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Associated Press:
Trump's task: Resetting campaign that GOP fears is slipping — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is running out of time to recover from a series of self-inflicted setbacks that have rattled his base of support and triggered alarm among Republicans who fear the White House is on the verge of being lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Schumer says Democrats won't give GOP quorum to advance Barrett nomination — Schumer called the Barrett confirmation effort ‘illegitimate, dangerous and unpopular’ — Barrett ‘completely capable’ to be on the high court: Keisha Russell — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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USA Today:
Naked Republican hypocrisy is destroying trust in Supreme Court: Reagan, Bush lawyers — Republicans are using a deeply unfair process to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Build faith in democracy by letting the people decide. — When a vacancy on the Supreme Court arose nine months ahead …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing live updates
Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing live updates
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Max Burns / The Daily Beast:
Will Amy Coney Barrett Finally Explain Her Ties to Anti-Gay Hate Group?
Will Amy Coney Barrett Finally Explain Her Ties to Anti-Gay Hate Group?
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CBS News:
Live updates: Senate begins Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Live updates: Senate begins Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearings
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Maria Arias / Axios:
Mark Meadows refuses to wear mask while talking to reporters in Capitol
Mark Meadows refuses to wear mask while talking to reporters in Capitol
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Majority says wait on the SCOTUS seat; 6 in 10 favor upholding Roe: POLL
Majority says wait on the SCOTUS seat; 6 in 10 favor upholding Roe: POLL
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Slate, The Hill, One America News Network, Washington Post, Roll Call, The National Interest and Political Wire
Axios:
Klobuchar: There's no “secret, clever, procedural way to stop” Barrett confirmation
Klobuchar: There's no “secret, clever, procedural way to stop” Barrett confirmation
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Behind the scenes of Democrats' half-century quest to destroy the Supreme Court
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
No, Joe Biden, it is not packing the Court for the president and Senate to fill vacancies
No, Joe Biden, it is not packing the Court for the president and Senate to fill vacancies
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Issues & Insights, Vox, Mediaite and Bulwark+
Alicia Robinson / Orange County Register:
Unofficial ballot drop boxes popping up throughout the state worry elections officials — Promoting such boxes — which have been found in Los Angeles, Orange and Fresno counties — could be a felony. — In a photo posted to social media last week, a young man wearing a mask …
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
California GOP installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes. State officials say they're illegal. — The metal boxes have popped up around Southern California in recent weeks, from churches to gun stores to gyms. On the front, an authoritative-looking sign beckons to voters: “Official ballot drop-off box.”
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Jacob Jarvis / Newsweek:
California GOP Accused of Setting Up Fake Official Ballot Drop-Off Boxes Across State
California GOP Accused of Setting Up Fake Official Ballot Drop-Off Boxes Across State
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Political Wire, Raw Story, The Week and Orange County Register
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Trump Defectors Help Biden Build Leads in Wisconsin and Michigan — NEW YORK TIMES/ — SIENA COLLEGE POLL — Joe Biden leads Donald J. Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin. Mr. Biden's polling leads in both states would currently withstand a 2016-size polling miss. — 2016 Election Result NYT/Siena
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Heavy turnout creates lines as polls open in Georgia for early voting — By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kristal Dixon - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ben Brasch - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tyler Estep - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: ‘Record’ Turnout for Early Voting in Georgia as Biden Campaigns in Ohio — Joe Biden will speak in Toledo and Cincinnati and President Trump, returning to the campaign trail, will travel to Florida. Senate hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett have begun.
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Monika Bickert / About Facebook:
Removing Holocaust Denial Content — Today we are updating our hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. — Organizations that study trends in hate speech are reporting increases in online attacks against many groups worldwide, and we continue our efforts to remove it.
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook to Ban Posts That Deny Holocaust, Reversing Policy
Facebook to Ban Posts That Deny Holocaust, Reversing Policy
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Political Wire, Mediaite, WHDH-TV, One America News Network and The Daily Caller
Laura Bassett / ELLE:
Senator Gary Peters Shares His Abortion Story — He's the first sitting senator in history to do so. — United States Senator Gary Peters, a low-key, moderate Democrat from Michigan, is in a very tight re-election race that — could decide — whether his party wins the Senate.
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Washington Post:
Trump's children brought Secret Service money to the family business with their visits, records show — Eric Trump took his Secret Service agents to Trump golf courses in Scotland, as he led transatlantic tours for paying customers. Donald Trump Jr. took his protectors to the Trump hotel in Vancouver …
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Police Arrest Heshy Tischler As His Backers Swarm Home Of The Jewish Journalist He Targeted — Four days after leading a violent mob against a journalist in clear view of NYPD officers, Heshy Tischler, the right-wing radio host and City Council candidate, was arrested by police outside his Borough Park home on Sunday night.
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New York Times:
Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S. Doing the Same — Fearing Russian ransomware attacks on the election, the company and U.S. Cyber Command mounted similar pre-emptive strikes. It is not clear how long they may work. — Microsoft and a team of companies …
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Politico:
‘Green tsunami’: Inside Senate Republicans' financial freak-out — In mid-April, senior advisers to a dozen Republican senators gathered on the second floor of the National Republican Senatorial Committee's offices, where NRSC executive director Kevin McLaughlin detailed …
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Politico:
How Biden could end 2020 on election night — and why Trump's path is unlikely — President Donald Trump has demanded to know the results of the 2020 election on election night, even though some states warn that it will take days to count their votes. But if there is a winner declared on Nov. 3 …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
Portland protesters topple statues of Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln in ‘Day of Rage’; police declare riot — Protesters topple statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln — A group of protesters toppled statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt …
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CBS News:
Black man led by rope by White cops on horseback suing for $1 million — Galveston, Texas — A Black man who was led by a rope by two white officers on horseback has sued a southeast Texas city and its police department for $1 million, saying he suffered humiliation and fear during his arrest.
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New York Times:
The Billionaire Who Stood by Jeffrey Epstein — Leon Black, whose $9 billion fortune could buy the best counsel in the world, paid at least $50 million to Mr. Epstein for advice and services after most others had deserted him. — The billionaire financier Leon Black …
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Hunter Woodall / The Daily Beast:
Sanford, Florida, Braces for Trump's ‘Crazy’ COVID Roadshow — “Do I think it's safe to have this rally? No I don't,” one business owner told The Daily Beast. — If it was up to Patrick Austin, President Donald Trump would hold off from heading to Sanford, Florida …
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Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker:
Andrew Cuomo, the King of New York — The Governor has been widely praised for his response to COVID. But his critics see a would-be authoritarian obsessed with settling scores. — The difference between doing the job and just appearing to do the job is rarely absolute.
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Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Mark Zuckerberg is spending millions like never before to overhaul a landmark law — Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are making the biggest electoral bet of their careers to date. Courtesy of The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative — The billionaire Facebook founder is making the most expensive electoral play of his career.
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Roberta W. McCain, maverick mother of Sen. John McCain, dies — Roberta McCain, an independent-minded oil heiress who was married to one of the Navy's highest-ranking officers and who displayed characteristic pluck when she took to the presidential campaign trail at age 96 on behalf of her son …
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The Lincoln Project: Career Republicans call on Americans to vote out President Trump — A group of longtime Republican strategists who have worked with the likes of John McCain and George W. Bush have launched a scorching campaign against the president. Lesley Stahl reports.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Landlords, lobbyists launch legal war against Trump's eviction moratorium, aiming to unwind renter protections — Millions of U.S. renters face the renewed threat of eviction, according to housing advocates, who say the government has weakened its protections in response to recent lawsuits