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1:15 PM 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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CNN:
Senate GOP's third positive Covid-19 case threatens quick Barrett confirmation  —  (CNN)Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has tested positive for coronavirus after being exposed to someone with the virus earlier this week, according to his spokesman, making him the third GOP senator …
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.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The White House relied on a rapid test, but used it in a way it was not intended.  —  For months, the White House's strategy for keeping President Trump and his inner circle safe has been to screen all White House visitors with a rapid test.  —  But one product they use, Abbott's ID Now …
Discussion: CNBC, Slate, Forbes and The Week
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Chris Christie tests positive for coronavirus  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, he tweeted.  —  The big picture: Christie attended an indoor briefing by President Trump in the White House on Sept. 27, and helped the president prepare for Tuesday's presidential debate.
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN and The Hill
Jonathan H. Adler / Reason:
Will the Senate Have a Quorum to Confirm Judge Barrett?  (Updated) … This means that the Senate needs 51 Senators to conduct business on the floor.  This might present a problem for Senate Republican plans to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.  —  There are 53 Republican Senators.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Looking for a single responsible Republican in the Senate  —  The Post reported Friday night that a second Republican senator and member of the Judiciary Committee, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, has tested positive for the coronavirus.  Like his colleague Mike Lee of Utah, Tillis vowed to self-isolate for 10 days.
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Attorney General Barr chooses not to quarantine despite possible exposure to Covid-19  —  (CNN)Attorney General William Barr is choosing not to quarantine after recently coming in close contact with members of President Donald Trump's inner circle who have tested positive for Covid-19 …
Jake Sherman / Politico:
The virus slams into a broken Washington
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   “There Is Zero Reason to Panic”: On Trump's Coronavirus Case and the Shredded Credibility of His White House
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Three White House journalists test positive for coronavirus after closely covering Trump
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Cavalier White House approach to COVID catches up to Trump
Axios:
The GOP's great depression  —  It's the storyline of a Republican nightmare: A mask-disdaining President Trump gets the coronavirus on the eve of the election, against a political backdrop that looks dire for Republicans.  —  Driving the news: Some top GOP operatives, privy to data from swing states …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Reality Bursts the Trumpworld Bubble  —  In a moment that feels biblical, the implacable virus has come to the president's door.  —  WASHINGTON — Fate leads the willing, Seneca said, while the unwilling get dragged.  —  For his entire life, Donald Trump has stayed one step ahead of disaster …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Poll Finds Voters in Two Crucial States Repelled by Trump's Debate Behavior  —  NEW YORK TIMES/  —  SIENA COLLEGE POLL  —  Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Florida and Pennsylvania.  Both states are crucial to Mr. Trump's re-election chances.  —  2016 Election Result NYT/Siena  —  Pennsylvania
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
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Politico:
Sexts and coronavirus: Must-win Senate race upended down the stretch  —  It was a crazy 24 hours in North Carolina's Senate race: Just a few hours after Republican Sen. Thom Tillis reported a positive coronavirus diagnosis on Friday evening, his Democratic opponent Cal Cunningham admitted …
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
Cunningham admits sending sexually suggestive texts
Associated Press:
VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation's top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agency's scientists who said there was no evidence …
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
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Pence in the Wings  —  Above the fireplace in the vice-presidential residence hangs a plaque with a verse from the Bible: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord.  “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Discussion: Politico, IJR and The Daily Beast
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Sen. Ron Johnson tests positive for coronavirus  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday after returning to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29 and coming into contact with someone who had contracted the virus, spokesperson Ben Voelkel said in a statement on Saturday.
Discussion: Reuters
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
 
 
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
MOLLY BECK  —  MADISON - State Rep. Barbara Dittrich of Oconomowoc last week told her constituents …
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Diagnosis Spooks Russia: ‘Our Candidate is Sick’
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Tina Nguyen / Politico:
‘God-tier genetics’: A stunned MAGA world offers blame, adulation after Trump's diagnosis
Washington Post:
Trump seemed to defy the laws of science and disease. Then, the coronavirus caught up with him.
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