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Voting RIghts Advocates Hope To Stave Off Intimidation At Polls
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["BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Voting rights advocates and state officials are on high alert over fears that U.S. polling stations could attract the same strain of partisan violence and civil unrest that erupted on American st...
NYPD Officer Suspended After Blasting ‘Trump 2020’ From Patrol Car Loudspeaker
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["Free Agents Limited via Getty Images A New York City police officer was quickly suspended without pay Sunday after he was videotaped apparently blaring “Trump 2020” from his patrol car loudspeaker in a predominantly...
French Doctor Warns His Country Has ‘Lost Control’ Of Virus
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["PARYS (AP) — A French doctor warned Monday that his country has “lost control of the epidemic,” a day after health authorities reported more than 52,000 new coronavirus cases as nations across Europe enact more swee...
Supreme Court Blocks Wisconsin From Counting Mailed Ballots Received After Election Day
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["WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with Republicans to prevent Wisconsin from counting mailed ballots that are received after Election Day. In 'n 5-3 order, the justices on Monday refused to reinstate a lo...
Kayleigh McEnany Once Had Some Pretty Nice Things To Say About Joe Biden
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["White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany may now bombastically try to paint Democratic nominee Joe Biden as inept and a “radical socialist” whose presidency would ensure the catastrophic undoing of America. But ...
Gwen Stefani And Blake Shelton Are Engaged
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["After five years of dating, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are finally engaged. Shelton apparently proposed early Tuesday, based on the time of Stefani’s Instagram post celebrating the engagement: View this post on ...
Zeta Takes Aim At Hurricane-Weary Gulf Coast
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["NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana braced Wednesday for what is expected to be its third hurricane strike this year as Zeta, the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season, headed toward an expected...
Amerikaanse. Voters Worried About Violence And Their Safety At The Polls
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["WASHINGTON (AP) — Gary Kauffman says he does not scare easily. So when men waving President Donald Trump flags drive by his house in downtown Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he stands on his front steps and waves a banner...
Comedian’s Parody Of Stranded Omaha Trump Supporter Goes Viral
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["Comedian Blaire Erskine’s satirical take on a stranded attendee being interviewed after President Donald Trump’s rally in Nebraska has blown up big online. On Tuesday, thousands of attendees at a Trump rally at Eppl...
Wisconsin Republican Party Says Hackers Stole $2.3 Million
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["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 A...
Kamala Harris Targeted With More Misinformation Than Mike Pence, Data Shows
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["CHICAGO (AP) — Long before Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced her as his running mate, Kamala Harris was the target of widespread online misinformation. Social media posts included racist claims tha...
Hilariously Grim New Halloween Traditions Emerge In ‘The Tonight Show’ Hashtags
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["“The Tonight Show” called on viewers to answer the hashtag #NewHalloweenTraditions, and they came through in the most 2020 way possible. Host Jimmy Fallon read the best of the responses on Thursday, calling this one...
Facebook’s Political Ads Ban Has Been An Ominous Disaster
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["Leah Millis/Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckberberg. Under mounting pressure to quell the flood of partisan misinformation coursing through its platform, Facebook announced a new policy in September: It would stop acc...
Early Voting In U.S. Presidential Election Now Tops 90 Million
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["WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Meer as 90 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, according to a tally on Saturday from the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, setti...
Official: Pennsylvania Ballot Count To Take ‘Days’ After Election
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["Pennsylvania’s top election official predicted Sunday that it will be “days” after Election Day until all ballots in the swing state are counted. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump reportedly plans to declare victory...
Trump, ‘Fox & Friends’ Slam Lady Gaga For Pro-Biden Video, Being ‘Anti-Fracking Activist’
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["“Fox & Friends” went after Lady Gaga Monday for being a vocal supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted about her alleged stance against fracking. Co-hosts...