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10:30 AM ET, October 13, 2020

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Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Make way for Slayer Pete.  Buttigieg is the Biden campaign's ruthless secret weapon  —  Mayor Pete has found his format: the five-minute, remote-feed evisceration.  —  He always looks so nice, Pete Buttigieg — handsome in that white, Midwestern, college yearbook way …
Discussion: The Guardian, AIER, MSN and Breitbart
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Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
Trump intensifies focus on Harris in final weeks of campaign  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Grasping for a comeback, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are intensifying their focus not on Democratic nominee Joe Biden, but on his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris …
New York Times:
California Republican Party Admits It Placed Misleading Ballot Boxes Around State  —  Government officials say the receptacles are illegal and could lead to voter fraud, but the party says it will continue the practice.  —  The California Republican Party has admitted responsibility for placing …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump World Prays He Can Shut Up for Amy Coney Barrett Week  —  Beset by controversy and lagging in the polls, President Donald Trump this week was handed what his allies described as a gift: an opportunity to recede from the national spotlight while his party scored a win that would rearrange the tectonic plates of government.
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Irony at the Heart of the Amy Coney Barrett Fight  —  Judge Amy Coney Barrett sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a fuchsia dress and pearls, listening quietly as Republican senators depicted her as the ideal modern feminist.  “How do you and your husband manage two …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Don't Expect a “Gotcha” Moment in the Barrett Hearings
The Economist:
Amy Coney Barrett is the least popular Supreme Court nominee in recent history
WKRC:
Local 12 speaks 1-on-1 with Joe Biden as he visits Cincinnati for campaign event  —  CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The battle for Ohio voters is heating up with polls showing the race essentially tied right now.  Democratic nominee Joe Biden made his way to Cincinnati Monday evening to speak directly to voters.
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Biden again dodges court-packing question, hints he is ‘not a fan’
Discussion: Breitbart, Bloomberg and New York Post
Joshua Holland / Alternet.org:
Here's the truth behind the Republicans' big lie about ‘court-packing’
Discussion: Slate
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 …
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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Content Lab U.S.:
Johnson & Johnson Temporarily Pauses All Dosing in Our Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Clinical Trials
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The outlook for House Republicans keeps getting worse  —  Here's how grim things look for House Republicans three weeks out from the election: They're struggling to win back seats even in conservative bastions like Oklahoma and South Carolina, where Democrats staged shocking upsets in 2018.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Axios:
Always Trumpers: The president's unbreakable wall  —  More than 85% of elected Republicans who have been in Congress throughout President Trump's term have largely stood by him through seven crises that would have crushed most politicians, according to a comprehensive new study by “Axios on HBO.”
New York Times:
How Quickly Will Your Vote Be Counted?  A State-by-State Timeline  —  A lot of voters are asking these questions right now: How quickly will ballots be counted in the presidential election?  Which states will have results — and possibly a winner — on election night?
Elizabeth Neumann / USA Today:
Trump made it hard for me to protect America.  How could I vote for him again?  How could anyone?  —  My job was to keep Americans safe and Trump was my biggest obstacle.  He ignored white nationalist violence, ignored COVID-19, and nearly started a war.
Discussion: Hotair and Louder With Crowder
Jessica Taylor / The Cook Political Report:
What is The Cook Political Report?  —  The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Imagining the Trump Presidency That Wasn't  —  A politically incorrect administration might have succeeded where this one failed.  —  Where would we be now if we had a truly politically incorrect president?  Donald Trump is supposed to be politically incorrect, but, for the most part, he isn't.
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Pushing ‘Brain Room’ to Lend Credibility to Trump's Voter Fraud Paranoia, Insiders Say  —  ‘PROMOTING DOUBT’ … A seemingly innocuous project to chronicle “election irregularities” feels like “an attempt to push more baseless conspiracy theories” for Trump, insiders told The Daily Beast.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump returns to campaign trail after bout with covid-19, amid criticism he is still not taking pandemic seriously  —  President Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday, holding his first rally since being hospitalized earlier this month, as part of an intense effort to demonstrate …
Discussion: Telegraph, Raw Story and The Week
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Jack Detsch / Foreign Policy:
Trump Taps Loyalists for Top Pentagon Liaison Jobs
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Bonchie / Redstate:
Dr. Fauci Isn't Stupid, He Just Thinks You Are  —  Think about much intellectually dishonesty it takes to go on CNN, a network that is working non-stop to discredit the President over everything, but especially the coronavirus, to spew such easily disprovable nonsense.
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Texas' Abbott praises court ruling reinstating 1 ballot drop box per county  —  Counties can only have one location for people to drop off their mail-in ballots ahead of the election  —  Battle over mail-in-ballots heads for the Supreme Court  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday morning touted …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's Mission of Misery  —  Why Senate Republicans won't help Americans in need.  —  I keep seeing news reports saying that the Trump administration is “pivoting” on economic stimulus.  But Donald Trump has been reversing positions so frequently that it looks less like a series of pivots than like a tailspin.
David Jackson / The Lancet Infectious Diseases:
Genomic evidence for reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: a case study  —  Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA  —  University of Nevada, Reno Center for Bioinformatics, Reno, NV, USA  —  Theiagen Consulting LLC, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
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
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: The Week, Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Rudy Giuliani campaigns for Trump in a packed Philly office space, with fans in ‘Save Columbus’ masks  —  About 75 Donald Trump supporters — many of them wearing masks with an Italian flag and the words Save Columbus — squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder into the campaign's Northeast Philadelphia …
Discussion: Washington Post and WHYY
Caroline Stauffer / Reuters:
Wisconsin says Foxconn short of 2019 jobs pledge, misses out on tax credits  —  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Wisconsin factory hailed by President Donald Trump as proof he was reviving U.S. manufacturing did not create enough jobs in 2019 to earn its owner Foxconn Technology Group tax credits …
 
 
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Declassified FBI Spreadsheet Shows How Investigators Tried To Verify The Steele Dossier
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Michelle Obama, LeBron James team up to boost early voting
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $100 million more to election administrators, despite conservative pushback
Discussion: Reuters and Political Wire
Ira Stoll / New York Sun:
Biden Plagiarism Involved More Than the Words
Bailey Johnson / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
After bad primary experience, many vote early at State Farm Arena
Discussion: The Guardian, wabe.org and The Week
Travis Andrews / Washington Post:
QAnon is tearing families apart
Business Insider:
Washington lobbyists are quietly getting ready for life after President Trump
 Earlier Items: 
Kate Bolduan / CNN:
The Pennsylvania women Trump has lost
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
U.S. ethics groups say Barr uses DOJ as political tool, call for his impeachment
Discussion: The Hill
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
A Dose of Optimism, as the Pandemic Rages On
Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Texas adds nearly 300,000 more voters in two-week period
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
How a Feud Between Cuomo and de Blasio Led to a Chaotic Virus Crackdown
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

 
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