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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.

Discussion: Axios, Breitbart, The Hill, Raw Story, Mediaite, Slate, Twitchy and Wall Street Journal

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.

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.

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Bloomberg, Twin Cities, Washington Times, ABC7, Bangor Daily News, Political Wire, Fox News and NBC Boston

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: The Week

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

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 …

Discussion: Straight from City Hall, Politico, Slate, The Daily Caller and OpsLens

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.

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 …

Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:

What I Saw Today 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 …

Discussion: Yahoo News, BuzzFeed News and The Week

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

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 …

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, The Nevada Independent, Breitbart, Forbes, Sputnik News, Washington Post, CBS Philly, Political Wire, KSNG-TV and The Daily Beast

CNN:
Journalists who work at the White House are testing positive for Covid-19

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Variety, Washington Post, STAT, Vox, Washington Times, Breitbart, The Guardian, Fox News, Roll Call, The Daily Beast and The Daily Caller

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

Discussion: Donald J. Trump for President, Breitbart, New York Times, Politico, The Hill, NPR, ABC News, Fox News and New York Times

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

Discussion: The Hill, Axios and Breitbart

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP donors panic after coming close to Trump at fundraiser hours before his positive Covid-19 test

Axios:
White House staff frustrated by lack of info

Discussion: Politico, Fox News, Political Wire, Reuters and Daily Kos

David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Has the President Gone Silent?

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Raw Story

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

Discussion: Twin Cities, OutKick, NBC Boston, The Daily Beast, Essence, The Guardian, Reuters and The Hill

Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Chris Wallace Tells Fox Viewers Not to Listen to Trump COVID Adviser Scott Atlas: ‘He Has No Training’

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

New York Times:
The Busy Week When the President Met the Virus

Discussion: The Hill, UPI and The American Independent

Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Cavalier White House approach to COVID catches up to Trump

Discussion: Political Wire

BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Fundraisers Brought Him Into Close Contact With Dozens In Two States Before He Announced He Had COVID-19

Discussion: Raw Story, Eschaton and Washington Post

WKYC-TV: City of Cleveland announces 11 positive cases of COVID-19 stemming from preparations for presidential debate

Politico:
Where Trump went (and who he was with) leading up to his coronavirus diagnosis

Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill, Breitbart, Deadline, Axios, Kaiser Health News, WCDC-TV and Sputnik News

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

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC Chicago, Vox, Washington Monthly, Wired, Fox News, Iowa Starting Line, ABC7, The Guardian, The Hill, The Daily Beast and Vanity Fair

Washington Post:
Trump at hospital after positive coronavirus test; Kellyanne Conway, two senators test positive

Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN, Essence, Associated Press, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Mother Jones, National Review, Bangor Daily News, Vox, Wired, American Prospect, Deadline, CBS Los Angeles, Toledo Blade, Daily Kos and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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

James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
The Probable Outcomes of Trump's Diagnosis

Discussion: The Guardian, New York Times, ABC News and Big League Politics

Andy Slavitt / USA Today:
Trump's COVID-19 opportunity: Stop mocking masks. Embrace them instead and save lives.

Discussion: Fox News, The Verge, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times and The Atlantic

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 and Roll Call

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 …

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, NPR, The Guardian, The Daily Dot, Mediaite, Townhall, The Sun, National File, Breitbart, Variety, TheBlaze, Fox News and New York Post, more at Techmeme »

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+

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.

USA Today:

2 GOP senators test positive for COVID-19 after Trump; Democrats say it's ‘premature’ to move forward with Barrett confirmation hearings … WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats argued Friday it was “premature” to move forward with confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Vox and The Week

HuffPost:

Contract Tracers Waited On Names Of Trump Fundraiser Guests Who Had Already Scattered — Social media posts show people who went to the New Jersey event with Trump had fanned out across the country, going out in public and not wearing masks. — New Jersey contact tracers did not have a complete list …

Discussion: Vanity Fair and The Gateway Pundit