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8:20 PM ET, October 11, 2020

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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:

CNN exclusive: Fauci says he was taken out of context in new Trump campaign ad touting coronavirus response — (CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci did not consent to being featured in a new advertisement from the Trump campaign touting President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Discussion: New York Times, ABC News, Politico, The Moderate Voice, Slate, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, UPI, IJR, Greensburg Tribune-Review, Bloomberg, Axios, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Wrap, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Gothamist and Variety

NBC News:

Fauci rips new Trump campaign ad, says it uses his comments ‘out of context’ — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday he was “taken out of context” in a new Trump campaign ad that features his comments “without my permission.”

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, CNBC, Deadline and Raw Story

The Daily Beast:

Trump Fans Will Never Wear Masks, Horrified COVID Task Force Admits — The president's illness presented a last potential inflection point. But he emerged from it still determined to be seen maskless. — As President Donald Trump received treatment for the coronavirus at Walter Reed Medical Center …

Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

Trump campaign twists Fauci comment to suggest praise of the president — “I can't imagine that anybody could be doing more.” — Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, misleadingly quoted in a Trump campaign ad released Oct. 10

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and TMZ.com

Fadel Allassan / Axios:
ABC host says White House blocked Fauci from appearing on show

Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News

Barbara Sprunt / NPR:

Biden Campaign Continues To Deflect On Court-Packing — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden argues that taking a stance now on whether, as president, he would seek to increase the number of Supreme Court justices would play right into the hands of President Trump.

Discussion: Washington Post, Townhall, Redstate, Power Line, IJR, Fox News, CNN, Washington Free Beacon and Newsbusters

Beth Baumann / Townhall:
'It's Not Unconstitutional': Jake Tapper Shreds Kate Bedingfield Over Biden's Take on the Supreme Court

Discussion: The Daily Caller and ABC News

Iris Samuels / Associated Press:
Daines, Bullock clash over pandemic, Supreme Court in debate

Discussion: Redstate, Breitbart, Twitchy, Washington Times, Townhall and Viking Pundit

Jane Chong / The Atlantic:
Senate Republicans Are Playing a Dangerous Game With the Court's Legitimacy

Discussion: The Mahablog, Politico and The American Independent

Todd Young / Indianapolis Star:
Judge Amy Coney Barrett deserves a fair hearing

Discussion: Reuters

Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Coons says that confirming Barrett ‘constitutes court-packing,’ Sasse responds that's ‘obviously’ incorrect

Discussion: Axios, Redstate, National Review, CNN, NPR, The Hill and Breitbart

Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:

Kamala Harris Refuses To Personally Attend Lindsey Graham's COVID Infected SCOTUS Hearing — NBC News's Sahil Kapur reported: … Advertisements — As Lindsey Graham refuses to take a coronavirus test, and Republican members of his committee have tested positive for the virus …

Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Barrett Supreme Court hearing expected to focus on health care, with the pandemic looming over the proceeding

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Slate, Daily Kos, Forbes and WSPA-TV

Mike Allen / Axios:
New book by John McCain's closest aide details reaction to Trump's war hero attack

Discussion: PBS NewsHour

Politico:
How Democrats hope to defeat Amy Coney Barrett's nomination

Discussion: Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and One America News Network

Cristian Farias / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Should Grill Amy Coney Barrett

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Florida Politics, Raw Story, CNN, Forbes, ABC11, IJR, New York Post and Fox News

Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:

The New York Times Guild Once Again Demands Censorship Of Colleagues … The New York Times Guild, the union of employees of the Paper of Record, tweeted a condemnation on Sunday of one of their own colleagues, op-ed columnist Bret Stephens. Their denunciation was marred by humiliating typos …

Discussion: Power Line, Twitchy and Instapundit

Ben Smith / New York Times:

An Arrest in Canada Casts a Shadow on a New York Times Star, and The Times — A top editor is now reviewing Rukmini Callimachi's reporting on terrorism, which turned distant conflicts into accessible stories but drew criticism from colleagues. — Derek Henry Flood wasn't looking for work in March of 2018 …

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Pam Belluck / New York Times:

‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors — The condition is affecting thousands of patients, impeding their ability to work and function in daily life. — After contracting the coronavirus in March, Michael Reagan lost all memory of his 12-day vacation in Paris …

Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Gothamist

Axios:

Buzz grows around Cuomo as Biden's attorney general pick — Democrats are so convinced that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could be considered for Joe Biden's attorney general that aides at the National Governors Association, which Cuomo chairs, are looking into contingencies for replacing him …

Discussion: Fox News, Political Wire, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit

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.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, Bloomberg, Slate, Florida Politics and Instapundit

Harry Enten / CNN:
Joe Biden's polling better than any challenger since 1936

Discussion: Religion News Service, The Wrap, Forbes, Outside the Beltway and Vox

Washington Post:

As Trump stumbles, voters finalize their choices, and Biden's lead grows — Peg Bohnert, an Arizona retiree, voted for Donald Trump in 2016 because she thought the businessman would transform the White House into “a well-run machine.” — Ruth Mierzwa, a Pennsylvania business owner …

Discussion: CNN, ekathimerini.com and Bloomberg

Elise Schmelzer / Denver Post:

Victim, security guard suspect in fatal shooting during Denver protests are identified — Son IDs Lee Keltner as victim; suspect Matthew Dolloff was working as private security for 9News — Police identified a 30-year-old man as the suspect in a fatal shooting during dueling protests Saturday in downtown Denver.

Discussion: ABC News, TheBlaze, New York Post, New York Times, The Colorado Sun and The Gateway Pundit

Jennifer Campbell-Hicks / KUSA-TV:
1 dead, security guard in custody after shooting near dueling Denver rallies

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Twitter buries GOP ‘scumbag liar’ Ronna McDaniel for claiming ‘82% of Americans’ make over $400,000/year — Ronna Romney McDaniel, the chairperson of the Republican National Committee, on Sunday faced backlash after suggesting that “82% of Americans” make more than $400,000 per year.

Axios:

Scoop: Trump wants to hit campaign trail every day through election — President Trump has asked his campaign to put him on the road every single day from now until Nov. 3. — Behind the scenes: His team is in the process of scheduling events to make that happen, two sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios.

Discussion: Raw Story

Axios:

Trump wants nuclear accord with Putin by election — President Trump is looking to Vladimir Putin to close the deal on a pre-election nuclear agreement, a timetable that's an October surprise even for senior Republicans and some in the White House. — The big picture: Trump and Putin …

Discussion: Raw Story

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 Daily Beast, Fox News, The Hill, Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA

Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Twitter Flags Trump's Tweet About Now Being ‘Immune’ to Virus

Discussion: Mediaite, Forbes, The Daily Beast, KVIA-TV and CleanTechnica

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: Bloomberg, One America News Network, Raw Story and Reuters

CNN:

How Team Trump used Fox News as a laundromat for unverified Russian information about top Democrats — (CNN)While most of the nation was largely fixated over the past week on President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, the President and his allies in right-wing media have been engrossed with something else entirely.

Discussion: USA Today and New York Post

Chao Xiong / Star Tribune:

South Dakota town lashes back at George Floyd, his uncle after Confederate flag fight — After Selwyn Jones led the charge to remove Confederate flag-adorned patches from the uniforms of Gettysburg, S.D., police, the backlash from the town was immediate. — Video (05:42) : Selwyn Jones …

Discussion: Power Line

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 — Show caption Hide caption