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2:30 AM ET, October 14, 2020

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John Duffy / Teacher-Scholar-Activist:
An Open Letter to Judge Amy Coney Barrett From Your Notre Dame Colleagues  —  We write to you as fellow faculty members at the University of Notre Dame.  —  We congratulate you on your nomination to the United States Supreme Court.  An appointment to the Court is the crowning achievement …
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
Why The Amy Coney Barrett Hearings Are Verging On The Absurd  —  In her first day of questioning from senators, Supreme Court nominee Amy Comey Barrett wouldn't say how she would rule on abortion cases.  Or Obamacare cases.  Or gun rights cases.  Or really anything else.
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Wife of Trump's labor secretary, who was at Barrett Rose Garden event, tests positive for Covid
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump's words haunt Amy Coney Barrett as she vows not to be a ‘pawn’ on Supreme Court
CBS News:
Live updates: Amy Coney Barrett faces questions on Day 2 of Senate hearings
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Barrett apologizes for calling sexual orientation a ‘preference’
Discussion: New York Times, Slate and Fox News
Ginger Gibson / NBC News:
Group of 88 Notre Dame faculty pens letter asking Barrett to refuse nomination
Reuters:
U.S. Justice Department accuses Melania Trump book author of breaking nondisclosure pact  —  The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, author of a tell-all book about first lady Melania Trump, of breaking their nondisclosure agreement and asked a court …
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
First lady unseen as Trump restarts campaign after COVID-19  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his wife received their positive COVID-19 tests on the same day.  He's already returned to campaigning, but there's been no public sighting yet of the first lady.
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Times:
‘Straight to Gunshots’: How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist  —  New accounts from the scene raise questions about whether Michael Reinoehl, suspected of killing a far-right Trump supporter, pulled out a gun before officers fatally shot him.  —  Michael Reinoehl was on the run.
Discussion: ProPublica
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Conrad Wilson / opb:   New eyewitness accounts: Feds didn't identify themselves before firing on Portland antifa shooting suspect
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Trump's campaign nearly went broke for the 2020 home stretch amid Brad Parscale's $200 million budgeting misfire, Republicans tell Insider … - Before his ouster earlier this summer as President Donald Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale had been banking on a $200 million cash surge for October, Republicans told Insider.
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, batting aside a lawsuit that warned the truncated schedule will lead to minorities being undercounted in the crucial once-a-decade head count.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Lets Trump Officials End Census Count Early
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Prez Race Stays Tight; Dem Senate Candidate Gains  —  Incumbent maintains lead in governor's race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - It continues to be a very tight race for president in North Carolina according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.  The race for U.S. Senate has grown …
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WRAL-TV:
Poll: Trump losing ground in NC
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
DOJ says Trump's tweets “declassifying” Russia documents are not orders  —  Attorneys from the Department of Justice argued in court on Tuesday that President Trump's tweets authorizing the “total declassification of any & all documents” related to the Russia investigation and Hillary Clinton's emails …
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:   DOJ: Trump's ‘total declassification’ of Russiagate docs has no effect
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: White House Embraces ‘Herd Immunity’ Declaration  —  The Midwest and West are driving a virus surge in the U.S. The Eli Lilly antibody trial is paused because of potential safety concerns, just a day after Johnson & Johnson announced the pause of its coronavirus vaccine trial because of a sick volunteer.
Ryan Deto / Pittsburgh City Paper:
Pittsburgh-area mail carrier under investigation is apparent QAnon conspiracy theorist  —  Yesterday, the Baldwin home of Sean Troesch was raided by special agents from the United States Postal Service, who confiscated eight large garbage bags of suspected undelivered mail, according to KDKA.
Discussion: CBS Pittsburgh, KVIA-TV and Raw Story
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Touts Falconer's Benghazi Blood-Sacrifice Conspiracy Theory  —  Trump's endorsement of the insane story shot it to national prominence, fueling the bizarre allegations about blood sacrifice and Bin Laden body doubles.  —  President Donald Trump backed a budding conspiracy theory …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Labor secretary's wife, who was at Rose Garden event, tests positive for coronavirus  —  (CNN)The Labor Department announced in a news release Tuesday night that Secretary Eugene Scalia's wife, Trish, has tested positive for coronavirus.  The announcement said that Eugene Scalia has tested negative …
Discussion: Political Wire, UPI, Raw Story and The Hill
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump, Trailing in Pennsylvania, Launches Familiar Attacks on Biden  —  At a rally in Johnstown, Pa., the president's aides nudged him toward a populist script.  But he also had other issues in mind.  —  WASHINGTON — With just three weeks until Election Day, and President Trump on the defensive …
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi chafes at Wolf Blitzer's questions on Covid talks  —  An interview between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and CNN's Wolf Blitzer grew uncharacteristically tense on Tuesday as the California Democrat was pressed to explain why she had rejected the GOP's latest coronavirus stimulus proposal.
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
Anchorage Mayor Admits to ‘Inappropriate’ Relationship With TV Anchor  —  Mayor Ethan Berkowitz apologized for engaging in a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship” with a local news anchor after she posted a photo on social media.  —  The mayor of Anchorage, Ethan Berkowitz …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
How can 42 percent of Americans still support the worst president in our history?  —  I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news: 52 percent of Americans support Joe Biden in the FiveThirtyEight poll average.  The bad news: 42 percent support President Trump.  Why isn't Trump losing by a whole lot more?
Discussion: The Guardian, NPR and New York Post
Davey Alba / New York Times:
Riled Up: Misinformation Stokes Calls for Violence on Election Day  —  Baseless claims are circulating online about a Democrat-led coup, inflaming tensions in an already turbulent election season.  —  In a video posted to Facebook on Sept. 14, Dan Bongino, a popular right-wing commentator and radio host …
Anna Merlan / VICE:
QAnon Fans Try to Explain Why Trump Took a Drug Developed With Fetal Tissue  —  QAnon followers are ignoring or explaining away the fact that Trump's COVID “cure” was developed with fetal tissue, something they've said is evil.  —  Anna Merlan  —  Standing on the White House Lawn on Thursday …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Group Closes Campaign by Shopping Dirt on the Lincoln Project  —  A memo put together by America First Action goes after the spending decisions by the the anti-Trump group.  But why even bother?  —  President Donald Trump's official super PAC is shopping around opposition research …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Nuclear arms talks spiral into confusion as Russia rejects US ‘delusion’ … US-Russian arms control talks have sunk into confusion after the top American negotiator claimed there was “an agreement in principle” between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, a claim Moscow quickly rejected as a “delusion”.
Mattie Kahn / Glamour:
The Guardians of Elmhurst  —  As COVID-19 spread across the United States, one hospital in New York found itself in the epicenter of the epicenter.  With the virus on a warpath, its staff risked it all in the fight for our lives.  —  On her 45-minute commute home from work, Navdeep Kaur will start feeling sick.
Discussion: New York Post
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
White House experts advise against Des Moines gatherings of more than 25.  Trump plans a rally in Des Moines for 10,000.  —  | Des Moines Register Show Caption Hide Caption … White House coronavirus experts have said central Iowa social gatherings should be limited to 25 people …
Larry McShane / New York Daily News:
Multi-billion dollar Nike kicks popular Bronx sporting goods store to the curb after a half-century  —  Nike just did it: The global powerhouse, with its $250 Air Jordan Retro sneakers, is kicking the venerable Frank's Sport Shop to the Bronx curb.  —  The multi-billion dollar corporation sent …
American Greatness:
Trump Is the Integrity Candidate  —  Improbable as it often seems, and whatever his failings, in this election Donald Trump is the candidate of honesty, competence, and legality.  —  The election campaign, now finally approaching its climax, will long be studied because of the paradoxical reactions …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Mamma Mia!  Rudy Giuliani Threw a Potential Superspreader Event for Trump on Columbus Day  —  It was Columbus Day in Pennsylvania, and in 2020 that could only mean one thing: Rudy Giuliani was in Philadelphia sounding like Livia Soprano.  —  As Donald Trump traveled to Florida …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Another pro-Trump ad uses footage from Russia  —  A new pro-Trump super PAC ad uses stock footage from Russia and Belarus in a major ad buy that's airing in three swing states.  It's the fourth time in three months that an ad promoting President Donald Trump's reelection has used footage from Russia.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
 
 
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
FDA pushes back on Trump administration attempt to rebrand ‘emergency authorization’
Discussion: MedCity News
William Crum / Oklahoman.com:
As mask ordinance is extended, COVID-19 surges, and OKC has no ICU beds available
Kelsey Bradshaw / Austin American-Statesman:
Travis County early voting: 32,000 people cast ballots as of 6 p.m. Tuesday
Discussion: The Hill
Josh Hammer / The National Interest:
How to Combat Anti-Israeli Hate on College Campuses
 Earlier Items: 
David Enrich / New York Times:
No, There Isn't Evidence That Trump Owes Money to Russia
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Tara Reade penning memoir on coming forward as a Biden accuser, will be released before election
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Suggests Omarosa Manigault Newman Pay for $1 Million in Ad Spending
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
CNBC:
Facebook says it will finally ban anti-vaccination ads
Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
West Virginians favor Trump over Biden for president, latest poll shows
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
On Transparency and Foreign Funding of U.S. Think Tanks
Discussion: The Federalist
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI: Whitmer plotters also discussed kidnapping Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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