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October 10, 2020

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Donald Trump Will Kill Us All

The president’s wanton disregard for Covid-19 safety protocols, including his insistence on an in-person debate next week, puts people at risk.

By Alex Shephard

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	A Petulant Trump Squanders His Best Chance for a Breakthrough By skipping the next presidential debate, the president is signing his own death warrant. By Walter Shapiro

	Maybe Trump Just Doesn’t Want to Be President What else could explain his unhinged and politically suicidal decision to kill a new stimulus right as the economy is tanking? By J.C. Pan

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	Kamala Harris and Mike Pence Tried to Have a Normal Debate. It Didn’t Quite Work. The unrelenting chaos of this Covid week ensured that the vice presidential hopefuls never left the edge of Donald Trump’s abyss. By Jason Linkins

	Chaos Engulfs White House as Trump Learns That the Coronavirus is ContagiousIf only someone had warned the president that he should actually take the Covid-19 pandemic seriously. By Libby Watson

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	A Thrilling Week Inside Trump’s Flailing Masculinity Death Cult The president was sick—but strong! Actively infectious—but still man enough to debate! By J.C. Pan

	Why Are Democrats So Afraid to Say Fracking Is Bad? The vice presidential debate put a new face of climate disinformation on display. So far, establishment Democrats seem willing to play along. By Kate Aronoff

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