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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
At charity roast, Donald Trump delivered what might as well be a campaign eulogy — NEW YORK — It was supposed to be his opening joke, but it landed with such heavy bitterness that it prompted scattered, uncomfortable laughter. — “A special hello to all of you in this room who have known and loved me for many, many years.
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
No happy warriors to be found at Al Smith dinner — Washington (CNN)No one would confuse Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for happy warriors. — The rivals showed up Thursday night at a fabled staging post on the final stretch of presidential campaigns — the Al Smith charity dinner in New York.
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Charley Lanyon / New York Magazine:
A Night of Laughter, Charity, and Boos: The Candidates Struggle to Remain Civil at the Al Smith Charity Dinner
A Night of Laughter, Charity, and Boos: The Candidates Struggle to Remain Civil at the Al Smith Charity Dinner
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NBC News:
Trump, Clinton Trade Biting Jokes at Al Smith Dinner After Fiery Debate
Trump, Clinton Trade Biting Jokes at Al Smith Dinner After Fiery Debate
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Heckled by New York Elite at Charity Dinner
Donald Trump Heckled by New York Elite at Charity Dinner
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Donald Trump Gets Booed at Al Smith Dinner After Jabbing Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump Gets Booed at Al Smith Dinner After Jabbing Hillary Clinton
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Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Trump's incredible shrinking map — In June, POLITICO identified 11 key battleground states — totaling 146 electoral votes — that would effectively decide the presidential election in November. A new examination of polling data and strategic campaign ad buys indicates that six of those 11 …
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
AJC poll: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked in Georgia — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked in Georgia with less than three weeks until Election Day, according to a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll. — The poll released Friday shows Trump leading Clinton …
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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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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
GOP congressman on Clinton: 'A lady needs to be told when she's being nasty' — (CNN)Republican Rep. Brian Babin on Thursday defended Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton “a nasty woman” at the final presidential debate, saying “sometimes a lady needs to be told when she's being nasty.”
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Former Republican Party Chairman Says He Won't Vote For Trump — Steele at a debate last year. — Ethan Miller / Getty Images — Michael Steele, who led the Republican Party from 2009 to 2011, became the latest senior Republican figure to say he would not vote for Donald Trump.
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John Sexton / Hot Air:
Jake Tapper hammers Think Progress for publishing story it knew was false — One of the things that has become clear in the wake of Wikileaks dump of Podesta emails is that a lot of journalists have a very cozy—one could even say sycophantic— relationship with Democrats.
New York Times:
Videos Put Democrats on Defensive About Dirty Tricks — A Democratic operative, wearing a checkered blue shirt and a tie, spoke calmly, explaining exactly how agents could infiltrate the rallies of Donald J. Trump and cause mayhem among the Republican's nominee team, his security staff and supporters.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Trump used his foundation to fund guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe
Trump used his foundation to fund guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe
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David Brooks / New York Times:
How to Repair Moral Capital — Hillary Clinton, who has been in politics all her adult life, seems to have learned something from Michelle Obama, who has never run for public office. Clinton gave three masterful answers in the debate Wednesday night that were tonally different from her normal clichés.
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National Journal:
Donald Trump Leaves a Car Wreck Behind — Republicans can repair the damage in 2018, but only if the party's malcontents stop believing that compromise is a four-letter word. — Republicans will now have four years to think about what they did to themselves this year …
Rachel Bishop / Mirror.co.uk:
Could mysterious hexagonal clouds in Bermuda Triangle caused by 170mph ‘air bombs’ be behind centuries of bizarre disappearances? — It is believed these deadly blasts of air that can flip over ships and bring planes crashing into the ocean could be behind the vanishing of at least 75 planes and hundreds of ships
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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 Daily News:
Who I'm voting for, and why: We are enduring a campaign of seemingly boundless cynicism — The case against Hillary Clinton could have been written before the recent WikiLeaks and FBI disclosures. But these documents do provide hard textual backup. — The most sensational disclosure …
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The Resurgent, Universal Journal Review and TheStreet.com
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Reagan video proves Bill O'Reilly's historical fraud — In a recent chat with his colleague and debate-moderation conqueror Chris Wallace, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly spoke about his approach to writing his “Killing” series of books. “What [co-author] Martin Dugard and I have crafted …
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Mediaite, Media Matters for America and Raw Story
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
WikiLeaks poisons Hillary's relationship with left — LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump is pointing to a stream of hacked emails as proof that Hillary Clinton would be a compromised president, but a surprising number of progressives are drawing similar conclusions — albeit for totally different reasons.
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
First Post-Debate Poll: Clinton Wins Third Debate, Keeps Trump at a Distance — Hillary Clinton maintains her lead over Donald Trump after completing her sweep Wednesday, with a healthy plurality of voters naming her the winner of the third and final presidential debate.
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Bryan Schott / utahpolicy.com:
Trump Leads McMullin by One Point Among Likely Utah Voters — Donald Trump has a slim one-point lead over independent candidate Evan McMullin among likely voters in Utah. Democrat Hillary Clinton is in third place. — The survey, commissioned by UtahPolicy.com, is the third straight survey …
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