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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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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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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump Leads Clinton By 1 Point Going Into Debate — IBD/TIPP Poll — After more than a week of blistering attacks from Democrats, celebrities and the press, Donald Trump has managed to pull ahead of Hillary Clinton by 1 percentage point — 41.3% to 40% — in a four-way matchup, according to the new IBD/TIPP poll released today.
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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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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Five things to watch in tonight's last debate
Five things to watch in tonight's last debate
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CNNMoney:
Steve Bannon speaks: Donald Trump is “master of the head fake” — Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon says Donald Trump is “the master of the head fake.” — According to Bannon, the news that President Obama's Trump-supporting half-brother Malik Obama is attending Wednesday's debate is “just an appetizer.”
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump campaign manager: ‘I do not believe’ there will be widespread voter fraud
Trump campaign manager: ‘I do not believe’ there will be widespread voter fraud
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Trump's campaign manager: ‘No, I do not believe’ there will be widespread voter fraud
Trump's campaign manager: ‘No, I do not believe’ there will be widespread voter fraud
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Exclusive: Rubio Won't Talk About WikiLeaks, and Neither Should Donald Trump — Sen. Marco Rubio tells ABC News that 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
The Note: Debate Expectations — Final Round
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CBS News:
John Kasich skewers Donald Trump's “silly” rigged election claims
John Kasich skewers Donald Trump's “silly” rigged election claims
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Political Wire, Talking Points Memo and WCMH-TV
Norman Lear / Hollywood Reporter:
Norman Lear on the Final Debate: “I, Donald Trump, vs. We, the People” (Guest Column)
Norman Lear on the Final Debate: “I, Donald Trump, vs. We, the People” (Guest Column)
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Bad Blood? Donald Trump and Roger Ailes Reportedly No Longer Speak — The G.O.P. nominee and former cable news king, longtime friends, have reportedly had a falling out in the midst of the campaign. — With less than three weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump is dipping in the polls …
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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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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Former TV reporter accuses Bill Clinton of sexual assault
Former TV reporter accuses Bill Clinton of sexual assault
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Raw Story
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump's Newest Debate Guest Appears to Support Terrorist Group Hamas, Abolition of Israel — In a move apparently intend to troll the president, Donald Trump invited Barack Obama's half-brother Malik Obama to attend Wednesday's night presidential debate. But Trump might have been unaware …
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Elizabeth Koh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama's half-brothers clash over debate invite from Trump
Obama's half-brothers clash over debate invite from Trump
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
White House Baffled by Donald Trump's Debate Invite to Obama's Estranged Brother
White House Baffled by Donald Trump's Debate Invite to Obama's Estranged Brother
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Politico, Associated Press and Washington Examiner
The Independent:
The betting pattern that called Brexit has a terrifying prediction about the US election — It is news that will strike fear into the hearts of perhaps half of America and large chunks of the world outside of it. Despite a calamitous week of campaigning, betting markets on the US election …
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PredictWise, Vox Popoli, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post
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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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Madonna pledges oral sex for Clinton voters … Madonna is pledging to perform oral sex on voters who cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton — The pop queen, known for her shocking antics, made the remark Tuesday while opening for comedian Amy Schumer in New York.
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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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Newt Gingrich: ‘Little Trump’ Lashes Out ‘Uncontrollably’ When Criticized
Newt Gingrich: ‘Little Trump’ Lashes Out ‘Uncontrollably’ When Criticized
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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 …
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Trump in 2013: We must ‘leave borders behind’ because future of US ‘depends on a cohesive global economy’ — Donald Trump, who has championed anti-free-trade and hardline immigration rhetoric on the 2016 presidential campaign trail, had a starkly different tone about globalization in a 2013 op-ed published on CNN's website.
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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Clinton maintains lead before the last debate — Clinton has a 4% lead over Donald Trump heading into the last debate, while most Trump voters lack confidence in the integrity of vote counting … Heading into the third and final presidential debate, Democrat Hillary Clinton continues …
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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.
miamiherald:
Miami Herald recommends Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate — This newspaper has a long history of supporting U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's electoral campaigns, going back to his days as a promising political newcomer from West Miami with a strong measure of personal magnetism and a crowd-pleasing message …
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Daily Kos, The Week, CBS Miami and Naked Politics
Art Swift / Gallup:
Support for Legal Marijuana Use Up to 60% in U.S. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — With voters in several states deciding this fall whether to legalize the use of marijuana, public support for making it legal has reached 60% — its highest level in Gallup's 47-year trend.
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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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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Man shouts news to WikiLeaks founder after his internet cut off … A Canadian comedian is helping Julian Assange keep up with the news after Ecuador severed the WikiLeaks founder's internet connection on Saturday. — Calling himself “Julian Assange's Personal Internet Service,” …
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The Atlantic:
Police Fatally Shoot 66-Year-Old Woman in New York City — A New York City police officer fatally shot a 66-year-old black woman in her apartment in the Bronx on Tuesday night, authorities said. The woman, identified as Deborah Danner, lived alone. — Several officers responded to a call of an …
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