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1:15 AM ET, October 2, 2020

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ABC News:
Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's closest advisers, tests positive for coronavirus  —  Hicks traveled with the president to and from Tuesday's first debate.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest advisers …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Will Quarantine After Aide Falls Ill With Virus  — Hope Hicks traveled with Trump to debate and Minnesota rally  — President and first lady are awaiting results of virus tests  —  President Donald Trump said that he would begin self-quarantine while waiting …
Washington Post:
Trump begins quarantine as close aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus
Discussion: Al Jazeera and The Daily Caller
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle's Departure from Fox  —  As President Donald Trump heads into the 2020 elections, he faces a daunting gender gap: according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll, he trails Joe Biden by thirty percentage points among female voters.
WSB-TV:
Following rocky debate, Biden takes lead over Trump in latest exclusive Channel 2 poll  —  ATLANTA — We are seeing how the first presidential debate changed Georgia voters' opinions.  —  For the first time, former Vice President Joe Biden is leading our exclusive Channel 2 Action News/Landmark Communications poll.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden is still leading in the polls, and voters say he won his first debate against Trump  — Democrat Joe Biden came into the first debate ahead of President Trump in the national polls.  — The first scientific polls to ask who won the debate Tuesday night show Biden coming out on top.
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Trump sees approval rating increase, majority expect him to beat Biden: poll
Discussion: Gallup, New York Post and IJR
Rogerlsimon / theepochtimes.com:
Go Lincoln-Douglas: Eliminate Moderators From Presidential Debates
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kayleigh McEnany's first post-debate briefing goes off the rails  —  For the second time in a week, the United States bore witness to an animated and interruption-filled political discussion.  The first one was Tuesday's debate, but Thursday's White House briefing wasn't that different.
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Politico:
Trump blames low-income people, minorities for ‘ruining’ suburbia  —  On Tuesday, President Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacists.  On Wednesday, he blamed suburban, low-income people of color for “ruining this American dream.”  —  The two comments represent a feature, not a bug, of his presidency and campaign.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   Trump May ‘Denounce’ White Supremacists, But He Is Never Angry
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Leader of ‘white supremacist’ Proud Boys is state director of unofficial support group called Latinos for Trump and has ties to Republicans including …
Discussion: CNN
Leia Idliby / Mediaite:
Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Blames Democrats' ‘Hate’ and Flips Back to Endorsing Trump Hours After Abandoning President Over White Supremacy Comments
SOM - State of Michigan:
AG Nessel Files Felony Charges Against Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl in Voter-Suppression Robocalls Investigation  —  LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed charges today against two political operatives for allegedly orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote in the November general election.
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Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
Michigan AG charges two GOP operatives with multiple voter suppression felonies
Discussion: Washington Post and Forbes
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
Abbott orders counties to close multiple ballot dropoff sites  —  Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order Thursday requiring counties to close multiple locations where voters can drop off completed mail-in ballots.  —  As an election security measure, counties will be limited to one dropoff site …
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Zach Despart / Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Abbott limits mail ballot drop-off locations, forcing Harris County to close 11 sites
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New York Daily News:
To keep Barrett off the Supreme Court, Schumer must fight like a defense attorney with a client on death row
Discussion: New York Times
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Amy Coney Barrett Signed Letter Urging End of ‘Barbaric’ Roe v. Wade
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Facing Grim Polls, Trump Leans Into Playing the Victim  —  Be it congressional Democrats, the news media, the standards enforcers at Twitter or, now, the debate commission, President Trump has repeatedly blamed others for problems and self-inflicted wounds.  —  On Thursday afternoon …
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale told friends he was under federal investigation just days before meltdown … - Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale told campaign staff and friends that he was under federal investigation, just days before police detained him, Trump advisers tell Insider.
David Wasserman / NBC News:
Trump is winning the voter registration battle against Biden in key states  —  In the last few weeks, Joe Biden has led President Donald Trump by a fairly consistent 8-point average in national polls and has maintained leads in more than enough battleground states to win the Electoral College …
Discussion: Politico
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Biden poised to launch in-person canvassing in key states
Bloomberg:   Biden Breaks Fundraising Record Again, Buoyed by Debate
USA Today:
1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election … WASHINGTON - Former Justice Department attorneys expressed concerns Thursday that Attorney General William Barr is using the power of the agency to help President Donald Trump win reelection …
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DOJ Alumni:
DOJ Alumni Open Letter on Protecting Free and Fair Elections
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Trump's plans for rally in western Wisconsin up in the air  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to have canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Wisconsin Is Frazzled by Surging Virus Cases and Growing Campaign Frenzy
Discussion: Raw Story
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Obama touts LeBron's ‘More Than a Vote’ campaign as it surpasses 10,000 poll volunteers  —  Obama thanked the volunteers in a surprise address to a virtual crowd at the NBA Finals.  — Flipboard  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 1  —  Former President Barack Obama praised participants …
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Bobby Burack / OutKick:   NBA Finals Ratings Sink to All-Time Lows
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
McMaster, Mostly Silent Until Now, Says Trump Is 'Aiding and Abetting Putin's Efforts'  —  “This sustained campaign of disruption, disinformation, and denial, is aided by any leader who doesn't acknowledge it,” President Trump's former national security adviser said.
Discussion: MSNBC and Fox News
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump's ex-national security adviser says president is ‘aiding and abetting’ Putin
Discussion: Reuters and The Daily Caller
Regina Ip / New York Times:
Hong Kong Is China, Like It or Not  —  After months of chaos in the city, something had to be done, and the Chinese government did it.  —  Ms. Ip is a legislator and a member of the Executive Council in Hong Kong.  —  HONG KONG — No amount of outcry, condemnation or sanctions …
Michael Lewis / Bloomberg:
Inside a California Covid Revolt  —  Residents of Shasta County have taken resistance to Covid-19 restrictions to another level: “full-on anarchy.”  —  Some people who are good in a crisis need a crisis to be good.  They're better wired for hot zones than for ordinary life and so they do whatever …
 
 
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Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Pete Wilson endorses Trump, says president has ‘very good judgment’
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
GOP challenger fundraising tops South Carolina's Cunningham
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How Trump amassed a red-state army in the nation's capital — and could do so again
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The most essential books of the Trump era are barely about Trump at all
Alayna Treene / Axios:
House passes revised $2.2 trillion stimulus bill
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Biden continually interrupts Ryan in a way I find incredibly annoying.”
Discussion: The Guardian and Refinery29
West Nova News:
LCPS proposal would punish teachers who criticize critical theory
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden breaks the $365 million fund-raising record that he set in August.
 Earlier Items: 
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
It's not ‘chaos’: Trump revealed a clear blueprint for crushing American democracy
Discussion: Washington Post
Caitlin O'Kane / CBS News:
Facebook removes Trump ads about Joe Biden, COVID-19 and refugees
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Doomsday has arrived for tens of thousands of workers
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
American cyclist suspended over pro-Trump tweet
Emily Green / VICE:
Border Patrol Snipers Were Authorized to Use Deadly Force at George Floyd's Burial
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Judge rules federal law enforcement commission violates law, orders work stopped as attorney general prepares to issue report
Discussion: The Appeal and The Root
 

 
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