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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
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 …
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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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump has no idea what Obamacare does
Donald Trump has no idea what Obamacare does
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
Trump Blasts Obamacare At His Miami Golf Course But Misstates Employees' Coverage
Trump Blasts Obamacare At His Miami Golf Course But Misstates Employees' Coverage
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
To work as intended, Obamacare needs a bigger, more unpopular mandate
To work as intended, Obamacare needs a bigger, more unpopular mandate
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Jennifer Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Senate Democrats Poised to Pick Up 5-7 Seats
Senate Democrats Poised to Pick Up 5-7 Seats
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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.
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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 …
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Adrian Florido / NPR:
Attempting To Woo Latino Voters, Marco Rubio Gets Booed At Orlando Festival
Attempting To Woo Latino Voters, Marco Rubio Gets Booed At Orlando Festival
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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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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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Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump: ‘I have no interest in Trump TV’ — Donald Trump says he has no interest in setting up “Trump TV” when the election ends. — “No, I have no interest in Trump TV,” Trump said on Cincinnati radio station 700WLW on Tuesday. “I hear it all over the place.
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Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Trump Says He Has ‘No Interest’ in Launching TV Network
Trump Says He Has ‘No Interest’ in Launching TV Network
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
‘Her instincts can be terrible’: 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 …
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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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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.
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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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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida Democrats poised to overtake Republicans in early votes — MIAMI — Fueled by a strong first day of in-person early voting, more than 1.6 million Floridians have cast pre-Election Day ballots as Democrats threaten to overtake Republicans in the number of votes banked before Nov. 8.
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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 …
Kenneth Lipp / The Daily Beast:
AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit — On Nov. 11, 2013, Victorville, California, sheriff's deputies and a coroner responded to a motorcyclist's report of human remains outside of town. — They identified the partially bleached skull of a child, and later discovered the remains …
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Natalie Schreyer / Mother Jones:
The Trump Files: Donald's Words to a Grieving Mother — Until the election, we're bringing you “The Trump Files,” a daily dose of telling episodes, strange but true stories, or curious scenes from the life of GOP nominee Donald Trump. — Even the death of a child couldn't keep Donald …
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Guardian
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The Right Is Giving Up on Democracy — It's not just Donald Trump and his fans who think the system is rigged. — The single most ominous thing that Donald Trump said in all three presidential debates was a misguided attempt at a quip: “I'll keep you in suspense, okay?”
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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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