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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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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Trump changes election night plans, cancels party at Trump International: report
Trump changes election night plans, cancels party at Trump International: report
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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Matt Taibbi / Reporting:
Glenn Greenwald On His Resignation From The Intercept — The Pulitzer winner founded the Intercept to challenge official narratives and protect editorial freedom. When editors abandoned those principles, spiking a controversial story, he was forced to quit — 12 hr
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Greenwald:
My Resignation From The Intercept — The same trends of repression, censorship …
My Resignation From The Intercept — The same trends of repression, censorship …
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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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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:
'We've got to stop the bleeding': Democrats sound alarm in Miami — MIAMI — Democrats are sounding the alarm about weak voter turnout rates in Florida's biggest county, Miami-Dade, where a strong Republican showing is endangering Joe Biden's chances in the nation's biggest swing state.
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Timothy Evans / HillReporter.com:
Miami GOP Mayor Caught Trying to Suppress Voting
Miami GOP Mayor Caught Trying to Suppress Voting
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. said covid-19 deaths are at ‘almost nothing.’ The virus killed more than 1,000 Americans the same day. — Donald Trump Jr. declared on Thursday night that coronavirus deaths had dropped to “almost nothing,” questioning the seriousness of the pandemic on a record-breaking …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Don Jr. dismisses coronavirus deaths: ‘The number is almost nothing’
Don Jr. dismisses coronavirus deaths: ‘The number is almost nothing’
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Washington Post, USA Today and National Review
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
My Never Trump Elegy — Shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, the author John le Carré's most famous creation, the fictional British spy George Smiley, reflected on a career spent fighting a now-vanquished enemy. — “There are some people,” Smiley said at a dinner among young recruits …
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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.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Sure Are Pushing Some Crazy Legal Theories Lately — And they all lead to the mass disqualification of mail ballots. — In an ideal world, the Supreme Court would provide stability in the run-up to a presidential election, imposing uniform rules based on long-accepted principles of election law.
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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 …
In Outrageous 2-1 Decision Ignoring Reliance Interests and Rejecting the Purcell Principle, 8th Circuit Panel Orders Segregation of Late Arriving Ballots in Minnesota …
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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.
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Scott Walker / Washington Times:
Donald Trump delivered on promises and gets results — Joe Biden would get rid of the Trump tax cuts and that means a crippling tax increase — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — Actions speak louder than words. Donald Trump comes from the private sector, where results matter more than promises.
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Donald Trump / Fox News:
Reelect me and I will continue to deliver safety, prosperity and opportunity for all Americans
Reelect me and I will continue to deliver safety, prosperity and opportunity for all Americans
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American Greatness, New York Times and Breitbart
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.
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 …
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Police took a Black toddler from his family's SUV. Then, the union used his photo as ‘propaganda,’ attorneys say. — On Thursday, the nation's largest police union posted a photo to social media taken during the unrest in Philadelphia this week, where hundreds of protesters clashed …
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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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CREW:
Special interest groups likely spent more than $13 million at Trump properties. They got what they paid for. … While it's long been routine for wealthy interests seeking to buy access and influence over a president to do so by making large political contributions to his campaign and allied groups …
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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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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Rachel Adams-Heard / Bloomberg:
Texas Beats Total 2016 Vote Count Four Days Before Election Day — Early voting shatters records in both cities and rural areas — Polls suggest reliably Republican stronghold is now a toss up — In a sign of the passions sparked by the U.S. presidential race …
Stacy Fernández / The Texas Tribune:
Despite polls showing a close race, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claims if Democrats win on Election Day, it will be “because they stole it” — Voter fraud in absentee voting, as with any type of voting, is rare. Many states, including many run by Republicans, have expanded mail-in voting options during the pandemic.
Jo Craven McGinty / Wall Street Journal:
With No Commute, Americans Simply Worked More During Coronavirus — Employees spent over 22 million extra hours on their primary job each workday — What would you do with an extra hour each day? — For many people, the answer is...work more. — From mid-March to mid-September …
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.
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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 …
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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. …
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
The State Department wouldn't reveal its payments to Mar-a-Lago. Here's how we found them. — In April 2018, President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club charged taxpayers $3 so that Trump could drink water. — That charge was one of many bills that Mar-a-Lago sent to the State Department …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Yes, Media Are Rigging The Election Against Half The Country. Here's How — Will all this be enough for mass media to win the day? People will find out next week. — Even if Donald Trump had lost the 2016 election, instead of won it in a surprise, the media's coverage of his campaign …
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN, MSNBC prime-time shows skip historic 33.1% GDP growth amid economic recovery — Both anti-Trump networks have a history of ignoring headlines that benefit the president during prime time — Trump touts record-shattering GDP growth amid surging COVID numbers
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Project Syndicate:
Will Fascism Win the US Election? | by Jason Stanley, Federico Finchelstein and Pablo Piccato — For months leading up to the US presidential election, Donald Trump has been doubling down on the quintessential features of fascism, presenting himself as a messiah and father of the nation …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Neither Trump Nor Biden Drink Alcohol — Spirits may be low around the country, but don't expect them to be raised in the White House after the election; neither President Trump nor Joseph R. Biden Jr. partakes in alcohol. — A presidential election that has driven a nation to drink …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump MN rally capped at 250 at state insistence — President Donald Trump's campaign says it will cap his planned rally Friday in Rochester, Minnesota to 250 people at the insistence of state and local officials — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Why the 2020s Could Be as Dangerous as the 1850s — If Joe Biden beats Donald Trump decisively next week, this election may be remembered as a hinge point in American history: the moment when a clear majority of voters acknowledged that there's no turning back from America's transformation …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
A Journey into the Heart of America's Voting Paranoia — The president's campaign to discredit mail-in ballots has eroded trust in the electoral system. So why are so many people still voting? — Steve Craft, M. Scott Mahaskey, and Mike Roemer for Politico Magazine; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
How Trump Could Shock the World Again — It was late in the evening at Hillary Clinton's victory party in 2016, and by that point, the guests understood there would be neither a victory nor a party. As Donald Trump's upset sank in among the hordes at the Javits Center in Manhattan, I asked one Clinton supporter how he was feeling.
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