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10:20 AM ET, October 5, 2016

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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Mike Pence's Galling Amnesia  —  Back when Mike Pence hosted a talk radio show in the 1990s, he described himself as “Rush Limbaugh on decaf.”  —  For much of Tuesday night, he was like Forrest Gump on chamomile, squarely and steadily plodding forward, seldom tugged from his talking points and never particularly rattled.
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Mike Pence says Clinton-Kaine is an “insult-driven” campaign as Trump tweets insults  —  The irony wasn't lost on Hillary Clinton.  —  Mike Pence laughed off his opponent's accusation that he and Donald Trump are running an “insult-driven campaign” during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Pence outclassed Trump  —  Mike Pence didn't just defeat Tim Kaine in their only debate — he also outshined Donald Trump.  —  A majority of the battleground-state insiders who comprise The POLITICO Caucus gave Pence the edge over Kaine in their vice presidential debate …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
RNC: Kaine interrupted over 70 times  —  The Republican National Committee claimed Tim Kaine  —  and the moderator over 70 times during Tuesday's vice presidential debate.  —  Shortly after the debate ended, the RNC made a quick note of Kaine's aggressive style in an email to reporters.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Mike Pence vs. Tim Kaine vice-presidential debate transcript, annotated  —  Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will meet face-to-face for the first time on Tuesday night, as the running mates take part in the only vice-presidential debate of the 2016 election.
Ali Breland / The Hill:
CNN poll: Pence won debate
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump's campaign manager denies he's irked at being upstaged by Pence
Discussion: Hot Air and Vox
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
The 12 most interesting moments of the VP debate
Discussion: Mediaite, ABC News and 24Ahead
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Vice Presidential TV Debate Ratings by the Numbers
Discussion: KSNT-TV
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's humiliation of Mike Pence has made tonight's VP debate very strange
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) lost badly to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in Tuesday night's vice presidential …
Discussion: Infowars
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Who is vice presidential debate moderator Elaine Quijano?
Discussion: Washington Post and Mashable
Tamerra Griffin / BuzzFeed:   The GOP Just Published A Bunch Of Post-Debate ~Blog Posts~ Before The Debate Started
Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Bill Weld says he will focus his fire on Donald Trump  —  The Libertarian vice presidential candidate, William F. Weld, said Tuesday that he plans to focus exclusively on blasting Donald Trump over the next five weeks, a strategic pivot aimed at denying Trump the White House and giving himself a key role in helping to rebuild the GOP.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Salon
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Libertarian VP Candidate Bill Weld Gives Up, Will Focus on Preventing Trump Presidency  —  As some presumably small portion of Americans sat through a dull debate between the Republican and Democratic vice presidential nominees on Tuesday night, a far more interesting drama was unfolding within the Libertarian ticket.
Discussion: The Week
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's October Surprise?  It Could Be His 2015 Tax Return  —  Donald Trump has been reeling this week after The New York Times published portions of his 1995 state tax returns showing a $916 million loss that could offset his income from 1996 forward.  Releasing the 2015 tax return could give him an opportunity to counter that story.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
On local radio show, Eric Trump accidentally admits why his father won't release his taxes  —  He's off message.  —  Donald Trump is the first candidate in 40 years not to release his taxes.  —  Trump and his campaign have steadfastly insisted that Trump will release his tax returns as soon as a “routine audit” has been completed.
Discussion: Politico
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump calls tax avoidance ‘smart,’ most Americans call it ‘unpatriotic’: poll
Discussion: Political Wire
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former accountant refutes Trump's tax brilliance: I did all the work
Discussion: ABC News
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Al Gore to campaign for Clinton, hoping to galvanize young voters on climate change  —  Former vice president Al Gore will start campaigning for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to individuals briefed on the plan, in an effort to mobilize young voters who see climate change as a key issue.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Bill Clinton goes way off message on ­ObamaCare
Discussion: Instapundit and ABC News
Daniel Strauss / Politico:   Al Gore to hit campaign trail for Clinton
The Charlotte Observer:
CMPD releases full video of fatal Keith Lamont Scott shooting  —  Police body camera footage released on Tuesday shows in graphic detail the final minutes of Keith Lamont Scott's life after he was shot on Sept. 20 by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer.  —  The video shows police officers …
Discussion: Raw Story, Pirate's Cove and The Root
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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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Reuters:
Baghdad bridles at Turkey's military presence, warns of ‘regional war’  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in Iraq, as each summoned the other's ambassador in a growing row.  —  Relations between the two regional powers …
Brandon Katz / Forbes:
NFL's ‘Monday Night Football’ Keeps Dropping In Ratings  —  There's no denying that the numerous #BoycottNFL online campaigns and fan outrage aimed at the National Anthem protests in the NFL have taken a toll in terms of viewership.  Additionally, cord-cutting continues to eat into traditional TV's ratings at an alarming rate.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Megyn Kelly Reminds Conway Why Trump Polls Poorly With Women  —  In a post-debate interview on Tuesday night, Fox News' host Megyn Kelly pushed Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway to defend the Republican nominee's low poll numbers with women, telling Conway that women …
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
UN makes power play against Donald Trump
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House Republicans: Trump actually not so toxic
Discussion: Hot Air
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama DOJ drops charges against alleged broker of Libyan weapons
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Please Tell Me These FBI/DOJ ‘Side Deals’ with Clinton E-Mail Suspects Didn't Happen
Discussion: Power Line
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Ayotte stumbles when asked if Trump is role model for children
Daily Mail:
Bill ducks question about wife's alleged cheating and says of Trump's attacks, 'He should run …
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Hannity rails against Glenn Beck: I have ‘no interest’ in making peace with ‘a guy that gives a Nazi analogy a day’
Discussion: RedState