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12:00 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 …
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CNN:
Hurricane Matthew update: Largest evacuation since Sandy  —  Are you affected by Hurricane Matthew?  If it is safe for you to do so, WhatsApp us on *+44 7435 939 154* to share your photos, experiences and video.  Please tag #CNNiReport in your message.  —  (CNN)Hurricane Matthew is pummeling the Bahamas.
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.
Marc Caputo / Politico:   Scott won't extend voter registration deadline as Hurricane Matthew threatens state
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton campaign chief to Florida: Extend voter registration because of storm
Discussion: Slate and Associated Press
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton, Trump brace for Hurricane Matthew
Curtis Houck / NewsBusters:
What?? NBC's Ron Allen Thinks Climate Deal Is ‘Designed to Stop’ Storms Like Hurricane Matthew
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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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.
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
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Associated Press:   Debate Minefield: Town Hall Will Test Candidates' Stagecraft
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: Occupy Democrats
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Rudy Giuliani's daughter says she's a Clinton supporter
Discussion: RedState
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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CNN:
30 former GOP lawmakers sign anti-Trump letter
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 …
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Rebecca Fishbein / Gothamist:
[Updates] Someone Just Hung A Huge Banner Of Putin On The Manhattan Bridge
Discussion: JP Updates
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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
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: Political Wire
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Another Trump Son Appears On Program With Ties To White Nationalist  —  Earlier this year, Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. appeared on a radio program called “Liberty Roundtable,” where he was interviewed by James Edwards, a white nationalist who had been called in as a fellow guest.
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: Politicus USA and USA Today
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 …
New York Daily News:
Cops hunt brutish bigot who screamed racist, gay slurs at man before pushing him down in West Village attack  —  A biased brute attacked a 32-year-old man after hurling racial and anti-gay epithets at him in the West Village, officials said Thursday.  —  Police released video surveillance images …
Discussion: Gothamist, Towleroad and The Root
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Presidential Candidate Evan McMullin Picks Mindy Finn as Running Mate  —  Evan McMullin, the long-shot independent presidential candidate, has chosen his running mate — veteran political and digital strategist Mindy Finn.  —  Finn, 35, has worked for former President George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Twitter and Google.
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Politico and The Week
Delaware County Times:
Cop Shop: Woman does the right thing after ‘gift’ from ATM  —  After an ATM spit out money that wasn't hers, Kristina Edwards had to take a second and regroup.  —  “Did that really just happen to me?” the 35-year-old Ridley Park woman thought as she sat in her car at the Wells Fargo ATM drive-thru …
Discussion: Associated Press
Kerry Gillespiesports / Toronto Star:
Shawn Barber tested positive for cocaine before Rio Olympics  —  World champion pole vaulter allowed to compete after ruling determined that he inadvertently ingested banned substance during a tryst with a woman.  —  World champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber tested positive for cocaine just weeks ahead of the Rio Olympics.
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 …
Jamie Kalven / The Intercept:
In the Chicago Police Department, If the Bosses Say It Didn't Happen, It Didn't Happen  —  n May 31, the city of Chicago agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by two police officers who allege they suffered retaliation for reporting and investigating criminal activity by fellow officers.
Discussion: Shadowproof
 
 
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Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
Once lauded as a peacemaker, Obama's tenure fraught with war
Tom Wheeler / Federal Communications Commission:
Protecting Privacy for Broadband Consumers
Steven Zeitchik / Los Angeles Times:
Bill Cosby seeks to have sexual assault charges dropped, citing prejudice and bias
Discussion: The Root and KTLA
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Nevada governor calls special session for NFL stadium
Discussion: Hot Air
CNN:
Obama reducing 102 inmates' sentences
Chicago Tribune:
Aldermen want Trump stripped of his honorary Chicago plaza
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Texas's Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook
Streiff / RedState:
You Won't Believe What Donald Trump's Own Lawyers Did When Meeting With Him
Discussion: Liberal Values and Mother Jones
Samantha Schmidt / New York Times:
New York State to Eliminate Cash Option for Paying Tolls
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