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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump national political director ‘steps back’ from campaign — Jim Murphy, Donald Trump's national political director, is no longer playing an active role on the campaign, according to three sources briefed on the move - a troubling development for the Republican nominee coming just 19 days before the election.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
GOP braces for Trump loss, roiled by refusal to accept election results — LAS VEGAS — A wave of apprehension and anguish swept the Republican Party on Thursday, with many GOP leaders alarmed by Donald Trump's refusal to accept the outcome of the election and concluding it is probably …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
LePage calls Trump's election results comment ‘an absolute stupid move’ — Even Paul LePage, the controversial governor of Maine who has drawn comparisons to Donald Trump for his loud rhetoric and habit of disparaging the press, is harping on the Republican nominee for his refusal to commit …
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump: I'll accept election results — if I win
Trump: I'll accept election results — if I win
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:
Paul LePage On Trump's Election Results Answer: “C'mon, Get Over Yourself”
Paul LePage On Trump's Election Results Answer: “C'mon, Get Over Yourself”
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump: ‘I will totally accept’ election results ‘if i win’
Donald Trump: ‘I will totally accept’ election results ‘if i win’
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Flake says it might be Garland time — Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake has maintained for months that Republicans should take up Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination if it looks like the presidential contest is a lost cause for the GOP. — It's looking about that time, Flake said in an interview on Thursday.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump-driven divide will consume GOP long after the election
Trump-driven divide will consume GOP long after the election
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Chris Wallace said Trump's debate answers didn't surprise him — but he did have a glass of wine (or more) once it was over — Asked if he will accept the results on election day, Donald Trump tells the country he wants to “leave you in suspense.” — Fox News anchor Chris Wallace landed …
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Thomas Rid / Esquire:
How Russia Pulled Off the Biggest Election Hack in U.S. History — Putin, Wikileaks, the NSA and the DNC email fiasco that gave Trump and Clinton another reason to be at odds. — On an April afternoon earlier this year, Russian president Vladimir Putin headlined a gathering …
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts
How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts
Eric Geller / Politico:
Russian hackers infiltrated Podesta's email, security firm says
Russian hackers infiltrated Podesta's email, security firm says
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Libby Nelson / Vox:
Watch Michelle Obama's Arizona speech: live stream and what to expect after the Clinton-Trump debate — First lady Michelle Obama, whose last major campaign appearance for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was an emotional speech on Donald Trump's comments about women …
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Kevin Tampone / Syracuse Post-Standard:
SUNY professor says Trump win at least 87 percent certain; other polls ‘bunk’ — Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Fla — Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Video shows Trump being turned away at polling sites in 2004 — being turned away by multiple polling sites in 2004 made the rounds on social media Thursday in the wake of the candidate's refusal to say that he will accept losing the presidential race. — The video, from an episode of NBC's …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Roasts Rubio: You Call Trump A ‘Con Artist’ But You'll Vote For Him? — President Barack Obama read Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and, by proxy, the entire Republican Party, the riot act on Thursday for supporting Donald Trump despite previously condemning him.
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Bryan Lowry / Wichita Eagle:
Kansas House leader calls Hitler's words ‘profound’ in Facebook post … A Kansas House leader said Thursday that her intent was to criticize Planned Parenthood when she called Adolf Hitler's words profound in a Facebook post. — “Great quote from Hitler in the video,” Speaker Pro Tem Peggy Mast …
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Mocking and Taunting in Debate, Turns the Tormentor — She mansplained him. “Let me translate that if I can,” Hillary Clinton said dryly after Donald J. Trump talked up his tax plan. — She interrupted him. When Mr. Trump boasted of the gilded Las Vegas hotel that bears his name …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Trump used his foundation to fund guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe — He funneled at least $10,000 to O'Keefe's Project Veritas — In Wednesday's presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed that new videos proved that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had “hired people” and “paid them $1,500” …
Cronkite News:
Poll: Arpaio trails Penzone, AZ voters oppose border wall and deportations — Poll: Arpaio trails Penzone, AZ voters oppose border wall and deportations — PHOENIX - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio trails his Democratic opponent Paul Penzone by almost 15 points, according …
John DiStaso / WMUR:
WMUR poll: Hassan takes 8 percentage point lead over Ayotte … DURHAM, N.H. — For the first time in New Hampshire's blockbuster U.S. Senate campaign, the race is no longer a virtual dead heat. Gov. Maggie Hassan has taken an 8 percentage point lead over Sen. Kelly Ayotte, according to a new poll.
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Chris Lehmann / The Baffler:
Trump TV? — Until very recently, it seemed self-evident that Donald Trump was the biggest raging moron in American public life. But that was before CNN president Jeff Zucker's star turn before the guardians of establishment wisdom at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Guardian:
Trump loyalists plan own exit poll amid claims of ‘rigged’ election — The effort led by Trump confidante and conspiracy theorist Roger Stone targets cities with large minority populations, a tactic experts say could intimidate voters — Donald Trump loyalists will attempt to conduct …
Jim Michaels / USA Today:
U.S. service member killed in northern Iraq — A U.S. service member died Thursday from wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. — The U.S. military did not release details. American advisers are with Iraqi forces in the battle for Mosul …
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