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5:30 PM ET, October 9, 2020

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New York Times:
TRUMP ENGINEERED A SUDDEN WINDFALL IN 2016 AS CAMPAIGN FUNDS DWINDLED  —  Tax records expose more than $21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin, routed through other Trump companies and paid out in cash.  —  Donald J. Trump needed money.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Barr tells Republicans Durham report won't be ready by election  —  Attorney General Bill Barr has begun telling top Republicans that the Justice Department's sweeping review into the origins of the Russia investigation will not be released before the election, a senior White House official …
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New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out at His Aides With Calls to Indict Political Rivals  —  The pressure on his top administration officials to take action came as President Trump bristled at the restraints of his illness.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump berated his own cabinet officers on Thursday …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Coughing Trump tells Hannity he's healthy and ready to hold rallies
ABC News:
Trump planning to host 1st in-person event since diagnosis at White House on Saturday: Sources  —  His doctor said the president can hold “public engagements” starting Saturday.  —  Trump calls virtual debate ‘waste of time’  —  The latest on the next presidential debate …
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Timothy Annett / Bloomberg:
Fauci Calls White House Ceremony a ‘Super-Spreader Event’  — Trump, others tested positive for coronavirus after event  — Many attendees had shunned masks, mingled closely indoors  —  Anthony Fauci, the U.S.'s top infectious-disease expert, said that a gathering in the White House Rose Garden …
Bloomberg:
Trump Won't Travel Over Weekend, Ending Florida Rally Plan
Discussion: Forbes
New York Times:
Trump's Struggles Ripple Across the Sun Belt, Endangering G.O.P. Stronghold  —  President Trump is fading nationally as he alienates women, seniors and suburbanites, polls show.  But private G.O.P. surveys show he is in close races in solidly red states, too.
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: With Clock Ticking Down, Trump Lashes Out  —  President Trump, down by double digits in national polls, is attacking his enemies and even his aides.  His doctor said the president could return to public engagements tomorrow.  Joe Biden heads to Nevada today.
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Ted Cruz warns the election ‘could be a bloodbath of Watergate proportions’ for GOP  — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warned that Republicans could see “a bloodbath of Watergate proportions” if voters are angry and broke when casting their ballots this year.  — He blamed Rep. Nancy Pelosi …
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Axios:
McConnell says stimulus “unlikely” before election despite Trump's desperation
Andrew Welsh-huggins / Associated Press:
Ohio county says nearly 50,000 voters received wrong ballots  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio's capital, elections officials said Friday as they promised corrected ballots would be mailed within 72 hours.
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio, county officials shoot down Trump claim of ‘rigged election’ due to faulty ballots
Jessie Balmert / Cincinnati.com:
Federal judge: Ohio elections chief Frank LaRose can't limit ballot drop boxes, LaRose will appeal
Twitter:
Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election  —  Twitter plays a critical role around the globe by empowering democratic conversation, driving civic participation, facilitating meaningful political debate, and enabling people to hold those in power accountable.
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
Twitter upends retweets in bid to stop spread of election misinformation
Discussion: Bloomberg, Reuters and Axios
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Will Turn Off Some Features to Fight Election Misinformation
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Week
CNN:
Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose talks on Roe v. Wade hosted by anti-abortion groups on Senate paperwork  —  (CNN)Judge Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose two talks she gave in 2013 hosted by two anti-abortion student groups on paperwork provided to the Senate ahead of her confirmation hearing …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘The president is likely toast’: Trump's woes raise GOP fears of a blue wave  —  WASHINGTON — A series of setbacks for President Donald Trump has left some Republican operatives and donors fearing that the race for the White House is slipping away and proposing that the party shift focus to protecting seats in Congress.
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Washington Post:
Hope Hicks returned to the White House to pull Trump across the finish line.  Then coronavirus hit.  —  When she returned to the White House on March 9 after two years away and a lucrative stint in corporate PR, Hope Hicks was supposed to be a talisman to re-create the magic of President Trump's against-the-odds 2016 campaign.
Discussion: IJR and Bloomberg
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Hannah Gilberstadt / Pew Research Center:
Amid Campaign Turmoil, Biden Holds Wide Leads on Coronavirus, Unifying the Country  —  Most Trump, Biden supporters say their differences go beyond policies to ‘core American values and goals’  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans view …
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Sara Atske / Pew Research Center:
1. The Trump-Biden presidential contest
Discussion: TheGrio
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: The Northeast Held the Virus in Check.  Now Cases Are Inching Up Again.  —  RIGHT NOW Broadway will stay closed at least through May.  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  ‘Eventually, slowly, it comes back’: The U.S. Northeast sees signs of a second wave.
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line and Daily Kos
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Sixteen ‘Boogaloo’ Followers Have Been Busted in 7 Days  —  The takedown of the plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was just the tip of the iceberg.  —  A Madison Heights, Michigan, man killed by FBI agents during a still-murky standoff over a weapons warrant.
Discussion: Salon, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Alleged Baltimore-area member of far-right ‘Boogaloo’ movement arrested on federal gun charge
Discussion: CBS Baltimore
Shira Hanau / New York Magazine:
“We Are At War”: Heshy Tischler Is Not Done Stirring Up Orthodox Brooklyn  —  Editor's note: This story was produced in partnership with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.  —  On a sunny afternoon in June, Heshy Tischler showed up at Williamsburg's Middleton Playground with bolt cutters.
Discussion: Spectrum News NY1
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Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Mike Pompeo: Clinton emails could be released before election  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said his agency was working as fast as it could to release Hillary Clinton's missing emails after President Trump lashed his cabinet member for not making them public.
RealClearInvestigations:
Pelosis Take a Big Stake in CrowdStrike  —  The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike rose to global prominence in mid-June 2016 when it publicly accused Russia of hacking the Democratic National Committee and stealing its data.  The previously unknown company's explosive allegation set off …
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New York Times:
John Ratcliffe Pledged to Stay Apolitical. Then He Began Serving Trump's Political Agenda.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Will Undergo Televised Medical Evaluation on Friday Night, Fox News Announces  —  SAY AAH  —  Cancel your Friday night plans immediately and prepare to be thrilled and maybe a little bit sick—because President Donald Trump is apparently going to have a “medical evaluation” on television.
Fox News:
Debate commission claims Steve Scully's Twitter account hacked after Scaramucci tweet makes waves  —  C-SPAN host's tweet read: ‘@Scaramucci should I respond to trump’  —  Debate commission co-chair suggests Steve Scully was ‘hacked’ as Scaramucci tweet makes waves
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Debate moderator Steve Scully raises eyebrows with tweet asking Scaramucci ‘should I respond to Trump’
Washington Post:
Trump got a $21 million tax break for saving the forest outside his NY mansion.  Now the deal is under investigation.  —  Five years ago, Donald Trump promised to preserve more than 150 acres of rolling woodlands in an exclusive swath of New York suburbia prized for its luxury homes and rural tranquility.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
On Hannity's show, Trump reveals his corrupt, panicky endgame  —  Given President Trump's latest antics, we should probably get more serious about reacquainting ourselves with the concept of political violence, or violence undertaken to achieve political or ideological ends …
Paul Matzko / New York Times:
Talk Radio Is Turning Millions of Americans Into Conservatives  —  The medium is at the heart of Trumpism.  —  Dr. Matzko is the author of “The Radio Right: How a Band of Broadcasters Took on the Federal Government and Built the Modern Conservative Movement.”
Discussion: Althouse
The Daily Beast:
MAGA-Crazy Retirement Village Now Fears COVID—and Pence  —  “The virus was a hoax here until Trump got it,” one resident said.  —  MIAMI—Fresh off a vice presidential debate where he sported a reddish, sickly-looking eye, Vice President Mike Pence appears to be charging ahead with a plan …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Raw Story
 
 
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Cunningham dodges questions about text message scandal
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Former CIA director John Brennan takes on Trump, and doesn't hold back
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Wiley hits de Blasio, her former boss, in first campaign outing
Discussion: The Root
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by 5 points in Texas, UT/TT Poll finds
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
US should not approve vaccine based on UK data, says Pelosi
Aaron Sanderford / Omaha World-Herald:
Kara Eastman receives endorsement from Sen. McCollister, Republican who called out Trump
 Earlier Items: 
Marshall Zelinger / KUSA-TV:
9NEWS/Colorado Politics poll: Biden, Hickenlooper both ahead, Prop. 115 contest is close
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
How the “QAnon Candidate” Marjorie Taylor Greene Reached the Doorstep of Congress
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
OneZero:
A Major Online Learning Platform Was Created by a Subterranean Religious ‘Cult’ Whose Leader Has Been Accused of Violence and Abuse
The Federalist:
I Didn't Vote For Trump In 2016, But I'd Crawl Over Broken Glass To Vote For Him Now
 

 
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