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John F. Harris / Politico:
McConnell Is on the Losing Side of History — And He Knows It  —  Mitch McConnell may be driving American politics to the brink of insanity, but let's assume that the majority leader himself is entirely sane.  —  There are two possible reasons why it would be rational for him to act …
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz blocks a U.S. Senate resolution to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, citing a “partisan” amendment  —  The junior Texas senator objected to language his Democratic counterparts added noting that late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish was that a successor …
Dion Rabouin / Axios:
Wall Street fears meltdown over election and Supreme Court  —  The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and President Trump's vow to name her replacement to the Supreme Court before November's election are amplifying Wall Street's worries about major volatility and market losses ahead of and even after the election.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
With Nothing Else Working, Trump Races to Make a New Supreme Court Justice the Issue
Washington Post:
GOP senators' report calls Hunter Biden's board position with Ukraine firm ‘problematic,’ but fails to show how it changed U.S. policy  —  A pair of Senate Republican committee chairmen released a report Wednesday arguing that Hunter Biden's board position with a Ukrainian energy company was …
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Politico:
GOP senators' anti-Biden report repackages old claims  —  For a year, Senate Republicans have teased a bombshell investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden that could rock the former vice president's campaign for the White House.  —  But an interim report, issued by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) …
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
Senate Report Accuses Hunter Biden Of Paying For Hookers Who May Have Been Trafficked
Discussion: Redstate
Politico:
Trump falls into the trap he set for Biden  —  Donald Trump will face Joe Biden within days for the first of three presidential debates, and some of the president's supporters are already bracing for a humiliating loss.  —  White House allies, Republican donors and some of Trump's closest advisers worry …
Discussion: The Hill and Common Dreams
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC polls: Trump and Biden in tight races in Florida, Arizona  —  Sunbelt battlegrounds could hold key to 2020 election outcome  —  President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden are locked in close races in Florida and Arizona, according to a pair of Washington Post-ABC News polls …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Cindy McCain Endorses Biden, Citing Trump's Disparagement of Troops  —  The widow of Senator John McCain praised Joe Biden's “character and integrity” and noted that both he and her family had children who had served in the military.  —  WASHINGTON — Cindy McCain, the widow of Senator John McCain …
Barton Gellman / The Atlantic:
The Election That Could Break America  —  Illustrations by Guillem Casasús / Renderings by Borja Alegre  —  There is a cohort of close observers of our presidential elections, scholars and lawyers and political strategists, who find themselves in the uneasy position of intelligence analysts in the months before 9/11.
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
House Democrats unveil reforms to ‘prevent future presidential abuses’  —  House Democrats unveiled a sweeping package of reforms Wednesday morning designed to strengthen Congress's ability to check the executive branch and prevent abuses of power, especially by the president.
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New York Times:
White House Accused of Intervening to Keep Bolton's Book From Becoming Public  —  A career official said political appointees “commandeered” the prepublication review process.  —  WASHINGTON — White House aides improperly intervened to falsely assert that a manuscript by the former national …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Allegations of racism have marked Trump's presidency and become key issue as election nears  —  In unguarded moments with senior aides, President Trump has maintained that Black Americans have mainly themselves to blame in their struggle for equality, hindered more by lack of initiative …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
CIA clamps down on flow of Russia intelligence to White House  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Gina Haspel and President Donald Trump attend the swearing-in ceremony for Haspel as CIA director May 21, 2018, in Langley, Va. |  The CIA has made it harder for intelligence about Russia to reach …
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Countervailing Shifts in a Stable Race  —  Democrat makes gains in special Senate election  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Donald Trump and Joe Biden remain locked in a tight race for Georgia's electoral votes according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon '80s tale  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — They were two men in Manhattan who craved the same thing: validation.  One was a brash, young real estate developer looking to put his stamp on New York, the other a disgraced elder statesman bent on repairing his reputation.
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
DHS awarded $6 million in contracts to firm where Acting Secretary Wolf's wife is executive … WASHINGTON — The consulting firm where the wife of acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf is an executive has been awarded more than $6 million in contracts from the Department …
Discussion: Reuters, The Hill, Forbes and Raw Story
Jessica Taylor / The Cook Political Report:
Colorado Senate Moves From Toss Up to Lean Democrat  —  With a Supreme Court nominee now all but certain to be confirmed by the GOP-controlled Senate this year (either before or after the election), it looks like there will only be two defections from Republican ranks — Maine Sen. Susan Collins …
The Economist:
Estimated Senate seats  —  Our model is updated every day, blending the latest data on polls and fundraising with “fundamental” factors like incumbency and each state's partisan lean.  Below is a chart over time of our best estimate of the most likely number of Senate seats each party will win …
New York Times:
The Russian Trolls Have a Simpler Job Today.  Quote Trump.  —  As part of their attempt to interfere with the 2020 election, Russians are grabbing screenshots of President Trump's tweets, or quoting his own misleading statements, analysts and officials say.
Discussion: Bulwark+ and Raw Story
Michael S. Schmidt / NBC News:
The story of how Trump chose children over country — and the men who tried to stop him  —  This piece has been adapted from “Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President” by Michael S. Schmidt.  —  Counterintelligence officials had concerns about the attempts …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Five Things Biden and His Allies Should Be Worried About  —  Interestingly, the suburban vote may not be one of them.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  There are at least five reasons Joe Biden's consistent lead …
John Caniglia / Plain Dealer:
Voters' groups say poor face 90-minute travel time to deliver ballots to Cuyahoga County's lone drop box  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Voting-rights advocates say it could take some Cuyahoga County residents as long as 90 minutes in travel time to cast an absentee ballot at the county's only drop box.
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
Facebook will let Trump run ads on election night prematurely claiming victory  —  Facebook banned political ads a week before the election, but it's the period after the election that it should be worried about.  Here's why.  —  At 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on election night …
BuzzFeed News:
The Victims Of Violence During The Kenosha Protests Are Suing Facebook And Kyle Rittenhouse  —  Four people are suing Facebook for its alleged role in enabling the violence that overtook the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August.  —  The five-count civil complaint filed late Tuesday …
Discussion: The Intercept
Tyler Pager / Bloomberg:
Kamala Harris Downplays Debate Skills as Buttigieg Stands In for Pence  — Former prosecutor known for withering attacks on opponents  — Harris created viral moments in presidential primary debates  —  Kamala Harris's team is working to manage public expectations that her upcoming debate …
Discussion: PinkNews, The Hill and Raw Story
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Harry and Meghan Encourage Americans to Vote  —  The couple did not endorse any candidates, but Meghan called the election “the most important election of our lifetime.”  —  LONDON — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, appeared in a video encouraging Americans to register to vote …
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Eric Trump Gave ‘False’ Reason for Dodging Deposition, New York AG Says  —  President Donald Trump's son Eric gave a judge a “false” explanation for why he backed out of a July deposition in a civil probe of the family business, New York's top law enforcement officer said in a court filing.
David French / Persuasion:
The Hate at the Heart of Conspiracy Theory  —  Liberty can survive intense disagreement.  But it cannot survive pure hate.  —  Something bothers me about the most common explanations for why conspiracy theories are spreading on the American right.  When trying to account for the rise …
Courier-Journal:
Kentucky attorney general to announce Breonna Taylor decision this afternoon  —  Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will be announcing the decision in the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor by Louisville police this afternoon, USA Today/ The Courier Journal has learned.
Discussion: New York Post
Pew Research Center:
The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate  —  In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters  —  The upcoming 2020 presidential election has drawn renewed attention to how demographic shifts across …
Alona Ferber / New Statesman:
Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in “anti-intellectual times”  —  Thirty years ago, the philosopher Judith Butler, now 64, published a book that revolutionised popular attitudes on gender.  Gender Trouble, the work she is perhaps best known for, introduced ideas of gender as performance.
Discussion: PinkNews
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump again minimizes the pandemic as officials warn of a fall surge  —  (CNN)A new clash between Donald Trump's political goals and his duties to public health threatens to deprive America of presidential leadership in the critical weeks that will decide if a second wave of Covid-19 swamps the country this winter.
 
 
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
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Ned Ryun / American Greatness:
In Michigan and Pennsylvania, the Democrats Plan to Cheat
Discussion: Washington Post and Reason
New York Times:
Vladimir Putin Thinks He Can Get Away With Anything
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
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Laurence Jarvik / THE LATEST:
Scientific American's Scientifically Indefensible Biden Endorsement
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
In apparent play for QAnon supporters, GOP attack ads claim Democrat lawmakers are defending ‘sex offenders’
Jim Kolbe / Arizona Daily Star:
I'm a conservative and I'm voting for Joe Biden
Elena Schneider / Politico:
The RNC is wiring cash to Texas. Is it a 2020 battleground?
Detroit Free Press:
West Michigan man says yard signs were stolen. So he put up Joe Biden freeway billboards.
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