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2:55 AM ET, October 10, 2020

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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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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 …
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, Forbes and Raw Story
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Trump says he's ‘medication free,’ details COVID-19 recovery in first on-camera interview since diagnosis
Discussion: Breitbart and Deadline
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.
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plans In-Person White House Event for Saturday  —  President Trump is planning to hold his first in-person event since being treated for coronavirus  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is planning to hold his first in-person events since being treated for Covid-19, with a gathering …
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.
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 …
ABC News:
Trump planning to host 1st in-person event since diagnosis at White House on Saturday: Sources
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, Mediaite, Forbes and POLITICUSUSA
Molly Curley / WSPA-TV:
WATCH: Harrison, Graham take part in SC Senate Forum
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Breitbart
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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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.
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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 …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Probe Ordered by Barr Won't Release Findings Before Election
Discussion: Fox News
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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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
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
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 …
Paul John Scott / Duluth News Tribune:
9 COVID cases linked to Trump's Bemidji rally; 2 hospitalized, 1 in ICU, state says  —  ST. PAUL — Minnesota's current COVID-19 surge shows no signs of slowing.  The Health Department on Friday, Oct. 9, reported another 1,401 newly confirmed cases and 14 more deaths.  Hospitalization rates continue to trend upward.
Discussion: MPR News and Mediaite
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David Siders / Politico:
Nine coronavirus cases tied to Trump Minnesota rally
Discussion: ABC News
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 …
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 …
AJ Dellinger / Mic:
These shadowy groups are spending millions to put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court  —  Senate Republicans have made it clear that nothing — not their own words, not the overwhelming public disapproval for a rushed nomination, not even the coronavirus — will stop them from putting Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
At Disney World, ‘Worst Fears’ About Virus Have Not Come True  —  Attendance has been low since the July reopening, but health officials and worker unions also say safety protocols have kept the coronavirus at bay.  —  In July, one infectious disease expert said Walt Disney World's reopening was a …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's 11th Hour Campaign Gambit: Give Voters Cash  —  MORE MONEY, LESS PROBLEMS  —  The president ran successfully as a populist in 2016.  But as he tries to recapture the formula, he's running into some hurdles—mainly, his record.  —  Hitting the closing stretch of the election …
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: New York Times
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 …
Ben Popken / NBC News:
Regeneron board member and executive sell $1 million in stock after Trump touts treatment  —  A Regeneron executive and one of its directors sold $1 million worth of stocks two days after President Donald Trump announced he was taking their therapeutic, recent filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal.
Discussion: Check Your Fact
Reed Galen / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mike Lee doesn't need your democracy  —  Mike Lee, Utah's senior U.S. senator, hasn't said or done much of note in his nine years in office.  The past two weeks have been busy for him, though.  —  First, Lee was one of 34 people to test positive for COVID-19 after attending a White House event …
Discussion: CNN
Steph Bazzle / HillReporter.com:
Fair Count Rallies To Protect Black Voters From Being Silenced In Presidential Election  —  Fair Count is an organization devoted to making sure that some of the voices in America that are often targeted for suppression are, instead, amplified and included.  They're doing work …
 
 
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Michael Warren / CNN:
Chris Christie still battles coronavirus as other senior Republicans try to carry on
Discussion: New York Post
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
Two deaths a day: S.F. drug overdoses fueled by fentanyl are spiking, new figures show
Discussion: Healthy Skeptic
Evan Siegfried / NBC News:
Covid isn't why Trump is losing seniors' support. But it isn't helping him.
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Volunteer lawyers will advise military personnel who question the legality of orders during protests, election disputes
Rachel Sandler / Forbes:
60 Employees Leave Coinbase Over CEO's Pledge To Be Apolitical
Discussion: Bloomberg
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump chose his political brand over his presidency
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Supreme Court chief justice banished Judge Brad Schimel from his own courtroom after he refused to wear mask
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Former CIA director John Brennan takes on Trump, and doesn't hold back
Paul Matzko / New York Times:
Talk Radio Is Turning Millions of Americans Into Conservatives
Discussion: Althouse
Washington Post:
Hope Hicks returned to the White House to pull Trump across the finish line. Then coronavirus hit.
Discussion: IJR
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

 
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