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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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ABC News:
Trump planning to host 1st in-person event since diagnosis at White House on Saturday: Sources
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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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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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AJ Dellinger / Mic:   These shadowy groups are spending millions to put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court
CNN:   The GOP's push to confirm Amy Coney Barrett is a reckless farce
Reed Galen / Salt Lake Tribune:   Mike Lee doesn't need your democracy
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Vanity Fair
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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
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.
Discussion: The Federalist
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 …
Discussion: Twitchy and The Hill
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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.
Discussion: Raw Story, Forbes, Mediaite and POLITICUSUSA
Molly Curley / WSPA-TV:
WATCH: Harrison, Graham take part in SC Senate Forum
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and Associated Press
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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Houston Chronicle:
We recommend MJ Hegar for US Senate
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 …
Discussion: Fox News, TheBlaze, NPR and UpNorthNews
Tamara Lush / Associated Press:
A senior warning sign for Trump: ‘Go Biden’ cry at Villages  —  THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — Sara Branscom's golf cart whizzed down the smooth asphalt path that winds through The Villages, the nation's largest retirement community, an expanse of beautiful homes, shops and entertainment venues …
Lorraine Ali / Los Angeles Times:
Commentary: Trump's made-for-TV ‘medical exam’ is as much a sham as his COVID-19 response  —  President Trump appeared on Fox News Friday evening for his first on-camera television interview since announcing last week that he'd tested positive for COVID-19.  The event: a made-for-TV …
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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Admits Its ‘Russiagate’ Head Fake Has Been a Flop  —  RATF*CKED  —  Loyalists like Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe are trying to craft a counter-narrative.  But the country isn't in the mood for the tale.  —  With coronavirus running through his body in competition …
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Wall Street Journal:   Russia Probe Ordered by Barr Won't Release Findings Before Election
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.
Discussion: ABC News
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Paul John Scott / Duluth News Tribune:
9 COVID cases linked to Trump's Bemidji rally; 2 hospitalized, 1 in ICU, state says
Discussion: MPR News and Mediaite
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 …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion  —  Increasingly uncomfortable with News Corp's politics and profit motives, Rupert's younger son chose chickens and sheep over Fox, and insists he doesn't watch ‘Succession.’  —  WASHINGTON — As we sat down to lunch in my garden, I mentioned to James Murdoch …
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 …
Discussion: DNyuz
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 …
 
 
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Molly O'Toole / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. border agency said it ‘rescued’ a Honduran woman and newborn. Then it separated them and detained her
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
WSB poll: Warnock soars ahead in wild Georgia U.S. Senate race
Discussion: DNyuz
Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Gets a Fracking Education
Discussion: The Dispatch
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
Data Reveal How Yale Discriminates Based on Race
Discussion: New York Post, Townhall and UPI
Taylor Goldenstein / Houston Chronicle:
Judge: Harris County can reopen 11 ballot drop sites
Michael Warren / CNN:
Chris Christie still battles coronavirus as other senior Republicans try to carry on
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
Two deaths a day: S.F. drug overdoses fueled by fentanyl are spiking, new figures show
Discussion: Healthy Skeptic
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
At Disney World, ‘Worst Fears’ About Virus Have Not Come True
Ben Popken / NBC News:
Regeneron board member and executive sell $1 million in stock after Trump touts treatment
Steph Bazzle / HillReporter.com:
Fair Count Rallies To Protect Black Voters From Being Silenced In Presidential Election
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Sixteen ‘Boogaloo’ Followers Have Been Busted in 7 Days
Discussion: Raw Story and Baltimore Sun
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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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