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5:55 PM ET, October 23, 2020

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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Trump's sideshow fizzles out  —  The president tried to turn debate day into a trial of the Biden family's allegedly shady business dealings.  It didn't go smoothly.  —  President Donald Trump leaves the podium at the conclusion of a press conference.  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Wall Street Journal:
Hunter Biden's Ex-Business Partner Alleges Father Knew About Venture  —  Former vice president says he had no involvement; corporate records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show no role for Joe Biden  —  An ex-business partner of Hunter Biden, in a news conference organized by the Trump campaign …
Politico:
GOP prays Trump stopped the bleeding  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Before the debate hall even emptied out, the presidential motorcade was whisking Donald Trump back to Washington for a short layover ahead of his return to the campaign trail on Friday, which some Republicans worry could carry new risks in the final sprint to Election Day.
Andy Mannix / Star Tribune:
Charges: Boogaloo Bois fired on Minneapolis police precinct, shouted ‘Justice for Floyd’  —  Feds say Ivan Harrison Hunter helped burn and loot the Third Precinct building as part of a coordinated attack from the far-right group trying to ignite an American civil war.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE
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New York Times:
Trump Family Ally Is Arrested on Cyberstalking Charge  —  Ken Kurson, a close friend of the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, was arrested in connection with incidents stemming from his divorce.  —  Ken Kurson, a close friend of President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner …
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senators engage in bitter floor feud over Barrett nomination to Supreme Court  —  Senate Republicans and Democrats engaged in a bitter feud Friday over the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took steps to finalize her installation to the Supreme Court by Monday evening.
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James Arkin / Politico:
Big GOP donors step up to help fight Democratic Senate tsunami
Discussion: Raw Story and Bangor Daily News
Alan Fram / Associated Press:   Parties' late spending on Senate races shows GOP's jeopardy
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court is giving advocates for voting rights heartburn  —  With several last-minute decisions, the Supreme Court is shaping how Americans in some states will vote.  Even with one big ruling going their way, those who favor making voting easier during the pandemic and in the longer term are worried.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Sees Reason for Hope in Voter Signups That Polls May Miss
Discussion: Fox News and Political Wire
Victoria A. Brownworth / Supermajority:
How Pennsylvanians Are Combatting Voter Suppression
Discussion: CBS Philly and Raw Story
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
You're Not Supposed to Understand the Rumors About Biden  —  On Tuesday, Fox News' Laura Ingraham broke some news: An “investigative journalist” named Matthew Tyrmand had uncovered a cache of 26,000 emails belonging to Hunter Biden's disgraced business partner Bevan Cooney, who is now in jail.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Biden Assails Trump on Virus as the President Campaigns in Florida  —  “If we just wore these masks, the president's own advisers have told him, we could save 100,000 lives.  And we're in a circumstance where the president, thus far, still has no plan, no comprehensive plan.”
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Politico:
‘Warning flare’: New swing-state data shows massive Democratic early-vote lead  —  Democrats have opened up a yawning gap in early voting over Republicans in six of the most crucial battleground states — but that only begins to tell the story of their advantage heading into Election Day.
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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year.  What's the Plan Now?  —  The office was dedicated to the long-term safety of vaccines.  Experts say plans to track coronavirus vaccines are fragmented and “behind the eight ball.”  —  As the first coronavirus vaccines arrive …
Discussion: The Week, Breitbart and Mother Jones
NBC News:
Coronavirus case increase sets new U.S. record, rising to over 77K in one day … The U.S. set a record Thursday as the number of new coronavirus cases rose to over 77,000, topping the previous record in July.  —  Nationwide, 77,640 new cases were reported for the day …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Plan to Make Biden Look Senile Disappeared Without a Trace  —  In the cold light of day, the most important development from the final presidential debate may be something that did not happen at all: Joe Biden embarrassing himself in a fit of mental disintegration.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge orders Justice Department to verify its filings in Flynn case  —  The federal judge presiding over the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn has ordered the Justice Department to conduct an unusual review of its filings in the case and certify by Monday whether any have been manipulated.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Republicans have been facing an outbreak among lawmakers and aides.  But they don't want to talk about it.  —  Wisconsin Republican lawmakers and top GOP aides have been facing a coronavirus outbreak in recent weeks following a series of in-person events, including a retirement party …
Discussion: UpNorthNews
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Kristen Welker asked the candidates about The Talk.  That moment proved the value of newsroom diversity.  —  Any debate moderator could have asked the candidates the question about The Talk — the terrible conversation that parents must have with their children of color to warn them about the hazards …
more at Mediagazer »
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Trump campaign spokesperson says parents of separated children don't want them back  —  The Trump campaign's communications director asserted on Friday that the reason some migrant families separated by the administration at the U.S. border have not been reunited is because the parents do not want their children back.
Discussion: Reuters and IJR
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is drowning in his own lies.  Here are the latest signs of it.  —  It's one of the defining phrases of the Trump era.  Stephen K. Bannon, candidly reflecting in early 2018 on President Trump's strategy for effective political communication, noted that the real opposition Trump faces is not Democrats, but the media.
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Donald Trump's issue with windmills might not be about birds  —  President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump return to the White House after the final presidential debate on October 23.  Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images  —  If the president were really worried about birds …
Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrat Trails Narrowly in Key Montana Senate Race  —  Democrats, including Biden, are competitive in a red state, and Bullock is three points behind in the contest the party cares about most.  —  Republicans hold a narrow lead up and down the ballot in Montana, according …
bellingcat:
Russia's Clandestine Chemical Weapons Programme and the GRU's Unit 29155  —  On October 15, 2020, the European Union imposed sanctions on six senior Russian officials and a leading Russian research institute over the alleged use of a nerve agent from the Novichok family in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny.
Washington Post:
Loan payments loom as Trump fights for his political future - and the future of his business  —  At President Trump's hotel in Chicago, the most recent board meeting began with bad news.  This year's numbers were awful.  Revenue had plunged.  The hotel was just 24 percent occupied.
Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Trump campaign, Nevada Republicans sue to stop Clark County mail vote counting until ‘proper procedures’ in place  —  The Trump campaign and Nevada Republican Party filed a lawsuit Friday requesting a pause in Clark County's mail ballot counting until “proper procedures” for “meaningful observation” are in place.
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Fact check: Trump says 2.2 million people were projected to die from Covid-19  —  Trump, defending his administration's pandemic response, claimed Thursday that “2.2 million people — modeled out — were expected to die” from the coronavirus.  —  Trump has made this claim previously …
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
A powerful argument for wearing a mask, in visual form  —  Real-time pandemic data paints a vivid picture of the relationship between mask-wearing and the prevalence of covid-19 symptoms  —  Despite the clear opposition to masks within the Trump White House and among its allies …
Discussion: MinnPost and CNN
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
UPDATES: Kamala Harris visits Georgia on Friday to rally early-voters  —  Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris visited Atlanta on Friday to rally voters to cast their ballots early as polls show a neck-and-neck race between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden in a state Republicans have long dominated.
Tyler Buchanan / Ohio Capital Journal:
Ohioan reports being recruited for plot targeting Gov. DeWine at his home  —  Note: This story has been updated.  —  A Miami County resident reported to police being recruited to take part in a citizen's arrest of Gov. Mike DeWine at his Cedarville home a week ago, but the plot evidently never materialized.
Lawfare:
Foreign Influence Operations and the 2020 Election: Framing the Debate  —  Researchers of online manipulation and influence operations generally agree that foreign actors—Russia, China and Iran, to name a few—engage in overt and covert efforts to manipulate American public opinion in the service of political ends.
Discussion: The Iran Primer
 
 
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Kyle Baccei / AAF:
Arizona: Policy Priorities and the Election - October Update
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
John McCormack / National Review:
Senator Hirono's Double Standard
Monica Alba / NBC News:
Trump hasn't met with coronavirus task force in months, not expected to before election
Discussion: Raw Story and The Babylon Bee
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: National Guard called in to thwart cyberattack in Louisiana weeks before election
Washington Post:
America is poised to enter into its worst stretch yet of the pandemic
Discussion: ABC News
The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump Announces Halloween at the White House
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
P. Michael McKinley / The Atlantic:
The Politicization of the State Department Is Almost Complete
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Arizona Is Ready to Toss Trump — and the Rest of the GOP
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Trump says Biden sold Ukraine ‘pillows and sheets.’ What's he talking about?
Discussion: Vox, Townhall and Washington Post
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump removes Sudan from state sponsors of terrorism list
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Good Debate, and It's Not Quite Over
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
Bruce Springsteen and the Art of Aging Well
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