King,” Pete Buttigieg took a different tack: He started writing a book. First, the former presidential candidate and two-term mayor …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Joe Biden Had Close Ties With Police Leaders. Will They Help Him Now? — His proposed solution to addressing both urgent calls for police reform and animosity from law enforcement toward Democrats is one he's long relied on: He'll just get everyone in the same room.
Axios:
Post-debate poll finds Biden strong on every major issue — This is one of the bigger signs of trouble for President Trump that we've seen in a poll: Of the final debate's seven topics, Joe Biden won or tied on all seven when viewers in a massive Axios-SurveyMonkey sample were asked who they trusted more to handle the issue.
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Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Venezuela's Opposition Leader Lopez Flees to Colombia — Departure is a blow to weakened opposition led by Juan Guaido — Maduro remains in power more than year after botched uprising — Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez fled the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas …
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One America News Network
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, Raw Story and The National Interest
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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Associated Press and The Hill
Harry Enten / CNN:
How Trump is dragging down fellow Republicans — (CNN)President Donald Trump's struggles in the polls have been well documented. He entered the final debate down about 10 points to former Vice President Joe Biden and trailed in key swing states. — Less discussed is that Trump has hurt …
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Mother Jones, Washington Times, Raw Story, Alternet.org and Fox News
McSweeney's:
Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump's Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1- 944 — To be read before the 2020 Presidential Election. — Register to vote, or check to make sure you're registered to vote here.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Chelsea Handler explains shaming of Trump-backer 50 Cent: ‘I had to remind him that he was a Black person’ — 'He shouldn't be influencing an entire swath of people who may listen to him because he's worried about his own personal pocketbook,' Handler explained — Rappers 50 Cent, Ice Cube receive backlash for backing Trump
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Conservative News Today
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, The Week and Raw Story