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4:50 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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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence debate advice to Trump: Be yourself  —  Fresh off his strong performance in Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said he is not pushing Donald Trump to follow his lead but instead wants the Manhattan billionaire to “be himself.”
Discussion: ABC News, RedState and The Week
ABC News:
The Note: Deconstructing the Debate
John Wagner / Washington Post:
In a departure from negative TV ads, Clinton airs a spot featuring home videos of children
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former GOP congressmen lash out at Trump
CNN:
30 former GOP lawmakers sign anti-Trump letter
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:
Can't Compete With Matthew: Candidates Cut Florida Campaigns
Discussion: Politico
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity Indulge in Testy Public Clash  —  Donald J. Trump's rise has created deep rifts at some of the country's most powerful political institutions.  The latest casualty: Fox News.  —  In an extraordinary public display of rancor between top-tier news personalities …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
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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 …
William Cummings / USA Today:
Fox fight: Sean Hannity calls Megyn Kelly a Clinton supporter
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 …
Fox News:
Performers organize ‘Clown Lives Matter’ march in hopes to quench fears  —  Professional clowns are getting fed up with the recent reports of frightening incidents across the U.S. that has put many communities on high alert and tarnished the image of the performers.
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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.
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 …
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
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Trump to campaign with Paul Ryan  —  's southeastern Wisconsin district on Saturday, in what would mark their first appearance together.  —  Trump will join Ryan at the annual Wisconsin Fall Fest in Elkhorn, Wis., along with the state's Republican senator, Ron Johnson
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan cozies up to Trump
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
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 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, The Root and Towleroad
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: AOL and Daily Kos
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.
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?
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Suspect in killing of L.A. County sheriff's sergeant was known for hot temper and violent history  —  Law enforcement and Fire Department personnel transport the shooting suspect in Lancaster.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)  —  The man suspected of gunning down a Los Angeles County …
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: AOL and ThinkProgress
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
The State of American Jobs  —  How the shifting economic landscape is reshaping work and society and affecting the way people think about the skills and training they need to get ahead  —  Tectonic changes are reshaping U.S. workplaces as the economy moves deeper into the knowledge-focused age.
Discussion: NBC News and NPR
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
 
 
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Chicago Tribune:
Aldermen want Trump stripped of his honorary Chicago plaza
Discussion: Heat Street and Washington Times
Sam Kashner / Vanity Fair:
Six Decades In, Warren Beatty Is Still Seducing Hollywood
Discussion: ABC News and Althouse
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Huma Abedin Email Attacked Jewish Group
Saw Nang / New York Times:
Myanmar Gives Tourist Who Pulled Plug on Buddhist Chants 3 Months in Prison
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Althouse
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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
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Texas's Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook
Samantha Schmidt / New York Times:
New York State to Eliminate Cash Option for Paying Tolls
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Ventures Began With a Lot of Hype. Here's How They Turned Out.
Discussion: Forbes and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Retreats From Blood Tests
PRRI:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Atlantic
Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare's Meltdown Has Arrived
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