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1:45 PM 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.
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 …
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 …
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
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Secret Service agents criticize Trump car ride: ‘This should never have happened’
Fox News:
Meadows ‘optimistic’ Trump will leave Walter Reed, return to White House Monday after coronavirus treatment
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Didn't Disclose First Positive Covid-19 Test While Awaiting a Second Test on Thursday
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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.
Discussion: The Cain Gang
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Fuck Your Feelings’ Crowd Wants a Pity Party for Trump
Discussion: 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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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she's tested positive for coronavirus
Wall Street Journal:   The Trump Coronavirus Spread
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:   The Proud Boys were emboldened by Trump's words. Then, LGBTQ couples reclaimed the group's hashtag.
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.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sen. Pat Toomey won't run for reelection or for Pennsylvania governor, sources say  —  U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey has decided not to run for reelection or for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022, according to two people familiar with his plans, a surprise decision by the Republican with significant implications for the state's next elections.
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
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:
Brendan O'Neill / spiked:
And a plague shall cover the land of Trump  —  This is a moment that ‘feels Biblical’, says Maureen Dowd at the New York Times.  She is talking, of course, about President Trump being struck down by the plague, by Covid.  Going full Leviticus, Dowd marvels at the karmic retribution …
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.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Do Trump's Taxes Show He's a Failure, a Cheat, or a Criminal?  —  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.
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 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: The White House cluster expands  —  WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAYLEIGH MCENANY tested positive for the coronavirus this morning.  She has continued to work the past several days instead of quarantining after exposure, against public health guidelines.
 
 
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David Brooks / The Atlantic:
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The Times of Israel:
US envoy Friedman: If Biden wins, it will be bad for Israel and Gulf on Iran
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Will Trump's illness break his hold over his followers? Mental health experts say probably not
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Washington Post:
National security experts describe a distracted and potentially vulnerable country
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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump's campaign files an FEC complaint claiming WaPo illegally contributed to Harris by running digital ads promoting its critical news coverage of Trump

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

CNBC:
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