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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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Grennan Milliken / Popular Science:
Don't Take Weather Advice From Matt Drudge — SERIOUSLY, STAY SAFE — As Hurricane Matthew charges into Florida with winds up to 140 mph, approximately 1.5 million people are preparing to clear out of the storm's path. By Thursday evening, the National Weather Service was imploring residents to head to safety.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Hurricane Matthew Could Have Devastating Consequences for the Election — If Hurricane Matthew is as devastating to Florida as forecasters have predicted, it could be a human tragedy costing people their lives, health, homes, and personal property. Beyond that initial tragedy, though …
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BBC:
Hurricane Matthew: Haiti storm disaster kills hundreds
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miamiherald:
Hurricane Matthew now Cat 3, still major threat to Florida
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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.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Adjusts His Complaints About Debate Microphone — During a town-hall-style event in New Hampshire on Thursday night, Donald J. Trump made a passing remark about the first presidential debate last week and about the audio equipment that he has blamed for his less-than-stellar performance.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: Clinton isn't prepping for debate, she's ‘resting’ — Donald Trump took a relatively loose approach to his debate warm-up Thursday night during a town hall-style event in New Hampshire, regularly blowing through his two-minute clock and taking only about a dozen questions.
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Donald Trump is seriously preparing for next debate
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Holds Make-Believe Town Hall to Prep for Real Debate
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Activity in Iowa Suggests GOP Hopefuls Are Already Eyeing 2020 — Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton will speak at fundraising dinners but won't be appearing for Donald Trump — There is still one month before the 2016 presidential election, and already there are signs ambitious Republicans …
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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 …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
POLITICO/Morning Consult poll: Pence leads 2020 field after strong debate
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Letterman Has No Love for ‘Damaged’ Trump — In his 33 years as a late-night entertainer, David Letterman was both a host and an antagonist to politicians of every stripe. He took a centrist approach to NBC's “Late Night” (which he starred in from 1982 to 1993) and at CBS's “Late Show” …
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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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Two boxes of Clinton emails unaccounted for: report
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Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Trump says U.S. officials letting in illegal immigrants so they can vote — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S. officials were allowing illegal immigrants into the United States so they can vote, returning to a core issue as he girded for a crucial second debate against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton's Lead Is Becoming Safer — Gary Johnson averaged just 7 percentage points in 11 polls released on Thursday, continuing a string of bad results for the Libertarian Party nominee. At the same time, the number of undecided voters appears to be falling.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
History suggests Jill Stein and Gary Johnson will do worse than the polls say
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Green Party candidate deletes old post supporting Assad's regime
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Jill Stein for President and Washington Post
Steven A. Holmes / CNN:
Reality Check: Donald Trump and the Central Park 5 — Washington (CNN)Few people in New York City — and, perhaps, the country — who followed the news in 1989 could forget the “Central Park Jogger” rape case. — The brutal crime shook the city. A 28-year-old banker who had been jogging …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why Hillary Clinton could be in even stronger shape than the polls show — Election Day is still a month away, but there are signs that Hillary Clinton might be on stronger footing than even her edge in the polls suggests. — The main reason is that early voting — whether by mail or in person …
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Politico, Hot Air, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
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 …
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Politicus USA and The Week
BBC:
Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the 52-year conflict with left-wing rebels. — The Nobel committee praised him for a peace deal signed with Farc rebels, but rejected by Colombians in a vote.
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Juan Manuel Santos / Nobelprize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2016
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton is a 68-year-old woman. And plenty of people hate her for it. — A woman her age is supposed to be invisible. But Hillary Clinton, who is 68, refuses to disappear — and there is no shortage of people who despise her for it. — One voter at a Donald Trump rally described …
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John Ibbitson / Globe and Mail:
He'll likely lose - but Trump is the final warning to elites — Donald Trump will probably lose the election. But he is a final warning. Unless political elites of both the left and the right become more humble, unless they once again ask themselves how their agendas will play in Peoria …
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Elizabeth Dias / TIME:
Top Evangelical College Group to Dismiss Employees Who Support Gay Marriage — InterVarsity has chapters on 667 college campuses nationwide — One of the largest evangelical organizations on college campuses nationwide has told its 1,300 staff members they will be fired …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Hack Shows MSNBC Producer Going Full Hillary Fangirl In Email To Clinton Campaign — The hacked emails of an influential Clinton insider give the public a glimpse into the relationship between the Clinton campaign and the mainstream press. — In an April 2015 email to Clinton campaign …
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Independent Journal Review, Washington Free Beacon, BizPac Review and Mediaite
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Evangelical leaders denounce Trump for fueling ‘bigotry’ — A group of 94 Evangelical leaders has written an open letter condemning Donald Trump — for fueling “racial, religious, and gender bigotry.” — “We believe the candidacy of Donald J. Trump has given voice to a movement …
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RedState
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Saving Hillary, But at What Cost? — “No wonder millions of Americans think the system is rigged,” closed a Wall Street Journal editorial published on Wednesday. This was no throwaway line. It concluded a damning exploration of the myriad ways in which the FBI's investigation …
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