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Cailey Rizzo / Travel + Leisure:
Trump Hotels Ditching Name For New Hotels — Amidst reports that occupancy rates at Trump Hotels have slipped this election season, the company has announced that new brand hotels will no longer bear the Trump name. — The newest line of luxury hotels, geared towards millennials, will be called Scion, the company said.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Damaged brand: New Trump hotels will no longer bear his name — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — With reports that Trump hotels are seeing occupancy rates plummet faster than the GOP presidential nominee is falling in the polls, the CEO for Trump Hotels announced future travelers …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is in a funk: Bitter, hoarse and pondering, ‘If I lose. . .’ — FLETCHER, N.C. — As he took the stage here in this mountain town Friday afternoon, Donald Trump was as subdued as the modest crowd that turned out to see him. He complained about the usual things …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Al Smith Dinner I attended was different than one I read about
Al Smith Dinner I attended was different than one I read about
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Liberal Values, Heat Street, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, BizPac Review, Breitbart and Shakesville
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump, Son of a Catholic Hater, Disgraces Al Smith Dinner
Donald Trump, Son of a Catholic Hater, Disgraces Al Smith Dinner
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Mediaite, Politicus USA, New York Post, Raw Story, NPR, Media Matters for America and Gothamist
William Turton / Gizmodo:
Today's Brutal DDoS Attack Is the Beginning of a Bleak Future — This morning a ton of websites and services, including Spotify and Twitter, were unreachable because of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Dyn, a major DNS provider. Details of how the attack happened remain vague, but one thing seems certain.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Internet traffic firm Dyn warns of new attack, earlier assault impacted many
Internet traffic firm Dyn warns of new attack, earlier assault impacted many
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William Turton / Gizmodo:
This Is Probably Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today
This Is Probably Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today
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Reuters:
Cyber attacks disrupt PayPal, Twitter, other sites
Cyber attacks disrupt PayPal, Twitter, other sites
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RT, Mother Jones, Gizmodo, AOL and The Verge
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Early voting shows upsurge of women — For much of his campaign, Donald Trump has done more to repel voting women than he has to win them over. Now mounting evidence suggests they are already punishing him for it at the ballot box. — In three crucial battlegrounds — North Carolina …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Clinton's transition team hits the gas pedal
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In several key states, the early vote has shifted heavily to the Democrats since 2012
In several key states, the early vote has shifted heavily to the Democrats since 2012
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
How Charges of Voter Fraud Became a Political Strategy — In asserting that the presidential election has been rigged against him and casting accusations of widespread voter fraud, Donald J. Trump has tapped deep into an increasingly prevalent theme of Republican Party politics: that Democrats try to steal elections, not win them.
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Pippa Norris / Washington Post:
Trump's election-rigging claim will backfire. Here's the evidence. — In recent days, Donald Trump has ratcheted up claims of voter fraud, claiming that the Nov. 8 election may be “rigged” against him. In Wednesday's debate, he refused to pledge that he would accept the result if he loses …
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Brendan Kirby / LifeZette:
WikiLeaks: Clinton Foundation Paid Women Less Than Men — The Clinton Foundation in 2011 employed more women than men but paid them less, on average, according to a salary schedule included in an email released Friday by WikiLeaks. — A foundation employee emailed the payroll schedule …
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Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Huma on Hillary's $12M Morocco fiasco: ‘She created this mess and she knows it’
Huma on Hillary's $12M Morocco fiasco: ‘She created this mess and she knows it’
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The Atlantic, LewRockwell and Washington Free Beacon
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Clintons, Trading Overseas Trips for Foundation Donations
The Clintons, Trading Overseas Trips for Foundation Donations
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Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, RT, Fox News and BizPac Review
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Salma Hayek: I Denied Trump A Date, So He Planted A National Enquirer Story About My Height — Salma Hayek claimed that Donald Trump pursued her while she had a boyfriend, asked her on a date, and then — angry at being rejected — planted a National Enquirer story about her being too short for him …
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Occupy Democrats, Mediaite, Raw Story, AOL and alan.com
David French / National Review:
The Price I've Paid for Opposing Donald Trump — Trump's alt-right trolls have subjected me and my family to an unending torrent of abuse that I wouldn't wish on anyone. — I distinctly remember the first time I saw a picture of my then-seven-year-old daughter's face in a gas chamber.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Biden blasts Trump: I wish ‘I could take him behind the gym’ … Vice President Biden on Friday said he wished he could take Donald Trump — “behind the gym” over his obscene comments about women. — Speaking at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Biden Says He Wishes He Could Take Trump ‘Behind the Gym’ Over Groping Comments
Biden Says He Wishes He Could Take Trump ‘Behind the Gym’ Over Groping Comments
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Reuters:
Trump to lay out what he would do in first 100 days if elected president — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will lay out on Saturday what he would do in the first 100 days of his administration should he win the Nov. 8 election. — Trump's outline - which he will deliver …
New York Daily News:
Bury Trump in a Landslide — SELECT A CHAPTER ▼ — When deliberating over a presidential endorsement, the Daily News Editorial Board strives to identify the person who offers the greatest promise to brighten the futures of Americans and to safeguard the national security.
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The New Civil Rights Movement
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Bridget Kelly: Christie Knew About GWB Lane Closures A Month Ahead Of Time — In bombshell testimony Friday, Bridget Anne Kelly said that she told New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) that access lanes to the George Washington Bridge would be closed for a traffic study a month before the plan actually was carried out in September 2013.
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Tearful Bridgegate defendant says Christie knew about scheme, threw bottle at her
Tearful Bridgegate defendant says Christie knew about scheme, threw bottle at her
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The Atlantic
Virgin:
Meeting Donald Trump — After my last trip to the US, I shared my views on the presidential election. Having just completed another visit to Boston, Dallas and Miami, I wanted to share a previous encounter I had with Donald Trump. — Image from Getty Images
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BostonGlobe.com:
Hillary Clinton looks to expand political map — PHOENIX - Hillary Clinton has grown so confident that she is working to expand her goals beyond merely defeating Donald Trump and is now trying to flip Arizona and other traditionally Republican states to generate a broader Democratic victory in November.
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The Hill and Politicus USA
Jason Newman / Rolling Stone:
Michael Moore to Donald Trump Voters: 'You're Legal Terrorists' — ‘TrumpLand’ director on why society should treat the GOP candidate like a pedophile and how “white privilege is on the ballot” — All Stories — Earlier this week, veteran documentarian Michael Moore delivered his own October Surprise.
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Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Employees Pushed to Remove Trump's Posts as Hate Speech — Ruling by CEO Mark Zuckerberg to keep presidential candidate's posts spurred heated internal debates — Some of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's posts on Facebook have set off an intense debate inside …
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Zachary Crockett / Vox:
Americans are more afraid of clowns than climate change, terrorism, and ... death — We live in scary times. — In 2016, we've seen hundreds of mass shootings. We've watched the gap between rich and poor Americans widen. We've witnessed the fulminant rise of Donald Trump …
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