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6:20 PM ET, October 5, 2020

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New York Times:
White House Is Not Contact Tracing ‘Super-Spreader’ Rose Garden Event  —  Since President Trump's Covid diagnosis, numerous associates have tested positive, but the White House has not aggressively investigated the outbreak.  —  Despite almost daily disclosures of new coronavirus infections …
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The People Trump Is Coming Home To  —  On any given morning, the White House is a blur of activity.  A chef may be whipping up breakfast for the first couple in the second-floor kitchen.  A valet might be shining the president's shoes, while the head butler lingers in the West Sitting Hall, awaiting any urgent presidential requests.
Axios:
West Wing melts down as aides point fingers at Mark Meadows  —  White House crises of competence and credibility grew during a botched weekend that left even White House aides dismayed and befuddled.  —  Many complained bitterly about the leadership of chief of staff Mark Meadows.
ABC News:
White House aides anxious as coronavirus cases rise in Trump's orbit: Sources  —  Multiple sources said there is “a full-blown freak-out” in the administration.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Fear and anxiety among White House staffers hit a new level Monday …
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Kayleigh McEnany tests positive for coronavirus
Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Concern rises for White House residence staffers as their workplace emerges as a virus hot spot
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden Holds Steady Lead Over Trump in Arizona, Latest Poll Finds  —  The Democratic nominee leads 49 percent to 41 percent in Arizona, a state that hasn't voted for a Democrat for president since 1996.  In the Senate race, Mark Kelly, a Democrat, leads the incumbent, Martha McSally.
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Politico:
Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate  —  Pence's campaign opposed the move.  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates has approved plans for plexiglass to be used in Wednesday's vice presidential debate amid mounting concerns about coronavirus transmission, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Don Jr. Thinks Trump Is Acting Crazy”: The President's COVID Joyride Has the Family Divided  —  The president's recklessness at Walter Reed has Don Jr. pushing for an intervention, but Ivanka and Jared “keep telling Trump how great he's doing,” a source says.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
True to form, Trump wants to move on from his coronavirus infection despite looming dangers
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Trump administration revokes the visa of a Ukrainian political fixer tied to Giuliani  —  The State Department last month revoked the visa of a Ukrainian political fixer who aided President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in his gambit last year to dig up information from Ukraine …
Discussion: Raw Story
Public Policy Polling:
North Carolina Senate Race Unaffected By Recent Developments  —  PPP's new North Carolina poll finds Cal Cunningham leading Thom Tillis 48-42.  That represents a slight improvement for Cunningham from PPP's last public poll of the race in late July when Cunningham's advantage was 48-44.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Cal Cunningham backs out of town hall as new cheating allegation surfaces
Discussion: Townhall and National File
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
A Sexting Scandal Puts a Politician in the Hot Seat
Discussion: WRAL-TV and National File
Justice News:
United States Attorney John F. Bash Announces Resignation  —  SAN ANTONIO, Tex. - U.S. Attorney John F. Bash announced today that he will resign from the Department of Justice on Friday, October 9, 2020, at 11:59pm.  U.S. Attorney Bash issued the following statement:
Discussion: Law & Crime
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U.S. Department of Justice:   John McAfee Indicted for Tax Evasion
Benjamin Wermund / Houston Chronicle:
Sen. John Cornyn says Trump ‘let his guard down’ on COVID  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Monday that President Donald Trump “let his guard down” on the coronavirus and that his rhetoric has created “confusion” as the country has struggled to get the pandemic under control.
Wall Street Journal:
IRS Investigating NRA's Wayne LaPierre for Possible Tax Fraud  —  New York attorney general previously sued gun-rights organization over alleged expense abuses  —  The Internal Revenue Service is investigating longtime National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for possible criminal tax fraud related …
CNN:
Most Americans say Trump acted irresponsibly and distrust White House on his health  —  (CNN)Two-thirds of Americans say President Donald Trump handled the risk of coronavirus infection to others around him irresponsibly, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS in the days following …
Tim Stickings / Daily Mail:
Two Secret Service agents face 14 days of isolation after joining Trump on motorcade stunt: ‘Outrage’ in the agency despite White House claim that medics cleared the photo-op  — CDC and Maryland state rules say the USSS bodyguards will have to quarantine  — Secret Service agents wore …
Discussion: Mediaite, Vanity Fair and UPI
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Washington Post:
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will not hear Kim Davis same-sex marriage case  —  The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not hear a case from a Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, but two conservative dissenters in the court's landmark 2015 decision repeated their criticism of the …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects appeal from county clerk who wouldn't issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Discussion: Daily Kos
Bloomberg:
Exxon's Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents  —  Internal projections from one of world's largest oil producers show an increase in its enormous contribution to global warming  —  Exxon Mobil Corp. has been planning to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
AUM:
AUM Poll: Tommy Tuberville leads Doug Jones by 12 points in closing weeks of Alabama Senate race  — AUM Poll: Tommy Tuberville leads Doug Jones by 12 points in closing weeks of Alabama Senate race  —  News Releases  —  A newly released AUM Poll from Auburn University at Montgomery's Department …
Politico:
Republicans gripped by dread as multiple crises swirl  —  On Sunday evening, Sen. Lindsey Graham, like many Republicans in Washington, was simultaneously monitoring three political crises, all of which were made worse by the spread of coronavirus infections through the upper echelons of the Republican Party.
Emily Holden / The Guardian:
Leader of non-profit labeled ‘hate group’ attended White House Amy Coney Barrett event  —  Michael Farris leads Alliance Defending Freedom, designated an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center  —  The head of a conservative Christian non-profit organization that has been designated …
Discussion: The 19th
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Intel Sources: CIA Director Gina Haspel Banking On Trump Loss To Keep Russiagate Documents Hidden  —  Haspel is hoping Trump loses his re-election bid so she can run out the clock on Russiagate document declassifications, multiple intelligence community officials told The Federalist.
Robert Donachie / Representative Chip Roy:
Rep. Chip Roy Released The Following Statement On Texas AG Ken Paxton  —  Rep. Chip Roy released the following statement Monday:  —  For the good of the people of Texas and the extraordinary public servants who serve at the Office of the Attorney General, Attorney General Ken Paxton must resign.
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's touting of ‘racehorse theory’ tied to eugenics and Nazis alarms Jewish leaders  —  President Trump has alarmed Jewish leaders and others with remarks that appeared to endorse “racehorse theory” — the idea that selective breeding can improve a country's performance …
Caitlin O'Kane / CBS News:
102-year-old woman who never missed a vote casts her mail-in ballot in full PPE  —  Since the elderly are at a higher risk of severe illness from the coronavirus, seniors are being advised to stay home during the pandemic and only go out for essentials.  For a 102-year-old woman in Chicago, voting is essential.
Richard L. Hasen / New York Magazine:
Trump's New Supreme Court Is Coming for the Next Dozen Elections  —  When Judge Amy Coney Barrett sits for questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee in mid-October, no doubt Democrats will pepper her with questions about whether she would recuse herself in any Trump v. Biden election lawsuit to come before the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Slate and The Federalist
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘GLOW’ Canceled By Netflix; Won't Proceed With Fourth & Final Season Due To COVID-19  —  EXCLUSIVE: GLOW, Netflix's female wrestling dramedy, will not be returning to the ring for a fourth and final season.  The streamer has reversed its renewal decision, made more than a year ago, in August 2019.
 
 
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
GOP Elites Thought They Could Buy Their Way Out of a Pandemic
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Jim Henry / Tallahassee Democrat:
FSU legendary coach Bobby Bowden tests positive for COVID-19, watching out for symptoms
Jessie Balmert / Cincinnati Enquirer:
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Brendan O'Neill / spiked:
And a plague shall cover the land of Trump
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump campaign attacks Joe Biden for lack of ‘firsthand experience’ being infected with COVID-19
Discussion: The Cain Gang
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Party-Switching CD02 Incumbent Trails
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Fuck Your Feelings’ Crowd Wants a Pity Party for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sen. Pat Toomey won't run for reelection or for Pennsylvania governor, sources say
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
America Is Having a Moral Convulsion
Discussion: Political Wire
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Inside the Lincoln Project's War Against Trump
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