memeorandum: Ex-Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale Was Intoxicated, Aggressive, And Refused To Cooperate While Threatening To Harm Himself, Police Said (Tasneem Nashrulla/BuzzFeed News)

2:45 PM ET, September 28, 2020

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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:

Trump's Taxes Show He's a National Security Threat — What trade-offs would a president with this level of indebtedness be willing to make to save face? — In a tour de force of hard won reporting, the New York Times has put numerical clothing on what we've known about President Donald Trump …

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, Associated Press, The Guardian, Raw Story, OpsLens, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Townhall and CNN

New York Times:

LONG-CONCEALED RECORDS SHOW TRUMP'S CHRONIC LOSSES AND YEARS OF TAX AVOIDANCE — The Times obtained Donald Trump's tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

Trump in 2011 said lower-income Americans should have to pay taxes to ‘be a part of the game’ and said he paid ‘a lot’ — (CNN)Donald Trump in a 2011 interview said even Americans who don't earn much should have to pay something in taxes to be “part of the game.”

Discussion: Raw Story

Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Yes, Donald Trump Is Still A Billionaire. That Makes His $750 Tax Payment Even More Scandalous.

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, OpsLens and America's Voice

Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump tax records show duplicity. That's devastating for his campaign.

Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, CNBC, Washington Post, Raw Story, Political Wire and POLITICUSUSA

David Corn / Mother Jones:
Why Donald Trump's Tax Returns Matter

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Townhall, The Guardian, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story and IJR

Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Here's how much you had to make in 2017 to pay more income tax than Donald Trump

Discussion: New York Times, Political Wire, Washington Post and Raw Story

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘Do as I say not as I do’: Blockbuster NYT report casts new light on Trump's tax rhetoric

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Guardian, Politico, Breitbart, Raw Story, MSNBC, The American Independent, IJR, Daily Kos and FOX News Radio

David Leonhardt / New York Times:
18 Revelations From a Trove of Trump Tax Records

Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump's tax revelation could tarnish image that fueled rise

Discussion: Breitbart, Reuters, Newsbusters, POLITICUSUSA, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos and The Week

Politico:
Pelosi begins mustering Democrats for possible House decision on presidency

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Reuters, The Week, Breitbart, NPR, The Sun, Florida Politics, New York Post and OpsLens

Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Nearly 1 million Americans have already voted

Discussion: WTOP and The Hill

Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Ivanka Trump Could Be Going Down Thanks To Her Dad's Tax Fraud

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Week, New York Times and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »

NBC News:
With Supreme Court pick, Trump is once again on the wrong side of public opinion

Discussion: ABC News, MSN, The Guardian, The Triad and Breitbart

New York Times:
Charting an Empire: A Timeline of Trump's Finances

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Mario Ariza / Sun-Sentinel:

Ex-Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale was drunk and agitated in standoff, police say. Then his cop friend showed up. — FORT LAUDERDALE — Bradley Parscale, former campaign manager to president Donald Trump, was in the middle of an armed standoff with police at his Fort Lauderdale home …

Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story

Brett Clarkson / Sun-Sentinel:

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police say — FORT LAUDERDALE — A tense situation unfolded at a home owned by Brad Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign …

Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Ex-Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale Was Intoxicated, Aggressive, And Refused To Cooperate While Threatening To Harm Himself, Police Said

Discussion: NBC News, Fox News, CBS Miami, NBC 6 South Florida and Mediaite

Michelle Solomon / WPLG-TV:
Former Trump campaign manager, Brad Parscale, armed, barricades self in Fort Lauderdale home, police called

Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times, Big League Politics, OpsLens, Townhall, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit and Talking Points Memo

David Selig / WPLG-TV:
Brad Parscale made suicidal comments and had physical altercation with wife, she tells police

Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story

Washington Post:

Joe Biden for president — In order to expel the worst president of modern times, many voters might be willing to vote for almost anybody. — Fortunately, to oust President Trump in 2020, voters do not have to lower their standards. The Democratic nominee, former vice president Joe Biden …

Discussion: National Review, CNN, Associated Press, New Yorker, Forbes, IJR, Wall Street Journal, Political Wire, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, UnHerd and The Hill

Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:

Cindy McCain Joins Biden Transition Team Advisory Board — Wife of late GOP Sen. John McCain endorsed Biden's presidential bid last week — WASHINGTON—Cindy McCain, the wife of the late GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona, is joining the board of Joe Biden's presidential transition team …

Discussion: Axios, The Hill, Forbes, Political Wire and Mediaite

Steve Peoples / Associated Press:

Pandemic overwhelms Trump's message in critical N. Carolina — WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump is fighting to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, howling with unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and warning that violent mobs are infiltrating the suburbs.

Discussion: Associated Press, ABC News, OpsLens, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post, The Dispatch, The Daily Caller, Blue Virginia and IJR

Meredith College:
Meredith Poll Provides Snapshot of N.C. Voter Opinions as Election 2020 Approaches

Discussion: The Hill

Michael Kruse / Politico: ‘The Women Around Him Are Accessories to His Brand’

Monica Alba / NBC News:

Redfield voices alarm over influence of Trump's new coronavirus task force adviser — WASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has grown increasingly concerned that President Donald Trump, pushed by a new member of his coronavirus task force …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, CNBC, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Guardian, The Week, NBC New York, The Hill and Mediaite

Washington Post: CDC's credibility is eroded by internal blunders and external attacks as coronavirus vaccine campaigns loom

Channel 4 News:

Revealed: Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016 — Channel 4 News has exclusively obtained a vast cache of data used by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign on almost 200 million American voters. — It reveals that 3.5 million Black Americans …

Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Beast, more at Techmeme »

Washington Post:

Trump suggested naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016, according to new book by Rick Gates — As Donald Trump's top campaign aides began a discussion in June 2016 about who the presumptive Republican presidential nominee should select as his running mate, the candidate piped up with an idea.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, IJR, CNN, The Week, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Guardian

Christina Johnsen / Polls:

Voters Split on Filling SCOTUS Seat — Some bothered by Trump position on transfer of power; — Few expect first debate will change their minds — West Long Branch, NJ - There has been a slight narrowing in the presidential race in the latest national Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.

Discussion: New York Times, National Review, The Hill, The Week and Associated Press

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

If Race Comes Down to Omaha, Poll Shows Biden Has an Edge — Nebraska's Second Congressional District could play a decisive role in a very close election. — In a close race, the presidential election could be decided by an unlikely spot: Nebraska's Second Congressional District, including Omaha and most of its suburbs.

Discussion: Political Wire

Alec MacGillis / New Yorker:

The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning — The desire to protect children may put their long-term well-being at stake. — This article is a collaboration between The New Yorker and ProPublica. — Shemar, a twelve-year-old from East Baltimore, is good at math, and Karen Ngosso …

Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:

The Left Hates Amy Coney Barrett Because She Disproves All Their Lies About Women — Her very existence repudiates the left's binary thinking about womanhood, that women have to deny what makes women different from men to achieve professionally. And that's why they hate her.

Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Beast and Washington Post

Shannon Watts / USA Today:
Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett puts years of gun safety progress at risk

Discussion: Twitchy, The American Conservative and DCReport.org

Hilary Sargent / The Informant:

Christopher Cantwell guilty of extortion and threats — After a four-day trial, the neo-Nazi podcaster was found guilty on two charges. He now faces a maximum sentence of 22 years. — CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Christopher Cantwell, the neo-Nazi podcaster charged by federal prosecutors …

USA Today:

Trump wants to run on his record. We hope he does. It's been a disaster for America. — Trump's historically, mind-bogglingly bad record is on the ballot. He has destroyed lives and livelihoods, weakened America and risked our democracy. — At some point during the debates …

Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:

Democratic super PAC jumps into South Carolina race against Lindsey Graham — The main super PAC supporting the election of Democrats to the Senate is preparing to invest millions in South Carolina — a fresh signal that Democrats see the race against Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) as winnable.

Discussion: The Hill