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9:40 AM ET, October 3, 2020

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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.
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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.
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.
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: OpsLens, Roll Call and Washington Post
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, The Hill and Axios
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
What I Saw at the White House  —  On the White House grounds this morning, senior West Wing aides walked around without masks.  They spoke with the press without masks.  They huddled privately with one another and didn't wear masks.  —  When I visited the White House in August …
Washington Post:
Trump seemed to defy the laws of science and disease.  Then, the coronavirus caught up with him.  —  President Trump contracted the novel coronavirus after months in which he and people around him — his aides, his children, even his golf-club members — avoided taking basic steps to prevent …
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
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 …
Politico:
Debate commission accedes to Biden campaign's ‘health and safety’ objections for VP debate  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates has agreed to seat Kamala Harris and Mike Pence 12 feet apart at the vice presidential debate next week, after the Biden campaign raised health and safety objections …
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 …
Bloomberg:
The Day Covid-19 Came to Donald Trump's White House
Discussion: Florida Politics, Raw Story and Wired
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The White House relied on a rapid test, but used it in a way it was not intended.
Discussion: Slate, CNBC and The Week
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Cliff Sims, who wrote tell-all White House memoir, joins spy office
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Breitbart
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Cavalier White House approach to COVID catches up to Trump
Discussion: Twin Cities and Political Wire
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Has the President Gone Silent?
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Raw Story
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump taken to Walter Reed medical center and will be hospitalized ‘for the next few days’
WKYC-TV:   City of Cleveland announces 11 positive cases of COVID-19 stemming from preparations for presidential debate
Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
When Reagan was shot, country rallied around, but he hadn't spent months downplaying assassins
Discussion: Fox News and The Sun
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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 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court nominee tested positive for coronavirus this summer, has since recovered
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's campaign has an epically bad day — and it's not just the virus
Discussion: Fox News and The Week
James Griffiths / CNN:
Trump has repeatedly blamed China for a virus that now threatens his health.  This will make Beijing nervous  —  See Trump's busy week before his Covid-19 diagnosis  —  Hong Kong (CNN)In his first presidential debate against Joe Biden, Donald Trump made clear who he blames for the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: NPR and The Daily Beast
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Jack Beyrer / Washington Free Beacon:
Hickenlooper Calls China a ‘Great Nation’
Discussion: Breitbart
Beth LeBlanc / The Detroit News:
BETH LEBLANC , CRAIG MAUGER , MELISSA NANN BURKE |  The Detroit News … The state's high court ruled 4-3 that a state law allowing the governor to declare emergencies and keep them in place without legislative input — the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act — is unconstitutional.
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Florida Chamber poll shows Joe Biden winning Florida by 5 points  —  Joe Biden holds a solid lead among likely Florida voters, according to the latest poll from the Florida Chamber of Commerce.  —  A survey by Cherry Communications for the Chamber shows if the election were held today …
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.
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 …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
The COVID Chaos Is a Net Plus for Trump's Campaign  —  So, Donald Trump has the Wuhan pangolin virus, and of course he does because it's 2020 and how could he not have it?  With this year, you take the most random scenario, you multiply it by 10, gobble a handful of the brown acid …
 
 
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Qanta Ahmed / Fox News:
Dr. Qanta Ahmed: Trump COVID-19 hospitalization doesn't mean he's seriously ill — I expect his full recovery
Discussion: OpsLens
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
AOC baffles Jewish community by refusing to meet with leaders
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Diagnosis Spooks Russia: ‘Our Candidate is Sick’
Discussion: Raw Story
HuffPost:
Contract Tracers Waited On Names Of Trump Fundraiser Guests Who Had Already Scattered
Discussion: Vox and Vanity Fair
 Earlier Items: 
HuffPost:
Amy McGrath Is Airing A Pro-Trump Ad In A Swing State Media Market
John Engel / KXAN-TV:
Lawsuit filed against Gov. Greg Abbott for limiting ballot drop off locations
Discussion: Associated Press
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Authorities Close Investigation Into Wisconsin Hate Crime, Say No Evidence It Occured
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
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New York Times:
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