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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“There Is Zero Reason to Panic”: On Trump's Coronavirus Case and the Shredded Credibility of His White House  —  A report from Day One after the President's diagnosis.  —  As Thursday began, it seemed like just another day of Trumpian meltdown in the nation's capital.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign manager tests positive for Covid-19  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager has tested positive for Covid-19, dealing another blow to his reelection effort on a day that saw the president and the head of the Republican National Committee report contracting the disease as well.
Washington Post:
Invincibility punctured by infection: How the coronavirus spread in Trump's White House  —  The ceremony in the White House Rose Garden last Saturday was a triumphal flashback to the Before Times — before public health guidelines restricted mass gatherings, before people were urged to wear masks and socially distance.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Three White House journalists test positive for coronavirus after closely covering Trump  —  Journalists who work at the White House have been on high alert about the coronavirus since March, but the issue took on even greater urgency Friday with a mini-outbreak in the press room following …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Axios and The Hill
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: Roll Call and OpsLens
The Daily Beast:
'It's Just F*ck-Up After F*ck-up'—Trump's COVID Advisers at Their Breaking Point  —  With the president infected, the group responsible for combating the virus remains a mess.  At the center of the drama is one man: Dr. Scott Atlas.  —  The announcement that President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Week
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.
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
What I Saw Today at the White House  —  Hours before President Trump left for Walter Reed, maskless staffers roamed the grounds.  And no one asked me if I was sick.  —  On the White House grounds this morning, senior West Wing aides walked around without masks.  They spoke with the press without masks.
Discussion: ABC News, FactCheck.org, Yahoo News and CNN
CNN:
Journalists who work at the White House are testing positive for Covid-19  —  New York (CNN Business)A widening coronavirus outbreak at the White House has left members of the media scrambling to find out if they, too, are infected.  —  Three journalists who work at the White House tested positive …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump taken to Walter Reed medical center and will be hospitalized ‘for the next few days’  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump arrived Friday evening at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where the White House says he will remain hospitalized for “the next few days.”
Washington Post:
Trump seemed to defy the laws of science and disease. Then, the coronavirus caught up with him.
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Cliff Sims, who wrote tell-all White House memoir, joins spy office
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Chris Wallace Tells Fox Viewers Not to Listen to Trump COVID Adviser Scott Atlas: ‘He Has No Training’
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Cavalier White House approach to COVID catches up to Trump
Discussion: Political Wire and WCDC-TV
James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
The Probable Outcomes of Trump's Diagnosis
Washington Post:
Trump at hospital after positive coronavirus test; Kellyanne Conway, two senators test positive
Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart:
Michael Moore: It's Possible Trump ‘Lying About Having COVID-19’ to ‘Gain Sympathy’
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump rally-goers urged to get tested if sick
Bloomberg:
Trump Kept Regular Schedule After Learning Close Aide Hope Hicks Had Covid
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health
David K. Li / NBC News:
11 positive coronavirus tests traced to presidential debate, Cleveland officials say  —  At least 11 positive coronavirus tests can be traced to organizers of this week's presidential debate in Cleveland, city officials said Friday.  —  The city's announcement came after President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
Trump's debate guests refused to wear masks, flouting rules  —  A little more than two days before she reported testing positive for the coronavirus, first lady Melania Trump — as well as the president's sons, daughters and several guests — violated safety protocols at the first presidential debate …
WKYC-TV:   City of Cleveland announces 11 positive cases of COVID-19 stemming from preparations for presidential debate
New York Times:
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.
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HuffPost:
Contract Tracers Waited On Names Of Trump Fundraiser Guests Who Had Already Scattered
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump's Virus Symptoms Appear Mild So Far
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
MOLLY BECK  —  MADISON - State Rep. Barbara Dittrich of Oconomowoc last week told her constituents there was no longer a danger of COVID-19 causing a large number of deaths.  The same day, the U.S. lost its 200,000th person to the virus.  —  Days later, state Sen. Howard Marklein told …
Discussion: Bulwark+
Jerry Holt / Star Tribune:
Minnesota Republicans fly Delta home from D.C. after COVID-19 exposure  —  U.S. Reps. Stauber, Emmer and Hagedorn appear to have violated the airline's policy, although they tested negative for the virus.  —  Video (00:29) : Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka …
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
‘God-tier genetics’: A stunned MAGA world offers blame, adulation after Trump's diagnosis  —  Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis has stunned MAGA world, but it hasn't changed how it reacts to bad news: blame others, accuse the left of craven behavior and cling tighter to the president.
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 …
 
 
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Maha Nassar / +972 Magazine:
US media talks a lot about Palestinians — just without Palestinians
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Diagnosis Spooks Russia: ‘Our Candidate is Sick’
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John Engel / KXAN-TV:
Lawsuit filed against Gov. Greg Abbott for limiting ballot drop off locations
Discussion: Associated Press
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Authorities Close Investigation Into Wisconsin Hate Crime, Say No Evidence It Occured
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's campaign has an epically bad day — and it's not just the virus
Discussion: Fox News, The Week and Axios
Chris Cohen / GQ:
Should You Wake Up Your Romantic Partner in the Middle of the Night to Tell Them the President Contracted a Deadly Virus?
Helen Branswell / STAT:
As ‘the clock starts ticking’ after coronavirus infection, Trump faces an uncertain road ahead
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Jacob Grier / Arc Digital:
A Pox on One of Their Houses  —  A lifelong Libertarian voter is driven to break for a major party …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
In Profane Rant, Melania Trump Takes Aim at Migrant Children and Critics
 

 
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