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7:00 PM ET, October 20, 2016

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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump: I'll accept election results — if I win … opened up a Thursday campaign rally by saying he'll accept the results of the presidential election as long as he wins.  —  “I will totally accept the result of this great and historic presidential election,” Trump told supporters in Delaware, Ohio.
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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 …
Discussion: State & Capitol and Politicker
Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:
Paul LePage On Trump's Election Results Answer: “C'mon, Get Over Yourself”
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
GOP, Democrats React to Trump on Accepting Election Outcome
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
On “Accepting Election Results”
Discussion: The Week, Hit & Run and Scripting News
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Poll Shows Republicans Less Committed to Trump in Defeat  —  Just 24 percent of Republicans and those who lean that way say Trump should be the face of the party nationally if Clinton wins.  —  Republican primary voters strongly backed Donald Trump for the presidential nomination …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Flake says it might be Garland time
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Republicans in tough races blast Trump for refusing to say whether he'll accept election results
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For Trump, a solid debate performance disappears in an instant
Discussion: NewsBusters and Washington Monthly
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump-driven divide will consume GOP long after the election
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Politico:
Full transcript: Third 2016 presidential debate  —  Chris Wallace: Good evening from the Thomas and Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  I'm Chris Wallace of Fox News and I welcome you to the third and final of the 2016 presidential debates between secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump.
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The 5 Most Outrageous Hillary Clinton Lies From The Last Debate  —  The third and, mercifully, final presidential debate featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton also turned out to be the most conventional.  Fox News' Chris Wallace did a solid job pressing the candidates on issues in Las Vegas …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts  —  On March 19 of this year, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta received an alarming email that appeared to come from Google.  —  The email, however, didn't come from the internet giant.
Discussion: Esquire, RedState, Hot Air and The Week
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Russian hackers infiltrated Podesta's email, security firm says  —  Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's Gmail account was hacked by the same Russian intelligence-linked hackers that breached the DNC and the DCCC, researchers confirmed Thursday, spurring Clinton's team to immediately lash …
Discussion: alan.com and Motherboard
Tim Johnson / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
WikiLeaks claims sham U.S. firm is trying to smear Assange
Discussion: RedState and Sputnik International
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 …
Discussion: ABC News
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Liz Plank / Vox:
“Nasty woman” becomes the feminist rallying cry Hillary Clinton was waiting for
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones Suffers Debate Meltdown Over “Lying Whore” Hillary Clinton
Discussion: New York Magazine and alan.com
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Esther Yu Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
Another woman just came forward to say Trump assaulted her  —  “He said, 'hey look at this one.  We haven't seen her before.  Look at those legs.'”  —  Just one day after the third and final presidential debate, another woman has come forward to say that Republican presidential candidate Donald …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Says He Will Accept Election Outcome ('if I Win')
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:   A 10th Woman Accuses Donald Trump of Inappropriate Touching
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” …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Hillary Clinton in 2002: George W. Bush Was ‘Selected, Not Elected’  —  It is completely irresponsible to argue that a president who reaches 270 electoral votes is not “elected” and legitimate, right, Hillary Clinton?  Only a shameless partisan with no concern for democracy or our system …
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.
Discussion: alan.com
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Clinton Probably Finished Off Trump Last Night  —  I'm not sure I need to tell you this, but Hillary Clinton is probably going to be the next president.  It's just a question of what “probably” means.  —  Clinton went into the final presidential debate on Wednesday with a lead of about 7 percentage points over Donald Trump.
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Republicans despondent that Trump threw away final debate  —  Donald Trump's rocky performance on the final debate stage in Las Vegas on Wednesday night did little to allay his party's concerns that the GOP is headed for an electoral catastrophe up and down the ticket.
The Intercept:
Debate Moderators Under the Spell of Deficit-Obsessed Billionaire Pete Peterson  —  The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, an organization that is virtually unknown outside of Washington, was nonetheless cited in four different questions during this year's presidential and vice-presidential debates.
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Washington's foreign policy elite breaks with Obama over Syrian bloodshed  —  There is one corner of Washington where Donald Trump's scorched-earth presidential campaign is treated as a mere distraction and where bipartisanship reigns.  In the rarefied world of the Washington foreign policy establishment …
Simon Dumenco / Ad Age:
Fox News Is No Longer a Top 20 Best-Perceived Brand Among Republicans  —  New data out today from YouGov BrandIndex suggests that Fox News is losing its luster in the eyes of Republican consumers — who, it must be noted, pretty much despise CNN and MSNBC more than ever.
Discussion: TheBlaze.com, RedState and Mediaite
 
 
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WCMH-TV:
WATCH: Colleen Marshall's 1-on-1 interview with Donald Trump
Discussion: Politicus USA
Stephen L. Carter / Bloomberg:
Trump or No Trump, Elections Have Been Stolen
Rasmussen Reports:
White House Watch: Trump Edges Ahead
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Obama Calls For Public Option, Which He Once Hedged Against
Discussion: Politico
Emma Dumain / Post and Courier:
South Carolinians raise eyebrows at Trump's suggestions of rigged election
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Dept. accuses Russia of ‘PR stunt’ in election-monitoring flap
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
Laws are for the Little People
Discussion: The Resurgent and Power Line
Raw Story:
Trump's rigged election comments a ‘gift to dictators,’ say Africans
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
 Earlier Items: 
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
The System Really Is Rigged
Discussion: NewsBusters
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Slams Latest Accuser As A Clinton Attack, Doesn't Deny Her Claims
Discussion: The Week
Ben Shapiro / National Review:
The Media Will Learn to Love Trump in Due Time
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
With 19 Days to Go, Clinton's Lead Is Bigger Than Ever
Discussion: Florida Politics
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
While You Were Watching The Debate, Trump Just Launched Trump TV