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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 …
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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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 …
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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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.
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Probe Ordered by Barr Won't Release Findings Before Election
Discussion: Fox News
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Pompeo says he's working to release Clinton's State Department emails
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 …
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
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
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
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
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Taylor Goldenstein / Houston Chronicle:
Judge: Harris County can reopen 11 ballot drop sites  —  A federal judge late Friday temporarily blocked Gov. Greg Abbott's order limiting mail ballot dropoff sites to one per county.  —  Austin District Judge Robert Pitman said Abbott's Oct. 1 proclamation came too late …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Accused leader of plot to kidnap Michigan governor was struggling financially, living in basement storage space
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
Data Reveal How Yale Discriminates Based on Race
Discussion: New York Post, Townhall and UPI
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
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
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Rachel Sandler / Forbes:
60 Employees Leave Coinbase Over CEO's Pledge To Be Apolitical
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
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Sixteen ‘Boogaloo’ Followers Have Been Busted in 7 Days
Discussion: Raw Story and Baltimore Sun
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Former CIA director John Brennan takes on Trump, and doesn't hold back
 

 
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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:
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