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10:45 AM ET, October 19, 2016

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ABC News:
Exclusive: Rubio: I Won't Talk About Wikileaks, and Neither Should Donald Trump  —  Sen. Marco Rubio tells ABC News Republicans are making a mistake by jumping on allegedly hacked emails released by Wikileaks to criticize Hillary Clinton.  In fact, he says he won't talk about the hacked emails at all.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Debate Expectations — Final Round  —  NOTABLES  —5 STORYLINES TO WATCH: Tonight marks something that political reporters, campaign aides and much of the American public have been looking forward to for months, if not more than a year: the closing showdown of the 2016 presidential race.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Rubio warns GOP to stay silent on WikiLeaks hack  —  Marco Rubio has been mum on the WikiLeaks hack of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman and advises Republicans to do the same, warning that while Democrats are being hacked today, Republicans could be exposed tomorrow.
Discussion: RedState
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Has 9-Point Lead as Comeback Obstacles Loom for Trump  —  Ahead of their final debate, the survey “shows movement toward Clinton with all the right groups it takes to win.”  —  McCormickJohn  —  Donald Trump would need to stage a historic comeback to win the White House in 20 days …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Five things to watch in tonight's last debate  —  LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump is down to his third and final toss of the debate-night dice.  —  It's fitting, in this craps 2016 campaign, that a semi-successful casino magnate turned semi-successful presidential candidate would get his last big chance …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton tops Trump by 6 points
New York Times:
At Previous Debates, Melania Trump and Bill Clinton Shook Hands.  Not Anymore.  —  This intensely antagonistic election has shattered another quaint campaign ritual: the handshakes between opposing candidates' family members before a debate.  —  At previous debates, former President Bill Clinton …
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Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Obama's half-brother will be at Vegas debate cheering for Trump  —  MORE FROM:  —  President Obama's Kenyan-born, half-brother Malik will be in the audience in Las Vegas Wednesday night when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off in their third and final debate.
CNN:
Condi Rice responds to report Trump called her a ‘bitch’ in 2006 : 'Can't wait until November 9!'  —  (CNN)Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice responded Tuesday to a resurfaced report from 2006 that Donald Trump called her a “bitch” in a speech, telling CNN's KFile in an email that she “can't wait until November 9!”
PRRI:
Clinton maintains double-digit (51% vs. 36%) lead over Trump  —  CLINTON MAINTAINS DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD OVER TRUMP  —  Clinton Maintains Double-digit Lead over Trump  —  With only three weeks remaining in the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton maintains a double-digit lead over Donald Trump among likely voters …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
WikiHillary for President  —  Thank God for WikiLeaks.  —  I confess, I was starting to wonder about what the real Hillary Clinton — the one you never get to see behind closed doors — really stood for.  But now that, thanks to WikiLeaks, I've had a chance to peruse her speeches …
Cal Thomas / Fox News:
The one thing Trump should do at the final debate  —  Modern journalists have little in common with those I was privileged to know when I was a copyboy at NBC News in Washington in the '60s.  —  Today's “journalists” will disagree, but as numerous surveys have shown, the public trust …
New York Post:
Anthony Weiner could soon be indicted in sexting scandal  —  More On:  —  Horndog ex-New York congressman Anthony Weiner's seemingly uncontrollable urge to sext could soon get him indicted, as a federal grand jury mulls charges over his online encounters with an underage girl.
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Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Federal GRAND JURY is about to convene to investigate criminal conduct by Anthony Weiner …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jezebel
CNN:
Dem operative ‘stepping back’ after video suggests group incited violence at Trump rallies  — In the past, O'Keefe and his Project Veritas Action have been criticized for strategically editing footage  —  Washington (CNN)A Democratic operative whose organization was helping Hillary …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
A key operative in a Democratic scheme to send agitators …
Discussion: Hot Air
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Poll: Clinton up 4 points over Trump in Arizona  —  Hillary Clinton is hanging on to a small lead over Donald Trump in Arizona, according to a new Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll released Wednesday. azcentral.com Wochit  —  Hillary Clinton is hanging on to a small but widening lead …
Elizabeth Warren / Washington Post:
Trump didn't invent the ‘rigged election’ myth.  Republicans did.  —  Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.  —  Cratering in the polls, besieged by sexual assault allegations and drowning in his own disgusting rhetoric, Donald Trump has been reduced …
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:   George Will: Trump Has Point That Elections Are Rigged If He Would Just Make It More Clearly
Yousef Saba / Politico:
Falwell censored anti-Trump column, Liberty U student editor says  —  The president of Liberty University censored an article critical of Donald Trump, according to the sports editor of the school's official newspaper, the Liberty Champion.  —  The editor, Joel Schmieg …
Discussion: RedState
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Student: Jerry Falwell Axed Anti-Trump Story from Liberty University's Student Newspaper
Discussion: Mediaite and alan.com
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
General Cartwright is paying the price for Hillary Clinton's sins  —  The Obama administration Justice Department has investigated three senior officials for mishandling classified information over the past two years but only one faces a felony conviction, possible jail time and a humiliation …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
‘I need a favor’: FBI official at center of alleged Clinton email ‘quid pro quo’ speaks out
Shawn Schossow / Vox:
I'm voting for Jill Stein.  It's a moral choice.  It reflects who I am as a person.  —  Both major party candidates in this election are unusually unpopular.  Young people in particular are unenthusiastic about Trump and Clinton — polling earlier in the election suggested that somewhere between 15 …
Discussion: CNBC
WGCL-TV:
Witness: DNC tour bus dumps human waste into storm drain  —  Lawrenceville police are investigating a claim that involves a Democratic National Committee tour bus illegally dumping human waste into a storm drain between campaign stops.  —  The incident happened on Grayson Highway Tuesday morning …
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Tony Thomas / WSB-TV:
DNC bus dumps raw sewage in Gwinnett County, calls it ‘honest mistake’
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Resurgent
CNN:
Because you asked: Mrs Obama is wearing a floor length, rose gold chainmail gown designed by Atelier Versace. pic.twitter.com/DqPfAW6Rgi — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 18, 2016  —  Even first lady Michelle Obama embraced the “go big or go home” attitude, striding out of the White House …
Discussion: Mashable and The Week
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Anti-Semitic Posts, Many From Trump Supporters, Surge on Twitter  —  She had seen her face superimposed on the body of a concentration camp inmate.  She had been called “a slimy Jewess.”  She had been told she “deserved the oven.”  One anonymous individual had electronically harassed her for 19 hours straight.
 
 
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