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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.
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Hullabaloo, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Rubio warns GOP to stay silent on WikiLeaks hack
Rubio warns GOP to stay silent on WikiLeaks hack
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RedState
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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Politico, Associated Press, Vox, RedState, Little Green Footballs, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Hill
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
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!”
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gingrich: Little Trump reacts to criticism ‘almost uncontrollably’ — One of Donald Trump's top surrogates all but described the Republican presidential nominee as a thin-skinned candidate whose weakness is that he lashes out “almost uncontrollably.” — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich explained …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Newt Gingrich: What Trump needs to give himself a chance to win
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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:
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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The Other McCain, Hot Air and Townhall.com
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
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 …
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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Magellan Strategies, Political Wire, Politico and Political Insider blog
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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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
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: New Bill Clinton Sexual Assault Accuser Goes Public for the First Time — NEW YORK — Speaking publicly for the first time in a Breitbart News video exclusive interview, a former local television news reporter from Arkansas claims she was sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton on three separate occasions in 1980.
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The Daily Caller and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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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RedState
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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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twitchy.com and The Resurgent
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Presidential debate moderator Chris Wallace says it's not his job to be the “truth squad” — The third and last presidential debate — held at 9 pm ET on Wednesday, October 19, in Las Vegas — will be moderated by well-known Fox News anchor Chris Wallace. — The 90-minute face off …
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Politico and Washington Post
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
There's a new “silent majority,” and it's voting for Hillary Clinton — Trump voters and Bernie Bros get all the press, but it's Hillary voters who are going to win. — In a 1969 speech, then-President Richard Nixon directly addressed the “silent majority” of Americans who he hoped would support his middle path policy on Vietnam.
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 …
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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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, New York Times, RedState, The Week and U.S. Department of Justice