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1:30 AM ET, October 31, 2012

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BuzzFeed Politics:
How One Well-Connected Pseudonymous Twitter Spread Fake News About Hurricane Sandy  —  The twitter user @comfortablysmug is one of a handful of pseudonymous Manhattan professionals who keep their widely-followed Twitter voices separate from their careers.  His bio describes him as “My Interests …
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Bush's FEMA Director During Katrina Criticizes Obama For Responding To Sandy Too Quickly  —  Former FEMA Director Michael Brown offered criticism of President Obama's early responses to Hurricane Sandy yesterday, including a dig at the administration's response to last month's attack in Libya.
Sam Levin / The Latest Word:
Michael Brown, ex-FEMA head, has advice, criticism for Obama about Hurricane Sandy  —  Colorado is not facing any danger from Hurricane Sandy, but the effects of the storm can still be felt here, with the Obama and Romney camps canceling scheduled rallies.  Today, we decided to check …
BuzzFeed:
The Man Behind @ComfortablySmug, Hurricane Sandy's Worst Twitter Villain  —  He's a hedge fund analyst, Republican political consultant, and deliberate spreader of false information.  —  During the storm last night, user @comfortablysmug was the source of a load of frightening but false information …
Al Gore / Al's Journal:
Statement on Hurricane Sandy  —  This week, our nation has anxiously watched as Hurricane Sandy lashed the East Coast and caused widespread damage—affecting millions.  Now more than ever, our neighbors need our help.  Please consider donating or volunteering for your local aid organizations.
Associated Press:
At least 48 dead, millions without power in Sandy's aftermath  —  Wreckage and power outages could take days or weeks to sort out.  —  NEW YORK - The misery of superstorm Sandy's devastation grew Tuesday as millions along the U.S. East Coast faced life without power or mass transit for days …
Lynne Peeples / The Huffington Post:
Hurricane Sandy Could Displace Rats, Spread Infectious Disease … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  New York City, Video, Floods, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Hurricane Sandy New York, Hurricane Sandy Nyc, Infectious Diseases, Hurricanes, Rats, Green News  —  The 8-million-strong human population …
BuzzFeed:   Councilman Pushes For Charges Against Twitter User Who Spread Falsehoods
Stewart Bell / National Post:
Hurricane Sandy a ‘divine slap on the face of U.S. arrogance,’ Toronto Islamist website declares
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
Romney lines everybody up to give him stuff the Red Cross says it doesn't want  —  So here's what things looked like at the donation table at Mitt Romney's “storm relief” event before he arrived:  —  And here's things nearly an hour later when Mitt Romney finally arrived:  —  At least he didn't wash clean dishes.
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:   Clinton: Romney Wrong to Hit Obama for Promising ‘to Turn Back the Seas’
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: Romney's Jeep-to-China lie earns brutal headlines in Ohio  —  As David Plouffe wrote in his memoir of Campaign 2008, the Obama team has long thought that one of the most effective ways to influence independents and undecided voters is via local media in key battleground states.
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Detroit Free Press:
New Romney ad: Did Obama's rescue of GM create more jobs in China?
Discussion: Politico and The Raw Story
Tyrel Linkhorn / Toledo Blade:
Chrysler CEO to employees: Jeep will remain in U.S.
detroitnews.com:
Marchionne's letter on Jeep production in U.S.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and The Maddow Blog
Plain Dealer:
Flailing in Ohio, Romney rolls out Jeep ploy: editorial
Paul Santos / The Walt Disney Company Press Releases:
DISNEY TO ACQUIRE LUCASFILM LTD.  —  An investor conference call will take place at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT / 1:30 p.m. PDT today, October 30, 2012.  Details for the call are listed in the release.  —  Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agrees to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd …
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ComingSoon.net:
Breaking: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 Coming in 2015!
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and The Jawa Report
Michael Cieply / Media Decoder:
Disney Buying Lucasfilm for $4 Billion
New York Times:
Race Narrows as Campaign Enters Its Final Week  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama and Mitt Romney enter the closing week of the campaign in an exceedingly narrow race, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, with more voters now viewing Mr. Romney as a stronger leader …
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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
WaPo-ABC tracking poll: Popular vote > electoral college
Discussion: Business Insider and msnbc.com
Stephen Battaglio / TVGuide.com:
The Biz: President Barack Obama Reveals His Favorite TV Shows  —  As Election Day approaches, President Barack Obama agreed to share with us his favorite television series and provide insight into some of his other pop-culture habits.  Check out Governor Mitt Romney's picks here.
Discussion: Politico and theGrio
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Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Michelle Obama: 'I've had 10-year-olds who are on a phone bank' for Barack
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Governor Romney After the (2006) Flood: Not Good  —  PHOTO BY JIM DAVIS/THE BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGES  —  Now that he's again decided to mention (obliquely) that he was our governor once, and we're all up here in the Commonwealth (God save it!) being awakened by the sweet sounds …
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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Vetoed Flood Prep Funding In 2004, Blamed For Subsequent Flooding
Richard Dunham / Texas on the Potomac:
The Morning After: First storm-related anti-Obama attack ad appears  —  A friend of ours in northern Virginia received this flier delivered to her apartment's front door this morning:  —  The ad, attacking President Obama, declared, “WE'VE SEEN STORMS IN VIRGINIA, BUT NONE LIKE THIS...”
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Hullabaloo
Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
The Birth Certificate 4-Step  —  It's a trap!  The most paranoid scenario: I'm assuming the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the October employment statistics on schedule.  The paranoia that would accompany a delay (this close to the election) would be too destructive, even if the delay was justifiable.
Discussion: Hot Air, Reuters and Newsy
Rich Beeson / mittromney.com:
Memo: Pennsylvania  —  Rendell: ‘Startling upset’ for Romney ‘a possibility’ in Pennsylvania  —  When Governor Ed Rendell made these comments last week, he was clearly sending a desperate call to Chicago for help in the Keystone State.  At the time, his comments were met with derision …
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The President's Insulting Campaign  —  It is a mercy that the suffragettes aren't around to see President Barack Obama's campaign for the women's vote.  It would make them weep in dismay.  —  Almost a hundred years after passage of the 19th Amendment, the president is making perhaps the most superficial …
Discussion: alicublog
 
 
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
At least 80 flooded houses destroyed by NYC fire
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Ryan ‘Packs’ Hurricane Relief Donations In During Wisconsin Photo-Op
Hunter Schwarz / BuzzFeed:
Romney Camp Says They Don't Make Hats In China
NBC's Andrew Rafferty / First Read:
McCain rips Obama on Libya at relief event
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Election 2012
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Democrats Are Right to Politicize Sandy
Michael Barone / Financial Times:
Either way, the vote will end the New Deal
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Domenech / Real Clear Politics:
Are We Looking at an Undertow Election?
Discussion: Vodkapundit and Babalú Blog
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
NPR: 8-point swing puts Romney in front
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Michelle Malkin
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The president who seems not to care
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Upside of Opportunism  —  Let's try to imagine what the world …
 

 
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