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10:45 AM ET, October 5, 2020

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New York Times:
As Trump Seeks to Project Strength, Doctors Disclose Alarming Episodes  —  The president made a surprise outing from his hospital bed in an effort to show his improvement, but the murky and shifting narrative of his illness was rewritten again with grim new details.
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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.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Didn't Disclose First Positive Covid-19 Test While Awaiting a Second Test on Thursday  —  President received positive result on Thursday evening before making an appearance on Fox News in which he didn't reveal those results  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump didn't disclose a positive result …
New York Times:
Use of Dexamethasone to Treat Trump Suggests Severe Covid-19, Experts Say  —  Many of the measures cited by his doctors are reserved for patients severely affected by the coronavirus.  —  President Trump's doctors offered rosy assessments of his condition on Sunday, but the few medical details …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
At the White House, an Eerie Quiet and Frustration With the Chief of Staff  —  With President Trump hospitalized, Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, delivered no guidance to aides about how they were expected to behave in a moment of crisis.  —  WASHINGTON — In a memo …
Wall Street Journal:   The Trump Coronavirus Spread
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
‘That should never have happened’: Inside Trump's Walter Reed parade  —  Trump surprises crowd with drive-by outside Walter Reed  —  (CNN)Pacing the well-appointed presidential suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center between intravenous doses of remdesivir and near-hourly checks of his vitals …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital  —  Current and former Secret Service agents and medical professionals were aghast Sunday night at President Trump's trip outside the hospital where he is being treated for the coronavirus, saying the president endangered those inside his SUV for a publicity stunt.
Politico:
President Pelosi?  Pence prepares to risk it all for Trump  —  He's the GOP's one line of defense between a hospitalized commander in chief and a President Nancy Pelosi, and he's about to depart Washington on a four-day campaign swing in the middle of his boss' health crisis.
Washington Post:
National security experts describe a distracted and potentially vulnerable country
Discussion: Political Wire
Patti Davis / Washington Post:
Presidents don't get privacy. My father understood that — even when he was shot.
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Washington Post:
President's blood oxygen levels dropped twice in recent days, doctors say
CNN:
It's concerning that President Trump got so sick so quickly  —  Dr. Celine Gounder is a CNN medical analyst and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at NYU Langone and Bellevue Hospital Center.  She is the Host of the Epidemic podcast.  The opinions expressed here are her own.
Discussion: WSPA-TV and ABC News
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Matthew Herper / STAT:
The lesson from Trump catching Covid-19: With this virus, there are no magic bullets
Discussion: Forbes
Andrew Joseph / STAT:
'There's a disconnect': Outside medical experts question the upbeat portrayal of president's condition
Discussion: Axios, Bloomberg and The Slot
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Not pro-life: GOP virus recklessness never ends
David Folkenflik / NPR:
VOA White House Reporter Investigated For Anti-Trump Bias By Political Appointees  —  Toggle more options  —  Two political appointees at the federal agency that oversees the Voice of America recently investigated one of its most prominent journalists to make the case he was biased against President Trump.
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 …
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
Inside the Lincoln Project's War Against Trump  —  From a secret location, conservative operatives who condemn the President are waging vicious battle against him.  Progressives are wary, but the strategists insist that they're fighting for every American.  —  The week of Labor Day …
Axios:
The blue money wave in Senate races  —  Democrats are trouncing Republicans on the airwaves in the battle for the Senate, outspending them in nine of the top 10 competitive Senate races.  —  Why it matters: Even before President Trump's COVID diagnosis, Republicans were growing increasingly concerned …
Bill Scher / Real Clear Politics:
Democrats May Soon Get the Electoral College Edge  —  COMMENTARY  —  “You're going to have to get rid of the Electoral College,” CNN's Don Lemon said recently, “because the minority in this country decides who the judges are and they decide who the president is.”
Discussion: The Guardian
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Three Interpretations of Trump's Tax Records  —  The New York Times exposé of President Donald Trump's taxes is chock-full of tantalizing revelations.  According to the report, the president avoided paying federal income tax in 10 of the 15 years preceding his election.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Townhall
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How to Cover a Sick Old Man  —  The president is hospitalized and reporters are fighting for basic facts.  What should elderly leaders — many of America's top politicians are over 80 — reveal about their health?  —  When John Bresnahan was starting out as a reporter in the mid-1990s …
Ti-Hua Chang / TYT Network:
EPA Grants Oklahoma Control Over Tribal Lands  —  Agency Decision Reverses Tribal Sovereignty That Was Recognized in Landmark Supreme Court Ruling  —  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted the state of Oklahoma regulatory control over environmental issues on nearly all tribal lands there, TYT has learned.
Anthony Giannini / whitehousegiftshop.com:
“President Donald J. Trump Defeats COVID”  —  First 1,000 Orders Receive a Complimentary Presidential Blue Mask with Coin!  —  Note from Designer & Series Creator: Anthony Giannini, CEO, USAF-R  —  For these past four years, I have created and co-designed the Historic Moments …
Discussion: Twitchy, Raw Story and HillReporter.com
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
The Proud Boys were emboldened by Trump's words.  Then, LGBTQ couples reclaimed the group's hashtag.  —  At last week's presidential debate, President Trump refused to condemn white supremacists and far-right groups like the Proud Boys, an organization that has been known to incite violence.
Discussion: Forbes
 
 
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David Brooks / The Atlantic:
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The Times of Israel:
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Will Trump's illness break his hold over his followers? Mental health experts say probably not
Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
Corporate Media Is Vomiting Trump Coronavirus Reporting All Over The Bed
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Politico:
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Beth LeBlanc / The Detroit News:
After high court decision, Michigan AG will not enforce COVID orders
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Seidman / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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