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Greenwald:
My Resignation From The Intercept — The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles. — Today I sent my intention to resign from The Intercept …
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Greenwald:
Emails With Intercept Editors Showing Censorship of My Joe Biden Article — Given The Intercept's vehement denials, readers are entitled to see for themselves what the truth is: transparency journalism with integrity requires. — Following are the communications I had over the last week …
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Mediaite and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Greenwald:
Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept
Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept
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Reporting by Matt Taibbi, Breitbart, Althouse, The Post Millennial, Byline Times and Issues & Insights
NBC News:
How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge — One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden's laptop, a fake “intelligence” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
QU Poll:
Florida And Iowa Races Are Too Close To Call, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Biden Maintains His Lead In Pennsylvania, Has Narrow Lead In Ohio — IOWA SENATE: Ernst 48%, Greenfield 46% — Less than a week before Election Day 2020, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden …
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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Biden Maintains Lead — Support falls for minimum wage and primary election ballot measures — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a lead of 4 to 6 points over Donald Trump in Florida, based on different likely voter models in the latest Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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Politico, Associated Press and POLITICUSUSA
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Biden holds narrow lead in Florida
Poll: Biden holds narrow lead in Florida
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CNN, The Capitolist, Florida Politics, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Fox News, Politico and Political Wire
New York Times:
Facing Gap in Pennsylvania, Trump Camp Tries to Make Voting Harder — Trailing in the polls, President Trump and his campaign are pursuing a three-pronged strategy that would effectively suppress the mail-in vote in the critical state of Pennsylvania. — PHILADELPHIA — President Trump's campaign …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The American Independent, Vanity Fair and Reuters
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Eliza Griswold / New Yorker:
In Pennsylvania, Republicans Might Only Need to Stall to Win
In Pennsylvania, Republicans Might Only Need to Stall to Win
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The Nation, The Hill and New York Times
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's effort to steal the election, explained by a Democrat fighting against it — President Trump has loudly claimed for years that he has the backing of a “silent majority.” But he knows this is a lie. His own actions prove it. — The claim is belied by the extraordinary extent …
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Fox News, Reason, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, The Week, Washington Times and Raw Story
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump's Voter-Suppression Strategy Is a Crisis (Even If It Backfires)
Trump's Voter-Suppression Strategy Is a Crisis (Even If It Backfires)
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Fox News, The Daily Beast, New York Times and Concerned Women for America
Robert Snell / Detroit News:
FBI nabs accused neo-Nazis in extremism crackdown in Michigan — Detroit — Federal agents on Thursday arrested two men as part of a continuing crackdown on extremism in Michigan three weeks after the FBI said it thwarted a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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New York Times, UPI, Political Wire, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, The Hill, TheBlaze and Fox News
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
Walmart Pulls Guns, Ammo Displays in U.S. Stores, Citing Civil Unrest — Retailer says move is a safety precaution but customers can still purchase firearms and ammunition — Walmart Inc. has removed all guns and ammunition from the sales floors of its U.S. stores this week …
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The Hill, USA Today, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Fortune, Mediaite, NBC10 Philadelphia and New York Times
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Heat at Trump rally sends a dozen attendees to the hospital … A crowded Trump rally in steamy Tampa, Florida, on Thursday resulted in 17 attendees needing medical attention, with a dozen being taken to the hospital, fire officials told NBC News. — Trump spoke for just under an hour …
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The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times, Breitbart, Tampa Bay Times, The Week, The Guardian, Associated Press, Mediaite and Washington Times
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
UPS Finds Mystery Tucker Carlson Package — ‘URGENT INVESTIGATION’ — A spokesman for UPS told The Daily Beast on Thursday that they had located a mysterious packaged that Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested had been deliberately misplaced or intercepted because it contained “damning” materials on the Biden family.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Emails show how Pompeos mixed personal, official business — WASHINGTON — Less than three months after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was sworn in, his son, Nick, reached out to thank State Department officials for a private tour they had given him and his mother, Susan Pompeo, of the agency's in-house museum.
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The Hill, The American Independent, Twitchy, Gothamist and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Quietly Quash Inquiry Into Tamir Rice Killing — Supervisors denied civil-rights prosecutors' request to use a grand jury for their investigation into the 2014 shooting of a Black boy by a Cleveland police officer, but did not tell his family.
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The Hill and Law & Crime
Amy Forliti / Associated Press:
Court: Late Minnesota absentee ballots must be separated — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that Minnesota's absentee ballots that come in after Election Day should be separated from the rest of the ballots, in case a future order makes those votes invalid.
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Axios, Politico, Reuters, CNN, Star Tribune, Townhall, WCCO | CBS Minnesota and Twin Cities
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders
Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders
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Slate, Fox News, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, CNN, redstate.com, Bloomberg, Reuters, Townhall and Outside the Beltway
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3 million — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party's chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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New York Times:
Turkish Bank Case Showed Erdogan's Influence With Trump — New details of the Justice Department's handling of the accusations against Halkbank reveal how Turkey's leader pressured the president, prompting concern from top White House aides. — WASHINGTON — Geoffrey S. Berman was outraged.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden camp slams Facebook as thousands of ads remain blocked in final week — Biden's campaign said ads that had previously been approved by the tech giant have been erroneously removed. — Thousands of ads from Joe Biden's campaign have been blocked by Facebook, in an effort to limit …
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Jeremy B. Merrill / The Markup:
Facebook Charged Biden a Higher Price Than Trump for Campaign Ads
Facebook Charged Biden a Higher Price Than Trump for Campaign Ads
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Isaac Stone Fish / Foreign Policy:
Wilbur Ross Remained on Chinese Joint Venture Board While Running U.S.-China Trade War — Chinese documents show that the U.S. commerce secretary did not successfully step down from all his corporate commitments. — Wilbur Ross, an investor-turned-U.S. commerce secretary …
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Raw Story and Atlantic Council
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Jerry Falwell Jr. sues Liberty University — Former Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. announced Thursday that he had filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming that it had “needlessly injured and damaged his reputation” after his resignation earlier this year.
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NBC News, PR Newswire, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, Politico and The Daily Beast
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Potentially thousands of requested mail ballots lost in Butler County, official says — HARRISBURG — Potentially thousands of mail ballots requested by Butler County voters appear to be lost, a county official said Wednesday, and the U.S. Postal Service has been asked to immediately investigate what happened to them.
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Washington Post, Butler Eagle Online, redstate.com, TheBlaze, The Hill, CBS Pittsburgh, Spotlight PA and Fox News
The Economist:
Why it has to be Biden — Donald Trump has desecrated the values that make America a beacon to the world — THE COUNTRY that elected Donald Trump in 2016 was unhappy and divided. The country he is asking to re-elect him is more unhappy and more divided.
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Washington Post, Newsmax, DemCast, Florida Politics and Bloomberg
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
Even More White Lies — Furman professor resigns suddenly after an anonymous critic outs her as white, not Chicana, as she'd claimed. — Another week, another unmasking of a white professor allegedly posing as a person of color: this time it's Kelly Kean Sharp, a scholar of African American history …
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Medium, Power Line and The Daily Caller
Andrew Pantazi / Florida Times Union:
Duval County judge leading vote-counting board donated to Trump 12 times. That's not allowed. — A local judge and head of Duval County's vote-counting board has donated repeatedly to President Trump's re-election campaign and other Republican efforts, and his home is covered in signs supporting Trump …
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The Hill, Florida Politics, Raw Story and Political Wire
Washington Post:
What happens to Fox News if Trump loses? Rupert Murdoch is prepared. — Spend a couple hours with Fox News on a typical weeknight, and you may come to see the potential election of Joe Biden as a cataclysm in the making. — Prime-time host Laura Ingraham recently warned her viewers of the …
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Suspends U.S. Border Chief For Celebrating Wall's Protection From Illegal Aliens — Twitter suspended U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan for a post celebrating the success of the U.S. southern border wall keeping violent criminals from reaching American communities.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Senate debate on WSB canceled after Perdue pulls out of Sunday showdown — ‘Shame on you,’ Ossoff said — The third and final televised debate in the race between U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff was canceled Thursday after the Republican incumbent pulled out to join President Donald Trump …
EL PAÍS:
A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air … Six people get together in a private home, one of whom is infected. Some 31% of coronavirus outbreaks recorded in Spain are caused by this kind of gathering, mainly between family and friends.
Tom Hixon / The Bulwark:
Me, Joe, and the Worst Phone Call in the World — The link between empathy and leadership. — More than 225,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19, a tragedy so vast that it's hard to comprehend. Some people have searched for understanding by noting that the death toll is greater …
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Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
Melania's Plastic Camelot — Stephanie Winston Wolkoff's tell-all book about the first lady is as sordid as it is fascinating. — Stephanie winston wolkoff is one of those patriotic Americans who went to work in the Trump White House, only to come soaring back over the gates, rejected by the host organism.
Joe Biden / The Christian Post:
The greatest commandment has guided my politics … I will choose a different way. My administration will lead a decisive public health response that ramps up free testing so we can trace this virus and curb its spread; eliminates all cost barriers to treatment for COVID-19 …
Politico:
Exclusive: Warren will make case to be Biden's Treasury secretary — Warren's move could set up a marquee fight over what will be one of the most consequential Cabinet roles in a Biden administration. — While Elizabeth Warren has developed a relationship with Joe Biden …
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The Hill, Boston Herald and The Daily Caller
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Dan Bongino Has No Idea Why Facebook Loves Him — The right-wing commentator, whose page performs better than those of major news organizations, is perplexed by his social media success. — Just a few years ago, Dan Bongino was a B-list pundit working on the fringes of conservative media.
The Economist:
Battle-hymn of the Never Trumpers — Renegade Republicans represent the breadth—and the admirable best—of Joe Biden's coalition — The irony of the election that unleashed Donald Trump upon America was how normal it was. Contrary to early reports, he was not elevated to the presidency …