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Tina Nguyen / Politico:
MAGA scrambles to repair the Hunter Biden narrative  —  Weeks ago, when Rudy Giuluani first threw the contents of Hunter Biden's alleged laptop online, he promised a trove of even more damning information 10 days before the election.  —  Yet with less than a week to go, Giuliani …
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Senate Panel Investigating Hunter Biden's Failure to Register as Foreign Agent  —  The Obama-Biden administration investigated six Trump campaign advisers for suspected FARA violations, but not Hunter Biden, above, with his father.  —  A search of Justice Department databases reveals …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Curtis Houck / Newsbusters:
Here Are Ten Moments from the Bobulinski Interview the Liberal Media Will Ignore
Discussion: Fox News
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Samantha Lock / Newsweek:
Omaha Trump Rally Attendees Stranded, Several Taken to Hospital Suffering Hypothermia
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Task Force Is Livid Over the Trump White House's ‘We Ended COVID’ Report  —  “There's no world in which anyone can think that is true.”  —  Health officials and scientists working on the Trump administration's coronavirus response said on Tuesday they are personally offended …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
White House science office says Trump ended COVID-19 pandemic as US hits record cases  —  The White House science office listed “ending the COVID-19 pandemic” as the top accomplishment of President Trump's first term, even as the U.S. has set records for new daily infections and numerous hospitals across …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
'The View's' Sunny Hostin Schools Bari Weiss on ‘Court Packing’  —  Former “New York Times” columnist Bari Weiss filled the void left by Meghan McCain on Tuesday's episode of “The View.”  —  Bari Weiss has been relatively quiet since she canceled herself from The New York Times earlier this year.
Washington Post:
Post-ABC polls: Biden leads Trump narrowly in Michigan, significantly in Wisconsin  —  Strong support among women powers Biden's advantages in both states.  Coronavirus concerns rise in Wisconsin and are hampering the president.  —  Former vice president Joe Biden continues to outpace President Trump …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
COVID surge hurts Trump in Wisconsin; Biden leads in a closer Michigan contest: Poll  —  Biden has sizable leads among women, moderates and independents in both states.  —  Trump, Biden race to the finish on the campaign trail  —  President Trump will hit three states he won last election …
Washington Post:
Trump's attacks on political adversaries are often followed by threats to their safety  —  The CIA's most endangered employee for much of the past year was not an operative on a mission abroad, but an analyst who faced a torrent of threats after filing a whistleblower report that led to the impeachment of President Trump.
New York Times:
How Trump Maneuvered His Way Out of Trouble in Chicago  —  When his skyscraper proved a disappointment, Donald Trump defaulted on his loans, sued his bank, got much of the debt forgiven — and largely avoided paying taxes on it.  —  The financial crisis was in full swing when Donald J. Trump traveled …
Michelle Ruiz / Vanity Fair:
AOC's Next Four Years  —  The history-making congresswoman addresses her biggest critics, the challenges that loom no matter who wins, and what she's taking on next.  —  Her Republican colleagues had, up until then, been civil.  But one day in late July, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood …
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
A guard asked two sisters to put on a mask.  They stabbed him 27 times instead, prosecutors say.  —  When Jessica Hill and her sister, Jayla, tried to walk into a shoe store in Chicago on Sunday, a security guard asked the pair to put on masks and use store-provided hand sanitizer.
Axios:
The GOP's monstrous math problem  —  Republicans, win or lose next week, face a big — and growing — math problem.  —  The state of play: They're relying almost exclusively on a shrinking demographic (whites), living in shrinking areas (small, rural towns), creating a reliance on people …
Washington Post:
Some Americans refuse to wear masks even as their hometowns become covid-19 hot spots  —  Resistance to mask-wearing and other efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus has hardened in the final days before the presidential election, demonstrating how the pandemic has been politicized …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justice Thomas' wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden.  —  Ginni Thomas, a longtime conservative activist …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Beto O'Rourke Has Some Final Advice for the Biden Campaign  —  EL PASO, Texas — Beto O'Rourke was on the phone in between stops while canvassing in Bexar county, Texas, and he was trying to walk a fine line between not pissing off his friends in the Biden campaign, perhaps even creating …
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
October surprise: Biden's zipped lips
Discussion: NBC10 Philadelphia
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Feds Obtained FISA Warrant Against Hunter Biden's Chinese Business Associate, Documents Show  — A federal court authorized a foreign surveillance warrant against one of Hunter Biden's Chinese business partners, court documents show.  — The existence of a FISA warrant against the Biden associate …
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Six Days to Go  —  We're tracking campaign news nationwide, both in the presidential race and in Senate and House races.  Follow updates below.  —  The Day Ahead: Wednesday, Oct. 28  —  President Trump will hold rallies in Bullhead City, Ariz., and Goodyear, Ariz.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Daily Beast
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Election's Big Twist: The Racial Gap Is Shrinking  —  Racial and ethnic divides?  Actually, Biden is making gains with white voters, and Trump with nonwhite ones.  —  American politicians, including presidents, have often sought to exploit the nation's racial and ethnic divides for political gain.
Sophie Lewis / CBS News:
Russia orders national mask mandate as coronavirus cases spike  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration is taking its most drastic measures yet to curb the second wave of COVID-19.  The Russian government on Tuesday implemented a nationwide mask mandate, as coronavirus cases spike worldwide.
Discussion: WLNS-TV
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Escalated Obama's War in Yemen  —  New statistics show that Trump launched 231 airstrikes or ground raids in Yemen during his first four years.  Obama launched 255 in all eight of his.  —  Despite President Trump's claimed antipathy to Mideast wars, he has dramatically escalated U.S …
Discussion: Business Insider
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Waking to the Woke  —  Northwestern University's president takes a commendable hard line against student rioting—but he helped create the climate for the destructive behavior.  —  The Social Order  —  Public safety  —  Since June, a group of Northwestern University students has demanded …
Discussion: National Review
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
These white women voted for Trump in 2016.  They're having second thoughts.  —  Eight college-educated white women who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 participated in their final focus group with a Republican pollster on Tuesday.  —  Only one said she would vote for the president again.
Spencer Neale / Washington Examiner:
Joe Rogan rips social media crackdown on ‘accurate’ Hunter Biden laptop reporting  —  Joe Rogan lashed out at Twitter, Facebook, and news media organizations for their handling of revelations about a laptop that purportedly belonged to Hunter Biden.  —  During an interview …
Colby Bermel / Politico:
Judge orders USPS to reverse mail collection limits now  —  A federal judge on Tuesday night ordered the U.S. Postal Service to reverse limitations on mail collection imposed by Trump-backed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, giving the agency until Wednesday morning to inform workers …
Discussion: The Hill
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Is Twitter Going Full Resistance?  Here's the Woman Driving the Change.  —  On a late fall day last year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sat down on a couch on the company's San Francisco roof deck and dug into a problem.  —  Next to him was the company's general counsel, Vijaya Gadde.
CNN:
US citizen detained in Belarus is released, Pompeo says  —  (CNN)Vitali Shkliarov, an American who was detained in Belarus for three months, has been released and has returned to the US.  —  Shkliarov, who is a dual citizen, had traveled to Belarus this summer to visit his family and friends.
Discussion: The Hill
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Rick Gates, who flipped on Trump in Russia probe, seeks redemption  —  As attempted comebacks go, it's an audacious gambit.  —  Rick Gates, the former Trump aide who pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the Robert Mueller probe — and then helped put other Trump associates in jail …
Discussion: Political Wire
Lauren DeBellis Appell / USA Today:
My ‘suburban mom’ demographic is supposedly all in for Biden.  But I'm voting for Trump.  —  In 2016, I took a chance and cautiously voted for Donald Trump based on his promises.  In 2020, I'm proud to vote for him and his vision of America.  —  I'm a white, college graduate …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Can We Trust Pennsylvania's Polls?  —  They show Joe Biden clinching crucial counties.  So why does it feel so different on the ground here?  —  Mr. McCreesh is an editorial assistant for the Opinion section.  —  BENSALEM, Pa. — Two men, one in a Ford F-15 truck bedecked with Trump decals …
Discussion: Breitbart, Althouse and Twitchy
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Senior Trump official tests positive for coronavirus after trip to Europe  —  A senior Trump administration official tested positive for the coronavirus after a recent trip to Britain, Hungary and France, raising concerns about the spread of the virus to high-level officials across the Atlantic …
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
New York Times:
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science  —  The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has recently removed …
Briana Bierschbach / Star Tribune:
Pot party candidate said GOP recruited him to ‘pull votes’ from Minnesota Democrat  —  Voice mail left by deceased 2nd District challenger says GOP recruited him to siphon votes.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  Four months before Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Adam Weeks died in September …
Discussion: MinnPost
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Sean Parnell for Congress  —  The race for Congress in the 17th District is billed as a nationalized race testing the 2020 strength of Donald Trump in a district he won big four years ago.  —  It is that.  If Mr. Trump carries the district this year, Republican candidate Sean Parnell will likely win the seat.
Discussion: Townhall
 
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Right-wing misinformation machine could gain steam post-election
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Paul Blest / VICE:
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