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2:30 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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: He raised what?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BONKERS, CRAZY, WHATEVER SUPERLATIVE YOU WANT TO USE: JAIME HARRISON, the Democrat running against Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-S.C.), raised $57 million in the third quarter.  JAMES ARKIN called the sum “staggering” and reminds us that …
Discussion: The Hill, Forbes and Washington Post
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
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:   Trump Failed the 3 A.M. Test
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Manic Panic on the Potomac
Mike Allen / Axios:
New book by John McCain's closest aide details reaction to Trump's war hero attack  —  “The Luckiest Man: Life With John McCain,” out Tuesday, is a fascinating reminiscence by Mark Salter, who was the late senator's closest aide for 18 years, and collaborated with him on seven books.
Discussion: PBS NewsHour
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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 …
Iris Samuels / Associated Press:
Daines, Bullock clash over pandemic, Supreme Court in debate  —  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and his Democratic opponent, Gov. Steve Bullock, clashed over the response to the pandemic and the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy in the last debate of Montana's U.S. Senate race.
Beth Baumann / Townhall:
'It's Not Unconstitutional': Jake Tapper Shreds Kate Bedingfield Over Biden's Take on the Supreme Court
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
How to watch Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Once-dominant Republicans fret Arizona is slipping into blue column
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert F. Bukaty / National Journal:   Republicans ditching Trump as their Senate prospects worsen
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 …
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
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: Vox, CNN, Bloomberg, The Hill and Instapundit
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.
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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
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.
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: Daily Kos, The Hill and The Daily Beast
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New York Times:
Trump Makes First Public Appearance Since Leaving Walter Reed
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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John Verhovek / ABC News:
Biden ‘wants to debate Donald Trump again’: National campaign co-chair
Emmanuel Akinwotu / The Guardian:
Nigeria to disband Sars police unit accused of killings and brutality  —  Announcement comes after growing protests, but critics say it does not go far enough  —  Nigeria's government has dissolved an infamous police unit plagued with allegations of extrajudicial killings and abuse after days of protests against police brutality.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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
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.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The news is driving you mad.  And that's why you can't stop devouring it.  —  Henry David Thoreau used to make fun of people like us.  —  “Hardly a man takes a half hour's nap after dinner,” the poet snarked in 1854, “but when he wakes he holds up his head and asks, 'What's the news? …
 
 
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Elaina Plott / New York Times:
In a Small Alabama Town, Suddenly All Politics Is National
Senator John Cornyn / National Review:
Don't Let Democrats Pack the D.C. Circuit
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Lara Trump: ‘Suspect’ that presidential debate commission won't add a fourth date
Discussion: Breitbart
Don Lewis / The Polis:
Kyle Rittenhouse's Lawyer John Pierce of Pierce Bainbridge: Timeline of News
Ashley Carnahan-Uc Berkeley / The College Fix:
Department of Justice sues Yale University for discrimination against white and Asian applicants
Associated Press:
Biden visit Monday caps push into Ohio, once a longshot
Emily Goddard / The Independent:
Taliban denies endorsing Donald Trump
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Does Israel need a ministry to fight BDS?
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Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Lindsey Graham, reverse ferret: how John McCain's spaniel became Trump's poodle
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
The rise of Gen Z could foretell the fall of Trumpism
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
A Dark Past  —  Malcolm Muggeridge, Marked by Mobility and a Search for Morality
Discussion: Instapundit
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
 

 
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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

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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