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10:40 AM ET, October 17, 2016

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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: 41 percent of voters say election could be ‘stolen’ from Trump  —  The American electorate has turned deeply skeptical about the integrity of the nation's election apparatus, with 41 percent of voters saying November's election could be “stolen” from Donald Trump due to widespread voter fraud.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Ruckus Over Rigging  —  NOTABLES  —TRUMP'S WEEKEND IN REVIEW: In a series of tweets, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump doubled, tripled and quadrupled down on his contention that the Nov. 8 election is somehow “rigged.”  He offered no specific evidence to back these assertions.
Discussion: Politico and WCTX-TV
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Cites Biden as He Defends Himself
Discussion: Politico
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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Jim Morrill / Raleigh News & Observer:
Republican headquarters in Orange County firebombed
Casey Reynolds / The Midnight Sun:
MIDNIGHT SUN EXCLUSIVE: New Poll Shows Trump-Clinton Tied In Alaska  —  New polling numbers provided exclusively to The Midnight Sun by the Alaska Democratic Party show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a statistical tie in The Last Frontier.  —  The poll was conducted …
Discussion: The Right Scoop and The Week
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Women will doom Trump  —  A recent “Saturday Night Live” featured a “Weekend Update” skit with Tina Fey playing the role of an undecided, middle-aged female voter from a suburban town in Pennsylvania.  —  It was a funny sketch, at one point skewering GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  as “a drunk clown on the street.”
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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Connor O'Brien / Politico:   Giuliani: ‘Dead people generally vote for Democrats’
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Republicans fear for party's future  —  The Republican Party is in crisis — and it is going to get worse before it gets better.  —  The forces unleashed by Donald Trump  —  's presidential campaign are unlikely to disappear after the election, party insiders concede, even if Hillary Clinton
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Their Dark Fantasies  —  I'm a baby boomer, which means that I'm old enough to remember conservatives yelling “America — love it or leave it!” at people on the left who criticized racism and inequality.  But that was a long time ago.  These days, disdain for America — the America that actually exists …
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Wagner / Washington Post:
As Trump stumbles, Clinton weighs a striking choice: Expand the map or stick to the plan  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton faces a striking choice in the final three weeks of the campaign: to expand her efforts to states that Democrats haven't won in a generation …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
WikiLeaks says Assange's internet link was severed by ‘state party’  —  WikiLeaks said Monday that its founder Julian Assange's Internet link was severed by a “state party” and that “appropriate contingency plans” had been activated. … The website's announcement came hours after it published three cryptic tweets.
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Donald Trump at Risk of Losing Arizona Despite State Party Support  —  Trump refocuses on critical states 5:37  —  Three weeks until Election Day, the Trump campaign and the RNC are at risk of letting historically red Arizona slip away.  —  “I think he's going to lose Arizona,” …
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
Tampa Bay Times:
Trump fans boo, walk out on Amy Schumer show in Tampa  —  TAMPA - About 200 people walked out of Amy Schumer's comedy show at the Amalie Arena in Tampa Sunday when she mocked Donald Trump as, among other things, an “orange, sexual-assaulting, fake- college-starting monster.”  —  7 Months Ago 7 Months Ago 7 Months Ago
Discussion: New York Magazine
New York Daily News:
Mom dies of ‘broken heart’ after son Kalief Browder killed himself last year  —  She died of a broken heart.  —  The mom of a Bronx man who killed himself after spending three horrific years in Rikers Island has died from complications of a heart attack, her lawyer told the Daily News Sunday.
Discussion: The Root, Jezebel and Gothamist
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 …
Discussion: The Week and New York Magazine
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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
Discussion: The Week and Wall Street Journal
 
 
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
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New York Post:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Engadget and The Verge
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Biographer: Trump will get even more dangerous and unhinged as election loss looms on the horizon
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama, Holder to lead post-Trump redistricting campaign
Conrad Black / National Post:
This is how democracy is supposed to work
Forward Progressives / Raw Story:
It's time to tell the truth: Donald Trump isn't running a presidential campaign, he's leading a cult
 Earlier Items: 
Fox News:
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
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Discussion: Associated Press
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Donald Trump's echo chamber of conspiracies, grievances and vitriol
Fox News:
Mike Pence responds to allegations against Donald Trump; Tim Kaine on what emails reveal about Clinton campaign
Discussion: Althouse and Politicus USA
New York Times:
In Somalia, U.S. Escalates a Shadow War
Discussion: Hot Air
Fox News:
WikiLeaks: Podesta lamented that a Muslim, not a white man, named as killer in 2015 massacre
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
An unshackled Trump. An unmoored campaign lurching to the finish line.
Discussion: American Prospect
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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