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12:20 AM ET, October 14, 2020

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Washington Post:
‘Unmasking’ probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report  —  The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted …
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.
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Judge Amy Coney Barrett flips the script on Democrats over health care, notes when she adopted daughter  —  Barrett says she understands the importance of access to healthcare  —  How Amy Coney Barrett confirmation fight is shaping Senate races  —  Democrats grilled Amy Coney Barrett …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, BBC and The Hill
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Wife of Trump's labor secretary, who was at Barrett Rose Garden event, tests positive for Covid
Discussion: Politico
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Barrett apologizes for calling sexual orientation a ‘preference’
Discussion: Vox, New York Times and Fox News
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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 …
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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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
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 …
Discussion: Politico, UPI, Raw Story and Bloomberg
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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”.
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 and Raw Story
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 …
CNN:
Vulnerable Senate Republicans tie themselves to Barrett with Trump's numbers eroding  —  ‘No notes!’  Bash weighs in on moment that drew laughter  —  (CNN)Endangered Senate Republicans have a new running mate in the battle to keep their narrow majority: Amy Coney Barrett.
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
Jolie McCullough / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Republicans challenge curbside, drive-thru voting in Harris County  —  The court filing from just before early voting began is the latest GOP effort to tamp down voting options in the state's most populous county.  —  Copy link  —  Hours before early voting began …
Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
West Virginians favor Trump over Biden for president, latest poll shows  —  West Virginia once again overwhelmingly favors Donald J. Trump for president, although not by the dominating margin he achieved in his 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton.  —  The latest edition of the MetroNews West …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
FDA pushes back on Trump administration attempt to rebrand ‘emergency authorization’
Discussion: MedCity News
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Groups file lawsuit after Virginia state websites shut down for hours on last day of voter registration
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
 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
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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