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Trump's medical team says he is doing 'very well'; official warns next 48 hours are 'critical' --Trump was moved to Walter Reed on Friday | 03 Oct 2020 | President Trump is "doing very well" and has no difficulty breathing, his medical team said Saturday -- although a senior administration official warned that the next 48 hours will be "critical." White House physician Dr. Sean Conley and other members of the medical team briefed reporters on Trump's condition. Conley said they were "extremely happy with the progress" Trump is making. "This morning, the president is doing very well," he said. However, a senior administration official told Fox News that on Friday morning, Trump was showing troubling signs of a possible progression from mild to more severe form of the disease. The official said that medical professionals moved quickly and decided to transfer the President to Walter Reed out of an abundance of caution over what was seen as a very concerning trajectory of disease progression.

Trump's doctor says president 'doing very well' amid COVID-19 treatment | 02 Ocr 2020 | President Trump has tweeted from the hospital that things are "going well." "Going well, I think!" he tweeted just after 11:30 p.m. "Thank you to all. LOVE!!!" Meanwhile, his doctor said Trump has completed his first dose of remdesivir therapy, and is "resting comfortably." The promising anti-viral therapy is still undergoing clinical trials and has so far has shown success in reducing deaths in severely ill coronavirus patients; its value in treating less-severe cases is still being studied. "This evening I am happy to report that the president is doing very well," said the doctor, Navy Commander Sean P. Conley.

Historic photos of President Trump being transported to Walter Reed for coronavirus treatment | 02 Oct 2020 | President Trump is being transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday evening to receive treatment for symptoms of COVID-19, and the White House said he's expected to remain there for a few days. (Photos)

GOP Sen. Mike Lee tests positive for coronavirus | 02 Oct 2020 | Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said on Friday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus, news that came as the nation was reeling from President Trump's own coronavirus diagnosis. Lee, the third senator known to have tested positive for COVID-19, said in a statement he took a coronavirus test on Thursday after experiencing symptoms similar to those he has had for longtime allergies. Lee's announcement comes just hours after Trump disclosed that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. Lee was at the White House on Saturday.

Putin offers 'sincere support' to Trump after positive COVID-19 test | 02 Oct 2020 | Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his "sincere support in this difficult moment" to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump after the two tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. The Kremlin says Putin sent Trump a telegram saying that his "inherent vitality, good spirits and optimism" will help him cope. Putin wasn't the only international well-wisher for the first couple. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and his wife, Sara, "are thinking of President Donald Trump and First lady Melania Trump and wish our friend a full and speedy recovery."

Trump campaign manager tests positive for Covid-19 | 02 Oct 2020 | Donald Trump's campaign manager has tested positive for Covid-19, dealing another blow to his reelection effort on a day that saw the president and the head of the Republican National Committee report contracting the disease as well. Bill Stepien received his diagnosis Friday evening and was experiencing what one senior campaign official described as "mild flu-like symptoms." People familiar with the situation said the 42-year-old Stepien plans to quarantine until he recovers. Deputy Campaign Manager Justin Clark is expected to oversee the Trump team's Arlington, Va. headquarters while Stepien works remotely, though advisers stressed that he would maintain control of the campaign.

Tillis tests positive for COVID-19, becoming fourth member of Senate stricken --Tillis becomes the sixth person from ACB nomination ceremony to test positive for coronavirus | 03 Oct 2020 | North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who is running for re-election, has become the fourth member of the Senate to test positive for COVID-19. The senator announced Friday night that he has been diagnosed with coronavirus, making him the fourth member of the Senate and the sixth person who attended the nomination ceremony for Supreme Court justice candidate Amy Coney Barrett, to test positive for COVID-19. Tillis's news comes just hours after President Trump and the First Lady made the shocking announcement that they had tested positive for the coronavirus.

National Guard taps units for rapid response to civil unrest | 01 Oct 2020 | The National Guard has designated military police units in two states to serve as rapid reaction forces so they can respond quickly to any potential civil unrest around the country, following violent protests that rocked the nation's capital and several states this summer. Military leaders don't explicitly tie the changes to concerns about possible election-related violence, but the nation is bracing for unrest surrounding the tumultuous presidential campaign, particularly if voting results are not known for days or weeks because of the increase in mail-in ballots. According to the Guard, about 600 troops -- 300 in both Alabama and Arizona -- will be ready to deploy within 24 hours if requested by a governor in another state.

President Trump, Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19 | 02 Oct 2020 | President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House physician announced late Thursday, underscoring major challenges facing the country as it seeks to contain the pandemic while raising new uncertainty surrounding the country's leadership weeks before the election. Presidential physician Sean Conley said in a memo released by the White House late Thursday night that President Trump and the first lady "are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence." "The White House medical team and I will maintain a vigilant watch, and I appreciate the support provided by some of our country's greatest medical professionals and institutions. Rest assured I expect the President to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering, and I will keep you updated on any future developments," Conley added.

Stock futures plunge after President Trump confirms he has coronavirus | 02 Oct 2020 | U.S. equity futures plunged by more than 1.6%, or 500 Dow points after President Trump confirmed through a tweet that he and the first lady tested positive for coronavirus. The Dow Industrials had only been down 50 points before the announcement. "Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19," the president wrote. "We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!"

Breaking: President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19 | 02 Oct 2020 | President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus, the President announced early Friday morning. "Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!" Trump tweeted shortly before 1 am Friday. The President had said earlier in the night that he planned to quarantine. "Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!" Trump tweeted Thursday night.

Trump, first lady begin the 'quarantine process' after Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus --'Whether we quarantine or whether we have it, I don't know,' he said. | 01 Oct 2020 | President Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday that he and First Lady Melania Trump are currently awaiting coronavirus test results.after news surfaced that senior White House advisor Hope Hicks tested positive for the virus. "I just went out for a test ... it will come back later I guess, and the first lady also because we spend a lot of time with Hope," Trump said. Trump later announced on Twitter that he and the first lady were going to begin the quarantine process. Hicks is the most senior White House official to test positive so far, according to the Associated Press.

Australian MP says bureaucrats who banned hydroxychloroquine as COVID cure 'should be taken to the criminal court in the Hague' | 27 Sept 2020 | Liberal MP Craig Kelly says the ban placed on COVID-19 treatment hydroxychloroquine by Australian bureaucrats violates the Hippocratic Oath taken by doctors and is based on a study since proven false. Mr Kelly said health bureaucrats interfered in the doctor-patient relationship by prohibiting the use of hydroxychloroquine even if the doctor thought the treatment would save the patient's life. Health bureaucrats have "violated the very first principle of the Hippocratic Oath" which is to 'do no harm'," he said. Mr Kelly told Sky News technically bureaucrats should only ban the use of hydroxychloroquine if the evidence shows beyond all reasonable doubt that firstly, hydroxychloroquine doesn't work and secondly, that it is dangerous. "Recent studies show that proposition is no longer sustainable...and they must lift their bans otherwise they are engaged in crimes against humanity and they should be taken to the criminal court in the Hague," he said. "They are withholding medical treatment from Australians that the evidence shows can save their lives." Mr Kelly also said the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce which made the authoritative decision banning hydroxychloroquine rely upon the results of a flawed study conducted at the Oxford University.

Omg. Moderator of Second Presidential Debate Served as an Intern for Joe Biden | 01 Oct 2020 | C-SPAN's Steve Scully, who will moderate the second presidential debate, got his start as a staff assistant in Sen. Ted Kennedy's communication office, and prior to that worked as in intern in the office of then-senator Joe Biden. The second presidential debate is scheduled for October 15... Scully is generally well-regarded in Washington and in the media, but out here where I am in flyover country, he may at least be seen as too chummy with Democrats to serve as an honest broker for the second presidential debate. Tweets like this one from 2016, and currently making the retweet rounds, don't help.

Former Twitter CEO Calls for Political Enemies to Be 'Lined Up Against the Wall and Shot' | 01 Oct 2020 | Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has publicly called for people who disagree with him to be "lined up against the wall and shot." But there's no Big Tech bias, honest! "Me-first capitalists who think you can separate society from business are going to be the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution. I'll happily provide video commentary," tweeted Costolo. Mike Cernovich pointed out that Costolo was in violation of Twitter's own rules regarding the glorification of violence.

Comey Pleads Ignorance Regarding Problems With Steele Dossier | 30 Sept 2020 | Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded ignorance throughout a Senate hearing on Wednesday regarding significant problems with the Steele dossier, which the bureau used as part of its investigation of the Trump campaign. Comey repeatedly told Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee that his staff at the FBI did not notify him of issues pertaining to Igor Danchenko, the primary source for dossier author Christopher Steele. "Not that I recall," he said when asked if he knew about Danchenko’s statements in FBI interviews in January 2017. Comey also said he could not recall the details of a briefing he received in October 2016 regarding a Justice Department official’s concerns about Steele's political bias against Donald Trump. Comey was also fuzzy on details of the CIA's concerns about using the dossier in an Intelligence Community Assessment regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Obama admin briefed on claims Hillary Clinton drummed up Russia controversy to vilify Trump, distract from emails --The intelligence allegedly indicated Clinton sought to distract from her email scandal | 29 Sept 2020 | The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) declassified information indicating that former President Obama's administration knew of allegations that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was attempting to tie Trump to the Russia and distract from her email scandal before the 2016 presidential election. DNI John Ratcliffe informed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the prior administration obtained Russian intelligence in July of 2016 with allegations against Clinton, but cautioned that the intelligence community (IC) "does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication." Ratcliffe's letter doesn't offer specifics on the intelligence but does reveal that former CIA Director John Brennan's handwritten notes show that he briefed Obama on the information. According to his letter, the intelligence included the "alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016, of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services."

Elon Musk says he'll refuse to take coronavirus vaccine, calls Bill Gates a 'knucklehead' | 29 Sept 2020 | SpaceX founder Elon Musk stirred the pot yet again after claiming that neither he nor his family would take a [deadly] COVID-19 vaccine even if it was readily available. The 49-year-old billionaire dropped the bombshell during a Monday appearance on the New York Times opinion podcast "Sway." ...During the exchange, the Tesla CEO decried the nationwide lockdown as a "no-win situation" that has "diminished my faith in humanity." Musk previously called widespread quarantines "unethical" and "de facto house arrest," RT reports. ..."Gates said something about me not knowing what I was doing," Musk told host Kara Swisher. "It's like, 'Hey, knucklehead, we actually make the vaccine machines for CureVac, that company you're invested in.'" He was referring to the fact that Tesla manufactures equipment for the German biopharmaceutical firm CureVac.

Trump camp seeks debate rule that third party inspectors to look for electronic devices in candidates' ears | 29 Sept 2020 | President Trump is asking for an additional ground rule ahead of Tuesday night's first presidential debate between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden [and the deep state's Chris Wallace]. But the Biden campaign is rejecting it. Fox News has learned that the president's re-election campaign wants the Biden campaign to allow a third party to inspect the ears of each debater for electronic devices or transmitters. The president has consented to this kind of inspection, but a source said the Biden campaign has declined the ear check. [Of course! How else will Biden be able to respond, without lots of help?]

Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Australian Law Professors for Doctrine Against Endless Wars | 29 Sept 2020 | On Monday President Donald Trump was nominated for the third time this year for a 2021 Noble Peace Prize. The nomination came courtesy of Australian law professors praising the "Trump Doctrine" against endless wars. While speaking with Sky News in Australia, law professor David Flint explained why he decided to nominate Trump. "The Trump Doctrine is something extraordinary, as so many things that Donald Trump does. He is guided by two things, which seem to be absent from so many politicians. He has firstly common sense and he is only guided by a national interest, and therefore, in our circumstances, an interest in the Western alliance," Flint said. "What he has done with the Trump Doctrine is that he has decided that he would no longer have America involved in endless wars, wars which achieve nothing, but the killing of thousands of young Americans and enormous debts imposed on America." During his interview with Sky News, Flint also spoke about the recent peace deal announced by Trump between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making the latter the third Arab country to make peace with the Jewish nation.

New Yorkers report receiving ballots with wrong name, voter addresses | 28 Sept 2020 | Voters in New York City said they received their mail-in ballots this week but were surprised to find they were printed with the wrong names and voter IDs and included incorrect return labels. Some voters said they received absentee ballots mislabeled as the official ballot for military members, while others said the envelope meant to return their ballot did not bear their name or address. According to the New York Post, the ballots labeled as military ballots were misprinted in Queens and experts say it will not change how those votes are tallied.

Biden's Texas Political Director Accused of Illegal Ballot Harvesting at Texas Supreme Court | 28 Sept 2020 | The Joe Biden campaign's Texas Political Director has been formally accused of helping to run an illegal ballot harvesting operation, according to two separate affidavits filed Monday at the Texas Supreme Court. Two private investigators, including a former FBI agent and former police officer, testify under oath that they have video evidence, documentation and witnesses to prove that Biden's Texas Political Director Dallas Jones and his associates are currently hoarding mail-in and absentee ballots and ordering operatives to fill the ballots out for people illegally, including for dead people, homeless people, and nursing home residents in the 2020 presidential election.

Glass Fire live updates: Newsom declares state of emergency as wildfires rage in Sonoma, Napa counties | 29 Sept 2020 | A growing wildfire complex is burning in the North Bay in Napa and Sonoma counties as the Glass Fire spawned two new spot fires: the Shady Fire and the Boysen Fire. The Glass Fire began Sunday at 4 a.m. on the 200 block of North Fork Crystal Springs Rd. in Deer Park and has been spreading at a "dangerous rate," CAL FIRE said. The Shady Fire and Boysen Fire started Sunday night just west of St. Helena near the Napa-Sonoma county border. Sept. 28, 9:36 p.m.: Governor Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation for Napa and Sonoma counties due to the Glass fires and for another wildfire burning in Shasta County. The fires have burned tens of thousands of acres, destroyed homes and critical infrastructure and caused the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.

Minneapolis police investigating alleged ballot harvesting scheme by Omar associates | 28 Sept 2020 | The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating claims by conseervative activist group Project Veritas that individuals tied to Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., engaged in illegal ballot harvesting before the election. "We are in the process of looking into the validity of those statements," a department statement read on Monday... Project Veritas's latest video lit up social media as it came just weeks before a presidential election that is expected to see a surge in absentee or mail-in voting. In Minnesota, the issue has come under judicial scrutiny as Republicans and Democrats battled over a measure that would limit the number of ballots a third party could hold for others. According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the state's Supreme Court recently allowed voting to proceed without a three-person limit on the number of ballots any one individual can collect. President Trump has already called on the Justice Department to investigate the claims, which include allegations of a cash-for-ballot scheme.

Pennsylvania risks becoming center of election chaos | 27 Sept 2020 | Pennsylvania is shaping up to be the epicenter for election disputes in 2020, with both parties waging aggressive legal and political fights in the final stretch before Election Day. The tumultuous fight over voting rules and procedures in the Keystone State threatens to upend the presidential election in a state that President Trump carried in 2016 by only 44,000 votes and that both he and Joe Biden see as a must-win in November. "It has the potential to be total chaos," said Mark Nevins, a Philadelphia-based consultant who served as Pennsylvania communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.

Trump $500B Black America plan designates KKK, Antifa as 'terrorist organizations' --The plan calls for making lynching a national hate crime | 26 Sept 2020 | President Trump's plan for Black America designates the KKK and Antifa as terrorist organizations and calls for making lynching a national hate crime, while pledging to increase access to capital in Black communities by nearly $500 billion, Fox News has learned. The president on Friday is expected to roll out details of what the campaign is calling the "Platinum Plan," which details "opportunity," "security," "prosperity," and "fairness" for the Black Community. "For decades, Democrat politicians like Joe Biden have taken Black voters for granted. They made you big promises before every election -- and then the moment they got to Washington, they abandoned you and sold you out," the president is expected to say Friday, according to remarks exclusively obtained by Fox News.

Trump administration will send $200 coupons to 33 million seniors on Medicare to use to pay for prescription drugs | 27 Sept 2020 | President Trump is throwing a pre-election curveball aimed at seniors with a surprise announcement on Thursday that his administration will send $200 coupons to 33 million seniors on Medicare to use to pay for prescription drugs. "These cards are incredible," Trump said during a health care speech in North Carolina. "The cards will be mailed out in coming weeks. I will always take care of our wonderful senior citizens. Joe Biden won't be doing this." ...A White House official said Thursday evening that the spending would be offset by a program to lower drug prices by tying them to lower prices in other countries, a plan called "most-favored nation." But that plan, while it has been proposed, has not gone into effect yet, meaning that there currently are no savings from it. The Wall Street Journal then reported on Friday that the money would be coming from the Medicare Trust Fund, which appears to be a more realistic source of funds.

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police say | 27 Sept 2020 | President Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale was taken from his Fort Lauderdale home by police Sunday afternoon after his wife reported that he was armed and threatening suicide. The police, called by his wife, went to the house in the Seven Isles community, an affluent area in which houses have access to the water. They made contact, "developed a rapport" and negotiated his exit from the house, the police said in a statement. He was taken to Broward Health Medical Center under the Baker Act, which provides for temporary involuntary commitment. Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Karen Dietrich said the encounter at the house was brief. "We went out and it was very short. We went and got him help."

CDC and Fauci's NIAID Add Non-Pneumonia Deaths to US COVID-19 Totals Unlike Other Countries - If These Deaths are Removed, US Has 86,000 COVID-19 Deaths | 26 Sept 2020 | For months doctors and investigative journalists have wondered why state coronavirus death counts include motorcycle accidents, homicides, birth defects, gunshot wounds and thousands of intentional injuries and poisonings to the US Coronavirus death totals. It's almost as if the medical elites are doing all they can to pad the coronavirus death counts? In Singapore the medical experts follow the World Health Organization guidelines and DO NOT INCLUDE non-pneumonia coronavirus fatalities in their death counts. If the US followed the same system as much of the world the total number of coronavirus deaths in the US would be 86,000 or something you'd see in a bad flu season. In 2017-2018 the US had an intense flu season. 61,000 Americans died.

Biden said he was a student at Delaware State University; school says otherwise --Biden had made the claim during an October 2019 town hall event ahead of the South Carolina primary | 27 Sept 2020 | Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden alleged on the campaign trail last year that he had jumpstarted his academic career at Delaware State University. However, according to a new report in The Washington Times, the historically Black college refutes Biden's claims. The director of news service for Delaware State, Carlos Holmes, said that the former vice president was never a student, though he has made appearances on campus twice before for commencement speeches at the university in Dover.