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October 2, 2020 
WEEK IN REVIEW
Despite its unprecedented chaos and raucous nature, Tuesday's presidential debate will go down in political history for what was not said. 

Donald Trump refused to denounce White Supremacy and the Proud Boys, a group that has been labeled by the ADL as violent, nationalistic, Islamophobic, transphobic and misogynistic. Its members are known for participating in acts of violence and intimidation.

Its founder has posted videos of himself giving the Nazi salute and repeatedly saying "Heil Hitler."

Trump, at the debate, gave the group national attention and further emboldened them by refusing to denounce their activities. Instead he told them to "stand by." Trump understands the power of words and their hidden nuances. His words were heard as a call to arms. 

Proud Boys have been ingratiating themselves into politics for several years. Roger Stone, a former Trump advisor posted on the Proud Boys' YouTube channel reciting the Proud Boys initiation. Donald Trump Jr., Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) have posed for photographs with Proud Boy members.

Now candidates are running for Congress who also support hate and extremism. These candidates are supporters of QAnon, a group of  right-wing conspiracists who are antisemitic and xenophobic. They  believe that the Democrats are working with "deep state" sex traffickers and pedophiles to sabotage Trump's presidency. 

A recent Civiqs poll found 56% of surveyed Republicans believe QAnon theories to be mostly or partly true. Trump, condoning QAnon, congratulated one of its candidates after she won her primary by calling her a "rising star in the Republican party."

In a strategy to welcome Proud Boys, QAnon and other hate group members into their party, the GOP has launched advertising attacks against Democratic candidates, including Jill Schupp (MO). She has been falsely attacked for defending sex offenders and let them on playgrounds.

This "QAnon strategy" aims to exploit voters' fears and paranoia. Diane Mitsch Bush (CO), is running against an unabashed QAnon candidate. 

Now is the time to fight back against this hate before it further seeps into our halls of government.


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ISRAEL
Basking in Israel's New Ties to Arab States, Netanyahu Says More Are Coming

"These new agreements will bring our peoples the blessings of peace and the enormous benefits that come with more trade, more investment, more commerce, transportation, tourism, increased cooperation in so many other areas," Mr. Netanyahu said. Such a development, Mr. Netanyahu said, would make "peace between Israelis and Palestinians more likely."
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ANTI-SEMITISM & BDS
Congress Launches Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Anti-Semitism
 
"As social media posts do not stop at international borders, members of the national legislatures of the United States, Australia, Canada, Israel, and the United Kingdom have come together across party lines" to form the coalition, Democratic House member Ted Deutch's office said in a statement.
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CHOICE
 
The First Abortion Case Before a Post-Ginsburg Supreme Court
 
The first abortion case that the Supreme Court will consider after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn't likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, but it could severely curtail access to safe, effective, early abortion during the pandemic. It would also clearly signal that the Court is willing to upend its own previous jurisprudence holding that laws and regulations cannot place an undue burden on those who are seeking abortions.
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SEPARATION
Election 2020: Trump's Support From Catholics and Evangelicals Is Dropping. They Fault His Unkindness
 
In 2016, many evangelical and Catholic voters seemed willing to look past his bombast and crudeness on the campaign trail to give him a chance, choosing him over his Democratic competitor, Hillary Clinton. Since then, however, they have witnessed four years of unrelenting cruelty. And some now seem to feel that enough is enough.
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BEYOND THE CORE
Trump Endorsed Voter Suppression. Poll Watching Is Something Else Entirely
 
Poll watching can be a very safe and very nice thing, but it isn't just random people in MAGA hats the president has summoned to descend on polling places. This can lead to voter intimidation. In fact, it already has. Earlier this month, a group of flag-toting Trump supporters obstructed voters from entering a polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, forcing officials to open up another portion of the facility. This is voter suppression, it's fundamentally anti-democratic, and it's exactly what Trump was calling for emphatically Tuesday night at the debate.
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POLITICAL BYTE
Trump's Covid-19 Diagnosis Reshapes Election a Month From Vote
 
Donald Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis has dramatically altered the closing weeks of the U.S. presidential campaign, with the president now facing not only an unprecedented health challenge but also logistical and staffing chaos about a month before Election Day. Trump leans on his in-person political events to raise cash and create enthusiasm among supporters as he tries to make up ground against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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BIDEN ROUNDUP
VIDEO: Joe Biden Kicks Off His Whistle-Stop Tour LIVE 



Former GOP Gov. Marc Racicot to Vote for Biden
 
Former Montana governor and Republican National Committee Chair Marc Racicot said he would not vote for President Donald Trump, citing Trump's character as fault enough to vote for Democrat challenger Joe Biden on Nov. 3. " He offered up no specific praise for former Vice President Biden, but spoke of qualities such as patience, decency and openness to contrary opinion, qualities Racicot suggested are absent in the Trump administration.
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FYI
Rep. Katie Porter's Whiteboard Will Dry Erase Your Dignity
 
During a hearing on Wednesday, Mark Alles, the former CEO of Celgene, a pharmaceutical company, found himself staring into his opaque reflection in her pristine Whiteboard of Justice, wondering how he got here. According to Porter, he got here by jacking up the price of chemotherapy drug Revlimid without improving its efficacy, a move that Porter claimed directly enriched him by $500,000. But she didn't just claim it, she broke it all the way down with her black chisel point Marker of Truth.
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The Last Word
"You stood up. You applauded. You cuddled my beautiful daughter when she became the first infant on the Senate floor. So now I ask-how could you support a Supreme Court nominee who supports those who believe Maile shouldn't exist?"

- Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in a letter to her GOP colleagues regarding Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett who supports an anti-abortion group that opposes in vitro fertilization
 
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