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Steven Shepard / Politico:
How low can Trump go in the polls? — Polls conducted since the first presidential debate last month put Donald Trump on a pace to earn a smaller percentage of the vote than any major-party nominee in at least 20 years. — In matchups that include third-party candidates, Trump is winning …
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USA Today:
In deep-red Florida, signs of trouble for Donald Trump — A poll of Millennials by USA TODAY and Rock the Vote shows overwhelming support for Hillary Clinton. Here are five other things the poll showed. — THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Lifelong Republican Linda Fogg pauses sometimes while explaining …
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Washington Post and Politico
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The GOP Created the “Rigged Vote” Myth — Now the party is trying to hide from it. — If Donald Trump loses the presidential election on Nov. 8, he will almost certainly claim that it was rigged. We know that because he's already saying so, and he hasn't even lost yet.
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France 24, Media Matters for America, Right Wing Watch, ABC News, The Daily Signal, Vox and Politicus USA
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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Controversial Republican Mike Roman to run Donald Trump's ‘election protection’
Controversial Republican Mike Roman to run Donald Trump's ‘election protection’
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Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, CNN, NY1 News, Vox, Media Matters for America, Fox 59, Business Insider and FOX News Radio
Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Donald Trump - Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim of ‘large scale voter fraud’
Donald Trump - Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim of ‘large scale voter fraud’
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Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA, Politico and The New Civil Rights Movement
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton campaign fires back: ‘The system is not rigged’
Tom Llamas / ABC News:
Trump Suggests Paul Ryan Doesn't Want Him to Be President Because of Ryan's 2020 Ambitions — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested tonight that House Speaker Paul Ryan does not want a President Trump because of his own political ambitions in 2020.
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Politico, neo-neocon, Hot Air, Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, AOL, Mediaite and The Week
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's Wisconsin strategy: Burn it all down — Wisconsin Republicans already rejected Donald Trump once. His escalating attacks on Paul Ryan are motivating a sizable number of them to do it again. — Trump will campaign in Green Bay Monday night, but many Republicans won't be glad …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Tom Llamas / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says 'I Don't Think So' When Asked If He's Crossed the Line With Women
Donald Trump Says 'I Don't Think So' When Asked If He's Crossed the Line With Women
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Associated Press, Mediaite and Politico
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Maybe Ryan doesn't want me to win because he wants to run in 2020
Trump: Maybe Ryan doesn't want me to win because he wants to run in 2020
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RedState and The Right Scoop
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Melania Trump: Donald Trump was ‘egged on’ into ‘boy talk’ — (CNN)Melania Trump says her husband was “egged on” in the 2005 tape in which he made lewd comments about his own sexually aggressive behavior toward women — remarks she says were “boy talk.” — “I said to my husband that, you know, the language was inappropriate.
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New York Times:
'They're Lies': Melania Trump Rejects Women's Claims That Husband Groped Them
'They're Lies': Melania Trump Rejects Women's Claims That Husband Groped Them
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Daily Kos, Politico, twitchy.com, The Right Scoop and Business Insider
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Billy Bush officially leaves NBC in the wake of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape
Billy Bush officially leaves NBC in the wake of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape
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Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
Trump's path to an electoral college victory isn't narrow. It's non-existent. — The trajectory of the 2016 presidential race — which will result in a Hillary Clinton victory — remains largely unchanged from May, when Donald Trump and Clinton were in the process of wrapping up their nominations.
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
State Department security really didn't like working for Clinton — WASHINGTON — State Department security personnel so disliked Hillary Clinton that many left the agency or asked to be reassigned, according to FBI documents released Monday. — The revelations come from an interview summary …
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Fox News, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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Andrew Stiles / Heat Street:
FBI Docs: Former Diplomatic Security Agent Describes Hillary Clinton's Reign of Terror
FBI Docs: Former Diplomatic Security Agent Describes Hillary Clinton's Reign of Terror
Kevin McCoy / USA Today:
Companies used Clinton fundraisers to lobby State Department
Companies used Clinton fundraisers to lobby State Department
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Betsy's Page, Liberal Values and The Right Scoop
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Donald Trump Is Running Some Really Insecure Email Servers — In what might be one of the more delicious cases of irony to ever grace a presidential election, a researcher has found that a number of email servers linked to Donald Trump's hotel and others businesses are running horribly …
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The Hill, Business Insider and The Week
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Agents Say Comey ‘Stood In The Way’ Of Clinton Email Investigation — FBI agents say the bureau is alarmed over Director James Comey's decision to not suggest that the Justice Department prosecute Hillary Clinton over her mishandling of classified information.
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RedState, Hot Air and Scared Monkeys
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NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Maintains Solid National Lead — After a bruising week for Donald Trump amid backlash from the release of a lewd 2005 recording and in-fighting among GOP party leaders, Hillary Clinton now holds a 6-point lead over the Republican nominee, according to the latest NBC News|
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Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
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Anjali Mullany / Fast Company:
Ivanka Trump Doesn't Flinch — As she leads her brand into its next stage, Ivanka reveals how she's navigating the drama around her father's presidential campaign. — 11 images — The energy on the 22nd floor of Trump Tower becomes a little giddier when Ivanka Trump enters the small offices …
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Politico and New York Magazine
Anderson Cooper / CBS News:
The Brothers Rosenberg — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons tell Anderson Cooper how it felt to be the children of the infamous spies, in a story that sheds new light on a central event of the Cold War — The following is a script from “The Brothers Rosenberg,” which aired on Oct. 16, 2016.
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Power Line
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Amy Zimmerman / The Daily Beast:
Conspiracy Theorists: Pamela Anderson Poisoned Julian Assange With a Vegan Sandwich — In past years, a Presidential nominee calling women he's accused of groping ugly liars or a major foreign power allegedly hacking into huge swathes of campaign emails would be Internet-breaking ammo.
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Mashable, BizPac Review, Daily Mail, twitchy.com and Vox Popoli
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Naked statue of Hillary Clinton in downtown Manhattan causes fight during morning commute — An artist erected an obscene statue of Hillary Clinton in downtown Manhattan Tuesday morning causing a heated fight between defenders of the profane piece of protest art and women trying to tear it down.
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Gothamist
Teresa Boeckel / York Daily Record:
West York accepts mayor's offer to resign — He has been under fire for racist Facebook comments — West York Council unanimously accepted embattled Mayor Charles Wasko's offer to resign to a round of applause from a crowd in council chambers on Monday night.
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Talking Points Memo, Charles Wasko, Washington Post, USA Today, Raw Story and The Root