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7:20 AM ET, October 7, 2016

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Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

As Hurricane Matthew Bears Down On Florida, Drudge Suggests Government Lying About Its Force — This is a live stream from a camera on the Florida coastline as Hurricane Matthew bears down on Florida with force of historic proportions. Indeed, the warnings coming from the National Weather Service …

Discussion: Washington Post, Slate, Talking Points Memo, Vox, Rabett Run, The Week, RedState, The Verge, Media Matters for America, Balloon Juice, NBC News and USA TODAY College

Marc Caputo / Politico:

Scott won't extend voter registration deadline as Hurricane Matthew threatens state — TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, the chairman of the super PAC backing Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has refused to extend the Tuesday deadline for voter registration as requested by Hillary Clinton's campaign due to Hurricane Matthew.

miamiherald:

Hurricane Matthew now Cat 3, still major threat to Florida — As it plowed up the coast, Hurricane Matthew largely spared South Florida on Thursday and into Friday morning but cut a razor-thin path that threatened to make history: the first major hurricane on record to strike Central Florida's east coast.

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Last Refuge and CityLab

New York Times:

Hurricane Matthew Approaches Florida; Governor Urges 1.5 Million to Flee — Taking aim at central Florida's Atlantic coast, Hurricane Matthew intensified Thursday morning into a Category 4 storm with winds of at least 140 miles per hour and strengthening. The storm was blamed for the deaths of 100 people in Haiti.

Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story, Jezebel, Mashable, Washington Post, Associated Press, FiveThirtyEight, Little Green Footballs, The Week, New York Magazine, alan.com, USA Today, CNN and Politico

The Weather Channel:
Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Strike With ‘Sandy-Like’ Storm Surge For Parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

Discussion: RedState, WCNC-TV, Guardian, The Daily Caller, Infowars, The Verge, Daily Kos, New Urban Legends, Balloon Juice, RT, Refinery29 and AOL

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton campaign chief to Florida: Extend voter registration because of storm

Discussion: Slate and New York Magazine

CNN:
Hurricane Matthew update: Largest evacuation since Sandy

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Jenny Staletovich / miamiherald:
Florida locks down as powerful Matthew nears

Discussion: Vox, NBC News, Mashable, ThinkProgress, Naked Politics, The Root, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite

Curtis Houck / NewsBusters:
What?? NBC's Ron Allen Thinks Climate Deal Is ‘Designed to Stop’ Storms Like Hurricane Matthew

Discussion: BarbWire.com, Democracy Now, Watts Up With That?, BizPac Review, The Daily Signal, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Maggie's Farm

Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:

White House Coordinated on Clinton Email Issues, New Documents Show — Emails obtained by the Republican National Committee find close contact with Hillary Clinton's nascent presidential campaign in early 2015 — WASHINGTON—Newly disclosed emails show top Obama administration officials …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, New York Magazine, Sputnik International, RT and RedState

Fox News:

FBI files reveal missing email ‘boxes’ in Clinton case, allegations of evidence tampering — Buried in the 189 pages of heavily redacted FBI witness interviews from the Hillary Clinton email investigation are details of yet another mystery — about two missing “bankers boxes” filled with the former secretary of state's emails.

Discussion: Independent Journal Review, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon, True Pundit, Liberal Values, Fox News Insider and The Last Tradition

Shane Goldmacher / Politico:

Trump blows off debate tune-up — This was not the debate tune-up that jittery Republicans were hoping for. — Only days before Donald Trump must face Hillary Clinton in a town-hall style presidential debate, the GOP nominee added just such an event in New Hampshire.

Discussion: RedState

Associated Press: Debate Minefield: Town Hall Will Test Candidates' Stagecraft

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

After 10 days of turmoil, Trump signals he will try to focus ahead of Sunday debate — Donald Trump and his allies signaled on Thursday that he is ready to move past the controversies that have dominated the 10 days since the first presidential debate and that he will try to stay focused on policy …

Discussion: Politico

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Watch Mike Pence throw Trump under the bus on CNN: 'I haven't known him that long at all'

Discussion: alan.com and Joe.My.God.

Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Mike Pence Disavows Donald Trump's Earlier Proposal Barring Muslims

Discussion: Politicus USA, ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo

Annie Karni / Politico:

Giuliani's daughter is for Clinton — Caroline Giuliani is “With Her.” — The daughter of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — a key adviser to Donald Trump and one of his most vocal surrogates — has been “pro-Hillary all along,” she wrote on her Facebook page.

Discussion: Associated Press, AOL and Occupy Democrats

Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Rudy Giuliani's daughter says she's a Clinton supporter

Discussion: RedState

Bob Beckel / The Hill:

Donald Trump: America's populist con artist — 's supporters may forgive him for a cameo appearance in a porn movie. They may forgive him for mocking a former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, because she gained weight. They may even forgive him for buying the cheap, foreclosed houses …

New York Post:

Putin banner mysteriously appears on Manhattan Bridge … A giant poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin was draped along the side of the Manhattan Bridge on Thursday afternoon. — The massive banner featured the Russian leader in a suit and tie against the backdrop of the country's flag along …

Discussion: Mashable, RT, Sputnik International, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and New York Magazine

Rebecca Fishbein / Gothamist:
[Updates] Someone Just Hung A Huge Banner Of Putin On The Manhattan Bridge

Discussion: JP Updates

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Backpage.com CEO arrested in Texas on pimping charges — Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer, who has been locked in a heated contempt battle with a Senate panel probing his site's alleged facilitation of child prostitution and sex trafficking, was arrested in Texas Thursday on criminal pimping charges.

Discussion: Hit & Run and 24Ahead

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Dozens of former GOP lawmakers announce opposition to Trump — A group of 30 former GOP lawmakers signed a blistering open letter to Republicans on Thursday, warning that Donald Trump — lacks the “intelligence” and temperament to be president and urging the party to reject the Republican presidential nominee at the polls on Nov. 8.

Discussion: alan.com, RT, Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Occupy Democrats, Politico and Daily Wire

CNN:
30 former GOP lawmakers sign anti-Trump letter

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and The Week

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Donald Trump is devouring Fox News — Any news outlet wishing to provide solid and comprehensive coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign cannot avoid mentioning Sean Hannity's promotion of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “Hannity,” which airs in the prime-time lineup of Fox News …

Discussion: Mediaite, BizPac Review, Moonbattery, The Moderate Voice and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity Indulge in Testy Public Clash

Discussion: Mediaite, Washington Post, Salon, Vox, TVNewser, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hullabaloo, Washington Times and Hot Air

Richard Deitsch / SI.com:

Joe Buck reveals that hair plug addiction nearly cost him his career — Buck has said that a virus cost him his voice for part of 2011, but that was a lie. His loss of speech was a side effect of a hair transplant procedure. — Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck feared …

Discussion: Mashable, AOL, FOX2now.com, Independent Journal Review, Mediaite, USA Today and TVNewser

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Tight Race for President in Ohio — PPP's new Ohio poll finds that the race in the state continues to be very tight. Hillary Clinton's at 44% to 43% for Donald Trump, 5% for Gary Johnson, and 2% for Jill Stein. If voters had to choose just between Clinton and Trump, Clinton's advantage remains one point at 48/47.

Discussion: USA Today and Politicus USA

Wall Street Journal:

Snapchat Parent Working on IPO Valuing Firm at $25 Billion or More — IPO of virtual-messaging firm could take place as early as late March — Snap Inc. is working on an initial public offering that could value the fast-growing virtual-messaging company at $25 billion or more …

Discussion: The Hill, The Atlantic and Deadline

Media Matters for America:

As Trump Slumps, Top Adviser Roger Stone Lashes Out At Kellyanne Conway — Longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone has found someone to blame for the Republican nominee's recent struggles: campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. Stone has been directly and indirectly jabbing the relatively …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE

Tom Wheeler / Federal Communications Commission:

Protecting Privacy for Broadband Consumers — The Internet is an indispensable part of our daily lives. At home, at work and on the go, we are constantly tethered to an Internet connection to shop, check email, read news and post on social media websites.

Discussion: Engadget and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »

Campus Reform:

UW students sell anti-police, anti-white hoodies — Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are asking people to buy sweatshirts promoting violence against police officers and classifying all white people as racists. — “Racism,” claims one hoodie's page, “is a set of systematic …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Red Alert Politics