memeorandum: The aftermath of Trump's COVID-19 infection (Axios)

7:10 PM ET, October 2, 2020

Top Items:

2020 Election Live Updates: What Trump's Positive Test Means for the Race — The president's announcement early Friday that he tested positive upended the race in an instant, with less than five weeks to go before the election. It also rattled the world and sent markets tumbling.

Washington Post:

Supreme Court nominee tested positive for coronavirus this summer, has since recovered — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this year but has since recovered, three officials familiar with her diagnosis told The Washington Post.

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:

GOP donors panic after coming close to Trump at fundraiser hours before his positive Covid-19 test — GOP donors, according to a person briefed on the matter, have been reaching out to Trump campaign and GOP officials for any guidance as to what to do next following a fundraiser with the president.

Discussion: ABC News, USA Today, Raw Story, abc7NY, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Minnesota Department of Health, Little Green Footballs, The Lakewood Scoop, NBC New York, Vanity Fair, NBC Boston, New Republic, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, NBC Chicago, The Daily Caller and Gothamist

Axios:

The aftermath of Trump's COVID-19 infection — President Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, raising questions about his condition, the health of others in his orbit, and what this means for the campaign, the markets, public health policy and more. — Axios Re:Cap digs …

Discussion: Fox News, New York Times, The Hill, Cincinnati.com and The Daily Beast

WKYC-TV:

City of Cleveland announces 11 positive cases of COVID-19 stemming from preparations for presidential debate — The Cleveland Department of Public Health is conducting contact tracing following the positive cases. — CLEVELAND — With the news that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump …

New York Times:

On Monday, Trump Updated the Nation on Virus Strategy. By Friday, He Tested Positive. — President Trump interacted with scores of staff members, donors and supporters this week. Early Friday morning, it was still unclear how many other aides who had come into close contact with him had tested positive.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Associated Press, NBC News, Common Dreams, OpsLens, Forbes, The Guardian, Task & Purpose, Washington Post and Reuters

James Hamblin / The Atlantic:

The Probable Outcomes of Trump's Diagnosis — Donald Trump is 74, and he is male. — Little else is known about his physical condition. Throughout his presidency, he has disclosed almost nothing in the way of medical records. He stands accused, by one of his former doctors …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, Big League Politics, Slate and ABC News

Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:

“No One Knows Where This Is Going to Go”: Pandemonium Inside the White House as Trump Contracts COVID-19 — The president has a cough and a fever; the first lady is said to be asymptomatic. The real question is how bad it gets—and how the election unfolds.

Discussion: Fox News, Towleroad Gay News, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Вес …

Politico:

‘This is the worst nightmare for the Trump campaign’ — Donald Trump had done everything possible to shift the focus of the presidential campaign away from his handling of the coronavirus. — His own infection now ensures that he can't - pulling Trump off the road 32 days before the election …

Discussion: National Review, Fox News, Vanity Fair, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Common Dreams, One America News Network and Toledo Blade

David A. Graham / The Atlantic:

Why Has the President Gone Silent? — It is a peculiar calm in the midst of the wild storm. Even as the nation descended into a frenzy over President Donald Trump's positive coronavirus test, there was silence from the one reliable source of noise for the past five years: the president himself.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Raw Story and Vox

Washington Post:

Live updates: Trump arrives at Walter Reed hospital after positive coronavirus test — The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Vox, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Wired, New York Times, Daily Kos and Lawyers, Guns & Money

NBC News:
Trump will go to Walter Reed hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis

Discussion: Twin Cities, NBC Boston, The Daily Beast and OutKick

Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump taken to Walter Reed medical center and will be hospitalized ‘for the next few days’

Discussion: Vox, Fox News, Roll Call, Washington Times, Breitbart, The Guardian, CNBC, The Hill, KSNG-TV, Variety, STAT and The Daily Beast

New York Times:
Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus

Bloomberg:
Trump Kept Regular Schedule After Learning Close Aide Hope Hicks Had Covid

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, NBC Chicago, The Daily Beast, Wired, Fox News, Iowa Starting Line, Washington Monthly, The Verge, The Hill, Vanity Fair and Mediaite

Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Top White House staffers still not wearing masks

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, emptywheel, CNN and BuzzFeed News

New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Virus Symptoms Appear Mild So Far

Allie Yang / ABC News:
4 attendees of SCOTUS nomination at Rose Garden test positive for COVID-19

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, The Hill and Politico

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health

more at Mediagazer »

Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:
I Am The Politics Editor And I Have Absolutely No Idea What Happens Next

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and BuzzFeed News

Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump rally-goers urged to get tested if sick

Discussion: Axios, WSPA-TV, The Slot, WOOD-TV, Twin Cities, NBC Chicago, Fox News, WAVY-TV, New York Times, NBC News, The Week, Associated Press, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, Florida Politics, BuzzFeed News, who13.com, New Republic, CNBC, The Hill and TheBlaze

Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Electoral Chaos Might Ensue if Biden or Trump Is Forced Out of the Race

Discussion: Vox, Reason, Washington Post, CNN, National Review, electionlawblog.org, Associated Press, The Week and alicublog

Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas reacts to Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, says ‘zero reason to panic’

Discussion: Townhall, ABC News, Reuters, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, Newsweek, MSNBC, Raw Story, National Review, Washington Post, Axios, Conservative News Today, Vox, The Week and New York Post

Sam Baker / Axios:
Age, obesity put Trump at high risk for severe coronavirus infection

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Fox News, Washington Post, The Week, Raw Story, Forbes, ABC News, CNBC, NPR and Reuters

Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:

Trump Infects America — “At the best of times, Trumpworld operates with all the strategic direction of a chicken with its head cut off,” a senior Republican official told me. “Right now, they're operating like a chicken with its head cut off, lit on fire, and thrown off a cliff.”

Discussion: Associated Press, Roll Call and OpsLens

Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Cliff Sims, who wrote tell-all White House memoir, joins spy office

Discussion: Axios

Axios:
White House staff frustrated by lack of info

Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and Breitbart

Joshua Nelson / Fox News:
Trump hard at work, in good spirits after positive coronavirus test, McEnany says

Discussion: Axios, Breitbart, OpsLens, Washington Post and Reuters

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Fox News Stars to Be Tested After Attending Debate Night — The network is taking precautions after Lachlan Murdoch, Sean Hannity and other key Fox figures attended the debate moderated by Chris Wallace. — A son of Rupert Murdoch and some of the biggest stars at Fox News were potentially exposed …

Discussion: Variety, Fox News and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »

Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:

Chris Wallace Tells Fox Viewers Not to Listen to Trump COVID Adviser Scott Atlas: ‘He Has No Training’ — “Dr. Scott Atlas is not an epidemiologist, is not an infectious disease specialist. He has no training in this area at all.” — Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had a lot of thoughts …

Discussion: Redstate, Politico, Towleroad Gay News, Fox News, The Daily Dot, CNN, Bangor Daily News, The Hill, Yahoo News and Mediaite

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Chris Wallace, Awaiting Virus Test, Tells Fox News Viewers: ‘Wear the Damn Mask’

Discussion: Axios, The Daily Beast and Mediaite

Todd Richmond / Associated Press:

Prosecutors: Not enough evidence to prove Wisconsin attack — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There's not enough evidence to prove that a group of white men set a young biracial woman on fire during a chaotic night of protests in Wisconsin's capital city this summer, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon: Authorities Close Investigation Into Wisconsin Hate Crime, Say No Evidence It Occured

Chris Rickert / madison.com:
Madison police, federal law enforcement find no evidence biracial woman was attacked

Discussion: Big League Politics, Althouse and Instapundit

Jason Koebler / VICE:

Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID — “Content that wishes, hopes or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm, or fatal disease against an individual is against our rules.” — Jason Koebler — President Trump has coronavirus …

Discussion: The Verge and Breitbart, more at Techmeme »

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:

In Profane Rant, Melania Trump Takes Aim at Migrant Children and Critics — The audio recording puts the first lady's frustrations on full display just weeks before President Trump faces the voters in his bid for a second term. — WASHINGTON — The first lady, Melania Trump …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Slate, CNN, The Root, Daily Kos, Common Dreams, National Review, Sputnik News, Forbes and The Week

Anna North / Vox:
The Melania tapes bust the “Free Melania” myth

Discussion: Vanity Fair and WAVY-TV

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Trump's campaign has an epically bad day — and it's not just the virus — This doesn't mean that better days don't lie ahead. — I am substantially younger than these United States but I am nonetheless at a loss to identify a worse day for a presidential campaign than Oct. 2 …

Discussion: Fox News, Axios and The Week

John Engel / KXAN-TV:

Lawsuit filed against Gov. Greg Abbott for limiting ballot drop off locations — AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lawsuit has been filed against Gov. Greg Abbott and county election officials in Texas after the governor issued a proclamation that limits each county to one ballot drop-off location.

Associated Press:
Groups Sue Texas Governor Over Reductions in Ballot Drop-Off Locations

Discussion: The Hill, TheBlaze and Bloomberg

Jed Graham / Investor's Business Daily:

Biden Lead Over Trump Cut To 3 Points After Presidential Debate: IBD/TIPP Poll — Joe Biden's lead over President Donald Trump has narrowed to 2.6 points among likely voters, a new IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll finds. Trump's rise comes despite registered voters seeing Biden as the winner …

Discussion: Power Line, Breitbart, Forbes and The Daily Caller

Helen Branswell / STAT:

As ‘the clock starts ticking’ after coronavirus infection, Trump faces an uncertain road ahead — The news that President Donald Trump is showing mild signs of Covid-19 infection after testing positive tell us nothing about what the disease might have in store for the commander-in-chief …

Discussion: Bulwark+

Jacob Grier / Arc Digital:

A Pox on One of Their Houses — A lifelong Libertarian voter is driven to break for a major party in the 2020 presidential election — In — the year 2000, I turned 18 and cast my first ever presidential vote for Libertarian Party nominee Harry Browne, a charismatic guru of self-help and investment advice.