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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Ally Aided Campaign of FBI Official's Wife — Group linked to Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe donated nearly half a million dollars to 2015 state Senate candidate — The political organization of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, an influential Democrat with longstanding ties to Bill …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump in 2012 on deporting many undocumented immigrants: 'I don't believe in that' — Trump on mass deportation in 2012: 'I don't believe in that' — (CNN)Just four years ago, Donald Trump took a drastically different position on what is now his central issue: deporting undocumented immigrants in the United States.
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump in 2012: 'I don't believe in' deporting many illegal immigrants — had a very different view on deporting undocumented immigrants three years before he announced his presidential bid. — In a June 2012 interview with CNBC's “Squawk Box,” Trump said he didn't believe in deporting immigrants who …
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James Ball / BuzzFeed:
Here's What I Learned About Julian Assange While Working Alongside Him — The WikiLeaks founder is out to settle a score with Hillary Clinton and to reassert himself as a player on the world stage, says BuzzFeed News special correspondent James Ball, who worked for Assange at Wikileaks.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's window is closing — With two weeks to go, Donald Trump's path to an Election Night win is almost entirely closed. — Hillary Clinton enters the final 15 days of the race safely ahead in states worth more than 270 electoral votes. Indeed, the suspense of this final stretch is less …
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
New Podesta Email Exposes Dem Playbook For Rigging Polls Through “Oversamples” — Earlier this morning we wrote about the obvious sampling bias in the latest ABC / Washington Post poll that showed a 12-point national advantage for Hillary. Like many of the recent polls from Reuters …
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Trump's Right - The System Is Rigged And We Don't Owe It Our Default Acceptance — No pearl went unclutched when Trump refused to agree in advance to validate the giant scam that is this election. Yeah, scam. In light of all we've seen during this stupidest of years …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: How Democrats are dominating early voting in Nevada — THE BIG IDEA: — LAS VEGAS—Katy Perry's glamor, Tom Steyer's money, Univision's megaphone and organized labor's muscle, along with a late assist from Barack Obama, each helped lubricate Harry Reid's well-oiled political machine over the past 48 hours.
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Tim Skoczek / CNN:
Kaine: Clinton as president would seek Congress' input for ISIS fight — The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. The author works for David Axelrod. — Cary, N.C. (CNN)If Hillary Clinton …
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Tom Hayden, 1960s radical who became champion of liberal causes, dies at 76 — Tom Hayden, a 1960s radical who became one of the nation's best-known champions of liberal causes, has died. He was 76. — Tom Hayden, a 1960s radical who was in the vanguard of the movement to stop the Vietnam War …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Could a President Clinton heal a divided nation? — If she wins the White House, Hillary Clinton — will face the daunting task of healing the national divisions exposed by a vicious campaign season. — Whether Clinton could knit the nation back together is an open question.
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Yes, Trump Really Is Saying ‘Big League,’ Not ‘Bigly,’ Linguists Say — Donald J. Trump has said almost too many controversial things to count during the course of his presidential campaign, but over the last few months one turn of phrase has inspired more online curiosity than fervor: the word “bigly.”
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama: Don't let GOP be counterweight to Clinton — NORTH LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama on Sunday railed against Republicans pivoting to campaigning as counterweights to a Hillary Clinton presidency, insisting that they can't escape Donald Trump now or if he loses.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems brace for immigration battle — Democrats are bracing for a fierce fight over immigration on Capitol Hill if Hillary Clinton — wins the White House on Nov. 8. — Clinton has promised to send a comprehensive immigration reform bill to Congress within her first 100 days in office if elected …
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Joshua Spivak / The Hill:
The Electoral College back in the spotlight? — may be losing in the polls, but thanks to the Electoral College system, he will have a chance to pull an unlikely ace from the hole. In every election as we get closer to the finish line, the critical Electoral College maps only gains in importance.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Want a presidential appointment? Step 1: Oppo research on yourself — Only in Washington would powerful people pay lawyers up to $1,000 an hour to comb through every aspect of their lives in search of potential career killers. — More than a dozen people who expect — or simply hope …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Dangers of Hillary Clinton — A VOTE for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, the Clinton campaign has suggested in broad ways and subtle ones, isn't just a vote for a Democrat over a Republican: It's a vote for safety over risk, steady competence over boastful recklessness …
CBS Miami:
The CBS4 Interview: Trump On Rigged System & The Press — MIAMI — CBS4's Jim DeFede interviewed Republican nominee Donald Trump Sunday afternoon at Trump's resort in Doral, Florida. — Part of the interview included a discussion about Trump's claim the system is rigged and changes …
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Plans to send heavier weapons to CIA-backed rebels in Syria stall amid White House skepticism — As rebel-held sections of Aleppo crumbled under Russian bombing this month, the Obama administration was secretly weighing plans to rush more firepower to CIA-backed units in Syria.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Busted: Jake Tapper unearths clip of Kellyanne Conway saying Trump ‘whines’ about rigged elections — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday reminded Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway that she had been against her bosses “rigged” …
Extra Mustard / SI.com:
Around 15 people showed up to Curt Schilling's Trump rally on Saturday — Former Red Sox pitcher and current political neophyte Curt Schilling held a Trump “rally” outside Boston's city on Saturday, but uh, it wasn't much of a rally. — According to folks passing by …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Curt Schilling Joins Breitbart
Curt Schilling Joins Breitbart
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