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Top of the Fold

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• 9 Takeaways from Day 1 of Barrett confirmation hearings (The Daily Signal)

• Trump returns to the campaign trail claiming coronavirus victory (NBC News)

• Trump’s stock gains hit Republican record (Fox Business)

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Memory Issues

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• Biden questions “memory” of voters in poll who say they’re better off now than four years ago (Fox News)

• Biden forgets Mitt Romney’s name (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Biden talked of attending black church as a teen, but members don’t recall it (The Washington Free Beacon)

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Some Public Gatherings Are Better Than Others

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• Twenty-one arrested at DC protest on first day of Amy Coney Barrett hearings (Washington Examiner)

• “Back the Blue” Blexit event in DC ends on mall with national anthem (The Daily Wire)

• Patriot Post contributors Willie Richardson, Patrick Hampton, and Anthony Brian Logan attend DC Blexit rally (ABC 9 Chattanooga)

• Columbus fans defy culture, coronavirus with holiday celebrations (The Washington Times)

• Social Justice Warrior LeBron’s Lakers win title — thousands of fans ignore virus restrictions, some violently target police (The Daily Wire)

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The Swamp

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• Pelosi faces backlash after rejecting Trump’s latest stimulus offer (Fox Business)

• Gina Haspel blows off senators’ demands to quit stonewalling Congress on Russiagate oversight (The Federalist)

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Around the Nation

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• The median household will pay more under Biden-Harris tax plan (National Review)

• A farmer made a giant Biden-Harris sign out of hay bales, but it was set on fire the next day (The Washington Post)

• What could go wrong? Yelp adding alerts to warn users about businesses accused of racist behavior (Yahoo! Entertainment)

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The Latest on COVID-19

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• Johnson & Johnson pauses coronavirus vaccine trials due to unexplained illness (Reuters)

• Nevada man’s COVID-19 reinfection, the first in the U.S., is “yellow caution light” about risk of coronavirus (USA Today)

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National Security

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• U.S. forces conduct “targeted strikes” to slow Taliban advance (The Washington Times)

• Meth bust at U.S.-Mexico border is second largest in history (Washington Examiner)

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Closing Arguments

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• Policy: Beyond court packing: Here’s how Dems plan to create a one-party state (Issues & Insights)

• Policy: Why Americans Can’t Just ‘Listen to the Experts’ (Real Clear Policy)

• Humor: Newsom celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day by sacrificing 6 people to climate goddess Greta (Genesius Times)

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