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Debate Commission Announces 2020 Moderators

Just in via press release: Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Dorothy S. Ridings and Kenneth Wollack, co-chairs of the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), today announced the moderators for the 2020 general election presidential and vice presidential debates. The moderators, and the schedule and locations for the debates (as previously announced), are as follows: First presidential debate: Chris Wallace, Anchor, …

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Reuters Poll: No Post-RNC Bounce For Trump, Biden +7

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump’s attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his re-election campaign has yet to boost his political standing, as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to anti-racism protests, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. The Aug. 31-Sept. 1 national opinion …

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Trump Rages At Drudge Over “Mini-Strokes” Headline

Politico reports: Drudge’s site led with a story by The Hill reporting the president’s morning tweet, running the headline “TRUMP DENIES MINI-STROKE SENT HIM TO HOSPITAL.” Trump later lashed out at Drudge, claiming that Drudge himself reported the president had had a stroke. Trump himself is no stranger to peddling controversial theories, having advanced the racist birther theory that claimed …

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Trump Sued Over Use Of 80s Hit “Electric Avenue”

The New York Post reports: The musician who wrote reggae classic “Electric Avenue” sued President Trump for copyright infringement for using the song in a Twitter video that bashed Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Songwriter Eddy Grant filed the suit in Manhattan federal court Tuesday, claiming he has suffered and will continue to suffer if the video continues to spread across …

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Analytics Firm Warns That It Will Appear Trump Won By Large Margin Before All Mail Ballots Are Later Counted

Axios reports: A top Democratic data and analytics firm told “Axios on HBO” it’s highly likely that President Trump will appear to have won — potentially in a landslide — on election night, even if he ultimately loses when all the votes are counted.  Way more Democrats will vote by mail than Republicans, due to fears of the coronavirus, and …

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Pence Was Put On Standby To Take Over Temporarily If Trump’s 2019 Hospital Visit Required Anesthetization

Yahoo News reports: On Saturday, November 16, 2019, President Donald Trump made an unexpected visit to Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. That visit is among the many things that author Michael S. Schmidt discusses in the new book, “Donald Trump v. the United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President.” New York Times reporter Gabriel Debenedetti, discussing …

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Trump Defends Kenosha Killer: He Was Trying To Get Away, He Fell And They “Very Violently Attacked Him”

CBS News reports: President Trump on Monday declined to denounce suspected vigilante shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who has been arrested and accused of killing two people during the protests in Wisconsin. Instead, the president said at a news conference Monday that Rittenhouse “probably would have been killed” if he didn’t fire his gun. Rittenhouse, who is also alleged to …

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WI Gov To Trump: Please Don’t Come To Kenosha

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is urging President Donald Trump not to visit Kenosha this week. In a Sunday letter to Trump, Evers wrote, “I write today to respectfully ask you to reconsider” plans to visit the Wisconsin city, which has been shaken by unrest since a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake one week ago. …

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Trump Told Guilfoyle Her RNC Speech Was Like Evita

The Daily Beast reports: Minutes after her speech aired on Monday evening, President Donald Trump called Guilfoyle, to effusively praise her for the address he’d just watch on TV, comparing her to Eva “Evita” Perón, according to two people familiar with the phone conversation. Perón, a former first lady of Argentina, is also the subject of the famous Andrew Lloyd …

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Biden Calls On Trump To Condemn Portland Violence

Politico reports: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday condemned violence in Portland, Ore., after police said one person was fatally shot amid clashes between Black Lives Matter protesters and counter protesters. The Democrat urged President Trump to do the same, underscoring his message by noting that a death is tragic no matter what political views the victim held. “I …

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Joe Biden: Trump Stopped DNI Briefings Because He Doesn’t Want You To Know How Putin Is Helping Him

From a statement issued today by Joe Biden: This is not how democracy works. But it is how American national security and sovereignty are violated. The tools of our government are meant to defend the American people and our system of governance against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And yet, at a moment when we know that our elections are …

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Trump To Visit Kenosha, Meet With Law Enforcement

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is to visit Kenosha, Wis., where unrest has surged over the past week in the wake of the police shooting of an unarmed African American man, Jacob Blake. during a roundtable discussion in Orange, Texas, in which state officials assessed the storm damage from Hurricane Laura, a reporter asked the president whether he would also …

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NYC Fireworks Were For MTV Awards, Not Trump

Just as Glorious Leader’s acceptance speech was concluding at the White House, fireworks exploded over the Hudson River, leading cultists on social media to gloat about owning the libs in New York City. But the truth is quite different: A noisy fireworks show set off for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards was conducted from the Hudson River on Thursday …

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AUDIO: Trump’s Sister Insults “Moron” Eric And Ivanka

The Insider reports: Mary Trump, who is the daughter of the president’s older brother Fred Trump Jr., appeared on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” to discuss the latest revelations. The 55-year-old recently published a book titled “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” and has been releasing audio clips of conversations she’s had with family …

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Trump Tells Rally: “I Don’t Talk About My Ass” [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump called Black Lives Matter protesters “bad people” and “thugs” during a rowdy, non-socially distanced campaign rally in New Hampshire on Friday night. “Protesters, your ass. I don’t talk about my ass. Those are not protesters,” Trump told a roaring crowd of several hundred people at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. Trump was particularly furious …

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Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chair Says Military Will Have No Role In Resolving Disputed Presidential Election Result

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top U.S. military officer told Congress in comments released Friday. The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America, where the president has declared without …

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Vancouver Trump Hotel Files For Bankruptcy, Will Close

CTV News reports: It appears the days of having the controversial Trump name emblazoned on a prominent hotel tower in downtown Vancouver are coming to an end, with a staff member at the Trump International Hotel confirming Friday that the hotel is closing. The hotel on Georgia Street between Bute and Thurlow has been controversial for its name since opening …

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Four Attendees Tested COVID+ On First Day Of RNC

Charlotte’s ABC News affiliate reports: Two attendees and two support people tested positive for COVID-19 at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County officials said Friday. Day one of the convention kicked off Monday in Charlotte, where hundreds of delegates ventured and both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence made surprise speeches. Mecklenburg County leaders say those …

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Colorado Trump Campaign Staffer: “Nice Shot, Kyle”

The Colorado Times Recorder reports: A “Team Trump Bus” is touring northern Colorado today, and on it is John “TIG” Tiegen, who tweeted his unvarnished support for Kyle Rittenhouse, the Wisconsin teen accused of shooting three people at Kenosha protests yesterday. Tiegen, who delivered Trump’s signatures Colorado’s Secretary of State’s office to qualify for the Colorado ballot in November, reposted …

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Harris Eviscerates Trump Over COVID Failures: He Was Scared, He Was Petty, And He Was Vindictive [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Thursday launched a blistering attack at President Trump ahead of his speech at the Republican National Convention, saying the president has failed to protect the U.S. in a time of multiple crises. “Unlike the Democratic convention, which was very clear-eyed about the challenges we face and how we will …

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