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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Biden Holds Lead Despite Trump Gains in Swing Counties — Biden trusted more to handle pandemic — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 5-point to 7-point lead over Donald Trump among likely voters in Pennsylvania, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
“Law & Order” in Donald Trump's America — A sorry study in contrasts. — THE WHITE HOUSE IS SEEN BEHIND A LINE OF PARK POLICE OFFICERS WEARING RIOT GEAR AS THEY PUSH BACK DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE, JUNE 1, 2020 IN WASHINGTON D.C., DURING A PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
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How the Supreme Court is handling election cases
How the Supreme Court is handling election cases
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett hearing first Supreme Court oral arguments Monday
Justice Amy Coney Barrett hearing first Supreme Court oral arguments Monday
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Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Swing State Poll Finds No Late Shift in Presidential Race — In 2016 election, many pollsters missed 11th-hour shift among undecided voters toward Trump — WASHINGTON—Support for President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in a group of battleground states has remained unchanged in recent days …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
I'm Here To Remind You That Trump Can Still Win
I'm Here To Remind You That Trump Can Still Win
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What Trump Needs to Win: A Polling Error Much Bigger Than 2016's
What Trump Needs to Win: A Polling Error Much Bigger Than 2016's
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New York Times:
How Do Donalds Vote? Take Our Name Quiz to Find Out — We found some unexpected trends when we sorted our polling data by first name. — Over the past two months, The New York Times and Siena College have conducted polls in almost every battleground state, creating a large database of likely voters and their preferences.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
November Surprise: Trump to Fire Fauci After Election — Trump ensures the campaign's final news cycle is about his virus trutherism. — At the end of a one-day, five-stop coronavirus superspreader tour extending from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, the president of the United States …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert
Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert
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BBC:
Vladimir Marugov murder: Russian ‘Sausage King’ killed in sauna with a crossbow — A Russian oligarch, nicknamed The Sausage King, has been murdered with a crossbow, investigators say. — Vladimir Marugov and his partner were in an outdoor sauna when they were attacked, reportedly by two masked assailants.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Final House Ratings: Democrats Poised to Expand Majority by 10 to 15 Seats — After impeachment and a Supreme Court fight (that wasn't much of one) and amid a global pandemic and racial reckoning, many congressional candidates have struggled to control their own destiny.
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Federal authorities expected to erect ‘non-scalable’ fence around White House — Washington (CNN)Federal authorities are expected to put back into place a “non-scalable” fence around the entire perimeter of the White House on Monday as law enforcement and other agencies prepare …
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Benjamin L. Ginsberg / Washington Post:
My party is destroying itself on the altar of Trump — Benjamin L. Ginsberg practiced election law for 38 years. He co-chaired the bipartisan 2013 Presidential Commission on Election Administration. — President Trump has failed the test of leadership. His bid for reelection is foundering.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
It's the End of an Era for the Media, No Matter Who Wins the Election — Trump made the legacy media great again. Here's what's next for them. — There's a media phenomenon the old-time blogger Mickey Kaus calls “overism”: articles in the week before the election whose premise …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter names 7 outlets to call election results — Twitter on Monday provided more details about its policies around tweets that declare election results, and named the seven outlets it will lean on to help it determine whether a race is officially called.
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Axios:
A decades-long blue wave — Young voters, projected to turn out overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, could provide a huge advantage for Democrats not just this for this election, but for decades to come. — Driving the news: Pollsters and political scientists have been poring over two new reports …
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NBC News:
Trump lashes out after FBI announces investigation of Biden bus incident — President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at the FBI after the agency said it was investigating reports that a caravan of the president's supporters harassed a bus belonging to Joe Biden's campaign.
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Trump wrongly incites violence by supporting highway harassment of Biden bus
Trump wrongly incites violence by supporting highway harassment of Biden bus
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Wall Street Journal:
Doctors Begin to Crack Covid's Mysterious Long-Term Effects — Severe fatigue, memory lapses, heart problems affect patients who weren't that badly hit initially; 'It's been so long' — Nearly a year into the global coronavirus pandemic, scientists, doctors and patients are beginning …
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The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Tim Hrenchir / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Man thought people were stealing Donald Trump signs; three shot — Three people were shot late Saturday in North Topeka after a man confronted people he thought had been stealing signs promoting the campaign of Republican Presidential incumbent Donald Trump, a Topeka police supervisor said Sunday.
Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
Biden will win Nevada, blue wave should help down ballot — Election signs outside of the Washoe County Registrar of Voters Office on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. (Trevor Bexon/The Nevada Independent) — It's not impossible for President Donald Trump to win Nevada.
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Declan Leary / The American Conservative:
Sacha Baron Cohen, Propagandist — CIA contacts, a web of lies, and a robust propaganda operation. It's time to start asking questions about Borat's methods—and his goals. — Ayman Abu Aita is a family man. For years, he was a grocer by trade, running his shop in Bethlehem while serving …
The Dworkin Report:
Speaker Pelosi reveals the plan for investigating Trump's abuses of power — Scott speaks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) about what's next for the House's investigation of Donald Trump over his administration's failed coronavirus response has killed over 235,000 Americans.
Aubrey Wieber / Anchorage Daily News:
Gross campaign, Anti-Defamation League call on Sullivan to remove ad seen as anti-Semitic — An ad from Sen. Dan Sullivan's campaign came under fire over the weekend after several organizations called it anti-Semitic. — The ad shows Sullivan's challenger, Al Gross, holding a bunch of money, and standing behind a pile of $100 bills.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
The 2 big bets that will decide Florida — Democrats outnumber Republicans in Florida. But Republicans have more high-propensity voters. — POLITICO animation — MIAMI — The presidential contest in the nation's tightest swing state, and perhaps the entire race for the White House, ultimately comes down to two big bets.
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Mario Canseco / Research Co.:
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Set to Flip in U.S. Election — Ohio remains too close to call, while there is little danger for the Democrats in Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York. — Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds the upper hand over Republican incumbent Donald Trump …
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Reed Williams / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Witnesses describe clash at Lee Circle between caravan of Trump supporters and a crowd of opponents — Tempers flared Sunday as a “Trump train” of cars tried to pass Lee Circle along Monument Avenue and clashed with opposing protesters, drawing a police presence that blocked off the area to traffic.
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Joseph Menn / Reuters:
QAnon received earlier boost from Russian accounts on Twitter, archives show — (Reuters) - Russian government-backed social media accounts nurtured the QAnon conspiracy theory in its infancy, earlier than previously reported, according to interviews with current and former Twitter executives …
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
My predictions for the 2020 presidential and congressional races — Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. — “These are the times that try men's souls.” The opening line of Thomas Paine's Revolutionary War pamphlet series …
Axios:
The wealthy rush to shield their assets from Biden — High-net-worth Americans are busy setting up trust funds, giving large gifts to heirs and philanthropies, and even selling family businesses as they brace for the tax hikes a Biden presidency might bring.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
This Place Has Picked Every President Since 1952. Is Its Streak About to End? — Dear Washington, — You know what they say: “As Valencia County goes, so goes the nation.” — What? You've never heard that? You've never even heard of Valencia County? — Well, I suppose that's not altogether surprising.
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CREW:
Sixteen Trump administration officials violated the law to boost Trump campaign in October … During the month of October, at least 16 Trump administration officials have violated the Hatch Act a total of more than 60 times, in an unprecedented and escalating assault on the rule of law and the democratic process.
Michael Lee / Washington Examiner:
James Clyburn on polls showing increased black support for Trump: ‘I will have to pray for them’ — Democratic Rep. James Clyburn said he would “pray” for any black voters who cast a ballot for President Trump in this year's election. — During an interview with Fox News's Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum …
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