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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.
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: The Hill and CNN
Margaret Talev / Axios:
SurveyMonkey poll: Trump faces little GOP fallout over COVID disclosure  —  Just one in 10 Republicans says President Trump is handling his own COVID-19 diagnosis irresponsibly, according to a SurveyMonkey snap poll for Axios after he disclosed testing positive.
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.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:   Nearly 3 in 4 think Trump did not take appropriate virus precautions: POLL
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
President urges stimulus deal, but obstacles remain
Discussion: WAVY-TV
Los Angeles Times:
New questions emerge about timing and severity of President Trump's coronavirus infection
Washington Post:   An army of doctors. Access to an experimental drug. A special patient gets special care.
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
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.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden's national lead over Trump jumps to 14 points after debate in NBC News/WSJ poll  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's national lead over President Donald Trump nearly doubled after Tuesday's presidential debate, with voters saying by a 2-to-1 margin that Biden has the better temperament to be president …
Discussion: HillReporter.com and The Hill
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Scores 14-Point Lead Over Trump in Poll After Debate
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
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
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 …
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Jennifer Thomas / Charlotte Business Journal:
Holy Angels retail businesses in Belmont close as precaution after Ivanka Trump visit  —  Cherubs Café, Cotton Candy Factory and Bliss Gallery in downtown Belmont closed for deep cleaning on Friday after a visit from Ivanka Trump.  —  Trump visited those three retail establishments …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Ally Mauch / People.com:   Chelsea Clinton Says She No Longer Speaks to One-Time Friend Ivanka Trump: ‘I Have No Interest’
Washington Post:
A mentally ill man, a heavily armed teenager and the night Kenosha burned  —  Cast by conservatives as a battle between antifa agitators and a right-wing ‘patriot,’ this summer's deadliest protest-related incident was not quite what it seemed  —  KENOSHA, Wis. — Anti-police-brutality demonstrators …
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 …
Discussion: HillReporter.com
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: Fox News, The Daily Beast and Townhall
 
 
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Kate Kelly / New York Times:
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Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
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Discussion: Jihad Watch
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:
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WATCH: Graham and Harrison face off in first debate
Discussion: Politico
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson Compares Trump To A Sexual Assault Victim
Houston Chronicle:
Abbott's order closing ballot drop-off sites is voter suppression — plain and simple.
ABC News:
Trump family, aides flouted Cleveland hotel mask mandate ahead of debate
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Democrats would destroy Supreme Court with scheme to pack justices
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