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EXCLUSIVE | One-on-one with presidential candidate Donald Trump — Donald Trump packed the Henderson Pavilion for a rally Wednesday afternoon and fired up his supporters, hoping to win Nevada in just 34 days during the General Election. — Just before Trump took the stage …
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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 …
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton debate prep is focused on what happens once the debate is done
Clinton debate prep is focused on what happens once the debate is done
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Politico, Mother Jones and TIME
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Veep Debate Sinks From Past Highs, Pulls Under 40 Million Viewers
TV Ratings: Veep Debate Sinks From Past Highs, Pulls Under 40 Million Viewers
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
‘That Mexican Thing’ Takes On Life After the Debate
‘That Mexican Thing’ Takes On Life After the Debate
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Washington Post:
Mike Pence struggles to defend the indefensible
Mike Pence struggles to defend the indefensible
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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 …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sean Hannity accuses Megyn Kelly of supporting Hillary Clinton
Sean Hannity accuses Megyn Kelly of supporting Hillary Clinton
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CNN:
Obama approval hits new high — (CNN)President Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 55% in a new CNN/ORC poll, the highest mark of his second term, and matching his best at any time since his first year in office. — The new rating outpaces his previous second-term high …
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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.
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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.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Leaked memo shows Clinton was provided questions ahead of interview
Leaked memo shows Clinton was provided questions ahead of interview
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Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Campaign Helped Script Steve Harvey Interview
Clinton Campaign Helped Script Steve Harvey Interview
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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.
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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 …
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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:
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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.
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Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
At New Smithsonian Museum, Justice Thomas Is an Invisible Man — When the Smithsonian opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture Museum last week, some of the day's loveliest moments involved President Obama and former President Bush, celebrating the event together with their wives and the American people.
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Barack Obama / Economist:
The way ahead — America's president writes for us about four crucial areas of unfinished business in economic policy that his successor will have to tackle — WHEREVER I go these days, at home or abroad, people ask me the same question: what is happening in the American political system?
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
GOP chairmen slam ‘unusual restrictions’ on FBI Clinton probe — Four Republican committee chairmen on Wednesday pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on what they termed “the unusual restrictions” placed on the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton — 's use of a private email server while secretary of State.
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Republican Chairman of Wall Street Committee Held Fundraiser With Official From ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Group — New Jersey Representative Scott Garrett praised Edward Durfee, the regional coordinator for New Jersey Oath Keepers, at an October gathering. — JoshuaGreen
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Larry Hogan's approval soars, buoyed by his disavowal of Donald Trump — Gov. Larry Hogan continues to earn high marks from Marylanders, including for his outspoken disavowal of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.
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Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare's Meltdown Has Arrived — With insurers pulling back, half of Tennesseans covered under the plan are losing their coverage. — By — Tennessee is ground zero for ObamaCare's nationwide implosion. Late last month the state insurance commissioner, Julie Mix McPeak …
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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.
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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 …
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Katie Mansfield / Daily Express:
FREE SPEECH CRACKDOWN: Europe tells British press NOT to reveal if terrorists are Muslims — MEDDLING Brussels has said the British press should not report when terrorists are Muslims in a slew of demands to the Government to crack down on the media. — GETTY •TOM KNUTSON •FLICKR
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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.
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Jordan Golson / The Verge:
Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane — Southwest Airlines flight 944 from Louisville to Baltimore was evacuated this morning while still at the gate because of a smoking Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. All passengers and crew exited the plane via …
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New York Times:
Yahoo Said to Have Aided U.S. Email Surveillance by Adapting Spam Filter — A system intended to scan emails for child pornography and spam helped Yahoo satisfy a secret court order requiring it to search for messages containing a computer “signature” tied to the communications …
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.
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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.