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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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Political Wire, Outside the Beltway, Hullabaloo, RedState, Politicus USA, Salon and Washingtonian
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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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The Daily Beast
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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Daily Kos and Boing Boing
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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
How Trump Could Still Mount a Comeback — Donald Trump's campaign for president is in freefall. After a disastrous third debate and a cringe-worthy turn at the Al Smith charity dinner, Trump's prospects of winning the White House are worse than ever. He currently trails Clinton …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Virgin and Mother Jones
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, BizPac Review, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Huma on Hillary's $12M Morocco fiasco: ‘She created this mess and she knows it’ — More On: — Hillary Clinton solicited a $12 million donation from a government her State Department considered corrupt, then realized the “mess” it would cause to her presidential run, a newly leaked e-mail reveals.
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The Atlantic, LewRockwell, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and National Review
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Brendan Kirby / LifeZette:
WikiLeaks: Clinton Foundation Paid Women Less Than Men
WikiLeaks: Clinton Foundation Paid Women Less Than Men
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The Gateway Pundit
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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Washington Post, electionlawblog.org, NBC News, RT, The Daily Caller, GeekWire, Business Insider, Independent Journal Review, Gizmodo and Mediaite
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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The Hill and Media Matters for America
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Pippa Norris / Washington Post:
Trump's election-rigging claim will backfire. Here's the evidence.
Trump's election-rigging claim will backfire. Here's the evidence.
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Hot Air
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
As Obama's Clock Winds Down, Revisionist Powers Pounce — The Philippine pivot to China is just the latest consequence of Obama's feckless foreign policy. — Hillary Clinton has swept her debate series with Donald Trump, and voters seem to like Trump less the harder they look at him.
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New York Times, CNN, Mediaite and Politico
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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Opinion Savvy
Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Michael Moore Says Anyone Voting for Trump is a ‘Legal Terrorist’ — Oscar-winning documentarian-provocateur Michael Moore said in an interview with Rolling Stone published Friday that anyone choosing to vote for Trump was effectively a “legal terrorist” because they were participating in an act that would “blow up the system.”
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Instapundit
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Jason Newman / Rolling Stone:
Michael Moore to Donald Trump Voters: 'You're Legal Terrorists'
Michael Moore to Donald Trump Voters: 'You're Legal Terrorists'
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Hot Air, AOL, Raw Story and Washington Times
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 …
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, Raw Story, Mediaite, AOL and alan.com
Facebook:
Input from Community and Partners on our Community Standards — In recent weeks, we have gotten continued feedback from our community and partners about our Community Standards and the kinds of images and stories permitted on Facebook. We are grateful for the input, and want to share an update on our approach.
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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
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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USA Today, Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Politicus USA
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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New Republic, abc7ny.com, Philly.com, TalkLeft and Washington Monthly
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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
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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Occupy Democrats and Mediaite
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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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Politico
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Makes Pitch for Mandate and a Swing-State Sweep — CLEVELAND — Hillary Clinton entered the final phase of her campaign on Friday, working to ensure a victory that is decisive enough to earn a mandate for her presidency and a surge of voters to help Democrats win congressional races.
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JustOneMinute, Political Wire, CNN, Guardian and Politico
Steven F. Hayward / Weekly Standard:
Crisis of the Conservative House Divided — “But free government would be an absurdity did it require citizens all like Abraham Lincoln; yet it would be an impossibility if it could not from time to time find leaders with something of his understanding.” — For months it has been clear …
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Power Line and American Greatness