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Trump Loses Court Battle To Ban Drop Boxes In PA

PBS reports: A federal judge in Pennsylvania has rejected a suit from President Donald Trump’s campaign that sought to bar use of mail ballot drop boxes across the state. The boxes were first used in this year’s primary and were deployed to keep up with unprecedented demand for mail-in voting. But in June, the Trump campaign sued the state of …

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Trump Claims He’s Now “Medication Free” [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: President Trump, in his first televised interview since he announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, said Friday night that he was “medication free” and back to normal, a week after he was hospitalized after having trouble breathing. “I feel very strong,” he said. In the interview with Dr. Marc Siegel on “Tucker …

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Trump Camp Announces Monday Rally Near Orlando

Reuters reports: President Trump will hold a campaign rally on Monday in Florida, his first time hitting the campaign trail since testing positive for COVID-19. The announcement comes despite the fact that the White House has yet to say whether Trump is still infectious or when he last tested negative. The president will gather in Sanford, Fla., with supporters on …

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Nine COVID Cases Traced To Minnesota Trump Rally

The Duluth News Tribune reports: Minnesota’s current COVID-19 surge shows no signs of slowing. The Health Department on Friday, Oct. 9, reported another 1,401 newly confirmed cases and 14 more deaths. Hospitalization rates continue to trend upward. They follow a stretch of more than a week when average new daily case counts topped 1,000. The trend line of active COVID-19 …

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Fauci: Barrett WH Ceremony Was Superspreader Event

The Hill reports: Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), on Friday said the White House held a coronavirus “superspreader event,” referring to the White House ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. “I think the data speak for themselves,” Fauci said during a CBS News Radio interview when speaking on the …

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Trump To Hold In-Person Event On WH Lawn Tomorrow

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump is scheduled to host his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus on Saturday at the White House discussing “law and order,” despite evidence of a growing coronavirus outbreak at the White House this week. The event will feature “remarks to peaceful protesters for law and order” by the president, according to …

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Trump Drops Plans For Weekend Rallies In FL And PA

Bloomberg News reports: President Donald Trump will remain at the White House this weekend, people familiar with the matter said, after he said he wanted to hold rallies in Florida and Pennsylvania despite questions over the stage of his recovery from Covid-19. Trump, who told Fox’s Sean Hannity late Thursday that he wanted to hold rallies Saturday and Sunday, won’t …

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New Twitter Rules Will Crack Down On Election Misinfo

The Washington Post reports: Twitter will impose new warnings on politicians’ lies, restrict premature declarations of victory and block calls for polling violence or other disruptions, the company announced Friday as it rolled out wide-ranging changes designed to harden the platform against abuse related to the Nov. 3 U.S. election. The moves also will temporarily alter the look and feel …

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House Dems Seek Panel On Trump’s Mental Capacity

The Hill reports: House Democrats on Friday unveiled legislation creating a panel to gauge a president’s capacity to perform the job — and potentially remove the commander in chief from office in cases of decided debility. The commission would be permanent, applying to current and future administrations, but it’s a clear shot at President Trump, whose treatments for the coronavirus …

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Trump Tells Hannity He Wants To Hold Rally Tomorrow

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump, who is still recovering from Covid-19, has suggested he might organize a rally in Florida on Saturday, while continuing to ignore questions on whether he has yet tested negative for the disease. On Thursday night, Trump said: “I think I’m going to try doing a rally on Saturday night if we can, if we have …

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New Bodycam Footage Show Parscale Accusing His Wife Of Refusing Him Sex And Plotting To Steal His Money

The Daily Mail reports: Tearful Brad Parscale blasts his wife for refusing him sex and claims she’s having him committed to a hospital so she can steal his money in explosive new video obtained by DailyMail.com. “I got fucking tackled like a fucking terrorist for wanting my wife’s attention,’ the former Trump campaign boss sobs while handcuffed in the back …

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Pelosi Taunts Trump With 25th Amendment [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says she plans to talk about the 25th Amendment, which outlines presidential transfer of power procedures, on Friday. Pelosi told reporters during her weekly press conference at the Capitol on Thursday to come to the Hill “tomorrow” because she said, “We’re going to be talking about the 25th Amendment.” Pelosi did not …

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Trump’s COVID “Cure” Was Developed With Fetal Cells

The New York Times reports: The antibody cocktail for Covid-19 that President Trump touted on Wednesday afternoon was developed with cells originally derived from fetal tissue, a practice that the president had repeatedly condemned. In June 2019, the Trump administration suspended federal funding for most new scientific research involving fetal tissue derived from abortions. “Promoting the dignity of human life …

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Trump: “You Don’t Really Need Drugs” To Beat COVID

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump boasted Thursday that he doesn’t need any help beating coronavirus — and you don’t either. The COVID-stricken president said he is strong enough to win his fight against the deadly virus without treatment, an ill-informed statement considering that 210,000 Americans have succumbed to the pandemic. “I think I would have done it …

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Trump Suggests Gold Star Families Gave Him COVID

Politico reports: President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he might have contracted Covid-19 from Gold Star family members who were too close to him when telling stories of their loved ones who died in the line of duty. In an interview on Fox Business, Trump told host Maria Bartiromo that he “figured there would be a chance” he would become …

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Trump Calls Into Fox: I Won’t Do Any Virtual Debate

The Washington Post reports: President Trump said during a television interview that he would not participate in a virtual debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden, dismissing an announcement less than an hour earlier by the Commission on Presidential Debates about the format change. The commission said the second presidential debate would be a “virtual town hall” to protect the health …

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Trump Camp Plots Return To Rallies As Soon As Monday

CBS News reports: Just days removed from Walter Reed hospital, and still battling the coronavirus, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is already plotting the president’s return to the campaign trail, with an event in the cards for as soon as early next week. The president has been sidelined for nearly a week after testing positive for the coronavirus late last …

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Commission: Second Presidential Debate Will Be Virtual

CNBC reports: The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, slated to take place on Oct. 15, will be held virtually, the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates said Thursday. Citing a need to “protect the health and safety of all involved,” the commission said in a statement, “The second presidential debate will take the form …

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Barrett Won’t Commit To Recusing From Election Cases Even Though Trump Says He Wants Her Just For That

The Hill reports: Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court pick, did not commit to recusing herself from election-related cases if she is confirmed, according to a Democratic senator who spoke with her Wednesday. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Judiciary Committee tasked with weighing the judge’s nomination, said Barrett sidestepped giving a direct answer on the …

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New England Journal of Medicine Condemns Trump

The New York Times reports: Throughout its 208-year history, The New England Journal of Medicine has remained staunchly nonpartisan. The world’s most prestigious medical journal has never supported or condemned a political candidate. Until now. In an editorial signed by 34 editors who are United States citizens (one editor is not) and published on Wednesday, the journal said the Trump …

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