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Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
Pat McCrory: Firebombing ‘an attack on democracy’ — Gov. Pat McCrory Sunday called the weekend firebombing of a North Carolina Republican headquarters “an attack on our democracy,” while one GOP official called it an act of “political terrorism.” — In a tweet, Republican presidential candidate Donald …
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Town of Hillsborough:
Orange County Republican Party Headquarters Targeted with Arson, Graffiti — Updated Oct. 16 at 5:22 p.m. to specify the nature of the activity in the headline and lead paragraph. — Hillsborough police are investigating an incident involving arson and graffiti that occurred overnight …
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CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
Republican HQ in Orange County firebombed in what GOP calls ‘hate crime’
Republican HQ in Orange County firebombed in what GOP calls ‘hate crime’
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Where The Race Stands With Three Weeks To Go — Breathe deeply. The election will be over in 23 days. Well, unless there's a recount. Or unless one of the candidates refuses to accept the results of the election, provoking a Constitutional crisis and undermining the norms …
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
Rigged Poll? WSJ/NBC Poll with 11 Point Clinton Lead Includes 14 Percent More Obama Voters — The Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll released Sunday morning attempts to bury the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump going onto the third and final debate …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton Holds 11-Point National Lead Over Trump: NBC/WSJ Poll — Trump Claims ‘Election is Rigged,’ Challenges Hillary to Drug Test 3:31 — Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by double digits with just over three weeks until Election Day, according to a new national NBC News/Wall …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Extends Lead Over Donald Trump to 11 Points
Hillary Clinton Extends Lead Over Donald Trump to 11 Points
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Arizona Republic:
How do we respond to threats after our endorsement? This is how — What is the correct response to these threats? Today, I offer you a few. — As someone who has spent a career in the business of words, it's unusual to find myself speechless. — Yet, there I was, a little more than two weeks ago.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Giuliani on rigged election: ‘Dead people generally vote for Democrats’ — Washington (CNN)Top Donald Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani claimed Sunday that Democrats could steal a close election by having dead people vote in inner cities, while vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said the ticket will …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Giuliani: Alleged Trump groping 'couldn't possibly have happened' because it was first class
Giuliani: Alleged Trump groping 'couldn't possibly have happened' because it was first class
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Intensifies His Claim That Campaign Is ‘Rigged’
Donald Trump Intensifies His Claim That Campaign Is ‘Rigged’
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Rudy Giuliani: Democrats commit election fraud because they “control the inner-cities”
Rudy Giuliani: Democrats commit election fraud because they “control the inner-cities”
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Axelrod: Maybe Clinton should reconsider final debate — Democratic strategist David Axelrod on Saturday suggested that Hillary Clinton — skip her third and final debate with Donald Trump — The former White House adviser to President Obama responded to Trump's call for a drug test …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says Clinton was ‘pumped up’
Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says Clinton was ‘pumped up’
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
An unshackled Trump. An unmoored campaign lurching to the finish line. — Donald Trump isn't really running a campaign for president anymore. Instead, he's involved in an extended revenge plot or is simply following the politics of grievance to its natural, unseemly end. — See, campaigns have a message.
David Goldman / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump thinks SNL is rigging the election and should be canceled — Donald Trump thinks that even “Saturday Night Live” is part of a media conspiracy to bring down his presidential candidacy. — Saturday night, SNL opened with a mocking reenactment of the second presidential debate.
Fox News:
WikiLeaks: Podesta lamented that a Muslim, not a white man, named as killer in 2015 massacre — Top Hillary Clinton aides were upset a Muslim man was publicly named as the shooter in a 2015 massacre that left 14 people dead, and a longtime Clinton confidant even expressed regret that the terrorist …
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Sarah P / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Jake Tapper Corrects Trump Surrogate: ‘This Is A She Said, She Said, She Said, She Said, She Said, She Said, She Said, She Said Situation’ — Jake Tapper had Rep. Renee Ellmers on this morning to talk about the election and she tried her best to serve as a female spokesperson for Donald Trump.
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Nick WagonerESPN / ESPN:
Bills fans boo Colin Kaepernick, chant ‘USA’ before he kneels — ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Before San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem of Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills, a loud chant of “USA, USA” rang out at New Era Field. — EDITOR'S PICKS
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Newt Gingrich Says Trump's Criticism of Women Accusers' Appearance is ‘Stupid’ — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stood by Republican nominee Donald Trump's claim that the election is being “rigged,” blaming what he calls “the unending one-sided assault of the news media” on the GOP candidate.
Fox News:
New FBI files contain allegations of ‘quid pro quo’ in Clinton's emails — FBI interview summaries and notes, provided late Friday to the House Government Oversight and Intelligence Committees, contain allegations of a “quid pro quo” between a senior State Department executive and FBI agents during …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
An Attempted Hillary Email Coverup?
An Attempted Hillary Email Coverup?
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Tim Kaine Blasts Donald Trump's Rigged-Election Claim as ‘Scare Tactics’ — Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine slammed Donald Trump's recent claims that the election is rigged as “scare tactics.” — “Donald Trump has kind of started to go wilder and wilder,” Kaine told ABC's Martha Raddatz on ABC's “This Week.”
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump's ‘rigged’ election claim targets the media
Donald Trump's ‘rigged’ election claim targets the media
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