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Trump halts big-money fundraising, cutting off cash to the party — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has effectively shut down his high-dollar fundraising operation for the rest of the campaign, a highly unusual move that deals another serious blow to the GOP's effort to finance …

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Eli Stokols / Politico:

Trump bobbles attack on Obamacare — DORAL, Fla. — Standing beside his shimmering green golf course, Donald Trump had the political equivalent of a tap-in putt — news that Obamacare premiums are set to shoot up next year. — He muffed it. — At a campaign event at his Miami-area golf …

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Scott Horsley / NPR:
Trump Blasts Obamacare At His Miami Golf Course But Misstates Employees' Coverage

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Jmandelblatt / 2016 News Releases:
More Than 70 Percent of Consumers Can Find Marketplace Plans for Less than $75 Per Month

Discussion: The Daily Signal, Washington Free Beacon, Health Affairs Blog, xpostfactoid, ACASignups.net, NPR and ThinkProgress

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump has no idea what Obamacare does

Discussion: WND, Politicus USA, Washington Post, Fox News, Washington Monthly and The Huffington Post

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
To work as intended, Obamacare needs a bigger, more unpopular mandate

Discussion: Recode, Washington Post, Politico and ASPE

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Colin Powell Says He'll Vote for Hillary Clinton — Colin L. Powell, the Republican former secretary of state, said on Tuesday that he planned to vote for Hillary Clinton for president as he condemned her rival, Donald J. Trump, at an event on Long Island. — Speaking before the Long …

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Root, Guardian and Boing Boing

Robert Brodsky / Newsday:

Colin Powell endorses Hillary Clinton for president — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell told a crowd of more than 1,000 Long Island business and political leaders Tuesday that he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, citing her experience, temperament and in a jab at GOP nominee Donald Trump, the “stamina.”

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Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Colin Powell says he's voting for Hillary Clinton

Discussion: ABC News

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

What Drives Donald Trump? Fear of Losing Status, Tapes Show — By any measure, Arsenio Hall was a Hollywood success: He had starred in popular films, packed houses as a stand-up comic and hosted a hit late-night television show bearing his name. — Donald J. Trump saw it differently by the mid-2000s.

Discussion: Guardian, Media Matters for America, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Vox and Talking Points Memo

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Panicking GOP makes major last-minute Senate investment — Republicans, on the verge of losing the Senate, are plowing a mammoth $25 million into six races in a last-ditch attempt to stop Donald Trump from dragging the entire GOP down with him. — The investment from Senate Leadership Fund …

Discussion: CNN, Politicus USA, The Right Scoop and The Week

Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Top Democrats steamed that party letting Rubio skate — Tensions are flaring at the highest rungs of the Democratic Party over its decision to pull out of the Florida Senate race, with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Florida donors pressing to go all out to unseat Marco Rubio …

Discussion: RedState

Adrian Florido / NPR:
Attempting To Woo Latino Voters, Marco Rubio Gets Booed At Orlando Festival

Discussion: Daily Kos and The New Civil Rights Movement

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Images of New MacBook Pro With Magic Toolbar Leaked in macOS Sierra 10.12.1 — macOS Sierra 10.12.1, released yesterday, includes hidden Apple Pay images that depict the brand new MacBook Pro with an OLED touch panel that's set to be announced by Apple on Thursday, October 27.

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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:

White high schoolers in Miss. put noose around black student's neck and ‘yanked,’ NAACP says — A group of white high school students in Mississippi placed a noose around a black student's neck and “yanked backward,” according to an NAACP leader, who described the incident Monday and demanded …

Discussion: LGBTQ Nation, Daily Kos, The Black Youth Project, CBS News, Law News and RT

Jennifer Duffy / The Cook Political Report:

Senate Democrats Poised to Pick Up 5-7 Seats — Senate Republicans had been doing a pretty solid job of maintaining their distance from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump by running their own campaign that focused largely on more local issues or those issues that motivate their base.

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP candidates give up on Trump and run against Clinton

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The Independent:

We probably just heard a message from aliens, scientists say — Scientists have heard hugely unusual messages from deep in space that they think are coming from aliens. A new analysis of strange modulations in a tiny set of stars appears to indicate that it could be coming …

Discussion: New Urban Legends, Big Think and Daily Wire

Ari Berman / The Nation:

A CITY CLERK OPPOSED AN EARLY-VOTING SITE AT UW-GREEN BAY BECAUSE ‘STUDENTS LEAN MORE TOWARD THE DEMOCRATS’ — New e-mails released to The Nation reveal ongoing GOP attempts to suppress the vote. — By , — Students wait in long lines to register and vote at UW-Eau Claire Davies Center on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

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Taeku Lee, Ph.D. / The Huffington Post:

Asian American Voters In The 2016 Election — Leader in Latino political opinion research — With the debates now in the rear view mirror and less than three weeks ahead before Election Tuesday, Asian American Decisions is excited to report out some fresh new results on where Asian Americans stand on this election.

Discussion: New York Magazine

ABC News:

Trump Taunts ‘Tough Guy’ Joe Biden Over ‘Behind the Gym’ Comments — Coming up in the next {{countdown}} {{countdownlbl}} — Coming up next: — {{nextVideo.title}} — {{nextVideo.description}} — Skip to this video now — Related Extras Related Videos Video Transcript

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Cristiano Lima / Politico:

Gingrich blasts Kelly for Trump coverage: ‘You are fascinated with sex’ — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich lashed out at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night for her coverage of the sexual assault allegations recently made against Donald Trump. — Gingrich, an open supporter …

Discussion: ABC News, RedState and Raw Story

Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:

White Woman Waving ‘Blacks For Trump’ Sign Appears Behind Trump At Rally (PHOTOS) — The colorful, enthusiastic crowd behind Donald Trump at a rally Tuesday in Sanford, Florida drew some attention from the Republican presidential nominee. — “I love those pink signs, ‘Women for Trump.’ I love the signs behind me,” he crowed.

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

WikiLeaks reveals fears and frustrations inside Clinton world — On the day the news broke that Hillary Clinton had used a private email account as secretary of state, the man who would soon be named to chair her presidential campaign fired off a note of distress, venting frustration about some of Clinton's closest aides.

Discussion: Instapundit

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Study: 91 percent of coverage on evening newscasts was negative to Donald Trump — A whopping 91 percent of news coverage about Donald Trump on the three broadcast nightly newscasts over the past 12 weeks has been ‘hostile’, a new study finds. — The study, conducted by the conservative …

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Jeff Greenfield / The Daily Beast:

Can't Wait for It to Be Over? Don't Kid Yourself — It's become just about all anybody can say: “I can't wait for this election to be over.” It also is very likely to become a textbook case of: “be careful what you wish for.” If you think this contest has demonstrated fault lines …

Discussion: Princeton Election Consortium

Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:

Pentagon chief promises to resolve cases for National Guard soldiers ordered to repay bonuses — PARIS — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter promised Tuesday to resolve the cases of thousands of Army National Guard soldiers who were ordered by the Defense Department to repay bonuses they received to enlist in the military.

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Los Angeles Times:
Congress knew for at least two years about Pentagon efforts to take back bonuses from veterans

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Emily Flitter / Reuters:

Trump asks team to trim back transition efforts, focus on race: sources — Trailing in opinion polls, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has asked his campaign to cut back on work identifying candidates for key jobs in his would-be administration and focus instead on bolstering …

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Donald Trump's campaign has spent more on hats than on polling — I don't think there's a data point that better captures the weirdness of this presidential election cycle than the following: — According to the Federal Election Commission filings, Donald Trump's presidential campaign …

USA Today:

Self-driving semi-truck makes first trip — a 120-mile beer run — SAN FRANCISCO — If you're sipping a Budweiser somewhere in Colorado Springs, you just might have a robot to thank for that thirst-quenching brew. — Last week, self-driving truck start-up Otto teamed with Anheuser-Busch …

Discussion: Vox and Mother Jones

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

Trump to 2020 prospects: You don't have a chance — Donald Trump is the only candidate who can defeat Hillary Clinton, he suggested Tuesday, laughing at Republicans who may be considering mounting a run in 2020. — Hailing his campaign as a movement during his rally in Sanford, Florida …

Discussion: ABC News

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:

Paul Beatty Wins Man Booker Prize With ‘The Sellout’ — Paul Beatty's novel “The Sellout,” a blistering satire about race in America, won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, marking the first time an American writer has won the award. — The five Booker judges, who were unanimous in their decision …

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Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:

Friday violence as teen mob attacks Temple students, police; four arrested — Four juveniles have been arrested in a series of violent incidents Friday night near Temple University's main campus in North Philadelphia. — According to Temple security, a group of over 150 juveniles coordinated a …

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Amanda Carpenter / Washington Post:

One GOP woman wonders why the men in her party won't defend her — Earlier this month, Eric Trump sent out a fundraising solicitation showing a map of his father overwhelmingly winning the election. There was only one catch. The winning map represented a pollster's projection of what would happen if only men voted.

Discussion: Daily Kos, RedState, Media Matters for America and Shakesville

Shane Bauer / Mother Jones:

I Went Undercover With a Border Militia. Here's What I Saw. — I crawl out of the back of the pickup with my rifle in hand. “Keep your weapons nice and tight,” Captain Pain orders. I am traveling light. Unlike the others, I don't view southern Arizona as a war zone, so I didn't put steel plates in my chest rig.

Discussion: NPR and Daily Kos

Ben Domenech / The Federalist:

The Failure Of American Institutions, Not Of Conservatism, Made Donald Trump Possible — The Washington Free Beacon's Matthew Continetti argues at length in an essay published Friday that populism has displaced conservatism in the Republican Party, creating a crisis for the conservative intellectual class …

Discussion: Washington Post