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2:05 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.”
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence debate advice to Trump: Be yourself
Discussion: RedState, The Week and ABC News
John Wagner / Washington Post:
In a departure from negative TV ads, Clinton airs a spot featuring home videos of children
Discussion: Daily Kos
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Tim Kaine Never Really Cared About “Winning” His Debate
Discussion: Politico and bradford-delong.com
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.
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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.
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.
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Even if Trump loses, this poll shows why hard line immigration positions are here to stay
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  —  22k Shares  —  This election has sparked some heated exchanges between family, friends and co-workers — and now between Fox News hosts.  —  Conservative pundit Sean Hannity leveled what he might consider the worst insult imaginable …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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.
Laura Hughes / Telegraph:
Live Ukip leadership favourite Steven Woolfe is ‘conscious’ after being ‘punched by colleague’  — Steven Woolfe ‘conscious’ after ‘being punched’  — Ukip MEP hit by colleague' on 49th birthday  — Woolfe suffering from ‘bleeding of the brain’  —  The favourite to become …
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Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Ukip's Steven Woolfe collapses after being ‘punched’ in MEP meeting - live
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
Streiff / RedState:
You Won't Believe What Donald Trump's Own Lawyers Did When Meeting With Him  —  An interesting tidbit has emerged from the depositions in the bankruptcy case concerning Trump Plaza.  Trump Plaza, to refresh your memory, is a Donald Trump property in Atlantic City that was shuttered in 2014 …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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?
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Is Now Going Full On Pickup Artist  —  The story of Donald Trump's misogyny is so old that if it were a person, Donald Trump probably would not date it.  The gospel of Trump—that money leads to power leads to women—is the most consistent thing in a career characterized …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, AOL and Daily Kos
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
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 …
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: Guardian and The Daily Caller
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Texas's Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook  —  Compare them to Oregon's, which make voting incredibly easy.  —  By ,  —  At 10 am on a Tuesday morning in September, Babatunde Adeleye, a 33-year-old naturalized US citizen from Nigeria, arrived at the Bexar County Elections Department in San Antonio.
 
 
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Saw Nang / New York Times:
Myanmar Gives Tourist Who Pulled Plug on Buddhist Chants 3 Months in Prison
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former GOP congressmen lash out at Trump
Discussion: Towleroad
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
'I Can't Breathe': Disturbing Video Shows Father Of Four Begging Guards For Help Before He Died In Jail
Discussion: The Root and theGrio
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan, Trump to campaign together for first time
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Daily Mail:
Former Miss Universe says she's done giving interviews about ‘fat-shaming’ …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Samantha Schmidt / New York Times:
New York State to Eliminate Cash Option for Paying Tolls
Discussion: WCTX-TV
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: How Rob Portman pulled away in Ohio
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PRRI:
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
EpiPen maker overcharged taxpayers for years, officials say
Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare's Meltdown Has Arrived
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Instapundit
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Larry Hogan's approval soars, buoyed by his disavowal of Donald Trump
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Leaked Hillary Clinton Audio: 'We've Got to Go After' Supreme Court on Second Amendment
Discussion: freerepublic.com
New York Times:
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports Q3 digital subscribers hit 260K, for 11.9M in total, digital ad revenue rose 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic turned its first profit

Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
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