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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Let Pennsylvania and North Carolina Accept Absentee Ballots After Election Day — The pair of decisions were welcomed by Democrats. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was expected to cast a deciding vote, did not participate in either decision.
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Dan Berman / CNN:
Kavanaugh tweaks voting opinion after Vermont official asks for correction — Law professor cited by Kavanaugh responds — (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday night tweaked a line in his controversial opinion on Wisconsin mail-in voting this week …
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Raw Story, Law & Crime and WCAX-TV
Joyce Vance / MSNBC:
The Supreme Court will not protect our voting rights. Here's who actually might. … As we make our way to the polls, either in-person or via mail, we need to remember that in addition to sending elected officials to Washington, D.C., we are voting for governors, state legislators, mayors and, in some states, judges.
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Washington Post:
Millions of mail ballots have not been returned as window closes for Postal Service delivery — Election officials said many may belong to those who requested them early, then decided to vote in person — Amid a record surge in early voting, millions of mail ballots remained unreturned Wednesday …
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Axios:
Supreme Court won't expedite Pennsylvania GOP's request to block mail-in ballot extension
Supreme Court won't expedite Pennsylvania GOP's request to block mail-in ballot extension
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Democrats in Pennsylvania, North Carolina claim key wins at Supreme Court ahead of election
Democrats in Pennsylvania, North Carolina claim key wins at Supreme Court ahead of election
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court leaves NC absentee ballot deadline at Nov. 12
Supreme Court leaves NC absentee ballot deadline at Nov. 12
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans' only way to win is to stop people from voting
Republicans' only way to win is to stop people from voting
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court (with Justice Barrett Not Participating) …
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court (with Justice Barrett Not Participating) …
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
How to make an election crisis — Fun fact: With the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett …
How to make an election crisis — Fun fact: With the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett …
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Above the Law, Daily Kos and MyNorthwest.com
Miles Taylor / Medium:
A Statement — Why I'm no longer “Anonymous” — More than two years ago, I published an anonymous opinion piece in The New York Times about Donald Trump's perilous presidency, while I was serving under him. He responded with a short but telling tweet: “TREASON?” — Trump sees personal criticism as subversive.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Miles Taylor, a Former Homeland Security Official, Reveals He Was ‘Anonymous’ — Mr. Taylor, whose criticisms of President Trump in a New York Times Op-Ed article and subsequent book, roiled Washington and infuriated Mr. Trump, resigned from the administration last year and endorsed Joe Biden this summer.
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
“Anonymous” senior Trump official revealed as ex-DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor
“Anonymous” senior Trump official revealed as ex-DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor
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Doug Richards / WXIA-TV:
Sen. Loeffler: ‘Not familiar’ with Access Hollywood tape — Sen. Kelly Loeffler said Wednesday that she will “always” defend President Donald Trump. — BUFORD, Ga. — Sen. Kelly Loeffler said Wednesday that she doesn't disagree with anything President Donald Trump has said or done.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Trump's Closing Argument on Virus Clashes With Science, and Voters' Lives — The president has continued to downplay he severity of the coronavirus and declare before largely maskless crowds that it is vanishing. The surge in new cases across the country suggests otherwise.
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Committee Successfully Verifies All Bobulinski Materials Reviewed To Date — The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has successfully verified all materials reviewed so far from Hunter Biden's ex-business partner Tony Bobulinski, the Daily Caller has learned.
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Fox News:
Jim Biden refuses to answer questions about family's business dealings
Jim Biden refuses to answer questions about family's business dealings
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Suggests His Hunter Biden Dirt Was Intercepted in the Mail
Tucker Suggests His Hunter Biden Dirt Was Intercepted in the Mail
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CNN:
Jared Kushner bragged in April that Trump was taking the country ‘back from the doctors’ — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner boasted in mid-April about how the President had cut out the doctors and scientists advising him on the unfolding …
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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Officials Warn of Cyberattacks on Hospitals as Virus Cases Spike — Government officials warned that hackers were seeking to hold American hospitals' data hostage in exchange for ransom payments. — Hundreds of American hospitals are being targeted in cyberattacks by the same Russian hackers …
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NBC News:
‘Quick, quick, quick’: Trump rushes McSally at rally as she fights to hold her Senate seat — President Donald Trump offered a not-very warm welcome to Sen. Martha McSally on Wednesday at his campaign rally in Arizona, where his fellow Republican is fighting to hold on to her seat.
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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Swing Toward The Democrats — But most voters still expect Trump to win — West Long Branch, NJ - The race for Georgia's electoral votes remains very close, but Joe Biden has gained ground on Donald Trump in the latest Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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Political Wire, Politico and Daily Kos
Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
Judge: Virginia can't count ballots with missing postmarks — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that Virginia elections officials cannot count absentee ballots with missing or illegible postmarks unless they can confirm the date of mailing through a barcode, granting an injunction requested by a conservative legal group.
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Advisers: He's Now Pushing Herd Immunity — Scott Atlas, the president's most favored adviser, says it's not true. But others working on the pandemic say it's merely a game of semantics. The policy is increasingly clear. — Despite publicly downplaying it …
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New York Times:
Days From Election, Police Killing of Black Man Roils Philadelphia — The shooting and its aftermath were guaranteed to ratchet up tensions in a country already on edge. Debates about how to improve police accountability have been complicated by looting. — PHILADELPHIA — There is a grim familiarity to it all.
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Claudia Lauer / Associated Press:
Body cam, 911 tapes in Walter Wallace killing to be released
Body cam, 911 tapes in Walter Wallace killing to be released
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
After 12 Years, Arrest Made in Abduction of Former Times Journalist David Rohde — A former Taliban commander was arrested in the November 2008 kidnapping of Mr. Rohde and two others in Afghanistan. He was brought to the United States to face charges. — Twelve years after a New York …
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Politico:
Trump's path begins in Florida — With help from Renuka Rayasam and Myah Ward — TAMPA TWO — Good evening and hello from the state of election cliffhangers, where on Thursday, in a rare crossing of paths, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will campaign in the same city, Tampa.
Politico:
Ratcliffe went off script with Iran remarks, officials say — Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe went off script when he alleged during a press conference last week that Iran was sending intimidating emails to Americans in order to “damage President Trump,” …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Stench of Trump's Racism Will Cling to His Enablers Forever — A month ago, President Trump added to his rally speech a new riff about Ilhan Omar, expressing indignation that the Democratic member of Congress would dare to express opinions about American government.
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Detroit News:
Whitmer kidnap plotter also wanted to hang Trump, other politicians, FBI says — A Delaware man accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also threatened to hang President Donald Trump and posted a hit list on Facebook targeting other elected leaders, including former President Barack Obama …
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Wall Street Journal:
Russian in Cyprus Was Behind Key Parts of Discredited Dossier on Trump — A Wall Street Journal investigation points to the identity of ‘Source 3’ as a disgruntled PR executive with a ‘vast network’ of sources — in Washington and David Gauthier-Villars — In the nearly four years since …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Biden's Path to 270 Widens, Trump's Path Narrows, as Texas Moves to Toss Up — Less than a week out from Election Day and President Donald Trump is playing catch-up. In 2016, he won 30 states (and Maine's 2nd Congressional District) and their 306 electoral votes.
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Tawnell D. Hobbs / Wall Street Journal:
Hacker Releases Georgia County Election Data After Ransom Not Paid — County among entities whose ‘time to pay is over,’ according to review of hacker's website — A computer hacker who took over networks maintained by Hall County, Ga., escalated demands this week by publicly releasing …
Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian:
Trump aide Stephen Miller preparing second-term immigration blitz … The architect of Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy, senior adviser Stephen Miller, is said to have a drawer full of executive orders ready to be signed in “shock and awe” style if Trump is re-elected.
Nick Aspinwall / Foreign Policy:
Guo Wengui Is Sending Mobs After Chinese Dissidents — Steve Bannon's billionaire funder claims to be a foe of the Chinese Communist Party, but his targets are fellow exiles. — A prominent Chinese dissident pulls his children from school and flees his Texas home.
Steven Overly / Politico:
Blackburn asks Google if employee who criticized her still has a job — Sen. Marsha Blackburn used a Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday to ask about the employment status of a Google engineer whose criticism of the Tennessee Republican has become fodder for right-wing media outlets over the past two years.
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
New challenge seeks to void thousands of Harris County drive-thru votes — A new challenge to Harris County's drive-thru voting sites, filed by two GOP candidates and a Republican member of the Texas House, asks the state Supreme Court to void ballots “illegally” cast by voters in cars.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden, if elected, would consult allies on future of U.S. tariffs on China - advisers — WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden would immediately consult with America's main allies before deciding on the future of U.S. tariffs on China, seeking “collective leverage” …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner, Peggy Noonan and White problems with Black ambition — When you're Black in America, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. You're either shiftless or too ambitious. If you're too ambitious, you better not for one moment show a sense of comfort in your own skin lest …
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