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9:40 AM ET, October 3, 2016

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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Tax Numbers Sharpen Focus on Treatment of Losses  —  Weekend revelations put the Republican presidential nominee on the defensive  —  The weekend revelation of some of Donald Trump's tax records put the New York real-estate developer on the defensive by showing the extent …
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Is a Cryptic Tweet by Marla Maples a Clue as to Source Behind Trump Tax Leak?  —  At 1:34 p.m. Sunday, Donald Trump's second ex-wife, Marla Maples, tweeted a photograph of a pumpkin patch.  Does what happened next contain clues that confirm she anonymously mailed Trump's 1995 tax return to The New York Times?
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Giuliani: A man with ‘this kind of economic genius’ better for U.S. than a woman
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Much Unknown About Trump's Taxes and Finances
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Senator Harry Reid:
Reid Statement on Trump Tax Report
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Whatever is actually in Trump's tax returns is worse than what the New York Times says
Garance Burke / Associated Press:
AP: How Trump's ‘Apprentice’ moved from capitalism to sexism  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Republicans Wonder If Trump Can Recover From ‘Worst Week’
Discussion: RedState and Mother Jones
LeBron James / Business Insider:
Why I'm endorsing Hillary Clinton  —  Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.  Below is the op-ed he has written about his decision, which he has exclusively provided to Business Insider.  The op-ed will also be published in the print edition of the Akron Beacon Journal on Monday.
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Clinton up 6 in POLITICO/Morning Consult national poll  —  Hillary Clinton has opened up a six-point lead over Donald Trump, erasing the New York billionaire's slim national edge with five weeks until Election Day, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll of likely voters.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Donald Trump: Terroristic Man-Toddler
Discussion: Raw Story and Telegraph
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
WikiLeaks cancels announcement amid security concerns: report  —  WikiLeaks has canceled an unknown announcement it had planned for next week due to security concerns, according to an NBC News reporter.  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was scheduled to make an announcement Tuesday from the balcony of London's Ecuadorian Embassy.
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True Pundit:
Under Intense Pressure to Silence Wikileaks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Proposed Drone Strike on Julian Assange  —  Julian Assange and his free-speech brainchild Wikileaks were once lauded as global heroes of public service among United States politicians and policy makers.
Discussion: Instapundit
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
Clinton Campaign Admits Hillary Used Same Tax Avoidance “Scheme” As Trump  —  Well this is a little awkward.  With the leaked 1995 Trump tax returns ‘scandal’ focused on the billionaire's yuuge “net operating loss” and how it might have ‘legally’ enabled him to pay no taxes for years …
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
Trump “Deep Throat” Emerges: Someone Leaks Donald's '95 Tax Filing To The NYT
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive  —  WASHINGTON — The fierce struggle to enact and carry out the Affordable Care Act was supposed to put an end to 75 years of fighting for a health care system to insure all Americans.  Instead, the law's troubles could make it just a way station …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Hillary Clinton goes silent on Obamacare
Discussion: Infowars
Ruth Bader Ginsburg / New York Times:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Advice for Living  —  “Did you always want to be a judge” or, more exorbitantly, “a Supreme Court justice?”  Schoolchildren visiting me at the court, as they do at least weekly, ask that question more than any other.  It is a sign of huge progress made.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:   Neither Trump nor Clinton can break Capitol's logjam
New York Times:
A Crippled Supreme Court's New Term
Discussion: UPI, Althouse and Washington Post
CNN:
Kanye West halts show after Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris  —  Photos:  —  The Kardashian clan  —  The most famous of the Kardashian clan is undoubtedly Kim, who has gained publicity for everything from “breaking the Internet” to bleaching her hair blonde to ... well, pretty much everything she does gains publicity.
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Daily Mail:
HOW THE ARMED RAID AT KIM KARDASHIAN'S PARIS APARTMENT PLAYED OUT:
Discussion: Newsalert
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Five Days That Shaped a Presidency  —  Barack Obama shares with Jonathan Chait a very early draft of his memoirs.  —  On August 25, after a short trip to Baton Rouge to assess flooding in Louisiana and before what will likely be his last visit to China on Air Force One …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Former Prosecutor Endorses Her for President  —  Twenty years ago Michael Chertoff was near the top of the Clintons' enemy list.  He was the lead Republican counsel on the Senate Whitewater Committee, one of the first of many Congressional investigations into Hillary Clinton.
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists:
Trump's organization did business with Iranian bank later linked to terrorism  —  Donald Trump's real estate organization rented New York office space from 1998 to 2003 to an Iranian bank that U.S. authorities have linked to terrorist groups and Iran's nuclear program.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Political Wire
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
‘The Trump Rule’: Leaked Audio of Trump Ogling Miss USA Beauty Queens  —  During the first presidential debate, a record-breaking primetime television event viewed by over 84 million people worldwide, Hillary Clinton managed to get under Donald Trump's skin by invoking two of his favorite pastimes: beauty pageants and unbridled sexism.
Megan Twohey / New York Times:
How Hillary Clinton Grappled With Bill Clinton's Infidelity, and His Accusers  —  Hillary Clinton was campaigning for her husband in January 1992 when she learned of the race's newest flare-up: Gennifer Flowers had just released tapes of phone calls with Bill Clinton to back up her claim they had had an affair.
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Bill Clinton accuser Kathleen Willey: Hillary was complicit in his sexual misconduct
Discussion: The Last Tradition and Hot Air
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Discussion: Hot Air and The Moderate Voice
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BBC:
Colombia referendum: Voters reject Farc peace deal  —  Voters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24% voting against it.  —  The deal was signed last week by President Juan Manuel Santos and Farc leader Timoleon Jimenez after nearly four years of negotiations.
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Sibylla Brodzinsky / Guardian:
Colombia referendum rejects peace deal with Farc guerrillas
 
 
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Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:
Obama's Blinkered Generals
Discussion: Instapundit
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump blasts Clinton for comments about Bernie Sanders supporters
Discussion: Instapundit
Marc Caputo / Politico:
With Cuban exile leaders mum, Clinton launches Miami radio attack ad over Trump's embargo-breaking
Discussion: Babalú Blog
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Thousands of deaths from hospital superbugs are going unreported, research shows
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John Hendel / Politico:
Trump names FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit, giving WBD access to NBA content and rights in parts of N. Europe and LatAm; TNT will license Inside the NBA to ESPN

Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal:
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