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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 …
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 …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Trump Changes Election Night Plans as Campaigns Begin Last Push  —  President Trump canceled plans to appear at Trump International Hotel for an election night party.  New coronavirus infections are surging across the country, including in battleground states …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump adviser Stephen Miller reveals aggressive second-term immigration agenda  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller has fleshed out plans to rev up Trump's restrictive immigration agenda if he wins re-election next week, offering a stark contrast to the platform of Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: It's the pandemic, stupid
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A harsh new anti-Trump ad flips the script on his biggest issue
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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.
Discussion: The Stern Facts
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Don Jr. dismisses coronavirus deaths: ‘The number is almost nothing’
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 …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
How to spot a red or blue ‘mirage’ in early election night results  —  Road to 270: Trump running against Biden and his own record  —  Washington (CNN)Election night will be an unusual experience this year.  Early results that pop up shortly after the polls close might look very different …
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
A top Interior official has controversial views on race.  He used a white supremacist website to support them.  —  Jeremy Carl called Black Lives Matter a racist organization in articles written before his appointment this month.  He also cited an opinion by Jared Taylor, who said Black people destroy any civilization they control.
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 …
Discussion: CNN and The COVID Tracking Project
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Stephen Montemayor / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Federal judges order post-Election Day ballots in Minnesota to be held
Ron Suskind / New York Times:
The Day After Election Day  —  Current and former Trump administration officials are worried about what might happen on Nov. 4.  —  Mr. Suskind is an investigative journalist who has written about the presidency and national affairs for more than three decades.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's chances hinge on a polling screw-up way worse than 2016  —  President Donald Trump still has a path to a second term.  But it would take a polling debacle that would make 2016 look like a banner year.  —  According to a series of battleground state polls conducted and released …
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 …
Kathleen Gray / New York Times:
In Michigan, a Suburban County That Flipped Blue Isn't Looking Back  —  Oakland County, Mich., a Republican stronghold 12 years ago that is now solidly Democratic, is a prime example of the political evolution taking place in many of the nation's suburbs.  —  WATERFORD, Mich. …
Harry Stevens / Washington Post:
Coronavirus cases are on the rise in every swing state  —  7-day rolling average of daily new cases per 100,000 people in 13 swing states Hover on the chart to see each state's trajectory.  —  Coronavirus cases are surging in every competitive state before Election Day …
Josh Venable / Detroit News:
As a Republican, I'm tired of Trump's division, discord, vitriol and hate  —  I am a lifelong Republican.  And I am exhausted.  —  Nearly all my career, I have worked for Republican candidates and conservative causes, managing campaigns, organizing coalitions and raising money.
Mark Hemingway / RealClearInvestigations:
Roots of Antifa: This ‘Idea’ Has Violent Consequences  —  As riots and looting consumed Philadelphia this week after a fatal police shooting, a radical left-wing group, the “Philly Socialists,” began monitoring police scanners and relaying information to help protesters evade arrest.
The Forward:
We're Orthodox IDF veterans.  We're voting Biden because Trump has endangered Israel.  —  We are proud Orthodox Israeli-Americans, alumni of Israeli education institutions and former IDF soldiers.  We are both voting for Joe Biden in the upcoming elections.  —  We realize that we are an anomaly in our milieu.
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.
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 …
Joe Walsh / The Bulwark:
Hannity, Tucker, and Me  —  Mirrors don't lie.  —  Donald Trump will lose in four days.  Or in five days.  Or in six days.  But he will lose.  And when he loses, everyone in the conservative media world will have a decision to make.  If past is prologue, the vast majority of these folks …
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’
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Facebook, Trump, and the fight to win Pennsylvania  —  PITTSBURGH — When thousands of Trump supporters, in an estimated 2,000 cars and trucks, gathered for the “Interstate 70 Trump Train,” a road rally covering Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania last weekend, I asked many of them how they had learned about the event.
April Siese / CBS News:
Louisville police officer sues Kenneth Walker, boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, for emotional distress, assault and battery  —  An officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has filed a civil suit against the 26-year-old's boyfriend for emotional distress, assault and battery on the night she was killed.
Discussion: The Hill
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
My Never Trump Elegy  —  Courage exercised only when the coast is clear is not courage; it is opportunism.  —  Author of The Death of Expertise  —  Shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, the author John le Carré's most famous creation, the fictional British spy George Smiley …
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 …
Politico:
Pence absent from Covid-19 planning calls for more than a month  —  When Vice President Mike Pence first took charge of the White House's coronavirus task force, among his earliest moves was establishing a standing call with all 50 governors aimed at closely coordinating the nation's pandemic fight.
 
 
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Vera Bergengruen / TIME:
In Last-Minute Swing through Key States, DHS and ICE Are Making the Case for Donald Trump's Re-Election
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Associated Press:
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The FBI is hiring an outside contractor to help turn the page on a spying controversy from the 2016 presidential election. Here's why.
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BuzzFeed News:
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Discussion: Washington Post
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