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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Entire Presidency Is a Superspreading Event Down in the polls, high on steroids, and clinging to good health while endangering everyone else's. — Donald Trump was on the phone, and he was talking about dying. It was Saturday, October 3, and while his doctor had told the outside world …
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Sheila Kaplan / New York Times:
White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation — The order would have mandated that both passengers and employees wear face coverings on planes, trains, buses and subways and in airports, stations and depots. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drafted …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump launches his post-coronavirus recovery tour — President Donald Trump on Saturday will address hundreds of supporters on the South Lawn of the White House before traveling to Florida on Monday for a rally, marking his return to public events after being hobbled by the coronavirus.
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Washington Post:
Trump will speak at a public event at the White House; it is not clear if he's still contagious with coronavirus
Trump will speak at a public event at the White House; it is not clear if he's still contagious with coronavirus
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plans In-Person White House Event for Saturday
Trump Plans In-Person White House Event for Saturday
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Trump says he's ‘medication free,’ details COVID-19 recovery in first on-camera interview since diagnosis
Trump says he's ‘medication free,’ details COVID-19 recovery in first on-camera interview since diagnosis
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Timothy Annett / Bloomberg:
Fauci Calls White House Ceremony a ‘Super-Spreader Event’
Fauci Calls White House Ceremony a ‘Super-Spreader Event’
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ABC News:
Trump planning to host 1st in-person event since diagnosis at White House on Saturday: Sources
Trump planning to host 1st in-person event since diagnosis at White House on Saturday: Sources
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Politico:
Republicans are finally ready to diss Don — For Republicans, fearful of a possible electoral disaster just weeks away, it has become safe at last to diss Donald Trump — or at least to distance themselves from him in unmistakably purposeful ways. — A barrage of barbed comments …
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Los Angeles Times:
As Trump's fortunes sink, Republicans start to distance themselves in bid to save Senate
As Trump's fortunes sink, Republicans start to distance themselves in bid to save Senate
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘The president is likely toast’: Trump's woes raise GOP fears of a blue wave
‘The president is likely toast’: Trump's woes raise GOP fears of a blue wave
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
'We're Coming Guns Loaded, Packed' to Confirm Barrett, Sen. Hyde-Smith Says — The day before President Donald Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his U.S. Supreme Court pick, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said Republican senators would come with “guns loaded” and “packed” to ensure the president's nominee is confirmed.
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
US judge blocks Abbott order limiting ballot drop-off locations — A federal judge issued an order Friday night barring enforcement of Gov. Greg Abbott's Oct. 1 proclamation that limited counties to one mail-in ballot drop-off location. — U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Abbott's order placed …
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Washington Post:
Trump, lagging in polls, pressures Justice Dept. to target Democrats and criticizes Barr — President Trump publicly pressured the Justice Department on Friday to move against his political adversaries and complained that Attorney General William P. Barr is not doing enough to deliver results …
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New York Times:
Election Less Than a Month Away, Trump Leans on Barr and Pompeo for a Lift — The secretary of state said he would make Hillary Clinton's emails public, handing the president a weapon to attack his political foes as the attorney general resisted his overtures to prosecute them.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Yes, Hillary Clinton Orchestrated the Russia-Collusion Farce — NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE D id she or didn't she? — Of course she did. In late July 2016, Hillary Clinton, in an effort to divert attention from the email scandal that was haunting her presidential bid, directed her campaign …
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
South Carolina Debate Canceled After Lindsey Graham Refuses COVID Test — The debate cancelation announcement: … Advertisements — The only reason for the cancelation of the Senate debate is Lindsey Graham's refusal to be tested for the coronavirus. — Either Lindsey Graham knows …
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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
SC Senate debate replaced by separate interviews after Harrison insists on COVID tests — COLUMBIA — Republican incumbent Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison will no longer debate Friday night after Harrison declined to participate unless Graham took a coronavirus test in advance and Graham denied the request.
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Molly Curley / WSPA-TV:
WATCH: Harrison, Graham take part in SC Senate Forum
WATCH: Harrison, Graham take part in SC Senate Forum
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The 1619 Chronicles — Journalism does better when it writes the first rough draft of history, not the last word on it. — If there's one word admirers and critics alike can agree on when it comes to The New York Times's award-winning 1619 Project, it's ambition. Ambition to reframe America's conversation about race.
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Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
Royce West won't vote for MJ Hegar, says 'she's had a problem all along with Black folks' — State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, who finished a close second to MJ Hegar in the runoff for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in July, said Friday that he is not voting for Hegar in her bid to unseat Sen. John Cornyn.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump personnel office weighs asking appointees to offer their resignations — The White House Presidential Personnel Office is considering asking nearly every political appointee in the Trump administration to write and tender provisional letters of resignation right before the election …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Cyber Command has sought to disrupt the world's largest botnet, hoping to reduce its potential impact on the election — In recent weeks, the U.S. military has mounted an operation to temporarily disrupt what is described as the world's largest botnet — one used also to drop ransomware …
David Siders / Politico:
Nine coronavirus cases tied to Trump Minnesota rally — Nine people who have contracted the coronavirus reported attending a Donald Trump rally in Bemidji, Minn., last month, state health officials said Friday, including two who were hospitalized. — One of them remains in an intensive care unit.
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CBS News:
Longtime Republican strategists behind the Lincoln Project mounting rogue offensive against Donald Trump — Former operatives for John McCain and George W. Bush are calling on Americans to vote for a Democrat in the presidential election. Sunday, Lesley Stahl reports on the Lincoln Project …
Newt Gingrich / Gingrich 360:
Abolish the Debate Commission … Newt's Latest Podcasts: — Newt's World Ep. 135: Election 2020 - The Vice Presidential Debate — Newt provides his candid reaction to the vice presidential debate on Wednesday night. He'll tell you who won, and why, and what to expect next in the campaign for president.
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Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Justice Department cancels diversity training, including for immigration judges — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has suspended all diversity and inclusion training and events for its employees, according to a memo obtained by The Chronicle, which would include judges in San Francisco …
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New York Times:
Huge Absentee Vote in Key States Favors Democrats So Far — In Wisconsin, about 146,000 people voted by mail in the 2016 general election. This fall, about 647,000 people have already voted absentee, many in Democratic strongholds. — In Madison, Wis., thousands of people have gone …
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New York Times:
Second Debate Canceled as Biden Condemns Trump for ‘Reckless’ Conduct — President Trump has refused to participate in a virtual event, so next week's debate is off. Instead, there may be dueling town halls on the same night, as the president ramps up plans for resuming his rallies.
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Ali Harb in / Middle East Eye:
Trump says Iran is on notice not to ‘f**k around’ with US — President Donald Trump says 'you don't see terror' in Middle East because of his sanctions against Iran — US President Donald Trump talked up his Iran policy in a profanity-laden tirade on Friday, telling conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh …