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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz: GOP may block Supreme Court nominees indefinitely — In a vintage return to his confrontational style, Sen. Ted Cruz indicated that Republicans could seek to block a Democratic president from filling the vacant Supreme Court seat indefinitely. — After staking his endorsement of Donald …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Cruz says there's precedent for keeping ninth Supreme Court seat empty — LOVELAND, Colo. — Speaking to reporters after a campaign rally for a Republican U.S. Senate candidate here, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said that there was “precedent” for a Supreme Court with fewer than nine justices …
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Ilya Shapiro / The Federalist:
The Senate Should Refuse To Confirm All Of Hillary Clinton's Judicial Nominees — When Sen. John McCain said last week that he would work to block any Supreme Court nominee a president Hillary Clinton would name, it raised some eyebrows. Republican senators pledged not to take up any nominee …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
House Republicans are already preparing for ‘years’ of investigations of Clinton — SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Jason Chaffetz, the Utah congressman wrapping up his first term atop the powerful House Oversight Committee, un-endorsed Donald Trump weeks ago. That freed up him to prepare for something else …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans in Congress Fear Losses, and Then the Hard Part. — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have come to grudgingly accept an unfolding reality: Things are not looking good. — Donald J. Trump is lagging in polls and pulling down the party's congressional candidates …
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Rep. Chaffetz says he'll vote for Trump but won't endorse him
Rep. Chaffetz says he'll vote for Trump but won't endorse him
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Former congressman says he will literally engage in armed rebellion if Trump loses — He's suggesting actual treason. — Joe Walsh, who was a United States congressman from 2011 until 2013, declared on Wednesday afternoon that he will take up arms if Donald Trump is not elected to the presidency.
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Gary Johnson for President:
STATEMENT BY GOV. BILL WELD REGARDING THE FINAL WEEKS OF THIS ELECTION
STATEMENT BY GOV. BILL WELD REGARDING THE FINAL WEEKS OF THIS ELECTION
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Libertarian VP Candidate Admits Defeat, Tells Voters To Pick Clinton Over Trump
Libertarian VP Candidate Admits Defeat, Tells Voters To Pick Clinton Over Trump
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Watch Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Get Destroyed — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Donald Trump's star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed early Wednesday morning by a man dressed as a city construction worker wielding a sledgehammer and pick-ax.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Vandalized By Sledgehammer — EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump took a lot of hits today and not just in the Presidential race. With less than two-weeks to go before America decides if the ex-Apprentice host will pull off a surprise victory over Hillary Clinton …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Megyn Kelly Seeks Salary North of $20 Million in Contract Talks With Fox News — ‘The Kelly File’ host is in active negotiations; keeping her at the network is a priority for management, including Rupert Murdoch. 'It's up to her' and others ‘would give their right arm for her spot,’ he says.
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Washington Post:
Inside ‘Bill Clinton Inc.’: Hacked memo reveals intersection of charity and personal income — When top Bill Clinton aide Douglas Band wrote the memo, he was a central player at the Clinton Foundation and president of his own corporate consulting firm. He made a case that his work had served …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Mark Halperin Tells Trump What He Wants to Hear in Embarrassing Interview — How do you get Donald Trump to talk to you with less than two weeks to go before Election Day? Tell him exactly what he wants to hear. That's been the approach by Fox News' Sean Hannity and radio host Rush Limbaugh.
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Yashar Ali / The Daily Beast:
Jill Stein's Ideology Says One Thing—Her Investment Portfolio Says Another — Green Party Presidential Nominee Jill Stein has largely based her campaign on her uncompromising positions on the environment, opposition to big banks and Wall Street, defense contractors, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says He'll Teach Military Expert ‘a Couple of Things’ About Mosul — Donald Trump went on the offensive against a military expert and former dean of the Army War College, Jeff McCausland, who said the Republican nominee's comments this weekend about the battle to reclaim Mosul …
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Matt Miller / Esquire:
Why Are Influential Celebrities Remaining Silent This Election? — From Taylor Swift to Mark Wahlberg. — In a normal election, many people would likely discredit a celebrity's endorsement of a presidential candidate as a meaningless gesture. But when an election involves cruel insults hurled …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump pledges ‘new deal for black America’ — CHARLOTTE — Donald Trump on Wednesday pledged what he called a “new deal for black America” as he attempted to make late inroads with a voting bloc that polling shows favors Democrat Hillary Clinton by a vast margin.
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
UW-Madison sex assault case snowballs as dozens come forward, ‘stalking’ list seized — On Oct. 12, in Madison, Wis., a female student went to police and filed a complaint against a 20-year-old student by the name of Alec Cook. — She said she and Cook had originally contacted each …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What the Right's Intellectuals Did Wrong — Every political movement in a democracy is shaped like a pyramid — elite actors on the top, the masses underneath. But the pyramid that is modern American conservatism has always been misshapen, with a wide, squat base that tapers far too quickly at its peak.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump promises ‘new deal for Black America’ — called for a “new deal for black America” in a Wednesday afternoon address, as he works to bridge the gap he faces with the crucial voting bloc less than two weeks from Election Day. — Speaking in Charlotte, N.C., the GOP nominee criticized years …
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Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
A Chinese billionaire is staking his legacy — and thousands of American jobs — on this factory in Ohio — MORAINE, OHIO — Shortly after his private plane landed in Ohio on a recent morning, the Chinese billionaire set off down Interstate 75 to inspect the factory on which he has staked …
Amber Tamblyn / Glamour:
Amber Tamblyn: What My Mother's Experiences With Misogyny Mean for the Future — Somewhere between Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton a woman with “tremendous hate in her heart” and “a nasty woman,” I found myself making a phone call to my mother I was hoping I could avoid forever.
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Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
The Internet's Fever Swamps Aren't Going Anywhere. We Need to Learn to Live With Them. — This week, two of the top papers in the country have run op-eds about the widespread problem of misinformation and rumor-mongering in online conservative media, and how to begin solving it.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump booster Alex Jones: I'm not anti-Semitic, but Jews run an evil conspiracy — Radio host Alex Jones is a big Trump fan — and Trump, for his part, has returned the favor. In December, he went on Jones's show, telling the host, “your reputation is amazing” and promising him that “I will not let you down.”
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Julie Sedivy / Politico:
Donald Trump Talks Like a Woman — In the 2016 presidential contest, there has been one thing that supporters and detractors of Donald Trump have agreed on. The chest-pounding real estate mogul from New York has emerged as the quintessentially masculine candidate.
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Amy Butler / USA Today:
Church pastor: The truth about my late-term abortion — Trump's words drove me to tears, and to write my painful story for the first time. — Elections are supposed to be about real people — and not the ones whose names appear on the ballot. They are supposed to be about all of us …
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Dean Seal / Daily Progress:
Article presented ‘fictionalized version’ of events, former friends of ‘Jackie’ say … In the article that first exposed the world to her allegations of having been gang-raped by seven men in a fraternity house, three former friends of “Jackie” are described as coming to the then-freshman's aid …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by three points — With less than two weeks to go, the race for the White House has narrowed as Hillary Clinton now has a three-point advantage over Donald Trump. — That's within the margin of error of the national Fox News Poll of likely voters.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Polls tighten for Trump, Clinton — Polls are tightening in the presidential race with less than two weeks to go before Election Day. — Some new surveys show Democrat Hillary Clinton — 's national polling edge narrowing and Republican Donald Trump — performing more strongly in the swing state of Florida.
Gerry Ricciutti / WKBN-TV:
Defendant says Jesus told him ‘to get the demons out’ of woman — AUSTINTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - Things got heated in court Wednesday when a kidnapping and assault suspect started screaming about why he may have committed the crime he is accused of. — Christopher Hyler, 28, of Salem …
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Fortune:
Fewer Than 1 in 4 Women Say They Would Buy Ivanka Trump's Clothes — #GrabYourWallets. #Ivankant. — You may have seen these hashtags trending on your Twitter feed recently, thanks to a now two-week long boycott of Ivanka Trump-branded clothing—and the retailers that carry it.
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump Stands by Claim Capt. Khan Would Be Alive Under His Presidency — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today doubled down on his assertion that slain U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim soldier who died in Iraq in 2004, “would be alive today” if Trump had been in the White House.
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