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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
Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Controversial Republican Mike Roman to run Donald Trump's ‘election protection’ — Operative best known for promoting video of apparent voter intimidation by New Black Panthers will oversee poll-watching efforts — Donald Trump's “election protection” effort will be run by Mike Roman …
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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, Mediaite, Politicus USA, Politico and The New Civil Rights Movement
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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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Melania Plays Defense — NOTABLES —TRUMP SAYS 'I DON'T THINK SO' WHEN ASKED IF HE'S CROSSED THE LINE WITH WOMEN: The embattled Republican presidential nominee spoke out tonight on the accusations of sexual assault leveled against him. ABC's TOM LLAMAS, in an interview …
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USA Today, Mediaite, The Atlantic and Politico
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's Wisconsin strategy: Burn it all down
Trump's Wisconsin strategy: Burn it all down
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No More Mister Nice Blog and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: Maybe Paul Ryan wants me to lose so he can run in 2020
Trump: Maybe Paul Ryan wants me to lose so he can run in 2020
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Independent Journal Review, Business Insider and The Week
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Obama Slams Donald Trump's ‘Flattery’ of Vladimir Putin as Unprecedented and ‘Out of Step’ — President Obama today characterized Donald Trump's affection for Russian President Vladimir Putin as an “unprecedented” moment in U.S. history. — “Any characterization that somehow …
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama Tells Donald Trump to ‘Stop Whining’ About Election Rigging — President Obama criticized Donald Trump today for suggesting the presidential election will be rigged. — “I have never seen in my lifetime or in modern political history any presidential candidate trying …
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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BizPac Review, Mashable, Mediaite, Gothamist and Guardian
Bloomberg:
Pressure Cited Against Marking Clinton E-Mails Classified — Exchanges also suggest a proposed ‘quid pro quo’ on e-mails — A State Department team responsible for determining which records should be kept secret felt “immense pressure” not to label any of about 300 e-mails found …
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RedState, Hot Air and Occupy Democrats
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
State Department security really didn't like working for Clinton
State Department security really didn't like working for Clinton
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Fox News, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton accused of stealing furniture from the State Department
Hillary Clinton accused of stealing furniture from the State Department
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Washington Free Beacon
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.
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Washington Monthly
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, Mashable, Business Insider and The Week
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Billy Bush officially leaves NBC in the wake of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape — His exit is the result of the leaked 2005 “Access Hollywood” videotape showing Bush and Donald Trump making lewd and sexually aggressive remarks about women. — Bush, a brand new host of the “Today” show's 9 a.m. hour …
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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Rosenberg Lies Never Cease — Sons seeking to exonerate their long-dead parents for their spying for Stalin are resorting to dishonest evasions — On Sunday night, CBS broadcast a moving segment on its 60 Minutes program. Entitled “The Brothers Rosenberg,” the piece delivered …
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Power Line
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Anderson Cooper / CBS News:
The Brothers Rosenberg — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons …
The Brothers Rosenberg — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons …
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Power Line
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, Scared Monkeys and Hot Air
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
How almost everyone wants a piece of Mosul … With support from the United States and other coalition allies, the Iraqi government finally launched what could be the most decisive engagement in the regional war against the Islamic State. — Mosul, the most important city in northern Iraq …
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Instapundit, ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Jim Rich exits Daily News; Arthur Browne is new EIC — Daily News editor in chief Jim Rich is exiting the newspaper after a little more than a year in the top masthead slot, and will be replaced by Arthur Browne, a longtime News fixture who finally takes the reins after years effectively serving as the tabloid's perennial no. 2.
Chicago Tribune:
John McCain backs off promise Republicans would block Clinton Supreme Court nominees — Sen. John McCain, seen here on April 12, 2016, backed off his comments on a radio show on Oct. 17 that Republicans in the Senate would block any nominee to the Supreme Court made by Hillary Clinton.
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The Atlantic, Mother Jones, Vox and BuzzFeed
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Claims of ‘Rigged’ Election Could Hurt His Own Campaign, Research Shows — Republican Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that the election is rigged against him because of a corrupt political system may have the effect of lowering turnout among his own supporters, research shows.
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Political Wire and electionlawblog.org
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Former PEOPLE Writer Natasha Stoynoff Speaks After Trump Controversy: ‘We Cannot Be Silent Anymore’ — One week after accusing Donald Trump of forcing himself on her, former PEOPLE writer Natasha Stoynoff is breaking her silence. — “I am doing okay,” she says in the new issue of PEOPLE …
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Politico, Raw Story, New York Magazine and AOL
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