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10:50 PM ET, October 11, 2020

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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.
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Scott Lemieux / NBC News:
Republicans aren't being honest about why Amy Coney Barrett has their support.  They can't be.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly suggested that the Senate will forgo passing an economic stimulus package in order to focus on the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Slate, Forbes and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
Nicholas Wu / USA Today:
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says Biden's dodge of court-packing questions is ‘grotesque’
Discussion: National Review, Redstate and IJR
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
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Barrett Supreme Court hearing expected to focus on health care, with the pandemic looming over the proceeding
Todd Young / Indianapolis Star:
Judge Amy Coney Barrett deserves a fair hearing
Discussion: Reuters
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: He raised what?
Discussion: Washington Post, Slate and Forbes
Mike Allen / Axios:
New book by John McCain's closest aide details reaction to Trump's war hero attack
Discussion: Washington Post and PBS NewsHour
Cristian Farias / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Should Grill Amy Coney Barrett
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.
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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.”
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
ABC host says White House blocked Fauci from appearing on show
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Gamble  —  Long before COVID-19 or the economic collapse that followed in its wake, President Trump gambled his re-election prospects on the assumption that his base would be enough to ensure his re-election.  Since the first days of his presidency, Trump rewarded those who already liked …
Discussion: Fox News
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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 …
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: Gothamist
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
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 …
Alex Turner-Cohen / news.com.au:
Coronavirus: WHO backflips on virus stance by condemning lockdowns  —  Lockdowns have been used to control the coronavirus around the world.  Now a WHO official has questioned the success of them.  — Video  — Image  —  WHO's huge lockdown backflip (VIDEO: The Spectator)
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: The Hill and Raw Story
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
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Trump taps U.S. Marine Band for White House event and raises questions about employing the military for political purposes  —  When President Trump, recovering from the novel coronavirus, welcomed hundreds of people on Saturday to what resembled a campaign rally on the White House grounds …
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
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.
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
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:
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
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump promised to bring China to heel.  He didn't and the result is a pitched conflict between the world's two major powers.  —  ‘The 45th President’: One in a series looking back at the Trump presidency  —  President Trump's bet that he could tame China's rise through a mix of personal charisma …
Discussion: China Media Project
 
 
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Trump team tries to keep debate fight going but others move on
Ryan Boldrey / MLive.com:
Calls intensify for resignation of Michigan sheriff who shared stage with militia
Discussion: Big League Politics
Kyle Smith / National Review:
If Biden Were a Republican  —  Liberal Fake News Site Spends Millions to Target Facebook Users in Battleground Districts
Discussion: Viking Pundit
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
There Will Be No Trump Coup  —  A final pre-election case for understanding the president …
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