Seven people associated with the militia group "Wolverine Watchmen" were charged by the state of Michigan in an alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the state attorney general says. A total of 13 have now been charged in the plot. https://t.co/0zE4umBXOI
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 8, 2020
JUST IN: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer responds to kidnapping plot, says Trump "complicit" in stoking extremists https://t.co/zmAnpFBZpl pic.twitter.com/IE0y1cJmx4
— The Hill (@thehill) October 8, 2020
Whitmer: Hate groups heard the president's words as a ‘rallying cry’ @SchneiderCNN reports https://t.co/6NTTxozMIQ pic.twitter.com/TwKTYEKZWW
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) October 8, 2020
Those arrested by the FBI in a plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer and a second group arrested on state charges in a loosely connected case are part of the "Boogaloo" movement, state charging affidavits show.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) October 8, 2020
This is different than traditional militia groups. https://t.co/vtBACSZB0A
These are two of the men arrested today in a massive anti-terrorism operation conducted by @FBIDetroit @MichStatePolice, seen previously in the state capitol during a protest. More details on the movement they’re allegedly associated with on @wxyzdetroit pic.twitter.com/0eWb7kkAtz
— Heather Catallo WXYZ (@HeatherCatallo) October 8, 2020
Michigan Attorney General's Office confirms that the first and third men (from left) in this April 30 photo of armed men in Senate gallery are among the 13 men charged in a plot to kidnap @GovWhitmer.@SenPolehanki took this photo.https://t.co/iFJ82gxPY8
— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) October 8, 2020
The extremist plot of militia @realDonaldTrump supporters to kidnap the Governor of Michigan @gretchenwhitmer, try her and likely execute her is the toxic fruit of the Trump tree. We must repudiate this https://t.co/mTdT2RZpSP
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) October 8, 2020
NEW VIDEO: How the terror plot against Gov. Whitmer fits into Trump’s plans to nullify the election, and why he’d run again in ‘24. Two minutes of essentials below. The full 15 minutes of Episode No. 2 of The Worst Person In The World live at YouTube here: https://t.co/SybCAswOtU pic.twitter.com/DaDtIL4S3f
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) October 8, 2020
Meanwhile…
"Trump and other White House insiders infected with COVID-19 carried the virus across the country in a matter of days, potentially exposing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people as they went about their business, a USA TODAY investigation found." https://t.co/Unrmf52tIx
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 8, 2020
Opinion: Why Trump’s demand for nondisclosure agreements at Walter Reed is so alarming https://t.co/voVCZWx4xC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 8, 2020
President Trump is spinning up his own claims about his health, filling up the information void left by his doctors' lack of public candor. https://t.co/YSaULakmJ7
— CNN (@CNN) October 8, 2020
Holy shit. This is @DonaldJTrumpJr at a packed event in Florida today. Don't these Trumps ever learn?pic.twitter.com/gIDjhN8On8
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) October 8, 2020
House Democrats plan to introduce a bill that would create a bipartisan group to evaluate President Trump’s mental and physical health and advise Congress whether his powers should be forcibly removed. The legislation has no chance of enactment this year.https://t.co/T3Sl3oWymf
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 8, 2020
“This is a betrayal of public duties so grave that we have really not seen the like…. Trump has sacrificed thousands of lives that might have been saved by responsible leadership. And Pence did nothing to explain or justify Trump’s deadly choice.” https://t.co/f5ygFTOXAU
— Michael Gerson (@MJGerson) October 8, 2020
We just published an extensive, 9-month timeline of Donald Trump's COVID denial. It's bleak.https://t.co/IBUMMIIQjn
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 8, 2020
and maybe…
Deadline Note To Readers
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 8, 2020
A draft post of a story about Vice President Mike Pence testing positive for coronavirus that was never meant to publish was accidentally posted on Deadline
Apologies to the Vice President and our readers
More: https://t.co/vq4f0mDN29
Pence postpones plans to vote early in Indiana https://t.co/zf9aWDFF8e pic.twitter.com/OG8kRzZzUY
— The Hill (@thehill) October 8, 2020
A scathing editorial from the New England Journal of Medicine accuses the Trump administration of a massive public health failure, saying:
— NPR (@NPR) October 8, 2020
"We should not abet them and enable the deaths of thousands more Americans by allowing them to keep their jobs." https://t.co/NXeA80afYE
(Bloomberg)–Elliott Broidy, a former top political fundraiser for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, has been charged as part of a wide-ranging federal probe into back-channel efforts to influence the U.S. government on behalf of foreign interests via @TheTerminal
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) October 8, 2020
Davis pled guilty and flipped on Broidy. Now Broidy's pleading guilty.. and flipping on who? https://t.co/VYZTODwxf8
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) October 8, 2020
Exclusive: A new lawsuit alleges that the Trump-appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media routinely breaks the law in pursuing a pro-Trump agenda for the Voice of America news service.https://t.co/hWan5ASMyd
— NPR (@NPR) October 8, 2020
Biden opts for solo ABC town hall after Trump spikes Miami 'virtual' debate https://t.co/4aNGodbSDb pic.twitter.com/rw7bvu9UWo
— New York Post (@nypost) October 8, 2020
You wanted a reality show host as president, well now you're on Survivor.
— Lance Cooper (@lmauricecpr) October 8, 2020
The Overnight Note 