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Vice President Mike Pence gives a thumbs up at the end of an event in Carter Lake, Iowa, on Oct. 1, 2020. Pence will travel to Utah on Monday as he plays the Trump campaign’s lead act for the foreseeable future.

President Pelosi? Pence prepares to risk it all for Trump

The vice president is under pressure from some Republicans to secure himself in Washington. Trump’s campaign has other plans.

Oct. 5 - He’s the GOP’s one line of defense between a hospitalized commander-in-chief and a President Nancy Pelosi, and he’s about to depart Washington on a four-day campaign swing in the middle of his boss’s health crisis.

Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Utah on Monday as he plays the Trump campaign’s lead act for the foreseeable future — the highest-profile surrogate for the president’s reelection at a time when both men can least afford another setback following Donald Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis.     more details

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Donald Trump Is ‘Very Sick’ & ‘Not Physically Or Mentally’ Fit For His Job, Former White House Official Says

Oct. 5 - Former White House Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucci appeared on MSNBC on Sunday claimed that Donald Trump is “very sick” and should drop out of the presidential race due to his damaged mental and physical fitness, PoliticusUSA reported.

“He still may be forced to drop out due to his health,” Scaramucci said. “We have no idea what’s going on with the brain fog or the lung damage as a result of COVID-19.”

According to Scaramucci, Trump would exit the race if he truly loved the United States.
“He’s not physically or mentally capable of being the president anymore, and he would do that. But if he’s not going to do that and if he gets some level of recovery in his mid-70s suffering from COVID-19 with all the comorbidities, I hope the people give a landslide election to Joe Biden and we can get rid of him overall as president.”

Although Scaramucci wished the president well, he urged Americans to remember that Trump has purportedly made America weaker, sicker, and poorer due to his decision to ignore the advice of scientists and epidemiologists throughout his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The result of this refusal, the former Trump official said, is that he could not prevent his family or staff members from contracting the disease.    more

PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode October 4, 2020
Oct. 5, 2020
On this edition for Sunday, October 4, mixed messages over President Trump’s health as he remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19. And in our ongoing series “Roads to Election 2020” we stop by California where the future of the gig workers for ride-share companies in the state is on the ballot. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

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 Dr Sean Conley, third from right, a Navy veteran and Donald Trump’s personal physician, walks to Marine One from the White House in Washington, Saturday, April 28, 2018. 

Sean Conley: the doctor who agreed to Trump taking hydroxychloroquine

The US navy veteran who is qualified in osteopathic medicine concluded the ‘potential benefit outweighed the risks’

Published in May, 2020 - Sean Conley, the doctor who acceded to Donald Trump’s request to be given a drug unproven to treat the coronavirus, is a US navy veteran and is qualified in osteopathic medicine.
Conley, who is from Pennsylvania, graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006 and went on to undertake a medical residency at a navy base in Virginia. He was then deployed to Afghanistan, where he acted as head of a trauma unit at a Nato base.

The medical unit at the White House is typically staffed by doctors drawn from the US military and Conley found himself in line to become the president’s own physician after the departure of Ronny Jackson, who had previously raised eyebrows by praising Trump’s “good genes” and for saying that if the president had had “a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years old”.   Details

Walter Reed Medical Center News Conference on President Trump
Oct. 4,  2020

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‘Russia has a special position’: Azerbaijan’s president says Moscow is most suitable mediator in Nagorno-Karabakh dispute

Oct. 4 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has named Russia as the best-placed country to resolve the dispute with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, noting that Moscow has more knowledge of the region than either Paris or Washington.“Russia is one of the countries which is a mediator, along with United States and France,” Aliyev said in an interview with Al Jazeera published on Saturday.

Of course, Russia has a special position, because it’s a neighbor to Azerbaijan, neighbor to the region.
Aliyev believes that, due to Russia’s geographical proximity to the Caucasus, it has a better understanding of the events of the last three decades, and therefore can do a better job in helping to find a solution. “We think that three countries should continue to work together if all of them keep neutrality,” said the president. “If you are a mediator in such a sensitive issue, you should act in this capacity.”

In 1992, the US, France, and Russia became co-chairs of the newly founded OSCE Minsk Group, created with the goal of finding a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed region in the Caucasus, and both Azerbaijan and Armenia believe they have strong claims to the territory. The latest escalation in the conflict between Baku and Yerevan started on September 27, continuing a decades-long disagreement. On Thursday, the Minsk Group countries released a joint statement demanding an “immediate cessation of hostilities between the relevant military forces.”     source

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President Donald Trump, First Lady tests positive for Covid-19
Oct 3, 2020
President Trump and the first lady tested positive for Covid-19. This comes after Trump's aide Hope Hicks tested positive for Covid-19. CNBC's Shepard Smith reports.
For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi President Donald Trump announced early Friday he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus, plunging the United States into further upheaval and uncertainty just over a month away from Election Day.
Vice President Mike Pence, who is next in line for the presidency, and his wife tested negative, the White House announced later Friday.
The White House physician said the president and first lady were “both well” at the moment.
The New York Times, citing sources, said Trump was showing minor symptoms. In a tweet shortly before 1 a.m. ET, Trump said: “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will g
et through this TOGETHER!” Shortly after Trump’s tweet, U.S. stock futures moved sharply lower with Dow futures falling more than 500 points at one point.
Dow were down nearly 500 points just ahead of the open Friday.
Trump is now the most powerful figure to come down with Covid-19.
Previously, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had tested positive for coronavirus and survived, as did Britain’s Prince Charles.

Chris Wallace says Donald Trump and his family arrived at the Cleveland debate venue too late to be tested for COVID-19 then refused doctors' requests to wear face masks - and now Fox New staff and stars including Lachlan Murdoch are having to be tested

Oct. 3 - Donald Trump and his family arrived in Cleveland for Tuesday night's debate too late to take the suggested COVID test, the moderator Chris Wallace has revealed. 

Wallace on Friday afternoon told his Fox News colleague Bill Hemmer that they were not tested.

'There was an honor system when it came to the people who came into the hall from the two campaigns,' Wallace said.
Wallace arrived in Cleveland on Sunday, in time to be tested.

'They couldn't be tested by the clinic,' Wallace said.

'They didn't arrive until Tuesday afternoon. So for them to get tested, there wouldn't have been enough time to have the test and have the debate at 9 that night. They didn't show up until 3, 4, 5 in the afternoon.'

Eleven people involved with setup and planning for Tuesday's presidential debate tested positive for the coronavirus after the event, the city of Cleveland said on Friday, without specifying their role.  continue to read

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MSNBC Anchor Cuts Off Insane Interview With Trump Adviser Over Biden Earpiece Smear

Mohyeldin finally had enough of Cortes’ ridiculous deflection with a conspiracy pushed by the Trump campaign, ultimately kicking him off the air.

Oct. 2 - MSNBC anchor Ayman Mohyeldin finally had his fill on Thursday when Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes couldn’t provide evidence backing the campaign’s baseless claim that Joe Biden’s campaign backed out of an agreement to inspect the Democratic presidential nominee for in-ear devices, cutting the interview short as Cortes yelled in objection.

Hours before Tuesday’s presidential debate, the Trump campaign claimed that Biden’s team had previously agreed to a pre-debate inspection for electronic earpieces but then reversed themselves on the day of the debate. Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh insisted that along with Biden’s “refusal to take a drug test, it seems pretty obvious that the Biden team is looking for any safety net they can find.”

The Biden campaign, meanwhile, declined that any such agreement was reached and that the Trump team was just trying to muddy the waters and push unhinged conspiracies ahead of the debate. Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield called the claim “completely absurd,” “pathetic,” and that the Trump campaign was “lying.”   continue to read

WATCH: Trump Campaign Adviser Gets Caught In A Lie, Then Acts Like A Victim

Oct. 2 - ...“Look, they agreed to the ear inspection. It’s simple, it would have been by a third party, not by us. And then they went back on it. Why? I don’t know. I mean, they’ll have to explain that…”

Mohyeldin said the Biden campaign said this was false and ridiculous, adding: “I’m giving you a chance now. Do you apologize for misleading millions of people about making that false statement?”

Cortes said, “I didn’t mislead anybody. Give me your proof that it’s false.”

The host responded: “No no, that’s not how it works. You don’t make a false statement and say, ‘prove to me that it’s not false.’”

Asked who from the Trump campaign made the alleged ear-inspection agreement with the Biden campaign, Cortes couldn’t offer a name. He simply insisted negotiating teams for both campaigns made the deal.

Cortes then said, “You just called me a liar on national television and you have zero evidence that I am a liar.”     source

Trump Campaign Senior Adviser On The Presidential Debate

NPR's Tonya Mosley talks with Steve Cortes, a senior adviser for the Trump 2020 campaign, about how the president will defend his record in Tuesday's debate.

Sep. 28, 2020

TONYA MOSLEY, HOST:
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden go head to head tonight in the first of three debates. Elsewhere in the program, we hear from Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, who is a close adviser to the Biden campaign. Now we want to talk to Steve Cortes. He's a senior adviser to the Trump campaign.

Steve, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.

STEVE CORTES: Thank you so much for having me. And - funny - I literally just passed by Sen. Coons, so...
MOSLEY: Oh, really?

CORTES: We were - yeah, at the debate site - kind of funny.
MOSLEY: Funny coincidence - yes, so the president will have one of the biggest audiences of the campaign, an audience that will extend beyond the core supporters. He's been out in front of folks at rallies and other campaign events. What is the message he wants to convey to the American people?

CORTES: The biggest message is on the economy. The president will very rightly boast about the economy both that he built previously before the pandemic and the one that is reasserting right now. It's the No. 1 issue by all relevant polling. It's the No. 1 issue on voters' minds. It's also the issue on which he has the biggest lead over Joe Biden in polling. But most importantly, I just think it's the most compelling issue for effectively rehiring him as our national CEO for another four years. The economy he built in the first three years of administration combined with what's going on right now - we can't just talk about...  more

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How much value does a chaotic debate yield for the American people? Sep. 30, 2020
Oct. 1, 2020

Joe Biden, in his first remarks on the chaotic presidential debate, said President Trump was a 'national embarrassment'

The Commission on Presidential Debates has vowed to change the format of the next candidate clash after Tuesday's debate was called a 'national embarrassment' by Joe Biden but an unrepentant Donald Trump said it was 'fun.' The chaotic 90 minute debate, where the president repeatedly interrupted his Democratic rival and moderator Chris Wallace, was dubbed a 's*** show' and 'dumpster fire' by pundits. In the aftermath, critics demanded changes to the format and Wallace was faulted for not being able to control the unruly president, who would not stop talking. 

Debate commission promises rule change to make next showdown 'orderly' after 'dumpster fire' clash which Biden admits was a 'national embarrassment' but unrepentant Trump says it was FUN

Oct. 1 - The Commission on Presidential Debates has vowed to change the format of the next candidate clash after Tuesday's debate was called a 'national embarrassment' by Joe Biden but an unrepentant Donald Trump said it was 'fun.'

The chaotic 90 minute debate, where the president repeatedly interrupted his Democratic rival and moderator Chris Wallace, was dubbed a 's*** show' and 'dumpster fire' by pundits.

Cricketer Tim Murtagh caught in case of mistaken identity with Donald Trump
One of Donald Trump’s key staffers replied to a veteran county cricketer as a case of mistaken identity involving the US President rolls on.

July 18, 2020Tim Murtagh is having more fun trolling Donald Trump’s critics than he does on a juicy green deck at Lord’s.

The former Ireland cricketer, who still plies his trade on the county circuit for Middlesex (or would be if it wasn’t for COVID-19), has been caught up in a case of mistaken identity involving one of Trump’s key staffers.

The seam bowler keeps copping a barrage of tweets from people thinking he’s the American President’s Director of Communications, Tim Murtaugh. And he’s having a right old laugh.

Murtagh the cricketer is re-tweeting up a storm of people coming after him thinking they’re actually attacking a member of Trump’s inner circle, and the 38-year-old veteran hasn’t been shy in playing along either.     source

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Biden: Trump "trying to scare people" into not voting
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Biden criticized the president for promoting baseless claims that voting by mail leads to widespread voter fraud, saying that the president was trying to depress the vote and discourage people from voting.

"We're going to make sure that the people who want to vote in person are able to vote," Biden said, encouraging people to turn out in person if possible. "This is all about trying to dissuade people from voting because he's trying to scare people into thinking that it's not going to be legitimate."

"He cannot stop you from being able to determine the outcome of the election," Biden continued. However, he said that if the election is conclusive, then Mr. Trump would have no choice but to leave office. "If we get the votes, it's going to be all over."
Mr. Trump continued to promote theories that there was ongoing voting fraud, even though the FBI director has said that there is currently no evidence of any effort to coordinate voter fraud.

"As far as the ballots are concerned, it's a disaster," Mr. Trump said. "This is going to be fraud like you've never seen."
He also said that "we might not know for months" what the outcome of the election will be, and suggested that the Supreme Court may have to determine the results of the election.

"I'm counting on them to look at the ballots, definitely," Mr. Trump said. If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, the court would have a 6 to 3 conservative majority.

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Utah Governor's Debate
Utah gubernatorial candidates, Lt. Governor Spencer Cox (R) and Chris Peterson (D), participate in a televised debate. The event is sponsored by the Utah Debate Commission.

Democrat Chris Peterson and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, pictured in these 2020 file photos, are running for Utah governor.
Cox, Peterson to debate live tonight in race to be Utah’s governor

Sep. 29 - SALT LAKE CITY — The two major-party candidates in the Utah governor’s race, Republican Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and Democratic University of Utah law professor Chris Peterson, are squaring off tonight for what is expected to be their final debate before the November election.

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Sep. 29, 2020
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after call of suicidal behavior
Captured on police bodycam video, Parscale’s wife, Candance, described her husband’s behavior as threatening to himself and others. Police seized 10 firearms from their home.

Wife of Brad Parscale said he made suicidal comments 'throughout the week' before hospitalization, police report says

Sepl 29 - (CNN)The wife of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Brad Parscale, told police that her husband had made "suicidal comments throughout the week" before he was detained and hospitalized Sunday.

Candice Parscale told Fort Lauderdale police officers she believed her husband had shot himself because he was "ranting and raving" about something and was holding a gun. She left the residence and moments later heard a gun cock and then heard what she thought was a gunshot, police reports obtained by CNN said.

She had fled the home without her cellphone or other belongings, according to the report.Police on the scene realized Parscale did not shoot himself when they heard him ranting and pacing around the residence and the dog barking frantically, according to the reports. However, they were concerned that he might still try to shoot himself because he was in possession of several firearms and refused to speak to negotiators or to vacate the residence, the report says.

Later Monday afternoon, police released video of their contact with Parscale. The video shows Candice Parscale speaking to officers and telling police her husband was "acting crazy." An officer spoke to Brad Parscale on the phone and asked him to step outside the home several times. The video then showed Parscale walking out of the home and speaking to an officer, at which point another officer tackled him to the ground and handcuffed him.

Parscale can be heard repeatedly saying, "I didn't do anything," while on the ground.

Candice Parscale told police that her husband drinks and "suffers from PTSD." While speaking with police, an officer noticed bruises on her arms that she said she had suffered a few days earlier in a physical altercation with Brad Parscale, which she did not report.     more details