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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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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.
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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.
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John Santucci / ABC News:
President Obama's Half-Brother Will Be Donald Trump's Debate Guest
President Obama's Half-Brother Will Be Donald Trump's Debate Guest
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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 …
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Florida Politics
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton tops Trump by 6 points
Fox News Poll: Clinton tops Trump by 6 points
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Politicus USA, Politico and Talking Points Memo
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.
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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 …
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Religion News Service and Political Wire
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!”
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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 …
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Washington Free Beacon, Universal Journal Review and WORLD
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 …
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Universal Journal Review
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 …
A key operative in a Democratic scheme to send agitators …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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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Power Line, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, RedState, The Week, New York Times and U.S. Department of Justice
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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’
DNC bus dumps raw sewage in Gwinnett County, calls it ‘honest mistake’
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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 …
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 …
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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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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
New York Times Names A.G. Sulzberger Deputy Publisher — The New York Times brought a new generation of the Sulzberger family into its top ranks on Wednesday, naming Arthur Gregg Sulzberger the deputy publisher. The appointment positions him to succeed his father as publisher and chairman of The New York Times Company.
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