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THESE ARE THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATORS The Commission on Presidential Debates announced its lineup of moderators on Wednesday for the upcoming debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump and their running mates. Fox News’ Chris Wallace will moderate the first Biden-Trump matchup in Cleveland on Sept. 29, followed by C-SPAN’s Steve Scully in Miami on Oct. 15. NBC News’ Kristen Welker will moderate the final one on Oct. 22 in Nashville. Susan Page, the Washington bureau chief of USA Today, will moderate the vice presidential debate between Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence on Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City. [HuffPost]
STATES ASKED TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE COVID-19 VACCINE BY MID-FALL Public health officials across the country have been advised to prepare for the potential distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as late October or early November, The New York Times reported Wednesday. A vaccine for the coronavirus has yet to be developed. However, should that happen, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that limited amounts would first be distributed to health care workers and members of other high-risk groups. The supply would “increase substantially” over the next year, according to CDC guidance, which was reportedly sent to health officials in all 50 states as well as those in several major cities on Aug. 27. [HuffPost]
'SICKENED': EX-TRUMP VOTERS REVEAL THE MOMENT THEY GAVE UP ON HIM Former supporters of President Donald Trump say they’re not going to be voting for him again and they were pretty blunt about why they’re now backing Joe Biden. “I think it’s one of if not the biggest mistake I’ve ever made in my life,” Ann Kupitz told CNN of her 2016 vote as she slammed the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “I feel like voting for him helped kill over 100,000 Americans.” Kupitz was part of a CNN panel of six suburban white women who voted for Trump in 2016, a demographic he has recently tried to win over with overtly racist appeals. [HuffPost]
BIDEN TAKES THE AIR OUT OF TRUMP'S LEGAL VICTORY Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday had a simple question for President Donald Trump: “What are you hiding?” Biden shared a link to a story about Trump winning a legal ruling in his ongoing battle over the disclosure of his tax returns. New York prosecutors had been seeking those documents via subpoena and had won a previous decision. However, a federal appeals court ruled that the president would not have to turn those documents over while the previous decision is under appeal. [HuffPost]
BARR SPREADS MAIL-IN VOTING CONSPIRACY THEORY Attorney General William Barr continued to spread the unfounded conspiracy theory that November’s presidential election could be tainted by widespread mail-in voting fraud. “Elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion,” Barr told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. President Donald Trump has routinely called mail-in voting corrupt. There is no evidence to suggest that there has been widespread fraud, and Barr provided none in his interview. [HuffPost]
GOP REP. THREATENED TO SHOOT ARMED PROTESTERS Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) said he’d be more than willing to shoot any armed demonstrators in Louisiana in a Facebook post on Tuesday that was accompanied by a picture of Black men with guns. “One way ticket fellas,” Higgins, a former police officer, wrote on his campaign account. “Have your affairs in order. Me?... I wouldn’t even spill my beer. I’d drop any 10 of you where you stand. ... We don’t care what color you are. We don’t care if you’re left or right. If you show up like this, if We recognize threat ... you won’t walk away." [HuffPost] | 
