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Mediaite reports: With President Donald Trump bailing on the Oct. 15 debate with former Vice President Joe Biden after it was announced the event would take place virtually, the incumbent is challenging his opponent directly — going around the traditional organizers, the Commission for Presidential Debates. Only, the president wants a “fair” moderator in the chair. And you can guess …

“Nancy Pelosi’s mentally ill, just so you understand. She’s mentally ill, she has the shakes, her face with old age is malformed. She’s very big on wanting mental tests — we’d like to have the mental test of Nancy Pelosi. After all, as the media are fond of telling us, she’s second in line to the Presidency. “Where’s her health …

NPR reports: A federal judge in California has ordered that Twitter reveal the identity of an anonymous user who allegedly fabricated an FBI document to spread a conspiracy theory about the killing of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer who died in 2016. The ruling could lead to the identification of the person behind the Twitter name @whyspertech. Through …

Media Matters has the transcript: AINSLEY EARHARDT: (CO-HOST): We are back with a Fox News alert, breaking right now. The Commission on Presidential Debates just announcing the second presidential debate will be virtual. It will be in the form of a town hall meeting with the candidates participating in separate remote locations. Rachel how about you, how do you feel …

“Look, haven’t the medical authorities been telling us all this time that to avoid infection you stay a certain distance apart and you wear masks and even in certain circumstances you might have a partition that separates you from others, and that way you can get on with life. “There’s a real need in this country to get on with …

“This summer, the vapid governor of California made a propaganda video informing his citizens of our biggest state that if they don’t wear masks at all times, whether those mask help anyone or not, they are bad people. “What happened to all the watchdogs that are supposed to be a protecting us from state media and government propaganda? Oh, they …

“Tonight one key question does stand out. Do you want a leader who’s willing to fight every minute of every day for the country, for the people of the country? Or do you want a — well, to be honest, a shadow of a man who hides in his basement bunker disappearing and putting a lid on things most days …

“There’s a balance here to be struck, between wearing a mask and wearing a mask to the point of almost, you know, political theater, or — or maybe even worse than that, fear, an irrational fear. “I mean, there’s a lot of irrational fear in our society right now. And the president, by — by fighting this, is kind of …

“You don’t need to be a Trump partisan to feel good about the President’s recovery, you just need to be a decent person. The moment you find yourself rooting for another man’s illness or death is the moment you need to stop immediately in your tracks, pause and take stock of your soul. “You’re the one who’s sick and badly …

“Let’s remember this, got to take this thing seriously, the man is in his 70s and has a condition or two that need to be watched that can exaggerate the problem. “But remember, it’s in the high 90s as Brit Hume was saying, the recovery rate for people even in their 70s. “And we have created such a incredible scare …

Mediaite reports: Fox News’ Jesse Watters reacted to President Donald Trump leaving Walter Reed by comparing him to a wounded general and saying he’s now “invincible” compared to the media coverage of his health. On The Five, Watters said Trump is a wartime president and him leaving Walter Reed is like “when the general gets wounded by the invisible enemy, …

Mediaite reports: Fox and Friends started the week by discussing the president’s continued diagnosis, plus the ride he took past his supporters outside the hospital on Sunday. Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocy spoke positively about Trump’s motorcade drive, but between the excursion and the possibility that Trump might soon be discharged, Kilmeade described this as an “unnecessary risk.” “I just …

“He’s shaken hands with cadets at the military academies, he’s out in the world, he’s traveled broadly. This is someone who’s actually engaged the world, and asked us to do the same, cautiously. “In terms of wearing a mask, he walked out, he was wearing a mask. We see him wearing a mask. “I think all Americans understand that they’ve …

“The reason why he didn’t hide from the virus is he didn’t want America to hide from the virus. If he was going to ask America to get back to work, right? To get back to work and experience a risk, he was going to do the same thing. “He was going to walk out there on that battlefield with …

The New York Times report: A son of Rupert Murdoch and some of the biggest stars at Fox News were potentially exposed to the coronavirus after attending Tuesday’s presidential debate in Cleveland, and the network is planning for its anchors, reporters and staff to be tested out of an abundance of caution. The gathering included two of the channel’s news …

“As a political matter, the main thing we learned last night is that it was a mistake to spend so much time focusing on Joe Biden’s mental decline. Yes, it’s real. Yes, Joe Biden is fading, we’ve showed you dozens of examples of it for months now. “But on stage last night, Biden did not seem senile. If you tuned …

“People are reading this all wrong. You clearly didn’t watch what I watched here. Trump had a strategy and I think, Geraldo, I’m sorry, but I think you missed it. “Trump’s strategy tonight was executed brilliantly. What did he want to do? He knows what I think Geraldo is missing. This is a base election. Forget independents, it’s a base …

“Donald Trump blew the biggest layup in the history of debates by saying — not condemning white supremacists. I don’t know if he didn’t hear it, but he’s gotta clarify that right away. That’s like, ‘Are you against evil?’ Why the president didn’t just knock it out of the park, I’m not sure.” – Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade, …

“I suspect that the president will do his best to try to get Biden off his game and rattle him, and hope that the confusion that senile people often experience will come into play. “But I don’t think that can be counted on, and I’m not sure it was at all wise for the president to talk, as he did …

Law & Crime reports: President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani went on Fox & Friends on Tuesday, a matter of hours ahead of the first presidential debate, and declared that there is “no doubt” Joe Biden has “dementia.” Giuliani also amplified the president’s calls for Biden to take a drug test. “The man has dementia. There’s no doubt about,” …