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6:40 AM ET, October 6, 2016

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Tara Golshan / Vox:
How the Clinton campaign is making #ThatMexicanThing a thing, explained  —  Sen. Tim Kaine made a point during the vice presidential debate of reminding the American public of that time Donald Trump called Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers.  —  “He started his campaign with a speech …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Veep Debate Sinks From Past Highs, Pulls Under 40 Million Viewers  —  Tim Kaine and Mike Pence draw nowhere near the audience of Joe Biden and Sarah Palin — or even Biden and Paul Ryan four years ago.  —  The heated showdown between vice presidential hopefuls Tim Kaine and Mike Pence naturally topped Tuesday ratings.
Washington Post:
Mike Pence struggles to defend the indefensible
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
‘That Mexican Thing’ Takes On Life After the Debate
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why Mike Pence Didn't Defend Donald Trump
Discussion: Business Insider, alan.com and Salon
LeftOfCenter / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
He-Men Of Fox News: Emasculated Because Kaine Said ‘Person’
Discussion: The Nation
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Slams Trump for Only Sitting Down With Hannity and Avoiding ‘Unsafe Spaces’  —  UPDATE — Hannity has now hit back on Twitter over this in a BIG way.  More here and here.  —  Megyn Kelly threw some shade at Sean Hannity after the debate last week, but tonight she took a far …
Mike Freeman / Bleacher Report Media Lab:
Donald Trump Is Tearing the NFL Apart … Six months ago, Rex Ryan stood before a roaring crowd in Buffalo and gave a pep talk.  This was not an unfamiliar scene for the Bills head coach, except for maybe the suit and tie.  Well, that and the subject of his four-minute speech: Donald J. Trump.
Theranos Newsroom:
An Open Letter From Elizabeth Holmes  —  After many months spent assessing our strengths and addressing our weaknesses, we have moved to structure our company around the model best aligned with our core values and mission.  —  We have decided to close our clinical labs and Theranos Wellness Centers …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Leaked Hillary Clinton Audio: 'We've Got to Go After' Supreme Court on Second Amendment  —  The NRA endorsed Donald Trump early this year.  —  In a leaked audio from a fundraiser in New York Hillary Clinton told donors “we've got to go after” the Supreme Court on the Second Amendment.
Discussion: freerepublic.com
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Leaked memo shows Clinton was provided questions ahead of interview
Discussion: RedState
CNN:
Trump took Polaroids, interviewed models in 1994 Playboy video  — One video depicts Trump photographing fully clothed models with a Polaroid camera and conducting an interview with a potential Playmate  — One of the models Trump interviewed told CNN: “I thought he was thoughtful.
Charles Lam / NBC News:
Clinton Holds 41-Point Lead Over Trump Among Asian-American Voters: Survey  —  Hillary Clinton holds a 41-point lead over Donald Trump among Asian-American registered voters headed into November's presidential election, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Fox News not commenting on Jesse Watters' controversial Chinatown segment
The Atlantic:
Against Donald Trump … In october of 1860, James Russell Lowell, the founding editor of The Atlantic, warned in these pages about the perishability of the great American democratic experiment if citizens (at the time, white, male citizens) were to cease taking seriously their franchise:
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Slip in Polls Has G.O.P. Worried About Congress  —  Donald J. Trump's support has plunged across the swing-state map over the last 10 days, wiping out his political recovery from September and threatening to undo weeks of Republican gains in the battle for control of Congress.
Discussion: Business Insider
New York Times:
Gary Johnson Equates Syria Deaths Caused by Assad and West  —  Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, drew a parallel on Wednesday between the Syrian government's targeting of noncombatants in that nation's civil war and the accidental bombing of civilians by United States-backed forces.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
QUEER FASCISTS SHUT DOWN NATION'S FIRST CONSERVATIVE ART SHOW  —  QUEER FASCISTS SHUT DOWN THE NATION'S FIRST CONSERVATIVE ART SHOW-  —  At least 6 Conservative artists were preparing for Saturday's historic opening.  —  But Brooklyn gallery cancels after online threats and harassment by gay fascist mob.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's tax records: A tale of business failures  —  THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP 2016 ELECTION  —  It wasn't just 1995.  —  Five years of tax information from the 1970s that Donald Trump provided to the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety show mismanagement and losses …
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump's Doing Worse Than Romney Did Among White Voters  —  Donald Trump's strategy in this campaign has been fairly clear from the beginning: Drive up Republican support among white voters in order to compensate for the GOP's shrinking share among the growing nonwhite portion of the electorate.
Jana Kasperkevic / Guardian:
Workers to protest at McDonald's stores across US over sexual harassment claims  —  The action will take place in more than 30 cities after a month in which 15 sexual complaints have been filed against the fast-food company and its franchisees  —  Workers in more than 30 US cities are planning …
Discussion: Refinery29 and Jezebel
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
McDonald's accused of ignoring rampant sexual harassment in its restaurants
Discussion: Sputnik International and Hart
Ari Berman / The Nation:
A 90-Year-Old Woman Who's Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin's Voter-ID Law  —  Voting rights groups are asking a federal court to block the law before the November election.  —  By ,  —  Christine Krucki was born in Lublin, Wisconsin, in 1925.
Sally Mamdooh / TheDenverChannel.com:
7-year-old girl with disabilities escorted from Trump rally  —  LOVELAND, Colo. — A Colorado woman says she was disappointed to be escorted away from Donald Trump's rally in Loveland Monday by U.S. Secret Service.  —  Jennifer Mau and her 7-year-old daughter, who has disabilities …
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Here's the best theory we've seen of how Trump paid so little tax  —  At a rally Tuesday in Arizona, Donald Trump sought to blame Hillary Clinton for his own low tax bills.  He asked:  —  “After years of failure, she complains about how I've used tax laws of this country to my benefit.
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Jack Dorsey Is Losing Control of Twitter … A few days before Twitter's Sept. 8 board meeting, as the company's finance team readied a presentation, it received conflicting directions on a crucial question.  Should their slides reflect Twitter's prospects as an independent company or delve into the benefits of getting acquired?
Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
Federal Judge Overturns Ban on Openly Carrying Guns in Public  —  In a quintuple victory for Second Amendment rights, a federal judge last week overturned a ban on carrying handguns in public, a ban on so-called assault weapons, caliber restrictions for long guns, a $1,000 tax on handguns …
Discussion: Bearing Arms
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The Hill:
GOP seeks to block ObamaCare settlements with insurers
Discussion: Hot Air
Debra Goldschmidt / CNN:
Living donor uterus transplants performed in US
Discussion: Engadget and RT
AJCalloway / Full Feed:
Hillary Clinton on ‘SNL’ Presidential Debate Parody, Kim Kardashian's Robbery and Her Special Message to Millenials
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
NPR.org:
Hidden Brain: New Research Ties Unconscious Biases, Fear And Voter ID Laws
Discussion: VoteRiders
CNN:
Next debate prep: Clinton's light schedule, Trump stays on trail
Discussion: Infowars
 Earlier Items: 
Michelle Fields / The Huffington Post:
Conservative News Darling Is Falling Apart, Staff Says
New York Times:
N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets
 

 
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Financial Times:
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