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 …

How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge  —  One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden's laptop, a fake “intelligence” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice …

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 …

In Outrageous 2-1 Decision Ignoring Reliance Interests and Rejecting the Purcell Principle, 8th Circuit Panel Orders Segregation of Late Arriving Ballots in Minnesota, With Strong Hints Late Arriving Ballots Will Be Excluded from The Count  —  It is hard to know where to start with this opinion.

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 …

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 …

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.

Heat at Trump rally sends a dozen attendees to the hospital … A crowded Trump rally in steamy Tampa, Florida, on Thursday resulted in 17 attendees needing medical attention, with a dozen being taken to the hospital, fire officials told NBC News.  —  Trump spoke for just under an hour …

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.

Senate debate on WSB canceled after Perdue pulls out of Sunday showdown  —  ‘Shame on you,’ Ossoff said  —  The third and final televised debate in the race between U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff was canceled Thursday after the Republican incumbent pulled out to join President Donald Trump …

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.

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 …

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.

‘People Are Going To Be Shocked’: Return of the ‘Shy’ Trump Voter?  —  In 2016, pollsters Arie Kapteyn and Robert Cahaly saw Trump coming.  In 2020, they see polls again underestimating his support.  —  Zack Stanton is digital editor of Politico Magazine.

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 …

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.

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 greatest commandment has guided my politics … I will choose a different way.  My administration will lead a decisive public health response that ramps up free testing so we can trace this virus and curb its spread; eliminates all cost barriers to treatment for COVID-19 …

Denialism, Dishonesty, Deflection: The Final Days of the Trump Campaign Have It All  —  The President is ending his reëlection bid with scandals that call into question the legitimacy of next week's vote.  —  No one wants to admit it, but in Washington, D.C., the election might as well be over …

Exclusive: Warren will make case to be Biden's Treasury secretary  —  Warren's move could set up a marquee fight over what will be one of the most consequential Cabinet roles in a Biden administration.  —  While Elizabeth Warren has developed a relationship with Joe Biden …

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.

Even More White Lies  —  Furman professor resigns suddenly after an anonymous critic outs her as white, not Chicana, as she'd claimed.  —  Another week, another unmasking of a white professor allegedly posing as a person of color: this time it's Kelly Kean Sharp, a scholar of African American history …

Melania's Plastic Camelot  —  Stephanie Winston Wolkoff is one of those patriotic Americans who went to work in the Trump White House, only to come soaring back over the gates, rejected by the host organism.  Like many before her, she decided to write a book about her experiences, Melania and Me …

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.

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.

Biden camp slams Facebook as thousands of ads remain blocked in final week  —  Biden's campaign said ads that had previously been approved by the tech giant have been erroneously removed.  —  Thousands of ads from Joe Biden's campaign have been blocked by Facebook, in an effort to limit …

Here Are Thousands Of Documents About Immigrants Who Have Died In ICE Custody  —  Since January 2017, at least four dozen people have died while being held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  —  Some were old, and some were young.  Some had been in the US for years before being detained …

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 …

Miami-Dade covered up Mayor Gimenez's voter suppression until my lawsuit freed the evidence.  —  Please sign up for Grant's newsletter pre-launch for free right here.  —  Miami-Dade County's Elections Department turned down the Miami Heat's offer to use the American Airlines Arena …

Dearth of Credit Starves Detroit's Housing Market  —  Lenders shun the city's low-priced properties, making it hard for Black residents to access homeownership.  The city of nearly 700,000 saw barely 1,700 mortgages made last year.  —  TEXT  —  562 RESPONSES

Leaked Chat Logs Reveal Boogaloo Fantasies of Killing Random Civilians  —  From anonymous claims of military atrocities to a school security guard who tried to become a cop, the so-called movement is more pro-law enforcement than you think.  —  The apocalypse wasn't happening fast enough.

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 …

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.