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8:15 AM ET, October 22, 2020

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Washington Post:
Trump weighs firing FBI director after election as frustration with Wray, Barr grows  —  President Trump and his advisers have repeatedly discussed whether to fire FBI Director Christopher A. Wray after Election Day — a scenario that also could imperil the tenure of Attorney General William P. Barr …
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Simon Shuster / TIME:
Exclusive: Alleged Hunter Biden Emails Circulated in Ukraine as Rudy Giuliani Dug for Dirt There Last Year  —  Explicit photos and emails purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden were circulating in Ukraine last year at the same time that Rudy Giuliani was searching for dirt …
Catherine Shoard / The Guardian:
Rudy Giuliani faces questions after compromising scene in new Borat film  —  Trump's personal attorney has indiscreet encounter with actor playing Borat's daughter in hotel room during pandemic  —  • This article contains spoilers about Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Hunter biz partner confirms e-mail, details Joe Biden's push to make millions from China  —  Wait until Scranton hears about this.  —  One of Joe Biden's ways of contrasting himself with President Trump has been to declare the election a battle of Park Avenue values vs. Scranton, Pa., values.
Discussion: The Federalist and Breitbart
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Bombshell Statement: Biden Insider Claims He Was ‘Recipient of the Email’, Says He Witnessed Joe, Hunter Discussing Deals  —  A whistleblower CEO and Biden insider, Tony Bobulinski, released a public statement on Wednesday evening backing up the reporting of the New York Post from last week …
Fox News:
Laptop connected to Hunter Biden linked to FBI money laundering probe  —  It is unclear, at this point, whether the investigation is ongoing or if it was directly related to Hunter Biden  —  FBI, DOJ agree Hunter Biden emails were not Russia disinformation
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump tells rally about ‘60 Minutes’ interview  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is keeping up a public feud with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl, who he says took him too seriously after he pleaded for suburban women to love him.
Discussion: Breitbart and Axios
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CBS News:
“60 Minutes” preview: Biden plans commission to study Supreme Court; Trump wants U.S. “to get back to normal”  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden said he would appoint a commission to study the U.S. court system and make recommendations for reform.  President Donald Trump looks …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senate Democrats to boycott Barrett's Judiciary Committee vote Thursday
Associated Press:
Democrats to boycott Barrett vote at Senate Judiciary
Chris Christie / Wall Street Journal:
I Should Have Worn a Mask  —  It's not a partisan or cultural symbol, not a sign of weakness or virtue.  —  For seven months I was very careful about mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing.  As someone with asthma, I knew I faced heightened risk.
WFLA-TV:
Armed guards at St. Pete early voting site told deputies they were hired by Trump campaign, election officials say  —  PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - Two armed guards set up in a tent outside an early voting location in downtown St. Petersburg claiming to be with the Trump campaign …
Discussion: WHNT-TV and Raw Story
Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
FBI: Lincoln Project Never Trumpers Peddled Iranian Disinformation Meant To Help Biden  —  Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced Wednesday that Iran and Russia are working to undermine the integrity of the 2020 election.
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CNN:
Feds say Russia and Iran have interfered with the presidential election
Politico:
The news media helps Trump avoid the stench of death  —  As President Donald Trump heads into his final sprint to Election Day, nearly every news report notes that he is running behind in the polls.  Journalists aren't shying away from describing his wilder rhetoric as “studded with lies and falsehoods.”
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
CNN:
Obama delivers a blistering rebuke of Trump in his return to the campaign trail  —  (CNN)Former President Barack Obama delivered an often-incredulous and blistering account of his successor's first four years in office on Wednesday in Philadelphia, making his most direct attacks on President Donald …
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Obama: Trump emboldens people to be “cruel and divisive and racist”
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama delivers blazing critique of Trump in 2020 campaign trail debut
New York Times:
Trump's Cash Crunch Constrains His Campaign at a Critical Juncture  —  With far less money that anticipated, campaign officials are scrambling to address a severe financial disadvantage against Joseph R. Biden Jr., producing something of an internal blame game.
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:   My Wild 2 Weeks Inside the Trump Campaign Bubble
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Blocks Curbside Voting In Alabama, An Option During Pandemic  —  The Supreme Court has sided with Alabama state officials who banned curbside voting intended to accommodate individuals with disabilities and those at risk from the COVID-19 virus.
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Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
Supreme Court puts curbside voting on hold in Alabama
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump national security adviser says president will respect results of election  —  BATH, Maine — Robert O'Brien, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, said Wednesday that Trump would accept the results of the election if he loses on Nov. 3.  —  “If he loses, of course he will …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
The Unseemly Urge to Excuse Jeffrey Toobin  —  CNN's Stelter Tells Reporter She's ‘Bitter’ after She Calls Out Media Double Standard on Hunter Biden Story  —  The New York Times Digs Into the Adoptions of Amy Coney Barrett's Children  —  FBI Reportedly in Possession of Hunter Biden's Laptop
New York Times:
Ex-Spy Was Central to Project Veritas Hiring Effort, Testimony Shows  —  A British former intelligence officer was said to have recruited and interviewed potential hires as the conservative group sought to have former spies train employees.  —  WASHINGTON — A British former spy recruited by Erik Prince …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump gains in Ohio, Biden ahead in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin  —  Donald Trump holds a narrow advantage in Ohio, while voters in the three battleground states that put him over the top in 2016 prefer Joe Biden  —  How the campaigns are preparing for presidential debate changes
Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Week That Shook the Trump Campaign  —  Polls show that Trump has only partly recovered from his performance in the first debate and his management of the coronavirus at the White House  —  WASHINGTON—In the days after the first debate Sept. 29 between President …
Discussion: Washington Times
Washington Post:
Let's not mince words.  The Trump administration kidnapped children.  —  THE TRUMP administration's immorality, cruelty and bureaucratic malpractice in tearing migrant toddlers, tweens and teens away from their parents in 2017 and 2018 were the work of many co-conspirators …
Discussion: Reason, Daily Kos and The Guardian
Tobias Siegal / Jerusalem Post:
Sudan agrees to normalize relations with Israel -report  —  The report indicated that the formal and public announcement on the normalization of relations is expected to take place in the next few days.  —  Sudan has reportedly agreed to fully normalize relations with Israel …
QU Poll:
Texas In Play: Biden And Trump In A Dead Heat, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; In Pennsylvania, Biden's Lead Returns To Single Digits  —  In the home stretch of the 2020 presidential election campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden is in a tied race with President Donald Trump in the reliably red state …
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Court ruling could block thousands of Iowa ballot requests  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A split Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a new Republican-backed law that could bar county elections commissioners from mailing absentee ballots to thousands of people who omitted information on their applications.
Discussion: Reuters and The Week
The Atlantic:
The Case Against Donald Trump  —  In 1973, a United States Air Force officer, Major Harold Hering, asked a question that the Air Force did not want asked.  Hering, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, was then in training to become a Minuteman-missile crewman.  The question he asked …
William Saletan / Slate:
Trump's Attack on Fauci Is Unbelievably Idiotic  —  First the president got the pandemic wrong.  Now he's picking a fight with the guy who got it right.  —  Donald Trump has a long list of enemies.  In the course of his presidency, he has attacked the press, the FBI, the CIA, the military …
Discussion: Washington Blade
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
North Carolina's mail-in ballot deadline extension upheld in federal court  —  A divided federal appeals court has upheld North Carolina's deadline extension for mail-in votes to be counted in the upcoming election, calling the measure a “common sense change” at a time when the U.S. Postal Service is inundated with ballots.
Discussion: CNN and Axios
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
New Columbia Study Blames the White House for at Least 130,000 ‘Avoidable’ COVID Deaths  —  “We believe that this was a monumental, lethal screwup by an administration that didn't want to deal with reality,” said the study's lead author.  —  A new report from Columbia University …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Trump is averaging more than 50 false or misleading claims a day
Tim Mak / NPR:
Here's Where The Threat Of Militia Activity Around The Elections Is The Highest
Discussion: Raw Story and ACLED
Napp Nazworth / Arc Digital:
How The Christian Post Sold Its Soul For Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Breaking: College President Finds a Spine
Discussion: CBS Chicago
Caleb Jones / Star Tribune:
US surgeon general to plead not guilty in Hawaii virus case
Discussion: Fox News
Slate:
How to Survive Election Night
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Volunteer in Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial dies, reportedly did not receive experimental vaccine
Kyle Smith / National Review:
A Bizarre and Revealing Biden Interview
Discussion: Power Line
Washington Post:
After a college town's coronavirus outbreak, deaths at nursing homes mount
Andrew Griffin / The Independent:
Nasa to make major announcement of ‘exciting news’ about the moon
Discussion: The Poke and Deseret News
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Wall Street donors keep their distance from cash-strapped Trump in campaign's final days
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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