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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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National Review, Reason, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Fox News, The Guardian, redstate.com, The Western Journal, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, Big League Politics, Instapundit, The Federalist, The New Neo, Breitbart, New York Post, The Hill, Althouse, Twitchy, The Post Millennial, Balloon Juice, The Wrap, The Daily Beast and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Mother Jones, Mediaite, Fox News and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Greenwald:
Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept — An attempt to assess the importance of the known evidence, and a critique of media lies to protect their favored candidate, could not be published at The Intercept … TITLE: THE REAL SCANDAL: U.S. MEDIA USES FALSEHOODS TO DEFEND JOE BIDEN FROM HUNTER'S EMAILS
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Reporting by Matt Taibbi, Townhall, Breitbart, Althouse, The Post Millennial, New York Post and Byline Times
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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The Daily Beast, Gizmodo, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: NY Post's ‘Smoking Gun’ Hunter Biden Email 100% Authentic, Forensic Analysis Concludes — An email Hunter Biden received in April 2015 from a Burisma executive discussing an introduction to then-Vice President Joe Biden, which lies at the heart of a New York Post investigation …
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redstate.com
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KTUL-TV:
DOJ official confirms FBI 2019 criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, still active — WASHINGTON (SBG) - A justice department official has confirmed to Sinclair Broadcast Group that the FBI opened up a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden and his associates back in 2019 …
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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, redstate.com, The Western Journal, RealClearPolitics, New York Post and TheBlaze
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
In Outrageous 2-1 Decision Ignoring Reliance Interests and Rejecting the Purcell Principle, 8th Circuit Panel Orders Segregation of Late Arriving Ballots in Minnesota, With Strong Hints Late Arriving Ballots Will Be Excluded from The Count — It is hard to know where to start with this opinion.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Sure Are Pushing Some Crazy Legal Theories Lately
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Sure Are Pushing Some Crazy Legal Theories Lately
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CANNONFIRE, Washington Post, New York Times, IJR and POLITICUSUSA
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's effort to steal the election, explained by a Democrat fighting against it
Trump's effort to steal the election, explained by a Democrat fighting against it
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Verdict, Fox News, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Reason, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, The Week and Raw Story
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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Fox News, CNN, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, redstate.com, Bloomberg, Townhall, TheBlaze and Outside the Beltway
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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NBC News, Public Policy Polling, CNN, Fox News, The Hill, FiveThirtyEight, Florida Politics, Breitbart, New York Times, Washington Post, Mediaite and Monmouth University …
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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Biden Maintains Lead
Biden Maintains Lead
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Hotair, Politico, Associated Press and POLITICUSUSA
Timothy Evans / HillReporter.com:
Miami GOP Mayor Caught Trying to Suppress Voting — With the coronavirus keeping seats empty in sports stadiums and arenas around the country, the owners of many of those venues have opened them up as polling locations for the Nov. 3 election to help keep voters socially distant as they cast their ballots.
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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 Guardian, The Week, The Daily Caller, NPR, USA Today, Fortune, Mediaite, redstate.com, The Hill, Breitbart, UPI, NBC10 Philadelphia and New York Times
New York Times:
After bitter debate in Georgia, Senator David Perdue cancels third face off with Jon Ossoff. — Senator David Perdue of Georgia withdrew on Thursday from the final debate in his tight re-election race, a day after his Democratic challenger, Jon Ossoff, called him a “crook” …
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, The Week, CNN and Reuters
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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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Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
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The Atlantic:
The Pandemic Is in Uncharted Territory — The fall surge is rewriting the coronavirus record books across America. And the numbers are still climbing. — The COVID Tracking Project … The United States set a new record for reported cases this week, breaking 500,000 …
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CNN and The COVID Tracking Project
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Denialism, Dishonesty, Deflection: The Final Days of the Trump Campaign Have It All — The President is ending his reëlection bid with scandals that call into question the legitimacy of next week's vote. — No one wants to admit it, but in Washington, D.C., the election might as well be over …
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Washington Times, FactCheck.org, Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A harsh new anti-Trump ad flips the script on his biggest issue — For many years, Democratic strategists have generally seen immigration as a tough issue for them — not necessarily because they can't win the argument about it on the merits, but rather because it motivated hardcore Republican voters far more than anyone else.
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Associated Press, LewRockwell and Talking Points Memo
Zack Stanton / Politico:
‘People Are Going To Be Shocked’: Return of the ‘Shy’ Trump Voter? — In 2016, pollsters Arie Kapteyn and Robert Cahaly saw Trump coming. In 2020, they see polls again underestimating his support. — Zack Stanton is digital editor of Politico Magazine.
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Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, The Unz Review and One America News Network
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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Business Insider, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Boston Herald and Fox News
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Michael Moore doesn't believe the polls showing Biden ahead of Trump — The presidential election, especially in swing states, is probably much closer than polls predict, according to the liberal film maker — Trump supporters don't believe polls, predict reelection ‘landslide’
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HotAir, The Daily Beast, The American Spectator, The Hill and Investor's Business Daily
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 …
Carlos Sanchez / The Atlantic:
COVID-19 Is Killing My People—And No One Seems to Care — At half past one on the morning of July 1, my 60th birthday, I awoke shivering. Since summertime chills are rare in South Texas, I immediately grew concerned. As the director of public affairs for Hidalgo County …
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.
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 …
BuzzFeed News:
Here Are Thousands Of Documents About Immigrants Who Have Died In ICE Custody — Since January 2017, at least four dozen people have died while being held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. — Some were old, and some were young. Some had been in the US for years before being detained …
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
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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Breitbart, The American Independent, The Hill, Gothamist, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Twitchy
Liz Ruskin / Alaska Public Media:
New Pebble tapes: 'You aren't held to your promises' in election season, mine exec says — The environmental group that captured executives of the Pebble Mine bragging about their sway over Alaska's senators and governor have released new footage from those secretly recorded sessions.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Don't Sweat the Polls — “I want to feel hopeful about Joe Biden's chances this year, but I just can't,” my neighbor confessed to me, as we stood in line outside a coffee shop. What had begun as pleasant conversation—dogs, the temperature, clouds—had been pulled, through the vortex known …
Paul Brandus / USA Today:
Americans say they're better off, but not due to Trump — And yet the same percentage — 56% — say Trump “does not deserve to be reelected, while 43% say he does,” Gallup says. — It's an extraordinary disconnect: Americans say they're better off, but they don't give the incumbent president credit.
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Nevada Democratic Party and The Hill
New York Post:
State trooper dates Cuomo's daughter, gets transferred close to Canada — A state trooper assigned to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's security detail got hot and heavy with one of New York's first daughters — and was soon transferred to a post near the Canadian border, The Post has learned.
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The Daily Caller
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump's Voter-Suppression Strategy Is a Crisis (Even If It Backfires) — The president is trying to win reelection by disenfranchising as many Democrats as he can. As of this writing, 78 million Americans have already voted, putting the U.S. on pace to witness its highest-turnout election in more than a century.
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The Daily Beast, New York Times, Concerned Women for America, Daily Kos, Fox News and Denver Post
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, TheBlaze, UPI, Occupy Democrats, The Hill, Political Wire and Raw Story
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
No Selfies or Hugs, but Biden Is Sneaking In Meet and Greets — From a distance, with an elbow tap instead of a hug, the former vice president is getting a version of the in-person campaigning he loves. — Before a speech this month in Durham, N.C., Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his way around …