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3:05 PM ET, October 9, 2020

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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  —  New York (CNN Business)Recuperating from the coronavirus and plunging in the polls, President Trump is retreating to his safe spaces: Twitter, Fox, and rallies.  —  On Thursday Trump started and ended his day on Fox.
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.
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
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Biden, Pence and the Wish for Normalcy
Discussion: NBC News
Washington Post:
Isolated in the White House, Trump struggles to project a sense of normalcy after canceled debate
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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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Will Turn Off Some Features to Fight Election Misinformation  —  The platform is trying to address growing concern that falsehoods could lead to instability.  Most of the changes will start on Oct. 20.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter, risking the ire of its best-known user …
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Washington Post:
With Election Day looming, Twitter imposes new limits on U.S. politicians — and ordinary users, too
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Court Packing Can Be an Instrument of Justice
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  —  With less than a month until Election Day, Joe Biden maintains his lead over Donald Trump in the presidential race.  Today, 52% of registered voters say that if the election were held today, they would cast their vote for Biden …
Aaron Parseghian / WXMI:
Man charged in plot to kidnap Whitmer shared stage with West Michigan sheriff at rally  —  The Null brothers had ties to militia groups and were frequently seen at local demonstrations.  Including at a rally in protest of Governor Whitmer's stay-at-home order, held last May in Grand Rapids.
Discussion: Michigan Advance and Raw Story
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NBC News:
Whitmer conspiracy allegations tied to boogaloo movement
Detroit Free Press:
Feds say plot was bigger than kidnapping Gov. Whitmer. It was civil war attempt.
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.
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David Aaro / Fox News:
Trump to appear on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ in first on-camera interview after COVID-19 diagnosis
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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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Debate moderator Steve Scully raises eyebrows with tweet asking Scaramucci ‘should I respond to Trump’
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: Bloomberg
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Ohio's Franklin County sees nearly 50K voters getting wrong absentee ballots, elections officials say  —  Officials promised to have new ballots mailed within three days to the 49,669 voters who received the wrong ones  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 9
Discussion: CNBC
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Jessie Balmert / Cincinnati.com:
Federal judge: Ohio elections chief Frank LaRose can't limit ballot drop boxes, LaRose will appeal
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.
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
Associated Press:
Judge denies motion to extend Florida's voter registration  —  A federal judge has denied a motion to extend voter registration in Florida after a computer meltdown on the final day of registration might have prevented thousands of potential voters from taking part in November's presidential election
Palm Beach Post:
Post endorses: For the sake of our now fragile democracy, Biden for president  —  Rarely have so many Americans yearned so strongly to remove a sitting president.  —  Count The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board among them.  —  Donald J. Trump's intentionally divisive presidency is hurtling us toward …
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
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton Says She Was Right All Along  —  Only one Democrat other than Joe Biden has experience running for president against Donald Trump, and she's not quite over 2016, or confident that Biden will be able to do what she couldn't.  —  Hillary Clinton has been in lockdown like everyone else.
Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
How the “QAnon Candidate” Marjorie Taylor Greene Reached the Doorstep of Congress  —  “There's nothing she can do to lose my vote, unless she murdered a baby or something,” a local Republican official said.  “Nothing.”  —  Georgia's Fourteenth Congressional District was created …
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
Aaron Sanderford / Omaha World-Herald:
Kara Eastman receives endorsement from Sen. McCollister, Republican who called out Trump  —  Democrat Kara Eastman celebrated her own aisle-crossing endorsement on Friday, with Republican State Sen. John McCollister bucking his party and backing her U.S. House bid.
Marshall Zelinger / KUSA-TV:
9NEWS/Colorado Politics poll: Biden, Hickenlooper both ahead, Prop.  115 contest is close  —  Election offices start mailing ballots on Oct. 9.  As Coloradans prepare to start voting, polls show Democrats lead in big races but ballot measures are up for grabs.  —  DENVER — It's the Democrats' race to lose.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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Evan Greer / Wired:
A Political Ad Ban Won't Fix Facebook's Election Problem
Bloomberg:
Trump Won't Travel Over Weekend, Ending Florida Rally Plan
Los Angeles Times:
U.N.'s World Food Program is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times and Bloomberg
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Whatever Happened to Immigration?
Discussion: Breitbart and ImmigrationProf Blog
Rajesh Kumar Singh / Reuters:
Trump steel tariffs bring job losses to swing state Michigan
Rachel Martin / NPR:
Retired General Backs Biden, Says A 2nd Trump Term Would Put Democracy ‘At Risk’
Discussion: Raw Story
OneZero:
A Major Online Learning Platform Was Created by a Subterranean Religious ‘Cult’ Whose Leader Has Been Accused of Violence and Abuse
 Earlier Items: 
The Federalist:
I Didn't Vote For Trump In 2016, But I'd Crawl Over Broken Glass To Vote For Him Now
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Richard North Patterson / The Bulwark:
Trump is the Wizard of Oz—Only Nuts
Rod Dreher:
Systemic Racism At Wells Fargo & Microsoft
Discussion: Instapundit
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
STUDY: Two years of Trump's Fox live-tweeting obsession, by the numbers
Discussion: Washingtonian
Daniel Newhauser / Politico:
The mystery of a GOP congressman's seemingly rent-free campaign office
Rob Barry / Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Hit the U.S. Long Before We Knew
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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