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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scott won't extend voter registration deadline as Hurricane Matthew threatens state  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, the chairman of the super PAC backing Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has refused to extend the Tuesday deadline for voter registration as requested by Hillary Clinton's campaign due to Hurricane Matthew.
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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 …
miamiherald:
Hurricane Matthew now Cat 3, still major threat to Florida  —  As it plowed up the coast, Hurricane Matthew largely spared South Florida on Thursday and into Friday morning but cut a razor-thin path that threatened to make history: the first major hurricane on record to strike Central Florida's east coast.
Discussion: Vox, TalkLeft and The Last Refuge
The Weather Channel:
Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Strike With ‘Sandy-Like’ Storm Surge For Parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
New York Times:
Hurricane Matthew Approaches Florida; Governor Urges 1.5 Million to Flee
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Hurricane Matthew Could Have Devastating Consequences for the Election
Jenny Staletovich / miamiherald:
Florida locks down as powerful Matthew nears
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:   Clinton campaign chief to Florida: Extend voter registration because of storm
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: Daily Kos and RedState
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Associated Press:   Debate Minefield: Town Hall Will Test Candidates' Stagecraft
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Pence would beat Clinton  —  In the aftermath of Mike Pence's debate performance, swing-state Republicans wish they could flip the ticket.  —  GOP members of The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of battleground-state activists, strategists and operatives — think Pence …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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: Politico and Morning Consult
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Watch Mike Pence throw Trump under the bus on CNN: 'I haven't known him that long at all'
Discussion: alan.com and Joe.My.God.
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.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Rudy Giuliani's daughter says she's a Clinton supporter
Discussion: RedState
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
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton's Lead Is Becoming Safer
Juan Manuel Santos / Nobelprize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2016  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives …
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Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:   Once lauded as a peacemaker, Obama's tenure fraught with war
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 …
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
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 and 24Ahead
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton preps final-stage blitz against Trump  —  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton is walking into the final stretch of this 2016 presidential contest with as much cash at her direct disposal as any White House contender in history.  And her operatives expect her to use it to blanket …
Discussion: The Week
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Group Questions Donald Trump's Lock on Evangelical Voters  —  The polls and headlines say it repeatedly: Evangelicals overwhelmingly support Donald J. Trump for president.  —  But now, a group of more than 75 evangelical leaders has released a declaration saying that those polls and headlines do not speak for them.
Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress and PRRI
Sam Wang / American Prospect:
The Hardened Divide in American Politics  —  Although news reports and commentators during this year's presidential election have focused on twists in the race and shifts in polls, the real story about campaigns since the mid-1990s is how little movement there is during a general election.
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat Parent Working on IPO Valuing Firm at $25 Billion or More  —  IPO of virtual-messaging firm could take place as early as late March  —  Snap Inc. is working on an initial public offering that could value the fast-growing virtual-messaging company at $25 billion or more …
Discussion: The Hill, The Atlantic and Deadline
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
What About the Planet?  —  Our two major political parties are at odds on many issues, but nowhere is the gap bigger or more consequential than on climate.  —  If Hillary Clinton wins, she will move forward with the Obama administration's combination of domestic clean-energy policies …
Tom Wheeler / Federal Communications Commission:
Protecting Privacy for Broadband Consumers  —  The Internet is an indispensable part of our daily lives.  At home, at work and on the go, we are constantly tethered to an Internet connection to shop, check email, read news and post on social media websites.
 
 
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