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12:45 PM ET, October 7, 2016

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BBC:
Hurricane Matthew: Haiti storm disaster kills hundreds  —  The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade - has soared to more than 400, officials say.  —  Some 50 people were reported killed in the town of Roche-a-Bateau alone
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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.
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 …
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.
Emma Margolin / NBC News:
Power Outages Top 593,000 Mark
Discussion: Hot Air, ABC News and RT
Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
As Hurricane Matthew Bears Down On Florida, Drudge Suggests Government Lying About Its Force
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.
Discussion: Vox and The Week
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Donald Trump is seriously preparing for next debate  —  More On:  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is taking next week's presidential debate - a nationally televised town hall forum - seriously enough to prepare, carving out time with governor-turned-debate coach Chris Christie and even conducting …
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” …
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
Discussion: Daily Wire
Fox News:
FBI files reveal missing email ‘boxes’ in Clinton case, allegations of evidence tampering
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 …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump claims U.S. is allowing illegal immigrants in ‘so they can go and vote’  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump claimed Friday that the United States is allowing illegal immigrants to enter “so they can go and vote” in the election.  —  But undocumented immigrants are not allowed to vote in U.S. elections.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Feds Are Letting Immigrants ‘Pour Into The Country’ To Vote
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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 …
Discussion: Althouse
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: Politicus USA and The Week
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 …
Discussion: RedState
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 …
Discussion: Townhall.com
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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Nicholas Casey / New York Times:
Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Discussion: NPR, Althouse and Al Jazeera English
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 …
Discussion: New York Daily News
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 …
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
White nationalist super PAC funds new radio ads urging votes for Donald Trump  —  A white nationalist who funded robocalls for Donald Trump during the primary season will be out with a new radio ad this weekend urging votes for the Republican nominee.  —  Trump has repeatedly disavowed support …
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
A rare look inside Huma Abedin's relationship with Hillary Clinton  —  Few people know this, but Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton celebrated their professional anniversary in September: it's been 20 years since the two first started working side-by-side.  —  Now, with the election roughly 30 days away …
Discussion: Eater and The American Mirror
Politico:
Kerry says Russia, Syria should face war crimes probe  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry called Friday for Russia and Syria to face a war crimes investigation for their attacks on Syrian civilians, further illustrating the downward spiral in relations between Washington and Moscow.
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Joshua Darr / FiveThirtyEight:
Where Clinton Is Setting Up Field Offices — And Where Trump Isn't  —  The Marion County GOP headquarters in Ocala, Florida, is haunted.  More specifically, the former movie theater that housed the headquarters was haunted, until it was torn down this summer to make way for a parking lot.
Bob Kerrey / The Daily Beast:
Can Someone Please Make the Candidates Talk About Social Security?  —  Few if any candidates for federal office will tell you that as a consequence of current federal law, young Americans are being screwed in two life-changing ways.  —  First, under current law, every Social Security beneficiary under …
Media Matters for America:
As Trump Slumps, Top Adviser Roger Stone Lashes Out At Kellyanne Conway  —  Longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone has found someone to blame for the Republican nominee's recent struggles: campaign manager Kellyanne Conway.  Stone has been directly and indirectly jabbing the relatively …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
NBC News:
Ground Game: Democrats Started Fall with 5-to-1 Paid Staff Advantage  —  Democrats entered the fall campaign with an army of paid staffers close to five times the size of Republicans' according to an NBC News analysis of Federal Election Commission filings.  —  At the end of August …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
 
 
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare is no disaster. California is proving why
New York Daily News:
Barack Obama's stillborn legacy: At home and abroad, the President's agenda is in tatters
Discussion: New York Magazine
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Saving Hillary, But at What Cost?
Discussion: Althouse
Chicago Tribune:
Citing beating of officer, Chicago's top cop says police are ‘second-guessing themselves’
Cleve R. Wootson Jr. / Washington Post:
‘I will NOT wear a hijab’: U.S. chess star refuses to attend world championships in Iran
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Daily Wire and Heat Street
Julia Ioffe / Politico:
Lobbyist advised Trump campaign while promoting Russian pipeline
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 Earlier Items: 
Marley Dias / ELLE:
Hillary Clinton Faces Her Toughest Interviewer Yet11-Year-Old Marley Dias
Discussion: theGrio, Advocate and Shakesville
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
For Young Voters, ‘Hope and Change’ Is Dead
Discussion: New York Magazine
Janell Ross / Washington Post:
The mass exodus from Puerto Rico may be very good for Hillary Clinton
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Green Party candidate deletes old post supporting Assad's regime
Michael Flynn / Fox News:
Gen. Mike Flynn: Why Hillary's record on Libya is even worse than you think
Sam Wang / American Prospect:
The Hardened Divide in American Politics
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
What About the Planet?  —  Our two major political parties …
 

 
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