** TRUMP’S CHAOS IN THE HOMESTRETCH **

White House signals defeat in pandemic as coronavirus outbreak roils Pence’s office [Ed. Note: “The Trump Administration’s Response to COVID-19 – Statement by Vice President Joe Biden“] – The Biden Plan to Combat Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Prepare for Future Global Health Threats

Trump privately tells donors it would be ‘very tough’ for GOP to hold Senate

Biden campaign launches ‘TrumpCovidPlan.com’ — a site that reads ‘Not Found’

With a little more than a week until Election Day, Trump and Biden make closing pitches on ‘60 Minutes.’ [Ed. note: Trump presented no plans, vision, or direction on how he would turn around the pandemic or economy for the next 4 years!]

WaPo Opinions: Trump may be running the sleaziest presidential campaign ever

Trump Thwarted in Latest Bid to Kill Solar-Tariff Loophole

Video of Trump rally appears to show attendee making hand gesture commonly used by white supremacists

Former Giuliani associate raises questions about Hunter Biden’s ‘hard drive from hell’

Tumult at home, ailing alliances abroad: Why Trump’s America has been a ‘gift’ to Putin

Trump hasn’t asked Barr to open investigation into Bidens, McEnany says

New Research Shows Masks Are Helping Hold Down COVID Death Rates Significantly – yet Trump Pence rarely seen wearing them

Mary Trump on her Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric: ‘It’s not just ridiculous, it’s dangerous’ – there are “a lot of incredibly racist people in this country who understand that Donald has their backs.”

Trump immigration policy employs cruelty [UN calls U.S. separating children from parents and placing them in cages torture] to send message of deterrence

He’s a former QAnon believer. He doesn’t want to tell his story, but thinks it might help.

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NBC News: “Pizzagate-style rumors in 2016 were largely confined to far-right message boards. This year, they are reaching the mainstream with help from a website boosted by Trump.”

“…pushing child abuse conspiracy theories echoes what Bannon has publicly advocated in an effort to alter how voters feel.

“‘This is gaslighting of the highest order,’ Phillips said. ‘This has been the Steve Bannon playbook this entire time. He has celebrated the strategy of ‘flooding the zone with s—‘ — when you confuse people, when you make them angry, when you just sort of throw too many things at them for them to process.’

“The re-run of an identical conspiracy theory from 2016, this time with Hunter Biden as the new target, gathered momentum in part because of a new disinformation pipeline promoted by high-profile conservative figures — including the president.”