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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
'The View's' Sunny Hostin Schools Bari Weiss on ‘Court Packing’ — Former “New York Times” columnist Bari Weiss filled the void left by Meghan McCain on Tuesday's episode of “The View.” — Bari Weiss has been relatively quiet since she canceled herself from The New York Times earlier this year.
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Task Force Is Livid Over the Trump White House's ‘We Ended COVID’ Report — “There's no world in which anyone can think that is true.” — Health officials and scientists working on the Trump administration's coronavirus response said on Tuesday they are personally offended …
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Reuters
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
How Mitch McConnell Delivered Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Rapid Confirmation
How Mitch McConnell Delivered Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Rapid Confirmation
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Politico, Washington Post, Axios, Associated Press, Discourse Blog and POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
How Trump Maneuvered His Way Out of Trouble in Chicago — When his skyscraper proved a disappointment, Donald Trump defaulted on his loans, sued his bank, got much of the debt forgiven — and largely avoided paying taxes on it. — The financial crisis was in full swing when Donald J. Trump traveled …
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Richard Hasen / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh has wild ideas about voting. They likely won't matter on Election Day. — The Supreme Court's recent rulings don't mean the justices will decide the presidential race. — Should we panic about Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's concurring opinion in the Wisconsin voting case that the Supreme Court decided Monday night?
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Raging Trump wants the Supreme Court to save him. Here's why it probably won't.
Raging Trump wants the Supreme Court to save him. Here's why it probably won't.
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Vanity Fair, Business Insider, The American Independent, Raw Story, IJR, MSNBC and Mother Jones
Shawna Chen / Axios:
Wisconsin Democrats: Don't return absentee ballots by mail
Wisconsin Democrats: Don't return absentee ballots by mail
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Barrett to use Supreme Court chambers previously used by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Barrett to use Supreme Court chambers previously used by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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One America News Network, National Review and Twitchy
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
Biden Family Whistleblower: Joe Biden Is ‘Compromised’ By Communist China — Biden family business partner-turned-whistleblower Tony Bobulinski told Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tuesday night that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is “compromised” by communist China.
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Tori B. Powell / The Daily Beast:
Hunter Biden Touted Dad's Relations in Colombia in Foreign Investment Pitch
Hunter Biden Touted Dad's Relations in Colombia in Foreign Investment Pitch
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and Twitchy
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Tony Bobulinski tells Tucker: Joe Biden denials of involvement in son's business ‘a blatant lie’
Tony Bobulinski tells Tucker: Joe Biden denials of involvement in son's business ‘a blatant lie’
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Instapundit, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign Shifts Florida Ad Spending Burden to RNC — Focus moves to northern states where Trump prevailed in 2016 — Buoyed by fundraising, Biden holds 3-1 edge in recent spending — Donald Trump's campaign has slashed its advertising budget in Florida …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justice Thomas' wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden — WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden. — Ginni Thomas, a longtime conservative activist …
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Senior Trump official tests positive for coronavirus after trip to Europe — A senior Trump administration official tested positive for the coronavirus after a recent trip to Britain, Hungary and France, raising concerns about the spread of the virus to high-level officials across the Atlantic …
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TMZ.com:
Lesley Stahl Gets Security Due to Death Threat After Trump Interview — The “60 Minutes” interview President Trump cut short over what he felt was unfair questioning from Lesley Stahl has left her, and her family, in a dangerous situation ... TMZ has learned.
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Amid USPS delays, election experts and campaigns weigh in: Don't mail your ballot — A week before the election and as several voting-rights battles play out, Postal Service delays have forced the Trump and Biden campaigns to shake up their playbooks. — For millions of voters …
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Daily Kos, Slate, The Daily Caller, MSNBC and Florida Politics
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Can We Trust Pennsylvania's Polls? — They show Joe Biden clinching crucial counties. So why does it feel so different on the ground here? — Mr. McCreesh is an editorial assistant for the Opinion section. — BENSALEM, Pa. — Two men, one in a Ford F-15 truck bedecked with Trump decals …
CNN:
Trump appears to give a pass to the domestic kidnapping plot against Whitmer — (CNN)President Donald Trump repeatedly attacked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, during his rally in Lansing, Michigan, on Tuesday, at one point taking credit for the FBI thwarting a plot to kidnap …
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BuzzFeed News, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Detroit Metro Times, Michigan Advance, Political Wire, Mediaite, Fox News, Raw Story and Axios
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Feds Obtained FISA Warrant Against Hunter Biden's Chinese Business Associate, Documents Show — A federal court authorized a foreign surveillance warrant against one of Hunter Biden's Chinese business partners, court documents show. — The existence of a FISA warrant against the Biden associate …
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The National Pulse, The Gateway Pundit, The Post Millennial and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Cites Treatment of Hunter Biden Articles in Call to Change Law Protecting Online Platforms — Letter to lawmakers on eve of testimony by Twitter, Facebook CEOs and a week before election cites restrictions to New York Post articles — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department …
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New York Times:
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science — The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has recently removed …
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Raw Story
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Trump's campaign website hacked by cryptocurrency scammers — President Trump's campaign website was briefly and partially hacked Tuesday afternoon as unknown adversaries took over the “About” page and replaced it with what appeared to be a scam to collect cryptocurrency.
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Washington Post:
Ballrooms, candles and luxury cottages: During Trump's term, millions of government and GOP dollars have flowed to his properties — ‘The 45th President’: One in a series looking back at the Trump presidency — President Trump welcomed the Japanese prime minister at Mar-a-Lago, in front of a towering arrangement of roses.
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Washington Post:
Early-voting surge scrambles Election Day expectations as some states gallop toward 2016 turnout levels — After weeks of early and mail voting, at least 66 million Americans have already cast their ballots for next week's election, a historic figure that has upended expectations about Election …
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Washington Post:
Some Americans refuse to wear masks even as their hometowns become covid-19 hot spots — Resistance to mask-wearing and other efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus has hardened in the final days before the presidential election, demonstrating how the pandemic has been politicized …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Indicted AGAIN Over Voter Intimidation — The pro-Trump duo are in trouble with the law, yet again. — Conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been indicted in Ohio, once more over a racist robocall aimed at minority voters.
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Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
O'Brien's travels to swing states days before election raise ethics concerns — White House national security adviser Robert C. O'Brien visited two swing states days before the Nov. 3 election, raising concerns about the use of taxpayer-funded official trips for what critics …
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Axios
Jonathan Watts / The Guardian:
‘Sleeping giant’ Arctic methane deposits starting to release, scientists find — Exclusive: expedition discovers new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered — Scientists have found evidence that frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean - known as the …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Zeta cuts short early voting in Florida Republican strongholds — TALLAHASSEE — Three counties in Florida's conservative Panhandle are limiting early voting hours ahead of Hurricane Zeta, which is expected to hit the region Wednesday. — The shortened voting hours in the Republican strongholds come less …
Washington Post:
Former U.S. attorneys — all Republicans — back Biden, saying Trump threatens ‘the rule of law’ — Twenty former U.S. attorneys — all of them Republicans — on Tuesday publicly called President Trump “a threat to the rule of law in our country,” and urged that he be replaced in November …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Sanders and Warren Accuse N.Y. Democrats of False Advertising — Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren say that their images were improperly used on a flier that they view as an attack on the Working Families Party. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren entered …
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
SDNY Prosecutors Dismiss Kris Kobach's Attempt to ‘Inject’ Himself into Steve Bannon Fraud Case; More People May Be Implicated — Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York filed a testy memo opposing an attempt by non-parties We Build the Wall and its general counsel-cum …
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The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle:
Biden sends message to Jewish Pittsburgh on two-year mark of 10/27 shootings — “On behalf of Jill, Kamala, Doug and our families, we stand with the people of Squirrel Hill, the entire Pittsburgh community and all Jewish Americans on this solemn anniversary.”
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us-cert.cisa.gov:
Alert (AA20-301A) — North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat Focus: Kimsuky — Summary — This joint cybersecurity advisory was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF).
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Edgar Walters / The Texas Tribune:
Texas social workers will no longer be allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ Texans and people with disabilities — The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council voted unanimously to restore protections for social workers' LGBTQ and disabled clients after backlash from advocates and lawmakers.
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Washington Blade
Chris Lau / South China Morning Post:
Four Hong Kong activists seeking asylum in US consulate ‘turned away’ — The four ran up to talk to security guards, who allowed them inside the compound, but they did not stay Incident came after arrest of three others tied to now-defunct Studentlocalism group The four ran up to talk to security guards …
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