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12:55 PM ET, October 6, 2016

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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton debate prep is focused on what happens once the debate is done  —  Sen. Tim Kaine may have awakened Wednesday to poor reviews after the first and only vice-presidential debate, but his acerbic performance in Farmville, Va., revealed that the Clinton campaign's strategy for these debates extends far beyond the stage.
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ABC News:
The Note: Deconstructing the Debate  —  Hillary Clinton and her team are “desperate to clean up Tim Kaine's performance” in Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said today on ABC News' “Good Morning America.”
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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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Obama's approval rating reaches new high
Discussion: Towleroad
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton, Trump brace for Hurricane Matthew  —  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are at risk of being elbowed out of the news cycle by a powerful hurricane churning toward the Southeast coast and threatening to barrel into two of their most important battlegrounds: Florida and North Carolina.
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Associated Press:
‘This storm will kill you’: Tailbacks leave thousands in gridlock across the East Coast …
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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William Cummings / USA Today:
Fox fight: Sean Hannity calls Megyn Kelly a Clinton supporter
KSNV:
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 …
Ben Weyl / Politico:
Ryan plans to steamroll Democrats with budget tool  —  If Donald Trump is elected president and Republicans hold onto Congress, House Speaker Paul Ryan is bluntly promising to ram a partisan agenda through Capitol Hill next year, with Obamacare repeal and trillion-dollar tax cuts likely at the top of the list.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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.
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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Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Retreats From Blood Tests  —  Company led by Elizabeth Holmes will shut down facilities and shed more than 40% of its workforce  —  Theranos Inc. said it will shut down its blood-testing facilities and shrink its workforce by more than 40%.  —  The moves mark a dramatic retreat …
Monica Crowley / Washington Times:
Trump's secret weapon for Debate No. 2  —  Now that the Donald has shown restraint, Americans expect him to open fire  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  One of the biggest ironies of the first presidential debate is that Donald Trump's reluctance to aggressively attack Hillary Clinton has now given him the license to fully do so.
Virginia Heffernan / Politico:
How Howard Stern Owned Donald Trump  —  To anyone who's listened to “The Howard Stern Show” since it hit the national airwaves in 1986, Stern's name still conjures the snicker of adolescent dirty talk, and the occasional sicko comment about Columbine or the developmentally disabled.
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Even if Trump loses, this poll shows why hard line immigration positions are here to stay  —  One of the big policy questions for the Republican Party, in the heat of this presidential election, is what it will do if Donald Trump loses come November.  Will it retrench to its traditional positions and focus …
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:   Larry Hogan's approval soars, buoyed by his disavowal of Donald Trump
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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Eliza Newlin Carney / American Prospect:
Trump's Voter Fraud Fantasy
Discussion: Election Protection
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?
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Trump: I won't mention Bill Clinton's past at next debate  —  MORE FROM:  —  Donald Trump is taking the high road, and keeping Bill Clinton's “bimbo eruptions” away from Sunday's presidential debate.  —  Candice Jackson — a lawyer who works with Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey …
Discussion: Washington Post, AOL and Daily Kos
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
In historic move, The Atlantic endorses Hillary Clinton  —  Driven by its staunch opposition to Donald Trump, The Atlantic has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States, marking just the third time in the magazine's 160-year history that it has made a presidential endorsement.
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 …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Instapundit
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Ventures Began With a Lot of Hype.  Here's How They Turned Out.  —  When Donald J. Trump unveiled his new online travel booking venture, GoTrump.com, he said in a promotional video in 2006 that customers would “love everything I put on this site.”  “There's nobody better,” he added.
Discussion: Forbes, The Week and BuzzFeed
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Poll: Clinton retakes 11-point lead over Trump in Michigan  —  WASHINGTON — Three weeks after it looked like Donald Trump could challenge Hillary Clinton in Michigan, it now appears the Republican nominee may have squandered that chance with a poor debate performance, revelations about his taxes …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Report faults top Pentagon aide's behavior  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon investigation has concluded that Defense Secretary Ash Carter's former senior military aide used his government credit card at strip clubs or gentlemen's clubs in Rome and Seoul, drank in excess and had …
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.
 
 
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Streiff / RedState:
You Won't Believe What Donald Trump's Own Lawyers Did When Meeting With Him
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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Is Now Going Full On Pickup Artist
Discussion: ThinkProgress, AOL and Daily Kos
Samantha Schmidt / New York Times:
New York State to Eliminate Cash Option for Paying Tolls
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Brian Hiatt / Rolling Stone:
True Bruce: Springsteen Goes Deep, From Early Trauma to Future of E Street
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: How Rob Portman pulled away in Ohio
John Wagner / Washington Post:
In a departure from negative TV ads, Clinton airs a spot featuring home videos of children
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Republican Chairman of Wall Street Committee Held Fundraiser With Official From ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Group
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Katie Mansfield / Daily Express:
FREE SPEECH CRACKDOWN: Europe tells British press NOT to reveal if terrorists are Muslims
Discussion: RedState, Infowars and Jihad Watch
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Leaked Hillary Clinton Audio: 'We've Got to Go After' Supreme Court on Second Amendment
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US

 
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