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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.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Adjusts His Complaints About Debate Microphone  —  During a town-hall-style event in New Hampshire on Thursday night, Donald J. Trump made a passing remark about the first presidential debate last week and about the audio equipment that he has blamed for his less-than-stellar performance.
Discussion: Vox and The Week
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Donald Trump is seriously preparing for next debate
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Holds Make-Believe Town Hall to Prep for Real Debate
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Mediaite
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.
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Emma Margolin / NBC News:
Power Outages Top 593,000 Mark
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Hot Air and ABC News
BBC:
Hurricane Matthew: Haiti storm disaster kills hundreds
Gemma Mullin / Mirror.co.uk:
‘Hurricane Matthew panic’ sparks supermarket brawl as two women scrap over last case of water
Steven A. Holmes / CNN:
Reality Check: Donald Trump and the Central Park 5  —  Washington (CNN)Few people in New York City — and, perhaps, the country — who followed the news in 1989 could forget the “Central Park Jogger” rape case.  —  The brutal crime shook the city.  A 28-year-old banker who had been jogging …
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Letterman Has No Love for ‘Damaged’ Trump  —  In his 33 years as a late-night entertainer, David Letterman was both a host and an antagonist to politicians of every stripe.  He took a centrist approach to NBC's “Late Night” (which he starred in from 1982 to 1993) and at CBS's “Late Show” …
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Activity in Iowa Suggests GOP Hopefuls Are Already Eyeing 2020  —  Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton will speak at fundraising dinners but won't be appearing for Donald Trump  —  There is still one month before the 2016 presidential election, and already there are signs ambitious Republicans …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
POLITICO/Morning Consult poll: Pence leads 2020 field after strong debate  —  Mike Pence's national political stock has skyrocketed since Tuesday night's debate, and the Indiana governor is now the favorite to top the 2020 Republican presidential ticket if Donald Trump loses.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Pence would beat Clinton
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Feds Are Letting Immigrants ‘Pour Into The Country’ To Vote  —  In a meeting with a border patrol union leader on Friday, Donald Trump claimed that undocumented immigrants with criminal records are being allowed to stay in the country in order to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Mahablog
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Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Trump says U.S. officials letting in illegal immigrants so they can vote
Discussion: The Week
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:   Trump claims U.S. is allowing illegal immigrants in ‘so they can go and vote’
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 …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Two boxes of Clinton emails unaccounted for: report
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump prepares for debate rebound but refuses to be controlled  —  As Donald Trump jetted to Colorado on Monday, his presidential campaign was on life support.  His momentum had been zapped by a turbulent week, book-ended by an unsteady debate and an erratic display at his last rally.
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton's Lead Is Becoming Safer  —  Gary Johnson averaged just 7 percentage points in 11 polls released on Thursday, continuing a string of bad results for the Libertarian Party nominee.  At the same time, the number of undecided voters appears to be falling.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
History suggests Jill Stein and Gary Johnson will do worse than the polls say
Discussion: Politico, Joe.My.God. and Hit & Run
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Green Party candidate deletes old post supporting Assad's regime
Grennan Milliken / Popular Science:
Don't Take Weather Advice From Matt Drudge  —  SERIOUSLY, STAY SAFE  —  As Hurricane Matthew charges into Florida with winds up to 140 mph, approximately 1.5 million people are preparing to clear out of the storm's path.  By Thursday evening, the National Weather Service was imploring residents to head to safety.
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
How Donald Trump supporters attack journalists  —  THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP EPILEPSY  —  Shortly after I wrote an article for Newsweek about how Donald Trump's business interests could undermine national security should he be elected president, one of his supporters assaulted me.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Week
Yahoo:
Donald Trump Makes History With Zero Major Newspaper Endorsements  —  With just a little over a month until election day, Donald Trump has racked up zero major newspaper endorsements, a first for any major party nominee in American history.  —  While newspaper endorsements …
Discussion: Towleroad and Off the Kuff
Elizabeth Dias / TIME:
Top Evangelical College Group to Dismiss Employees Who Support Gay Marriage  —  InterVarsity has chapters on 667 college campuses nationwide  —  One of the largest evangelical organizations on college campuses nationwide has told its 1,300 staff members they will be fired …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why Hillary Clinton could be in even stronger shape than the polls show  —  Election Day is still a month away, but there are signs that Hillary Clinton might be on stronger footing than even her edge in the polls suggests.  —  The main reason is that early voting — whether by mail or in person …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton preps final-stage blitz against Trump  —  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton is walking into the final stretch of this 2016 presidential contest with as much cash at her direct disposal as any White House contender in history.  And her operatives expect her to use it to blanket …
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton is a 68-year-old woman.  And plenty of people hate her for it.  —  A woman her age is supposed to be invisible.  But Hillary Clinton, who is 68, refuses to disappear — and there is no shortage of people who despise her for it.  —  One voter at a Donald Trump rally described …
Discussion: Althouse
Juan Manuel Santos / Nobelprize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2016  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Hack Shows MSNBC Producer Going Full Hillary Fangirl In Email To Clinton Campaign  —  The hacked emails of an influential Clinton insider give the public a glimpse into the relationship between the Clinton campaign and the mainstream press.  —  In an April 2015 email to Clinton campaign …
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
A rare look inside Huma Abedin's relationship with Hillary Clinton  —  Few people know this, but Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton celebrated their professional anniversary in September: it's been 20 years since the two first started working side-by-side.  —  Now, with the election roughly 30 days away …
Discussion: The American Mirror and Eater
 
 
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump economic advisers blame Clintons for 2008 financial crisis
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
A Pro-Trump Super PAC Is Attempting To Sway Minority Voters Using Obama's Words
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Post:
President Obama's most pathetic excuse yet
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare is no disaster. California is proving why
Discussion: New York Magazine
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Saving Hillary, But at What Cost?
Discussion: Althouse
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Joshua Darr / FiveThirtyEight:
Where Clinton Is Setting Up Field Offices — And Where Trump Isn't
Bob Kerrey / The Daily Beast:
Can Someone Please Make the Candidates Talk About Social Security?
NBC News:
Ground Game: Democrats Started Fall with 5-to-1 Paid Staff Advantage
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
John Ibbitson / Globe and Mail:
He'll likely lose - but Trump is the final warning to elites
Discussion: Townhall.com
Sam Wang / American Prospect:
The Hardened Divide in American Politics
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As Trump Slumps, Top Adviser Roger Stone Lashes Out At Kellyanne Conway
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