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The apocalypse scenario — Democratic lawyers are preparing to challenge any effort by President Trump to swap electors chosen by voters with electors selected by Republican-controlled legislatures. One state of particular concern: Pennsylvania, where the GOP controls the state house.
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‘Everyone sees the train wreck coming’: Trump reveals his November endgame — Following his defeat in the 2016 Iowa caucus, Donald Trump accused Ted Cruz of cheating and said the results should be nullified. — After winning the presidency that fall, Trump insisted, without evidence …

Say it plainly: The president is a psychopath — “Get rid of the ballots” and “there won't be a transfer,” said Donald Trump on Wednesday. This comment is a direct and dangerous expression of his anti-democratic intention. If unstopped, Trump may well destroy our 244-year-old democracy.
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Democrats prepare bill limiting U.S. Supreme Court justice terms to 18 years — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrats in of the House of Representatives will introduce a bill next week to limit the tenure of U.S. Supreme Court justices to 18 years from current lifetime appointments …
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Elections Aren't the Only Things Trump Thinks Are Rigged
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump won't commit to a peaceful transition of power, so it's up to us to save democracy
Trump won't commit to a peaceful transition of power, so it's up to us to save democracy
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Associated Press:
Biden's low-key campaign style worries some Democrats
Biden's low-key campaign style worries some Democrats
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Fox News, Jacobin, The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg and Mediaite
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
White House starts outreach to key senators on Supreme Court pick
White House starts outreach to key senators on Supreme Court pick
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Political Wire, Reuters and The Hill
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The alarms are ringing everywhere but in our top newsrooms
The alarms are ringing everywhere but in our top newsrooms
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New York Times, TheBlaze, Axios, Washington Post, Daily Kos and Discourse.net
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump dumbfounds GOP with latest unforced error
Trump dumbfounds GOP with latest unforced error
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden's Scranton vs. Park Ave. appeal targets working class
Biden's Scranton vs. Park Ave. appeal targets working class
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Statement Of U.S. Attorney Freed On Inquiry Into Reports Of Potential Issues With Mail-In Ballots — at the request of Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis, the Office of the United States Attorney along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Scranton Resident Office …
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DOJ announcement on Pennsylvania ballot investigation baffles election experts — Election experts and lawyers are bewildered by a press release from the Department of Justice, in which the department said it had begun an inquiry into a handful of military ballots in a northeastern Pennsylvania county.
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The Dispatch, New York Times, Political Wire and Townhall

Trump's escalating attacks on election prompt fears of a constitutional crisis
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. statement on mail-in ballot investigation appalls election law experts
Justice Dept. statement on mail-in ballot investigation appalls election law experts
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BuzzFeed News, Townhall, Balloon Juice and The American Independent
Shelby Watchilla / U.S. Department of Justice:
Letter to Luzerne County Bureau of Elections
Letter to Luzerne County Bureau of Elections
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Feds, In Unusual Statement, Announce They're Investigating A Few Discarded Ballots
Feds, In Unusual Statement, Announce They're Investigating A Few Discarded Ballots
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Terror Investigation Launched After Knife Attack at Charlie Hebdo's Old Offices Injures Two — A major trial over the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks in 2015 is being held in Paris—but it's not known if Friday morning's violence is linked. — Two people have been hurt in a knife attack close …
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Terror probe opened after 2 wounded in Paris knife attack
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Aurelien Breeden / New York Times:
4 Wounded in Paris Knife Attack Near Charlie Hebdo's Former Office
4 Wounded in Paris Knife Attack Near Charlie Hebdo's Former Office
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National Review and France 24

‘Trump Was Right’: Explosive New FBI Texts Detail Internal Furor Over Handling Of ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ Investigation — Newly disclosed internal FBI notes and text messages detail the extent of the FBI's desire to take down Trump and his associates at any cost.
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Trump Announces Phony New Health Care ‘Plan’ — Slogans and toothless executive orders don't pay anyone's doctor bills. — President Donald Trump really, really wants to fool voters into thinking he has a plan to make the health care system great again. But he really, really doesn't.
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Vanity Fair and New York Times
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Executive Order on An America-First Healthcare Plan
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
After years of promising his own health care plan, Trump settles for rebranding rather than repealing Obamacare
After years of promising his own health care plan, Trump settles for rebranding rather than repealing Obamacare
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Axios, CBS News, The Week, Breitbart, Daily Kos, Washington Times, The Guardian, NBC News and myfox8.com

Actually, We Will Know a Lot on Election Night — Most states begin processing their presidential ballots before Nov. 3, and local officials have been preparing all summer for a surge in mail ballots — Pundits are warning that election night in November may turn into election week or even election month.
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FiveThirtyEight and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Memo Laying Out Supreme Court Delay Tactics Circulates Among Senate Democrats — As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces increasing pressure from Democrats around the country to use every tool at his disposal to oppose the Republican effort to push through a Supreme Court nominee before the election …
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Fox News, WPRI-TV, Bloomberg, myfox8.com and The Daily Signal

FBI Investigated Steele Dossier Source As A Possible Russian Spy Years Before Trump Probe — A bombshell FBI memo released Thursday says that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into the primary source for dossier author Christopher Steele.
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Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham releases new details about source of Steele dossier
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Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September and ordered the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident to continue for another month through the end of October …
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Fox News Poll: Tight race in Ohio, Biden tops Trump in Nevada and Pennsylvania — There are few undecided voters, and Biden's support is 50 percent or better in each state — Trump and Biden keep focus on battleground states — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump …
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At Pentagon, Fears Grow That Trump Will Pull Military Into Election Unrest — Defense Department officials said top generals could resign if Mr. Trump ordered the active-duty military into the streets to quell election protests. — WASHINGTON — Senior Pentagon leaders have a lot to worry about …

Correcting the misinformation about Breonna Taylor — Wednesday's announcement from Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron about criminal charges in the Breonna Taylor case set off a frenzy of misinformation on social media. Based on what we do know — which I've culled from my own reporting …
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Meadows on Wray's voter fraud dismissal: “He has a hard time finding emails in his own FBI” — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows dismissed FBI Director Chris Wray's testimony that the U.S. has never historically seen evidence of widespread voter fraud, including by mail, during an appearance on “CBS This Morning” on Friday.
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Trump promises seniors $200 prescription drug gift certificates, but questions abound — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday pledged to send $200 prescription drug coupons to 33 million Medicare beneficiaries “in the coming weeks,” a nakedly political ploy to curry favor with seniors who view drug prices as a priority.
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The Incredible Influence of James A. Baker III … THE MAN WHO RAN WASHINGTON — The Life and Times of James A. Baker III — Seven years ago, when the husband-and-wife reporting team of Peter Baker and Susan Glasser began working on their enthralling, comprehensive biography of James A. Baker III …
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Political Wire

Trump's team plots his departure — even if he won't — President Donald Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses. But his team is carefully developing plans for that very outcome. — One of the most organized and functional parts of the Trump White House …
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Trump Stokes the Transition Panic — His election remarks feed the left's fantasy of a post-election coup. — By The Editorial Board — President Trump's insistence on saying the opposite of whatever the press demands is a source of more than a little of his political success as well as many self-defeating blunders.
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