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12:30 PM ET, October 11, 2020

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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Powered by trust on the pandemic, Biden leads by 12 points nationwide: POLL  —  Nearly 6 in 10 disapprove of how Trump has handled the coronavirus outbreak.  —  Visual Tracking: COVID-19 and the White House  —  At least 34 people connected to the White House have tested positive for COVID-19 …
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll: Biden maintains lead nationally over Trump  —  With little more than three weeks remaining until Election Day, President Trump is in a race against the clock as he continues to trail former vice president Joe Biden by double digits, his standing driven down by distrust on the issue …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
ABC host says White House blocked Fauci from appearing on show  —  The White House refused to allow Anthony Fauci or any medical experts on its coronavirus task force to appear on ABC's “This Week,” host Jon Karl said Sunday.  —  Why it matters: President Trump has previously faced criticism …
Discussion: Washington Post
Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Harris faces spotlight at Supreme Court hearing  —  Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) went viral twice when she questioned Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh at his volatile confirmation hearing two years ago.  —  She scored a hit when she pressed the nominee on whether he knew of any laws …
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Iris Samuels / Associated Press:
Daines, Bullock clash over pandemic, Supreme Court in debate
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
READ: Amy Coney Barrett's opening statement to Senate Judiciary Committee
Discussion: National Review and Fox News
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
How to watch Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings
Discussion: The Hill
Jennifer Campbell-Hicks / KUSA-TV:
1 dead, security guard in custody after shooting near dueling Denver rallies  —  A “Patriot Rally” and a “BLM-Antifa Soup Drive” took place at Civic Center Saturday afternoon.  —  DENVER — A private security guard is being held as a suspect in a deadly shooting near the Denver Art Museum …
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Denver Post:
One dead after gunfire at downtown Denver rallies; private security guard on contract by 9News in custody  —  A Denver Post staff member witnessed the fatal confrontation.  This story was updated after authorities called into question the accuracy of that journalist's report concerning the affiliation of the shooter.
CBS News:
Biden leads Trump in Michigan and Nevada, and race is tied in Iowa — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll  —  Most voters in the battleground states of Michigan, Nevada and Iowa feel President Trump set a bad example for the nation during his own recent battle with the coronavirus, handling things in a way they call irresponsible.
New York Times:
Trump Makes First Public Appearance Since Leaving Walter Reed  —  The president continued to play down the threat of the virus, but the event that the White House had previewed as a huge “peaceful protest for law and order” was uncharacteristically brief.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House physician …
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Axios:
Eric Trump says his father “got hit hard” by the coronavirus  —  Eric Trump said on ABC's “This Week” that his father, President Donald Trump, “got hit hard” by COVID-19 the day his diagnosis was announced.  —  Details: The younger Trump said his father “sounded 100%” the following day thanks …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Beast
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Jaime Harrison smashes Senate fundraising record in race with Lindsey Graham  —  South Carolina Senate candidate Jaime Harrison's campaign announced Sunday it raised $57 million in the third quarter of 2020, shattering the quarterly fundraising record for a Senate race set by Beto O'Rourke in 2018 by almost $20 million.
Discussion: Vox, ABC News, ABC11, The Hill, Politico and Forbes
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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Jaime Harrison breaks record for biggest fundraising quarter by any Senate candidate ever
Discussion: Washington Post
Politico:
Amateur hour at the Trump White House  —  Nearly everyone remembers the old cliché: If you can't trust someone to get the little things right, how can you ever count on them to do the big things?  —  President Donald Trump had better hope that bromide, invoked everywhere …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dante Chinni / NBC News:
Republicans risk losing Texas, Florida & Arizona state races … WASHINGTON — The 2020 campaign isn't just about the White House or even the Congress.  Across the country, seats in 86 legislative chambers in 44 states will be on the ballot as well.  And those elections will have also consequences …
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Los Angeles Times:
Strapped for cash, Trump yanks TV ads in key states as Biden spending surges  —  President Trump stopped all of his television and radio advertising in three states and substantially reduced it in four others in recent weeks after his lackluster fundraising left him unable to match a surge …
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and WHYY
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Washington Post:
Pennsylvania emerges as ‘tipping-point’ battleground for Biden and Trump — before and after Election Day
Discussion: Fox News and Political Wire
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
QAnon Is Thriving in Germany.  The Extreme Right Is Delighted.  —  As the U.S. conspiracy theory goes global, it has found fertile ground in the putsch fantasies and anti-Semitic tropes long popular on Germany's far-right fringe.  Counterterrorism officials worry.
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Democrats want voters in the dark with this version of ‘Truman Show’  —  Joe Biden was asked again this week whether he would pack the Supreme Court if elected president.  Rather than answer, Biden flashed a signature smile of the character from the “Truman Show” and offered his version …
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Detroit Free Press:
13 men charged in alleged kidnapping plot, many with troubled pasts  —  A wide-ranging Free Press investigation into the defendants found many who vented their anger at government in Michigan both online and in person.  —  Detroit Free Press staff, Detroit Free Press
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Trump Failed the 3 A.M. Test  —  A memorable campaign ad from 2008 urged voters to ask themselves which candidate would perform better in an unexpected emergency: “It's 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep, but there's a phone in the White House and it's ringing ... Your vote will decide who answers that call.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pennsylvania needs Joe Biden … It's a remarkable — and frightening — time in America.  This country has withstood wars, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and civil unrest, but the division and chaos, incompetence, and intolerance that we have witnessed from Donald Trump in the last few months …
Ashley Carnahan-Uc Berkeley / The College Fix:
Department of Justice sues Yale University for discrimination against white and Asian applicants  —  University called the lawsuit ‘baseless’  —  The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Yale University, alleging it discriminates against white and Asian applicants during its admissions process.
Associated Press:
Biden visit Monday caps push into Ohio, once a longshot  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Biden is set to make his first general election campaign visit Monday to Ohio, signaling the former vice president's hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin in the 2016 election.
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
The Republican Party has embraced American fascism … - Both President Trump and his Vice President have refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if they lose the election.  Militia groups emboldened by Trump tried to kidnap a Democratic Governor.  A GOP Senator tweeted that America is not a democracy.
Senator John Cornyn / National Review:
Don't Let Democrats Pack the D.C. Circuit  —  It is one of the most important battles raging in Washington, a fight that will have far-reaching consequences for everything from health care and the regulatory state to gun rights and the war on terrorism.  Yet most Americans have heard nothing about it.
 
 
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Discussion: Redstate, pjmedia.com and The Hill
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
The rise of Gen Z could foretell the fall of Trumpism
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Manic Panic on the Potomac
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘What are we so afraid of?’ … When President Trump got sick, I had this moment of deja vu …
Discussion: The Big Picture
WCHS-TV:
Records: Williamson nurse charged after shooting woman in abdomen
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Taking Page From Authoritarians, Trump Turns Power of State Against Political Rivals
Discussion: Raw Story
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Coronavirus cases set new single-day records in six U.S. states and worldwide
 

 
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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:
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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
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