Will Saletan
National Correspondent, @Slate. Question everything.
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Transcript: Scott Gottlieb discusses coronavirus on "Face the Nation," September 20, 2020
The following is a transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that aired Sunday, September 13, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
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On @FaceTheNation, @ScottGottliebMD politely shreds Trump's claim that we're "rounding the turn" on COVID. cbsn.ws/3hO10mX pic.twitter.com/zEtc9rSvAJ
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McConnell Is Inventing Excuses to Grab Ginsburg’s Seat
He’s rewriting history so he can apply different rules to Trump and Obama.
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McConnell thinks he can go back on what he said about the Supreme Court in 2016. His explanation is a complete fraud.
This article explains how he’s rewriting history and inventing exceptions. He's applying one rule to Obama and a different rule to Trump.
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On Fox, Cotton says Senate Republicans "have a clear mandate" to confirm a Trump justice, because voters "expanded our majority" in 2018.
Fact check: 35 Senate seats were on the 2018 ballot. Democrats and Democratic-affiliated independents won 24 of them.
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2020 Senate Election Forecast
Latest forecasts and polls for the 2020 Senate elections by Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight
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In reply to the list above, folks have asked about other states. See this table for a full list of races where the odds of making a difference are better than KY. It includes AL, KS, MI, SC, AK, TX, and MN. The table incorporates factors beyond the polls. projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-… pic.twitter.com/Ffzja6RaHm
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Coming Political Crisis - The Bulwark
The annus horribilis of 2020 lurches on.
A Deal on Drug Prices Undone by White House Insistence on ‘Trump Cards’
The White House and the pharmaceutical industry were nearing a major deal to lower drug prices. Then the administration demanded that $100 cash cards be sent to millions of seniors before the election — and the industry balked.
CNN.com - Transcripts
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"Wouldn’t be prudent." Shrewd play for the Bush 41 vote. cnn.it/2H5nKls pic.twitter.com/x9KlxNlxrv
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An Idaho pastor skeptical of masks lands in the ICU for Covid-19
A pastor in Idaho who called himself a "no-masker" during a service and repeatedly questioned the veracity of coronavirus case reporting is in the ICU after contracting Covid-19.
PollerCoaster 2020: What's Happening With Marginal Voters | Crooked Media
We hear little about voters who are trying to decide whether to cast a ballot, so we surveyed them as part of our PollerCoaster 2020 series.
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Poll of new/infrequent voters shows the most effective Dem messages are health care and economic fairness. Anti-racism polls well when focused on healing & equality, with specification of "peaceful" protests.
Pro-Trump messages fare worse. (h/t/ @jonfavs)
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The Election Needs Oversight
Congress should establish a bipartisan commission to monitor voting and ensure that laws and regulations are followed.
Donald Trump accused of sexual assault by former model Amy Dorris
Exclusive: Amy Dorris alleges Trump forced his tongue down her throat and groped her at 1997 US Open
Contact Tracing, the West’s Big Hope for Suppressing Covid-19, Is in Disarray
In the early months of the pandemic, the West drew hope from Asian governments that employed aggressive contact tracing to stop the virus from spreading. But systems in the U.S. and Europe have struggled to cast a wide enough net.
On Rosh Hashanah call, Trump tells American Jews 'We love your country' and asks for their vote - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The comments echoed others he has made in the past that suggest that American Jews think of themselves as Israelis.
Stanley Crouch, Critic Who Saw American Democracy in Jazz, Dies at 74
A prolific author, essayist, columnist and social critic, he challenged conventional thinking on race and avant-garde music.
Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying 'Heat Ray' Against D.C. Protesters
Hours before federal police cleared peaceful protesters near the White House on June 1, a whistleblower got an email asking to find a device that would make protesters' skin feel like it was burning.
New QAnon-Allied GOP Senate Candidate Also Pushed Anti-Semitism, Flat Earthism, and 9/11 Conspiracies
The National Republican Senatorial Committee did not return a request for comment.
Barr Told Prosecutors to Consider Sedition Charges for Protest Violence
The extraordinary suggestion came as Attorney General William P. Barr has emerged as a messenger for President Trump’s re-election campaign.
The ‘Democrats Made Me Do It’ Excuse - The Bulwark
Danielle Pletka’s explanation of her vote for Trump doesn’t wash.
Watch Your Voice, Your Vote 2020 Season 1 Episode 10 The President and the People: A 20/20 Special Event Online
Your Voice, Your Vote 2020 full episode recap: Undecided voters ask President Donald Trump their important questions before voting in November.
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Stephanopoulos: "We have 4% of the world's population, more than 20% of the cases, more than 20% of the deaths."
Trump: "Well, we have 20% of the cases because of the fact that we do much more testing."
Does testing explain why we have 20% of the deaths?
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Old People Elected Trump. Will They Make Him a One-Term President?
“I cannot—I cannot—vote for this man.”
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After all the tumult over immigration, social justice, cancel culture, and the president's race baiting, what's killing Trump is defections by old white people.
@jim_newell on the least sexy and most pivotal voter bloc of the 2020 election: the Gray Wall.
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