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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
CNN exclusive: Fauci says he was taken out of context in new Trump campaign ad touting coronavirus response — (CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci did not consent to being featured in a new advertisement from the Trump campaign touting President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NBC News:
Fauci rips new Trump campaign ad, says it uses his comments ‘out of context’ — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday he was “taken out of context” in a new Trump campaign ad that features his comments “without my permission.”
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump campaign twists Fauci comment to suggest praise of the president — “I can't imagine that anybody could be doing more.” — Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, misleadingly quoted in a Trump campaign ad released Oct. 10
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CNN, TMZ.com, Mediaite and Political Wire
Axios:
Eric Trump says his father “got hit hard” by the coronavirus
Eric Trump says his father “got hit hard” by the coronavirus
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Fox News, The Daily Beast, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill and Daily Kos
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
ABC host says White House blocked Fauci from appearing on show
ABC host says White House blocked Fauci from appearing on show
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Washington Post
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Twitter Flags Trump's Tweet About Now Being ‘Immune’ to Virus
Twitter Flags Trump's Tweet About Now Being ‘Immune’ to Virus
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Forbes, Mediaite, KVIA-TV, The Daily Beast and CleanTechnica
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Trump Failed the 3 A.M. Test
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Kamala Harris Refuses To Personally Attend Lindsey Graham's COVID Infected SCOTUS Hearing — NBC News's Sahil Kapur reported: … Advertisements — As Lindsey Graham refuses to take a coronavirus test, and Republican members of his committee have tested positive for the virus …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
New book by John McCain's closest aide details reaction to Trump's war hero attack
New book by John McCain's closest aide details reaction to Trump's war hero attack
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PBS NewsHour
Iris Samuels / Associated Press:
Daines, Bullock clash over pandemic, Supreme Court in debate
Daines, Bullock clash over pandemic, Supreme Court in debate
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Breitbart, Twitchy, Townhall, Washington Times and Viking Pundit
Beth Baumann / Townhall:
'It's Not Unconstitutional': Jake Tapper Shreds Kate Bedingfield Over Biden's Take on the Supreme Court
'It's Not Unconstitutional': Jake Tapper Shreds Kate Bedingfield Over Biden's Take on the Supreme Court
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ABC News and The Daily Caller
Politico:
How Democrats hope to defeat Amy Coney Barrett's nomination
How Democrats hope to defeat Amy Coney Barrett's nomination
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Wall Street Journal, NPR and One America News Network
Cristian Farias / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Should Grill Amy Coney Barrett
Kamala Harris Should Grill Amy Coney Barrett
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Jane Chong / The Atlantic:
Senate Republicans Are Playing a Dangerous Game With the Court's Legitimacy
Senate Republicans Are Playing a Dangerous Game With the Court's Legitimacy
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The Mahablog, Politico and The American Independent
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Coons says that confirming Barrett ‘constitutes court-packing,’ Sasse responds that's ‘obviously’ incorrect
Coons says that confirming Barrett ‘constitutes court-packing,’ Sasse responds that's ‘obviously’ incorrect
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Democrats want voters in the dark with this version of ‘Truman Show’
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors — The condition is affecting thousands of patients, impeding their ability to work and function in daily life. — After contracting the coronavirus in March, Michael Reagan lost all memory of his 12-day vacation in Paris …
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Occupy Democrats and Gothamist
CBS News:
Biden leads Trump in Michigan and Nevada, and race is tied in Iowa — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — Most voters in the battleground states of Michigan, Nevada and Iowa feel President Trump set a bad example for the nation during his own recent battle with the coronavirus, handling things in a way they call irresponsible.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Joe Biden's polling better than any challenger since 1936
Joe Biden's polling better than any challenger since 1936
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Religion News Service, The Wrap, Forbes, Vox and No More Mister Nice Blog
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Powered by trust on the pandemic, Biden leads by 12 points nationwide: POLL
Powered by trust on the pandemic, Biden leads by 12 points nationwide: POLL
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Axios:
Buzz grows around Cuomo as Biden's attorney general pick — Democrats are so convinced that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could be considered for Joe Biden's attorney general that aides at the National Governors Association, which Cuomo chairs, are looking into contingencies for replacing him …
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Fox News, Political Wire, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
Washington Post:
As Trump stumbles, voters finalize their choices, and Biden's lead grows — Peg Bohnert, an Arizona retiree, voted for Donald Trump in 2016 because she thought the businessman would transform the White House into “a well-run machine.” — Ruth Mierzwa, a Pennsylvania business owner …
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CNN, ekathimerini.com and Bloomberg
Ben Smith / New York Times:
An Arrest in Canada Casts a Shadow on a New York Times Star, and The Times — A top editor is now reviewing Rukmini Callimachi's reporting on terrorism, which turned distant conflicts into accessible stories but drew criticism from colleagues. — Derek Henry Flood wasn't looking for work in March of 2018 …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump wants to hit campaign trail every day through election — President Trump has asked his campaign to put him on the road every single day from now until Nov. 3. — Behind the scenes: His team is in the process of scheduling events to make that happen, two sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios.
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Raw Story
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The New York Times Guild Once Again Demands Censorship Of Colleagues … The New York Times Guild, the union of employees of the Paper of Record, tweeted a condemnation on Sunday of one of their own colleagues, op-ed columnist Bret Stephens. Their denunciation was marred by humiliating typos …
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Twitchy and Instapundit
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Twitter buries GOP ‘scumbag liar’ Ronna McDaniel for claiming ‘82% of Americans’ make over $400,000/year — Ronna Romney McDaniel, the chairperson of the Republican National Committee, on Sunday faced backlash after suggesting that “82% of Americans” make more than $400,000 per year.
Axios:
Trump wants nuclear accord with Putin by election — President Trump is looking to Vladimir Putin to close the deal on a pre-election nuclear agreement, a timetable that's an October surprise even for senior Republicans and some in the White House. — The big picture: Trump and Putin …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Will Never Wear Masks, Horrified COVID Task Force Admits — The president's illness presented a last potential inflection point. But he emerged from it still determined to be seen maskless. — As President Donald Trump received treatment for the coronavirus at Walter Reed Medical Center …
Politico:
Amateur hour at the Trump White House — Nearly everyone remembers the old cliché: If you can't trust someone to get the little things right, how can you ever count on them to do the big things? — President Donald Trump had better hope that bromide, invoked everywhere …
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Bloomberg, One America News Network, Raw Story and Reuters
Detroit Free Press:
13 men charged in alleged kidnapping plot, many with troubled pasts — A wide-ranging Free Press investigation into the defendants found many who vented their anger at government in Michigan both online and in person. — Detroit Free Press staff, Detroit Free Press — Show caption Hide caption
CNN:
How Team Trump used Fox News as a laundromat for unverified Russian information about top Democrats — (CNN)While most of the nation was largely fixated over the past week on President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, the President and his allies in right-wing media have been engrossed with something else entirely.
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Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
QAnon Is Thriving in Germany. The Extreme Right Is Delighted. — As the U.S. conspiracy theory goes global, it has found fertile ground in the putsch fantasies and anti-Semitic tropes long popular on Germany's far-right fringe. Counterterrorism officials worry.