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Washington Post:
Belligerent Trump debate performance stokes fears among Republicans about November  —  The aftermath of the first presidential debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden triggered a reckoning among Republicans on Wednesday about the incumbent's incendiary remarks …
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New York Times:
A Debate That Can't Be Ignored  —  Americans need to face the man who is their president.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.
New York Times:
G.O.P. Alarmed by Trump's Comments on Extremist Group, Fearing a Drag on the Party  —  For the second time in two weeks, Republicans distanced themselves from the president, expressing unease about his failure to disavow a right-wing organization linked with white supremacy and acts of violence.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump backs violent white supremacists. There's no way around it.
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Crew of Far-Right Vigilante Poll Watchers Is Coming
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Internal document shows Trump officials were told to make comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse  —  WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials were directed to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Chris Wallace Calls Debate ‘a Terrible Missed Opportunity’  —  The veteran anchor conceded he was initially “reluctant” to step in during the Trump-Biden matchup.  “I've never been through anything like this,” he said.  —  “I'm just sad with the way last night turned out.”
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CBS News:
Debates commission plans to cut off mics if Trump or Biden break rules
National Review:
Voters Deserve to Know Where Joe Biden Stands on Court-Packing
Discussion: The Week and Spectator USA
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The Family Is Worried Brad Will Start Talking”: Trumpworld Panics Over Debate Fiasco as Campaign Turmoil Mounts  —  Over three days, the New York Times dropped a tax bombshell, Florida cops cuffed Brad Parscale, and the president just couldn't help himself onstage.
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Politico:
Parscale steps away from Trump campaign as wife denies physical abuse  —  Brad Parscale, a senior adviser to Donald Trump's campaign who was involuntarily detained by police this weekend, said he is stepping away from the reelection effort and seeking help for what he called “overwhelming stress” on him and his family.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett supported group that said life begins at fertilization  —  Barrett signed newspaper ad in 2006 sponsored by St Joseph County Right to Life, an extreme anti-choice group  —  Amy Coney Barrett, the Trump administration's supreme court nominee …
Discussion: Political Wire
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BBC:
Pope rejects US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting  —  The Vatican has denied US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo an audience with Pope Francis.  —  The Holy See said the Pontiff does not receive politicians during an election period.  —  The move adds to a diplomatic row following comments …
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Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Trump requires food aid boxes to come with a letter from him  —  The Agriculture Department last week began mandating that millions of boxes of surplus food for needy families include a letter from President Donald Trump claiming credit for the program.  —  The USDA's $4 billion Farmers …
Discussion: The Hill, Slate and Raw Story
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Millions of Americans risk losing power and water as massive, unpaid utility bills pile up  —  More than 179 million people may be at risk for shut-offs as many state protections end  —  This Tuesday marked 67 days of darkness for Kenneth Parson.  He fell behind on his utility bills in the spring …
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
H. R. McMaster: ‘Condemning White Supremacists Should Be a Layup’  —  As the election nears, a parade of ex-administration officials and political advisers has come forward to denounce President Donald Trump and offer firsthand accounts of incompetence and venality running through his government.
Discussion: Axios and POLITICUSUSA
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Over 50 Republican former U.S. national security officials join Biden endorsement
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
New York Times:
Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump  —  Cornell University researchers analyzing 38 million English-language articles about the pandemic found that President Trump was the largest driver of the “infodemic.”  —  WASHINGTON — Of the flood of misinformation …
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Is ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Virus Misinformation, Study Finds
Discussion: Defector
NBC News:
Biden outspent Trump $153 million to $57 million on ads in a single month  —  WASHINGTON — We've told you how Joe Biden passed President Trump in the money race.  Now let's show you how Biden is spending his money — and how Trump isn't, at least over the advertising airwaves.
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Biden Lead Looks Firmer as Midwest Moves His Way  —  Dear Readers: Join us today at 2 p.m. eastern for our latest episode of Sabato's Crystal Ball: America Votes.  We'll be reacting to the first debate and going over the state of the race, including the many rating changes we made today (see below).
CBS News:
Kentucky attorney general says he never recommended murder charges in Breonna Taylor case  —  Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Tuesday that he never recommended murder charges against police officers for Breonna Taylor's death.  The grand jury handed down no charges in connection with Taylor's death.
New York Times:
Ski, Party, Seed a Pandemic: The Travel Rules That Let Covid-19 Take Flight  —  The World Health Organization said open borders would help fight disease.  Experts, and a global treaty, emphatically agreed.  But the scientific evidence was never behind them.
The Guardian:
Brexit: EU launches legal action against UK for breaching withdrawal agreement … Play Video  —  The EU has launched legal action against the UK after Boris Johnson failed to respond to Brussels' demand that he drop legislation that would overwrite the withdrawal agreement and break international law.
Discussion: Breitbart, Guido Fawkes and Raw Story
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Politico:
EU launches legal action against UK over Brexit law
Spiegel Online:
“I Assert that Putin Was Behind the Crime”  —  Interview Conducted by Benjamin Bidder und Christian Esch  —  It's six o'clock in the morning on Wednesday when Alexei Navalny shows up at the Berlin editorial office of DER SPIEGEL for an interview.  The office is located a few hundred meters …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The definitive case for ending the filibuster  —  Every argument for the filibuster, considered and debunked.  —  If Joe Biden wins the White House, and Democrats take back the Senate, there is one decision that will loom over every other.  It is a question that dominated no debates …
Discussion: New York Times
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Listen to What Trump 2016 Swing-State Voters Had to Say About the Debate  —  Nine women.  All from swing states.  All 2016 Trump voters.  And they have thoughts about Trump's debate meltdown.  —  On Wednesday night I checked back in with a focus group of female 2016 Trump voters …
The Nation:
Fire Donald Trump  —  We have no illusions about Biden, but we need him to win.  —  This is the most important election in our lifetimes—and one of the most consequential in The Nation's 155-year history.  Accepting his party's nomination in 2016, Donald Trump promised to …
Wall Street Journal:
Intelligence Officials Urged Trump Spy Chief Not to Disclose Unverified Russian Claims About Clinton  —  Officials at CIA, NSA, Office of Director of National Intelligence warned disclosure to Congress would give credibility to Kremlin-backed material  —  WASHINGTON—Senior U.S. officials urged Director …
Discussion: OpsLens
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Consumer Spending Rose in August, but Incomes Pose Challenge for Economic Recovery  —  Commerce Department report shows personal income fell in part because of a decline in government aid for unemployed workers  —  U.S. consumer spending rose 1.0% in August while incomes fell, presenting a new hurdle for the economic recovery.
Wall Street Journal:
Pre-Existing Condition Fiction  —  Biden repeats the same false claims about ObamaCare that Democrats use every election.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Joe Biden claimed at Tuesday's debate that “100 million people who have pre-existing conditions” will lose insurance if the Trump Administration wins …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Most Illuminating Moment of the Debate  —  The moments after your first child is born are humbling and overwhelming, the emotional equivalent of staring directly into the sun.  You realize that you are suddenly responsible for a human life that you helped create, a sliver of two souls smuggled …
Discussion: The Daily Dot and Slate
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump's Chances Are Dwindling.  That Could Make Him Dangerous.  —  President Trump's quest to win a second term is not in good shape.  He entered Tuesday night's debate with roughly a 7- or 8-point deficit in national polls, putting him further behind at this stage of the race than any other candidate since Bob Dole in 1996.11
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Trump Is Not the Man He Used to Be  —  Donald Trump believes, to his core, that a single event in 2016 clinched him the presidency.  —  It wasn't the FBI reopening its investigation into Hillary Clinton.  It wasn't the Wikileaks dump of hacked DNC emails.
Discussion: LewRockwell, Redstate and TASS
Jack Stubbs / Reuters:
Exclusive: Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target U.S. voters - sources  —  LONDON (Reuters) - The Russian group accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. election has posed as an independent news outlet to target right-wing social media users ahead of this year's vote …
John O. Brennan / The Atlantic:
The Day I Met Donald Trump  —  The digital clock next to my bed showed 4:06 a.m. As usual, my body clock had stirred me awake before my bedside radio alarm was set to go off, nine minutes later.  I stared motionless at the pitch-black ceiling for a few minutes.
USA Today:
Election forecasts helped elect Trump in 2016.  It could happen again in 2020.  —  Election forecasts can be wrong so don't rely on them.  You still need to go vote, even if your candidate is very likely to win.  —  Fall of 2020 will find many of us living in a state of fear and social isolation …
Politico:
Americans Increasingly Believe Violence is Justified if the Other Side Wins  —  At the presidential debate this week, the Republican candidate voiced his concern about political violence—left-wing political violence.  And the Democratic candidate likewise voiced concern about political violence—right-wing political violence.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Debate Showed Trump Hasn't Settled on Main Message Against Biden  —  Unlike in 2016, the president has lobbed a variety of attacks against his opponent rather than focusing on one argument  —  CLEVELAND—President Trump has spent six months searching for a clear message that would erode his challenger's lead in the polls.
David Morgan / Reuters:
Pelosi, Mnuchin approach 11th hour on U.S. COVID-19 aid talks  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were expected to try again on Thursday to reach a deal on COVID-19 relief, while the House of Representatives stood ready for a second day to move a Democratic bill if talks fail.
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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Politico:
At White House's urging, Republicans launch anti-tech blitz ahead of election
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Washington Post:
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Brian Lyman / Montgomery Advertiser:
BRIAN LYMAN  —  Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday offered a “sincere, heartfelt apology” …
Discussion: NPR
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russians Were Urged to Return to Normal Life. Except for Putin.
Jaime Lees / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
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Discussion: FOX 2
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
Wife of Boston Marathon hero said Biden touched her in ‘an inappropriate and uncomfortable way’
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Redstate