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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.
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New York Times, Mediaite, The Hill, NPR, CNN and Task & Purpose
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Fauci says Trump campaign should take down ad featuring him
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Irony at the Heart of the Amy Coney Barrett Fight — Republicans are pitching Donald Trump's third Supreme Court nominee as a feminist icon at a time when the party is intensely unpopular among American women. — Judge amy coney barrett sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee today …
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Townhall
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Joshua Holland / Alternet.org:
Here's the truth behind the Republicans' big lie about ‘court-packing’
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Mediaite and Washington Times
The Economist:
Amy Coney Barrett is the least popular Supreme Court nominee in recent history
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Axios:
Klobuchar: There's no “secret, clever, procedural way to stop” Barrett confirmation
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ABC News, VICE, Fox News, Al Jazeera, Conservative News Today, Political Wire and Mediaite
USA Today:
Naked Republican hypocrisy is destroying trust in Supreme Court: Reagan, Bush lawyers
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and NPR
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Packing the Supreme Court would ‘do considerable violence to the institution’: Jonathan Turley
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Breitbart
Maggie Fox / CNN:
Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial after ‘unexplained illness’ — FDA pledges Covid-19 vaccine will be guided by science — (CNN)Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has paused the advanced clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers.
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Matthew Herper / STAT:
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant — The study of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine has been paused due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. — A document sent to outside researchers running the 60,000-patient clinical trial states …
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Rutherford Daily Voice, Boing Boing and New York Post
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.
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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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Axios, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Week and Breitbart
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Bailey Johnson / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
After bad primary experience, many vote early at State Farm Arena
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The Guardian, wabe.org and The Week
Michelle Theriault Boots / Anchorage Daily News:
Anchorage mayor admits to “inappropriate” relationship with news anchor — Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz apologized Monday for what he termed a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship” with Anchorage news anchor Maureen “Maria” Athens. — “I apologize to the people of Anchorage …
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Alaska Public Media and New York Post
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 …
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Political Wire
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
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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 …
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The Daily Caller
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Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker:
Andrew Cuomo, the King of New York
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Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair and Gothamist
Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
California Republicans embrace illegal ballot harvesting after Trump and the GOP spent months decrying the practice … The California Republican Party doubled down on its use of unauthorized ballot dropboxes, in violation of state law, shortly before state officials issued cease-and-desist orders compelling them to stop.
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CBS Los Angeles, Townhall, UPI, Orange County Register, Daily Kos, CalMatters and BuzzFeed News
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Amy Taxin / Associated Press:
California GOP says it owns unofficial ballot drop boxes
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NBC Los Angeles, The Guardian, NPR, Snopes.com, WSPA-TV, Slate, Axios and Talking Points Memo
Travis Andrews / Washington Post:
QAnon is tearing families apart — Q. — There was a time not long ago when the letter held no special meaning for Jacob, a 24-year-old in Croatia. The 17th letter of the alphabet, usually followed by “u” in English words. What else was there to know?
Jack Detsch / Foreign Policy:
Trump Taps Loyalists for Top Pentagon Liaison Jobs — It risks Trump burrowing loyalists into career positions to undermine a Biden administration, multiple former officials say. — The Trump administration has tapped a new White House liaison at the Department of Defense …
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Washington Post
Business Insider:
Washington lobbyists are quietly getting ready for life after President Trump … - Washington's influence crowd is putting its money on Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. — With polls predicting a Biden win in November, lobbyists and consultants are scrambling to game …
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Associated Press, The National Interest, The Guardian and The Colorado Sun
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. …
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
A Dose of Optimism, as the Pandemic Rages On — The months ahead will be difficult. But the medical cavalry is coming, and the rest of us know what we need to do. — On March 16, back when White House news conferences were still deemed safe to attend, President Trump stood before reporters …
Washington Post:
Trump's intel chief is undermining U.S. intelligence. He should resign. — Michael Morell, a contributing columnist for the Post, served as deputy director of the CIA from 2010 to 2013 and twice as acting director during that period. Mike Vickers served as undersecretary of defense for intelligence from 2011 to 2015.
Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Texas adds nearly 300,000 more voters in two-week period — Deputy voter registrar Sharla Juge tapes a sign on her table at a voter registration drive at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday Oct. 5, 2020. Monday is the deadline to register to vote in Texas in the Nov. 3 local and national elections …
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
The Third Wave of the Pandemic Is Here — When Donald Trump checked into Walter Reed medical center more than a week ago, it appears likely to have marked the beginning of the end stage of his presidency. But it was also a milestone for the pandemic, and not just because COVID-19 had infected …
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.
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The Gateway Pundit and Big League Politics
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.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Kate Bolduan / CNN:
The Pennsylvania women Trump has lost — Latrobe, Pennsylvania (CNN)They are all nervous. — Hollie Geitner fidgets with her coffee on a brisk and foggy fall morning. Joan Smeltzer shifts in her seat, adjusting her shirt as the breeze rolls through her backyard.
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Raw Story
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
New research explores authoritarian mind-set of Trump's core supporters — Data reveal high levels of anti-democratic beliefs among many of the president's backers, who stand to be a potent voting bloc for years to come — The Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic …
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Raw Story
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 …
Jason Ditz / Responsible Statecraft:
By ignoring it, allies let air out of ‘Asian NATO’ trial balloon … It looks like Washington's dreams for a new “Asian NATO” might have been just that — a colorful fantasy. — A meeting in Tokyo of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or “Quad” — the United States, India, Japan …
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