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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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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.
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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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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 …
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, The National Interest, Raw Story, The Root, Vanity Fair, Daily Kos, NBC News and Towleroad Gay News
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
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
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Mediaite
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
True to form, Trump wants to move on from his coronavirus infection despite looming dangers
True to form, Trump wants to move on from his coronavirus infection despite looming dangers
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Breitbart
Washington Post:
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital
Secret Service agents, doctors aghast at Trump's drive outside hospital
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden on debating Trump next week: 'I'll do whatever the experts say'
Biden on debating Trump next week: 'I'll do whatever the experts say'
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit, MyNorthwest.com, Florida Politics, The 19th and Bulwark+
Fox News:
Meadows ‘optimistic’ Trump will leave Walter Reed, return to White House Monday after coronavirus treatment
Meadows ‘optimistic’ Trump will leave Walter Reed, return to White House Monday after coronavirus treatment
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New York Times:
Use of Dexamethasone to Treat Trump Suggests Severe Covid-19, Experts Say
Use of Dexamethasone to Treat Trump Suggests Severe Covid-19, Experts Say
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STAT, Washington Post, The American Independent, Bangor Daily News and Deadline
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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Political Wire, FiveThirtyEight, Breitbart, The Hill, HillReporter.com and Axios
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump campaign attacks Joe Biden for lack of ‘firsthand experience’ being infected with COVID-19 — Trump campaign aide Erin Perrine on Monday suggested that President Donald Trump is a better leader than Democratic candidate Joe Biden because he has the “firsthand experience” of being infected with COVID-19.
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Fuck Your Feelings’ Crowd Wants a Pity Party for Trump
The ‘Fuck Your Feelings’ Crowd Wants a Pity Party for Trump
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Raw Story
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:
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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.
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Political Wire
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
A Sexting Scandal Puts a Politician in the Hot Seat
A Sexting Scandal Puts a Politician in the Hot Seat
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Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
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.
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Axios, Forbes, The Hill, Political Wire and Raw Story
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Kayleigh McEnany tests positive for coronavirus — White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced Monday that she tested positive for coronavirus. — Why it matters: She is the latest member of President Trump's inner circle to be diagnosed with the illness over the last few days.
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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 …
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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Associated Press, Forbes and Washington Times
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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
Supreme Court rejects appeal from county clerk who wouldn't issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
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Daily Kos
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.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Not pro-life: GOP virus recklessness never ends
Not pro-life: GOP virus recklessness never ends
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USA Today, Vox and American Prospect
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 …
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Political Wire
Abram Brown / Forbes:
The Proud Boys Are Furious That Gay Men Have Taken Over #ProudBoys On Twitter — Two very different groups of men are at war on the internet today: the far-right cadre known as the Proud Boys—and the thousands of gay Twitter users who flooded that platform with pro-LGBT images, marking those posts with #proudboys.
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Talking Points Memo and Twitchy
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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.
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Slate and The Federalist
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Won't Approve Closing of Businesses in 9 Hard-Hit N.Y.C. Areas — The abrupt announcement caused confusion over the official response to virus spikes and threatened to deepen tensions with the mayor. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday refused to allow New York City …
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Politico, The Daily Caller, Gothamist and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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.
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Talking Points Memo, National Review, Political Wire, The Hill and KXAN-TV
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Party-Switching CD02 Incumbent Trails — Dems lead for US House, Senate and President — West Long Branch, NJ - The Democratic challenger has an edge against the previously Democratic incumbent in New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District. The Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds …
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The Hill and Political Wire
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.
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The Daily Caller and The American Spectator
Jessie Balmert / Cincinnati Enquirer:
JESSIE BALMERT , JESSIE BALMERT | Cincinnati Enquirer — COLUMBUS - Ohioans still must go to the county board of elections to drop off their ballots, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose determined Monday. — On Friday, a panel of judges from the 10th District Court of Appeals ruled that LaRose …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill and FiveThirtyEight
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.