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8:55 PM ET, October 12, 2020

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The Daily Beast:
Dr. Fauci: The Trump Campaign Is ‘In Effect, Harassing Me’  —  The nation's top infectious disease expert says there is “not a chance” he quits the task force.  But he's openly angry with how he's being politicized. … The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci demanded …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Top general did not give his consent to be used in Trump political ad  —  President Donald Trump's campaign is running an online political ad that uses an image of his vice president, his Pentagon chief and his most senior military adviser watching the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the Situation Room on Oct. 29, 2019.
Discussion: NPR, The Hill, Mediaite and New York Times
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Fauci says Trump campaign should take down ad featuring him
USA Today:
Naked Republican hypocrisy is destroying trust in Supreme Court: Reagan, Bush lawyers  —  Republicans are using a deeply unfair process to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.  Build faith in democracy by letting the people decide.  —  When a vacancy on the Supreme Court arose nine months ahead …
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WRAL-TV:
Poll: Supreme Court process more important in NC's Senate race than Cunningham's affair  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voters don't seem to mind that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham had an affair - he's even gained ground among male voters - according to the results of a WRAL News poll released Monday.
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Schumer says Democrats won't give GOP quorum to advance Barrett nomination  —  Schumer called the Barrett confirmation effort ‘illegitimate, dangerous and unpopular’  —  Barrett ‘completely capable’ to be on the high court: Keisha Russell  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing live updates
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Packing the Supreme Court would ‘do considerable violence to the institution’: Jonathan Turley
Discussion: Breitbart
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media Freak Out Over Mike Lee Following CDC's Coronavirus Guidelines
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump tests negative for coronavirus, ‘not infectious to others,’ White House physician says
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
As Trump Flouts Safety Protocols, News Outlets Balk at Close Coverage  —  Newspapers and networks are wary of exposing their staff members to the president and his aides, saying they do not have assurance that basic precautions will be taken to protect reporters' health.
New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: ‘Record’ Turnout for Early Voting in Georgia as Biden Campaigns in Ohio  —  Joe Biden will speak in Toledo and Cincinnati and President Trump, returning to the campaign trail, will travel to Florida.  Senate hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett have begun.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Trump Defectors Help Biden Build Leads in Wisconsin and Michigan  —  NEW YORK TIMES/  —  SIENA COLLEGE POLL  —  Joe Biden leads Donald J. Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin.  Mr. Biden's polling leads in both states would currently withstand a 2016-size polling miss.  —  2016 Election Result NYT/Siena
Amy Taxin / Associated Press:
California GOP says it owns unofficial ballot drop boxes  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's Republican Party on Monday acknowledged owning unofficial ballot drop boxes that state election officials said are illegal.  —  California election officials received reports over the weekend …
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
California GOP installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes.  State officials say they're illegal.  —  The metal boxes have popped up around Southern California in recent weeks, from churches to gun stores to gyms.  On the front, an authoritative-looking sign beckons to voters: “Official ballot drop-off box.”
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Roberta W. McCain, maverick mother of Sen. John McCain, dies  —  Roberta McCain, an independent-minded oil heiress who was married to one of the Navy's highest-ranking officers and who displayed characteristic pluck when she took to the presidential campaign trail at age 96 on behalf of her son …
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ABC News:
Roberta McCain, John McCain's mother, dies at 108
Discussion: Reuters and NBC Los Angeles
Natasha Dado / WDIV-TV:
Eric Trump cancels event at Michigan gun shop after former employee is linked to domestic terror plot against governor  —  Former employee was fired and would show up to work in tactical gear, gun shop says  —  DETROIT - Eric Trump has canceled a Michigan based campaign event scheduled …
Discussion: Political Wire
Anna Wilde Mathews / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Reinfection Documented in Nevada Adds to Questions on Virus Immunity  —  Case of man reinfected with the coronavirus, reported in a Lancet medical journal, joins a number of Covid-19 second-cases world-wide  —  A Nevada man became the first published case of Covid-19 reinfection in the U.S. …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
How a Feud Between Cuomo and de Blasio Led to a Chaotic Virus Crackdown  —  The mayor pushed out a plan, only to have the governor override him, causing unnecessary confusion for thousands of business owners and school parents.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had barely finished …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker:
Andrew Cuomo, the King of New York
Politico:
‘Green tsunami’: Inside Senate Republicans' financial freak-out  —  In mid-April, senior advisers to a dozen Republican senators gathered on the second floor of the National Republican Senatorial Committee's offices, where NRSC executive director Kevin McLaughlin detailed …
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Bubba / WinRed:
WinRed: Zero to $1,000,000,000 in 15 Months  —  Today we're proud to report that Republicans raised over $1 Billion on WinRed in its first 15 months since launching.  What took ActBlue 12 years to accomplish, WinRed did in a little over a year.  —  WinRed Lifetime Raised: $1,205,933,469
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:   GOP raises over $620M through WinRed in third quarter
The Daily Beast:
Feds Look to Bring Home Accused American Terrorists After Decade in Pakistan  —  It's been a decade since the five Virginia men fled to Pakistan to join jihadist groups.  Now prosecutors want them back in an American prison. … As the country's top law enforcement officials hailed the arrival …
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Max Burns / The Daily Beast:
Will Amy Coney Barrett Finally Explain Her Ties to Anti-Gay Hate Group?  —  She told Franken in 2017 that she was “generally aware” that the Alliance Defending Freedom had been categorized as a far-right hate group.  What does she know about the group now?  —  BEAST INSIDE
Discussion: Breitbart and Fox News
Laura Bassett / ELLE:
Senator Gary Peters Shares His Abortion Story  —  He's the first sitting senator in history to do so.  —  United States Senator Gary Peters, a low-key, moderate Democrat from Michigan, is in a very tight re-election race that  —  could decide  —  whether his party wins the Senate.
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Police Arrest Heshy Tischler As His Backers Swarm Home Of The Jewish Journalist He Targeted  —  Four days after leading a violent mob against a journalist in clear view of NYPD officers, Heshy Tischler, the right-wing radio host and City Council candidate, was arrested by police outside his Borough Park home on Sunday night.
Spectrum News Central NY:
Cuomo: No Interest in Going to D.C. for a Biden Cabinet  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said he has “no interest” in serving in a potential Joe Biden administration as attorney general.  —  Cuomo, interviewed on NBC's “Today” show earlier in the morning, insisted he wanted to remain in New York.
CBS News:
Black man led by rope by White cops on horseback suing for $1 million  —  Galveston, Texas — A Black man who was led by a rope by two white officers on horseback has sued a southeast Texas city and its police department for $1 million, saying he suffered humiliation and fear during his arrest.
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Funnels Record Subsidies to Farmers Ahead of Election Day  —  Despite an extraordinary government bailout, America's agriculture sector remains under severe economic pressure.  —  WASHINGTON — For the American farmers whom President Trump counts on for support, the government money is flowing faster than ever.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Jordan Schachtel / The Mass Illusion:
CDC: 85% of COVID-19 patients report ‘always’ or ‘often’ wearing a mask  —  Americans are wearing masks, but masks aren't working.  —  7 hr  —  An underreported, recently-published CDC study adds to the pile of evidence that cloth masks or other forms of mandated face coverings only contribute negatives to our COVID-19 problem.
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Democrats in Trump Country: They're Not Shy Anymore About Liking Biden  —  As the campaign enters the final stretch, some Democrats in Trump country are less hesitant than before to express their preference.  The surge in enthusiasm reflects an urgency for Democrats desperate to oust the president.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Texas adds nearly 300,000 more voters in two-week period
Sam Mellins / New York Focus:
Inside the NYC Democratic Socialists of America's Electoral Powerhouse
Dylan Gwinn / Breitbart:
Viewership for NBA Finals Finale Crashes Nearly 70%, Beaten by Random Sunday Night Football Game
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
The Third Wave of the Pandemic Is Here
Washington Post:
Trump's intel chief is undermining U.S. intelligence. He should resign.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Jo-Ann Johnston / Saint Leo University:
Recent Saint Leo University Polling Results for Florida Give Biden an Edge over Trump
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