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11:15 PM ET, October 15, 2008

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Washington Post:
Exclusive: Verizon and AT&T Provided Cell Towers for McCain Ranch  —  BY JAMES V. GRIMALDI  —  Early in 2007, just as her husband launched his presidential bid, Cindy McCain decided to resolve an old problem — the lack of cellular telephone coverage on her remote 15-acre ranch near Sedona …
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Marc Ambinder:   Phoenix, We Have A Pro... The Cellular Customer You Are Calling …
Fox News:
Hip-Hop-Dancing Colin Powell Fuels Speculation He'll Endorse Obama  —  Colin Powell showed off his hip-hop moves at an ‘Africa Rising’ celebration in London Tuesday, fueling speculation that the former secretary of state is about to endorse Barack Obama for president.  —  FOXNews.com
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Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Colin Powell Is Ready To Endorse  —  When Colin Powell turns off his TV after the final presidential debate, he will have learned everything he is going to learn about the candidates vying to succeed his former boss, George W. Bush.  Powell has made it clear that he has been thinking …
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Obama Flack Accidentally Sends Out Pre-Debate Talking Points  —  “Reminder: These are for staff only and not for distribution,” warns the e-mail.  —  And then, the spin, accidentally sent to reporters this morning.  —  “* This is John McCain's last chance to turn this race around …
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Carrie Dann / MSNBC:
OOPS!  OBAMA'S SPIN SPILLED  —  From NBC's Carrie Dann and Domenico Montanaro  —  Wondering what you'll hear from the pre-debate spinners?  Whoops!  This morning, the Obama camp mistakenly distributed some talking points meant for staff eyes only.  The pointers spell out how the campaign hopes …
Ace / minx.cc:
BRUNNER COMPELLED BY COURT TO ADMIT SHE'S BEEN CONCEALING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNMATCHED REGISTRATIONS FROM LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS UPDATE: NON-RESIDENT OBOTS FRAUDULENTLY VOTING IN OHIO  —  Updated: The tip was accurate, but the Cleveland Plain Dealer got the story out first.  See update after background.
Discussion: Wake up America and Flopping Aces
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Reginald Fields / Metro:
Brunner: I'll obey court order, but thousands could lose their right to vote  —  COLUMBUS — More than 200,000 Ohioans who registered to vote this year for the first time or updated their voting information since Jan. 1 could be affected by the latest court ruling requiring the state to set …
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Ohio, Obama, What's the Difference?  —  From the comments at the Townhall post on the hoax Michelle Obama story:  —  A few comments later, this reply: … Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Republican base.  Kind of explains why the Corner is the way it is, doesn't it?
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Byron York / The Corner:
That Michelle Obama Report
Africanpress / African Press International:
Shocking development: Mrs Obama decides enough is enough …
Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
African Press Publishes Shocking Michelle Obama Quotes?
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Voting for Obama anyway  —  I just got an astounding e-mail from a Republican consultant I know well.  He's a guy who's always thought Obama had a “glass jaw,” and was always among those agitating for hitting Obama harder.  —  Recently, he conducted a focus group in an upper-Midwestern state …
David Singleton / Scranton Times-Tribune:
Breaking news: Secret Service investigating threat from Scranton Palin rally  —  The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a threatening remark directed at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama during a political event in Scranton.  —  The agency followed up on a report in The Times-Tribune …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Andrew M. Seder / The Times Leader:
Secret Service says “Kill him” allegation unfounded
Discussion: Weekly Standard
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Associated Press:
Murtha: Western Pa. ‘racist’ but Obama should win
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama vs McCain, final debate live-blog  —  The last presidential debate before Election Day between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain is only minutes away.  We will be live-blogging it using the CoverItLive.com live-blogging application.  —  Tonight, I'll be joined by Jim Tankersley …
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
Will Obama vs. McCain include Ayers?
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, Hot Air and TIME.com
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
CBS Poll: Uncommitted Voters Say Obama Won Final Debate  —  As in the previous debates, CBS News and Knowledge Networks have conducted a nationally representative poll of uncommitted voters to get their immediate reaction to tonight's presidential debate.  —  In the first presidential debate …
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Working for the Working- Class Vote  —  For a guy who just four years ago was running his first statewide campaign, Barack Obama has made startlingly few missteps as a presidential candidate.  But the moment Obama would most like to take back now, if he could, was the one last April when …
Ira Teinowitz / AdAge:
Delay of Game: MLB Will Move a Game 6 for Obama  —  Would Start World Series Game 15 Minutes Later  —  WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — Major League Baseball has moved back the scheduled start time of any game 6 of the World Series so Fox can also air the half hour Barack Obama spot on Oct. 29.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
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Paul J. Gough / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox to change World Series time for Obama
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PALIN'S DELUSIONS WORSEN.... I can understand Sarah Palin feeling humiliated by her Troopergate scandal.  An independent investigation concluded that she violated state ethics, abused the powers of her office, and lied about it.  This isn't exactly easy to spin away this kind of violation of the public trust.
Discussion: Salon and Comments from Left Field
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Ben / Think Progress:
Palin: ‘No Abuse Of Power There At All’ In Troopergate Report
Discussion: KDKA-TV
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
National Republicans Pull Ads in Louisiana  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee has decided to pull its television advertising out of Louisiana, a decision that drastically reduces the party's chances at its lone takeover opportunity in this election cycle.
Discussion: TPM Election Central
CNN:
Electoral Map Update: A red state swings toward Obama  —  (CNN) - For the first time in the election cycle, CNN's Electoral Map estimates that Democrat Barack Obama has moved over the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to win the White House.  The hotly contested state of Virginia moves from “tossup” to “lean Obama.”
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Cogitamus
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Palin unaware of Russian energy meeting in Alaska  —  DOVER, New Hampshire (CNN) - The campaign of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said the Alaska governor was unaware of a visit by Russian energy officials to Anchorage on Monday.  —  Eight high-level officials from Gazprom …
Discussion: Emptywheel
Ryan / Think Progress:
Meghan McCain 'Can't Get Over' Smears Of Her Sister, Forgets Same Operatives Now Run Her Dad's Campaign  —  Last night on Fox's Hannity and Colmes, Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) daughter Meghan explained that she could never bring herself to “get behind Pesident Bush” because of “what happened in 2000.”
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
John Podesta / Washington Post:
What Could Change the Election?  —  The Post asked John Podesta, Newt Gingrich, Mary Beth Cahill, Peter J. Wallison and Stuart E. Eizenstat what could make tonight a game-changer.  —  Chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund
Wall Street Journal:
At Moment of Truth, U.S. Forced Big Bankers to Blink  —  WASHINGTON — On one side of the table sat Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, flanked by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair.  —  On the other side sat the nation's top bank executives …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 
 
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Final Presidential Debate Liveblog
Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:
Free the Debates!
Discussion: Washington Post and Hullabaloo
Glenn W. Smith / Editor and Publisher:
Why Media Can't See the Trees for the ACORNs
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
AIP moves on  —  The group that first hit Obama on Bill Ayers moves …
Mike Murphy / Swampland:
Pre-Debate Thoughts  —  Some arm-chair quarterbacking before the final debate.
Discussion: The New Republic and Needlenose
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SHUDDER TO SEE  —  Surprise release of McCain debate prep tapes (via Ezra Klein) ...
Discussion: Shakesville
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The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Ad software company Mediaocean buys Innovid, an ad tech company focused on CTV, for $500M; Innovid had a market cap of ~$240M at market close on November 20

 
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