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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's humiliation of Mike Pence has made tonight's VP debate very strange — What would a Mike Pence win in the debate mean? That Republicans should be filled with regret? — I have never been quite so confused as to how to interpret a vice presidential debate.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Trump will sink Pence in VP debate — ‘Is it just me or are the two VP candidates infinitely more appealing than their running mates?’ said a Pennsylvania Republican. — Tim Kaine isn't Mike Pence's only opponent Tuesday night in the only debate between the vice-presidential hopefuls …
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Vice Presidential TV Debate Ratings by the Numbers — Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will face off tonight from Longwood University for the sole vice presidential debate of the 2016 election. The 90-minute commercial-free debate will be moderated by CBS News correspondent …
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WRIC-TV
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Tuesday's VP debate will shed light on something incredibly important — No vice presidential debate has ever meaningfully altered the outcome of a presidential election, so it's understandable that few are thrilled to see the showdown between Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.
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Politico, CNBC and Liberty Unyielding
New York Times:
Vice-Presidential Debate: Clinton and Trump Weigh In; a New Poll in Pennsylvania
Vice-Presidential Debate: Clinton and Trump Weigh In; a New Poll in Pennsylvania
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The Atlantic, US News, RedState, Vox, Houston Public Media, Towleroad, BuzzFeed, TheStreet.com, Guardian, USA Today, ImmigrationProf Blog and The Week
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump to live-tweet VP debate
Trump to live-tweet VP debate
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TVNewser, RedState, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Fox News Insider, Mediaite and WRIC-TV
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The VP debate will be all about Clinton and Trump
The VP debate will be all about Clinton and Trump
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ABC News, Mother Jones, MichelleMalkin.com, Washington Examiner, Political Wire, Politico, Balloon Juice, Business Insider and Roll Call
GUCCIFER 2.0:
Guccifer 2.0 Hacked Clinton Foundation — Many of you have been waiting for this, some even asked me to do it. — So, this is the moment. I hacked the Clinton Foundation server and downloaded hundreds of thousands of docs and donors' databases. — Hillary Clinton and her staff don't even bother about the information security.
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, RT, TheStreet.com, Mediaite, The American Mirror, Engadget and CANNONFIRE
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Clinton Foundation refutes new claim that hacker stole files — A hacker persona with alleged ties to the Russian government has posted what the hacker claims are files stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the foundation says the assertions are not true.
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Townhall.com, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and Joe.My.God.
Naomi Lim / CNN:
Bill Clinton calls Obamacare ‘the craziest thing in the world’ — Clinton said Obamacare had caused premiums to rise for Americans who did not have access to subsidies — He also touted his wife proposal to allow people without access to subsidies to buy into Medicare and Medicaid
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Bill Clinton slams ObamaCare: 'It's the craziest thing in the world' — steamrolled President Obama's signature healthcare law at a rally, calling it “the craziest thing in the world.” — Speaking Monday in Flint, Mich., Clinton blasted the core principles of ObamaCare as unworkable …
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Washington Post, ABC News, Politico, Townhall.com, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Talking Points Memo, The Federalist and Hot Air
Daily Mail:
Bill ducks question about wife's alleged cheating and says of Trump's attacks, 'He should run …
Bill ducks question about wife's alleged cheating and says of Trump's attacks, 'He should run …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Clinton camp responds to Bill's Obamacare comments
Clinton camp responds to Bill's Obamacare comments
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ABC News and The Federalist
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senator: ‘Nobody really believes’ next president should fill Supreme Court vacancy — is knocking his party's Supreme Court strategy, arguing the opposition to taking up President Obama's nominee boils down to politics. — The Arizona Republican, who is a member of the Judiciary Committee …
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The Daily Beast, RedState and Talking Points Memo
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Barack Obama / The Huffington Post:
Republican Obstruction Is Undermining The Supreme Court, Enough Is Enough — This week, the Supreme Court returns to work. The Justices will hear important cases on issues ranging from the separation of church and state to intellectual property to Congressional redistricting to the death penalty.
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Business Insider and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Pennsylvania — Clinton Maintains Lead; Senate Race All Tied Up — West Long Branch, NJ - Pennsylvania is looking good for Hillary Clinton, driven by gains among white women voters, according to the Monmouth University Poll .
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CBS Philly, Hot Air, Washington Post, Billy Penn, Politicus USA, Talking Points Memo, Politico and The Week
Rebecca Berg / Real Clear Politics:
Trump Used Foundation Funds for 2016 Run, Filings Suggest — As Donald Trump began making noise about a possible bid for president in 2011, South Carolina conservative activist Oran Smith caught the celebrity businessman's eye as a particularly vocal and potentially influential critic.
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Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Right Wing Watch, RedState, Mother Jones and The Week
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Vice President Biden's powerful rebuke of Donald Trump's PTSD comments — Vice President Biden, who delivered the toughest denunciation of Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention in July, just did it again. — And it was, yet again, the kind of rebuke that perhaps only Biden could deliver.
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Hollywood Reporter, ThinkProgress, New Urban Legends, Hit & Run and ABC News
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan, So Handsome, So Sad
Paul Ryan, So Handsome, So Sad
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Daily Kos, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller, New York Times and Balloon Juice
Pew Research Center:
1. Public views on climate change and climate scientists — There is a host of ways Americans' opinions about climate issues divide. The divisions start with views about the causes of global climate change. Nearly half of U.S. adults say climate change is due to human activity …
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CNSNews, The Daily Caller, Grist and Liberty Unyielding
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Tatiana Schlossberg / New York Times:
Poll Finds Deep Split on Climate Change. Party Allegiance Is a Big Factor.
Poll Finds Deep Split on Climate Change. Party Allegiance Is a Big Factor.
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Pew Research Center, Gothamist and CityLab
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former accountant refutes Trump's tax brilliance: I did all the work — Donald Trump's former accountant challenged the Republican presidential nominee's assertion that he “brilliantly” used tax laws to avoid paying federal taxes. — “I did all the tax preparation.
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Political Wire
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Trump backers realize they've been played as WikiLeaks fails to deliver October surprise — LONDON — The expectations were breathless. — For weeks, backers of Republican nominee Donald Trump have hyped the tantalizing possibility that the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks was on the verge …
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Ed Klein / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama was so worried about Hillary's health he set up a secret medical check-up for her at Walter Reed - but she refused, fearing her LEAKING HEART VALVE and arrhythmia would be exposed — Ed Klein - one of Hillary Clinton's fiercest critics - revealed new details …
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The Point, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and BizPac Review
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Michelle Obama hammers Trump over taxes, Twitter, PTSD — Michelle Obama didn't mention Donald Trump by name during her speech in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday, but the first lady warned voters that not supporting Hillary Clinton would aid the election of a temperamentally unfit bully …
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ABC News
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Melina Delkic / ABC News:
Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Trump Over Late-Night Tweets
Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Trump Over Late-Night Tweets
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Mediaite and Associated Press
Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Bridgegate witness says Cuomo and Christie discussed cover story — NEWARK, N.J. — Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie personally discussed how to handle the fallout from the George Washington Bridge lane closures, even agreeing to release a report covering up the incident …
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Wall Street Journal, Hot Air and Jezebel
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Ex-Ally of Christie Links Cuomo to Cover-Up of Lane Closings
Ex-Ally of Christie Links Cuomo to Cover-Up of Lane Closings
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NorthJersey.com, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo and Gothamist
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gary Johnson: I can't start wars with places if I can't find them on a map — Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson on Tuesday defended his lack of knowledge of world affairs, suggesting on MSNBC that foreign policy expertise, or even an understanding of where international leaders are from …
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Political Wire and twitchy.com
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Gary Johnson: Knowledge of world geography allows leaders 'to put our military in harm's way'
Gary Johnson: Knowledge of world geography allows leaders 'to put our military in harm's way'
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Hot Air
Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Donald Trump: The Ugly American* — Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has spent more than 30 years observing Donald Trump's orange-tinted antics. With a month left to go before the election, he reports on some memorable lessons learned along the way. — In 1987, Michael Kelly …
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The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and The Week
New York Times:
Why Referendums Aren't as Democratic as They Seem — The voters of the world have had quite a year: They rejected Colombia's peace deal; split Britain from the European Union; endorsed a Thai Constitution that curtails democracy; and, in Hungary, backed the government's plan to restrict refugees …
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Vox, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Pirate's Cove, Blue Mass Group, Guardian, New York Sun, The Nation and 89.3 KPCC
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Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
What Just Happened in Colombia?
What Just Happened in Colombia?
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Latino USA, Washington Post and neo-neocon