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5:05 PM ET, October 29, 2020

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Greenwald:
My Resignation From The Intercept  —  The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.  —  Today I sent my intention to resign from The Intercept …
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The Intercept:
Glenn Greenwald Resigns From The Intercept … Glenn Greenwald's decision to resign from The Intercept stems from a fundamental disagreement over the role of editors in the production of journalism and the nature of censorship.  Glenn demands the absolute right to determine what he will publish.
Greenwald:
Emails With Intercept Editors Showing Censorship of My Joe Biden Article  —  Given The Intercept's vehement denials, readers are entitled to see for themselves what the truth is: transparency journalism with integrity requires.  —  Following are the communications I had over the last week …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Phillip Nieto / The Daily Caller:   ‘Disgusted’: Want To Know Why Media Isn't Covering Hunter Biden? Glenn Greenwald Sums It Up In Three Minutes
New York Times:
Facing Gap in Pennsylvania, Trump Camp Tries to Make Voting Harder  —  Trailing in the polls, President Trump and his campaign are pursuing a three-pronged strategy that would effectively suppress the mail-in vote in the critical state of Pennsylvania.  —  PHILADELPHIA — President Trump's campaign …
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Eliza Griswold / New Yorker:
In Pennsylvania, Republicans Might Only Need to Stall to Win
Discussion: The Nation, The Hill and New York Times
QU Poll:
Florida And Iowa Races Are Too Close To Call, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Biden Maintains His Lead In Pennsylvania, Has Narrow Lead In Ohio  —  IOWA SENATE: Ernst 48%, Greenfield 46%  —  Less than a week before Election Day 2020, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden …
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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Biden Maintains Lead  —  Support falls for minimum wage and primary election ballot measures  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a lead of 4 to 6 points over Donald Trump in Florida, based on different likely voter models in the latest Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Quashed Probe Into Crimes by Bank in Turkey, Which Is Paying Trump
Discussion: Washington Post
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
UPS Finds Mystery Tucker Carlson Package  —  ‘URGENT INVESTIGATION’  —  A spokesman for UPS told The Daily Beast on Thursday that they had located a mysterious packaged that Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested had been deliberately misplaced or intercepted because it contained “damning” materials on the Biden family.
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Robert Snell / Detroit News:
FBI nabs accused neo-Nazis in extremism crackdown in Michigan  —  Detroit — Federal agents on Thursday arrested two men as part of a continuing crackdown on extremism in Michigan three weeks after the FBI said it thwarted a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3 million  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party's chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Emails show how Pompeos mixed personal, official business  —  WASHINGTON — Less than three months after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was sworn in, his son, Nick, reached out to thank State Department officials for a private tour they had given him and his mother, Susan Pompeo, of the agency's in-house museum.
Tom Hixon / The Bulwark:
Me, Joe, and the Worst Phone Call in the World  —  The link between empathy and leadership.  —  More than 225,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19, a tragedy so vast that it's hard to comprehend.  Some people have searched for understanding by noting that the death toll is greater …
Andrew Pantazi / Florida Times Union:
Duval County judge leading vote-counting board donated to Trump 12 times.  That's not allowed.  —  A local judge and head of Duval County's vote-counting board has donated repeatedly to President Trump's re-election campaign and other Republican efforts, and his home is covered in signs supporting Trump …
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Andrew Pantazi / Florida Times Union:
Duval County Canvassing Board chair resigns following Trump donation and sign controversy
Discussion: The Hill
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Gross Domestic Product, Third Quarter 2020 (Advance Estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 33.1 percent in the third quarter of 2020 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  In the second quarter, real GDP decreased 31.4 percent.
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EL PAÍS:
A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air … Six people get together in a private home, one of whom is infected.  Some 31% of coronavirus outbreaks recorded in Spain are caused by this kind of gathering, mainly between family and friends.
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Suspends U.S. Border Chief For Celebrating Wall's Protection From Illegal Aliens  —  Twitter suspended U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan for a post celebrating the success of the U.S. southern border wall keeping violent criminals from reaching American communities.
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Jerry Falwell Jr. sues Liberty University  —  Former Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. announced Thursday that he had filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming that it had “needlessly injured and damaged his reputation” after his resignation earlier this year.
The Economist:
Why it has to be Biden  —  Donald Trump has desecrated the values that make America a beacon to the world  —  THE COUNTRY that elected Donald Trump in 2016 was unhappy and divided.  The country he is asking to re-elect him is more unhappy and more divided.
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Quietly Quash Inquiry Into Tamir Rice Killing  —  Supervisors denied civil-rights prosecutors' request to use a grand jury for their investigation into the 2014 shooting of a Black boy by a Cleveland police officer, but did not tell his family.
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
Walmart Pulls Guns, Ammo Displays in U.S. Stores, Citing Civil Unrest  —  Retailer says move is a safety precaution but customers can still purchase firearms and ammunition  —  Walmart Inc. has removed all guns and ammunition from the sales floors of its U.S. stores this week …
Politico:
Trump confronts his 50 percent problem  —  Donald Trump won the presidency with 46 percent of the popular vote.  His approval rating, according to Gallup, has never hit 50 percent.  He remains under 50 percent in national polling averages.  —  The president's inability to capture a majority …
uml.edu:
New Texas Poll: Trump and Biden in Close Race  —  IN U.S. SENATE CONTEST, CORNYN LEAD OVER HEGAR SHRINKS  —  Contacts for media: UMass Lowell: Christine Gillette, 978-758-4664 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu or Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944, Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu.
Discussion: The Hill
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Potentially thousands of requested mail ballots lost in Butler County, official says  —  HARRISBURG — Potentially thousands of mail ballots requested by Butler County voters appear to be lost, a county official said Wednesday, and the U.S. Postal Service has been asked to immediately investigate what happened to them.
Discussion: The Hill and CBS Pittsburgh
Jeremy B. Merrill / The Markup:
Facebook Charged Biden a Higher Price Than Trump for Campaign Ads  —  In swing states, Biden paid average ad rates of $34 compared with Trump's average of $17 in July and August  —  When President Donald Trump wanted to reach out to older Arizona voters in August with the message …
Washington Post:
What happens to Fox News if Trump loses?  Rupert Murdoch is prepared.  —  Spend a couple hours with Fox News on a typical weeknight, and you may come to see the potential election of Joe Biden as a cataclysm in the making.  —  Prime-time host Laura Ingraham recently warned her viewers of the …
Kate Payne / NPR:
Polling Places Are Closing Due To COVID-19.  It Could Tip Races In 1 Swing State … The New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo.  The senior high school in Fort Dodge.  The Masonic Temple in Council Bluffs.  —  Iowa voters won't be able to cast their ballot at any of those polling places …
Isaac Stone Fish / Foreign Policy:
Wilbur Ross Remained on Chinese Joint Venture Board While Running U.S.-China Trade War  —  Chinese documents show that the U.S. commerce secretary did not successfully step down from all his corporate commitments.  —  Wilbur Ross, an investor-turned-U.S. commerce secretary …
The Economist:
Battle-hymn of the Never Trumpers  —  Renegade Republicans represent the breadth—and the admirable best—of Joe Biden's coalition  —  The irony of the election that unleashed Donald Trump upon America was how normal it was.  Contrary to early reports, he was not elevated to the presidency …
Helen Branswell / STAT:
It may be time to reset expectations on when we'll get a Covid-19 vaccine  —  The ambitious drive to produce Covid-19 vaccine at warp speed seems to be running up against reality.  We all probably need to reset our expectations about how quickly we're going to be able to be vaccinated.
New York Post:
State trooper dates Cuomo's daughter, gets transferred close to Canada  —  A state trooper assigned to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's security detail got hot and heavy with one of New York's first daughters — and was soon transferred to a post near the Canadian border, The Post has learned.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Atlas push to ‘slow the testing down’ tracks with dramatic decline in one key state  —  Trump's new Covid-19 adviser responds to critics  —  Washington (CNN)Shortly after joining the White House as President Donald Trump's pandemic adviser, Dr. Scott Atlas launched a quiet effort  …
 
 
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NBC News:
Top U.S. officials were briefed on an active threat against Pentagon leaders, say five officials
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Trump's most worrying attacks on democracy, in one giant chart
Discussion: Byline Times
Caroline Morganti / Jewish Currents:
Are 95% of Jews Really Zionists?  —  TWO WEEKS AGO, the writer Bari Weiss published an essay in Tablet …
Greg Couch / OutKick:
Survey: BLM-Driven NBA ‘Not Even . . . A Sport Anymore’
Discussion: Breitbart
Clare Foran / CNN:
Susan Collins: ‘I do not believe systemic racism is a problem in the state of Maine’
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics:
The Pragmatism and New Populism of Ivanka Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Gothamist:
New York Is In A Financial Tailspin, Millions Are Suffering. Why Shouldn't Billionaires Pay More Taxes?
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Covid Blamed for Rise in Murders Across U.S.
Discussion: Twin Cities
The Daily Beast:
Rudy Vents to Trump That Bill Barr Is Screwing Up His Hunter Play
Discussion: The Economist and Raw Story
USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Ahead of Election Day, 3 of 4 voters worry about violence in a divided nation
AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
QAnon Is Supposed to Be All About Protecting Kids. Its Primary Enabler Appears to Have Hosted Child Porn Domains.
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Stokes Paulsen / The Bulwark:
The Pro-life Case Against Trump
Discussion: National Review
CNN:
They call themselves ‘Wives of the Deplorables’ because their husbands support Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. States Face Biggest Cash Crisis Since the Great Depression
 

 
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