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8:05 AM ET, October 4, 2020

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New York Magazine:
The White House Is Spreading Virus and Lies  —  The White House is at war with the virus, with itself, and with reality — though not necessarily in that order.  —  With President Trump hospitalized for COVID-19 at Walter Reed medical center, officials spent Saturday sowing doubt …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“This Is Spiraling Out of Control”: Allies Panic About Trump's Hospital Stay as White House Deflects  —  The White House's history of lying makes it difficult to assess the truth of Trump's condition.  But allies are bracing for an election blowout, and at least one G-7 nation is predicting president Ivanka.
Washington Post:
Little evidence that White House has offered contact tracing, guidance to hundreds potentially exposed  —  Hours before President Trump tested positive for the novel coronavirus and just one day before he was admitted to the hospital, he mingled with more than 200 people at his New Jersey golf club for a campaign fundraiser.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Biden leads by 10 points as majority of Americans say Trump could have avoided coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the U.S. presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus …
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
How the everyday chaos of reporting on the Trump White House played out for the world to see Saturday  —  The dispatches began routinely enough for an out-of-the-ordinary day, with Pool Report #2 from Cheryl Bolen, the Bloomberg White House reporter on pool duty Saturday.
Bloomberg:
Trump Aide Luna Tests Positive for Virus in New White House Case  — Luna had joined president on trips to Cleveland, Minnesota  — As ‘body man,’ Luna holds Trump's papers, keeps his schedule  —  White House aide Nick Luna, who serves as a personal attendant to President Donald Trump …
Discussion: CNN
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Covering a cover-up in real time  —  What is the actual state of President Trump's health — now and over the past 24 hours?  —  Why it matters: It's one of the most high-stakes questions in the world, and I cannot answer it, despite having spent since 5 a.m. on Friday on my phone with sources inside and close to the White House.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Maggie Haberman on the Fallout from Trump's Hospitalization  —  On Saturday, the day after President Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with symptoms of covid-19, the country remained in a state of confusion about his medical status.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden looks to seal election after Trump's week from hell  —  Joe Biden is on the campaign trail.  Donald Trump is in the hospital.  —  In a role reversal, the president who mocked his rival for being weak and hiding “in his basement” is stuck in isolation under doctors' supervision …
Margaret Talev / Axios:   SurveyMonkey poll: Trump faces little GOP fallout over COVID disclosure
Washington Post:   An army of doctors. Access to an experimental drug. A special patient gets special care.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
President urges stimulus deal, but obstacles remain
Discussion: WCDC-TV
Associated Press:
Official: Next 48 hours critical for Trump on virus fight
New York Times:
A White House Long in Denial Confronts Reality
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
ABC News:   Trump family, aides flouted Cleveland hotel mask mandate ahead of debate
Los Angeles Times:
New questions emerge about timing and severity of President Trump's coronavirus infection
Discussion: The Colorado Sun
John Zogby Strategies:
Biden Leads Trump 49%-47%; New John Zogby Strategies/EMI Research Solutions Poll Taken After President Checks Into Walter Reed
Discussion: Breitbart, Townhall and Axios
Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
President Trump completes second dose of the Remdesivir drug; doc reports ‘substantial progress’
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:   Rose Garden event suspected of virus outbreak alarms D.C. officials
Washington Post:
White House gives confusing and incomplete answers about Trump's health as president says he is ‘feeling well’
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
As virus spreads across GOP ranks, some Republicans say party will pay price for ‘stupid’ approach  —  President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis shook Republicans like an earthquake.  Then came the troubling aftershocks.  —  There was the positive test result for a prominent conservative GOP senator, Mike Lee of Utah.
Discussion: CNN, Redstate and Politico
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Briana Reilly / madison.com:
After testing positive for COVID-19, Ron Johnson says he's still against mask mandates  —  After testing positive for COVID-19, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said his view on mask mandates hasn't changed, as Wisconsin Republican leaders have voiced their support for striking down the state's order requiring face coverings be worn.
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Went to Oktoberfest Party While Awaiting COVID-19 Test Results
Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
Texas Attorney Ken Paxton took bribes, abused office, executives in his office say  —  Top aides of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have asked federal law enforcement authorities to investigate allegations of improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential crimes against the state's top lawyer.
Elizabeth Spiers / Washington Post:
Trump built a career on magic words.  The spell broke at the debate.  —  The president acts as if politics and governing are only about soundbites.  —  President Trump believes that all politics is theater, and theater of a very specific sort: television.  This is no surprise, since television is his comfort zone.
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Fox News and Townhall
Jay Cannon / USA Today:
We're paying a lot of attention to Trump's case, but the US just recorded the most daily COVID-19 infections in nearly 2 months … The news of President Donald Trump and members of his inner circle testing positive for COVID-19 has sent shock waves across the country, but it's …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The new details on Kimberly Guilfoyle's time at Fox News are horrific  —  At the media-mobbed presidential debate at Hofstra University in 2016, the Erik Wemple Blog spotted then-Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle.  This was just a few months after Guilfoyle helped to spearhead a campaign …
Laurel Mallory / WIS-TV:
WATCH: Graham and Harrison face off in first debate  —  Polls show the candidates in a dead heat.  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - It's one of the most-closely-watched races in the nation, with the majority in the Senate hanging in the balance.  —  Incumbent Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham faces …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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New York Times:
The President's Illness Is Yet Another Dividing Line in the Trump Era
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
‘Absolutely Reckless’: AG Barr's Refusal to Quarantine After Rose Garden Superspreader Event Sparks Backlash
Discussion: HillReporter.com, CNN and NPR
Joshua J. McElwee / National Catholic Reporter:
Pope's post-COVID encyclical envisions a less populist, less capitalist world
Berkman Klein Center:
Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign
SSRN:
Abstract  —  This article defends the position that the right of armed self-defense remains …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson Compares Trump To A Sexual Assault Victim
Ally Mauch / People.com:
Chelsea Clinton Says She No Longer Speaks to One-Time Friend Ivanka Trump: ‘I Have No Interest’
David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Coronavirus and the Threat Within the White House
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Abbott's order closing ballot drop-off sites is voter suppression — plain and simple.
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