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BostonGlobe.com:
Trump says the election is rigged — and his supporters are furious — CINCINNATI — In an arena normally reserved for ice hockey, the Donald Trump crowd was on edge. — Some wore shirts with slogans like “[Expletive] Your Feelings” or, in reference to the female Democratic nominee, “Trump that Bitch.”
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Vox, Guardian, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Occupy Democrats, The New Civil Rights Movement and ThinkProgress
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan “Fully Confident” Election Will Be Carried Out Fairly, Spokesperson Says — WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan pushed back against Donald Trump's claims that the election is being rigged through a spokesperson on Saturday. — “Our democracy relies on confidence in election results …
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ThinkProgress, Political Wire, electionlawblog.org, Washington Post, Hullabaloo and alan.com
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Donald Trump camp rebukes Ohio GOP Chair Matt Borges, cuts ties — Underscoring the searing divisions over Donald Trump within the Republican Party, Trump's Ohio campaign today disassociated itself with state GOP Chairman Matt Borges because of his lack of support for the party's presidential nominee.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Suggests Clinton Was on Drug During Debate — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times EDT): — Donald Trump is accusing rival Hillary Clinton of being on some kind of drug during the last debate and says that both candidates should be tested for substances ahead of the next one.
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Politico and Washington Post
CNN:
Trump campaign cuts ties with Ohio GOP chairman weeks from election — (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign announced Saturday that it is cutting ties with the Republican Party chairman in the critical battleground state of Ohio less than a month before the election.
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The Resurgent
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Donald Trump campaign denounces, severs ties with Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges
Donald Trump campaign denounces, severs ties with Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges
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The Last Refuge and www.wnyc.org
Molly Redden / Guardian:
Donald Trump ‘grabbed me and went for the lips’, says new accuser — Cathy Heller joins eight other women in coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Republican, with story similar to his taped remarks — On 7 October, as the political world convulsed from the revelation …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump calls for drug test before debate … on Saturday called for himself and Hillary Clinton — to take a drug test prior to the third presidential debate. — During a campaign rally Saturday in New Hampshire, the GOP presidential nominee compared himself and Clinton to athletes.
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Trump: We Should Do a Drug Test Before the Debate
Trump: We Should Do a Drug Test Before the Debate
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Politico and Joe.My.God.
Los Angeles Times:
‘A bloody scene’: 3 killed, 12 wounded in mass shooting at West Adams restaurant — Police say two groups exchanged gunfire inside and outside the restaurant, located in a converted home, in the West Adams district. Some diners were caught in the crossfire.
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Associated Press, CBS Sacramento and Guardian
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
John Kasich's dire warning for the Republican Party: EVOLVE OR DIE — John Kasich was the last remaining Republican primary challenger to Donald Trump. — Since ending his campaign in early May, Kasich has not followed the same course as fellow long-lasting GOP primary challengers …
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Occidental Dissent and AOL
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Taking Trump voters' concerns seriously means listening to what they're actually saying — Donald Trump's supporters deserve to have their concerns taken seriously. — If the media and commentators in 2016 can agree on nothing else, it's this. It's a bit of an odd meme.
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The Atlantic
Associated Press:
Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases — KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal, announced Saturday morning after all-night negotiations, to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major effort to fight climate change.
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal
Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal
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Mother Jones, Al Jazeera English, 89.3 KPCC, Occupy Democrats, Gothamist and CNBC
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton's team unleashes Watergate attack against Trump — Four decades after five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, Hillary Clinton's campaign is trying to frame the hacking of her campaign chairman's email as a repeat of the most famous political scandal …
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Political Wire, ABC News and Joe.My.God.
Vanessa Williams / Washington Post:
Group accuses Mike Pence of voter suppression after state police raid registration program in Indiana — A progressive advocacy group is launching an advertising campaign accusing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who also is the Republican vice-presidential nominee, of sanctioning voter suppression …
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Breaking News USA, Jezebel and electionlawblog.org
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Senate GOP faces late cash crunch — Senate Republicans, whose fragile majority has been threatened by Donald Trump's tanking presidential bid, are suddenly confronting another problem: a lack of cash. — Republicans are set to be massively outspent on TV ads in seven of the eight states …
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The Hill, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
Here Are Hillary Clinton's Three Speeches To Goldman Sachs For Which She Was Paid $675,000 — As has been widely reported, in 2013 Hillary Clinton was paid $675,000 for three speeches to Goldman Sachs. One was delivered on June 4, 2013 at the 2013 IBD CEO Annual Conference at The Inn …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The press always got booed at Trump rallies. But now the aggression is menacing. — Donald Trump's rallies have never been the friendliest places for reporters. But lately, as Trump has come under increasing fire, an unwelcoming atmosphere for the press has turned into outright hostility.
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The New Civil Rights Movement and Hot Air
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump has a point with media criticism — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — has gone thermonuclear on the media in a way we've never seen from any political figure — or any public figure — before. — From a Trump rally in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday: … ADVERTISEMENT
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Booman Tribune
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
How Did Walmart Get Cleaner Stores and Higher Sales? It Paid Its People More — Can the answer to what ails the global economy be found in the people in blue vests at your neighborhood Walmart? — BENTONVILLE, Ark. — A couple of years ago, Walmart, which once built its entire branding around …
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Wall Street Journal:
Rolling Justice Roberts — A Clinton ally reveals how the left played the Chief on ObamaCare. — The WikiLeaks email disclosures make fascinating reading about the political calculations of leading progressives, and Chief Justice John Roberts may want to pay particular attention.
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Instapundit and Power Line