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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 …
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Trump Has 2-Point Edge in Bloomberg Politics Poll of Florida — In the U.S. Senate race, Republican incumbent Marco Rubio leads by 10 percentage points. — McCormickJohn — Donald Trump has a slim advantage in Florida as critical independent voters narrowly break his way in the must …
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Hispanic crowd boos Marco Rubio off stage — (R-Fla.) took the stage in Orlando at Calle Orange, a Puerto Rican-themed festival, on Sunday when some in the crowd started booing, NPR reported. — The jeering got louder as the Cuban-American senator, seeking reelection after dropping …
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RedState, Daily Kos, The New Civil Rights Movement and NPR
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Dominates Trump Among Millennial Voters in Harvard Poll — In 2012, those 18 to 29 years old accounted for 19 percent of the electorate nationally. — McCormickJohn — American's youngest voters are overwhelmingly backing Hillary Clinton for president, as a majority also express fears …
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Daily Wire
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Top Democrats steamed that party letting Rubio skate
Top Democrats steamed that party letting Rubio skate
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Princeton Election Consortium, Florida Politics, Orlando Sentinel, Naked Politics, RedState and CNN
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Newt Gingrich Lost It and Blew Up at Megyn Kelly: ‘You Are Fascinated with Sex!’ — Newt Gingrich faced off with Megyn Kelly tonight and completely lost it. Gingrich, who most frequently appears in Fox primetime with Sean Hannity, seemed to be very, very thrown by actually being challenged on Donald Trump being behind in the polls.
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William Cummings / USA Today:
‘You are fascinated with sex,’ Newt Gingrich tells Megyn Kelly in heated exchange — 3.8k Shares — Former speaker of the House and top Donald Trump surrogate Newt Gingrich got into a heated exchange with Fox News host Megyn Kelly over the women who have accused Trump of groping them.
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Washington Post, Mediaite, NBC News, Mashable, YouTube, RedState and BizPac Review
Chris Sanchez / Business Insider:
Megyn Kelly torches Newt Gingrich in heated interview over Donald Trump
Megyn Kelly torches Newt Gingrich in heated interview over Donald Trump
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Rebecca Sinderbrand / Washington Post:
‘You are fascinated with sex’: That Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich showdown was one for the ages
‘You are fascinated with sex’: That Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich showdown was one for the ages
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Politico, Daily Wire, Raw Story, Business Insider, twitchy.com, TVNewser, BizPac Review and Mediaite
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump campaign turns infomercial — MIAMI — Donald Trump has less than two weeks left in his presidential campaign, but his closing argument sounds as much about his business interests as his electoral ones. — As Hillary Clinton and her surrogates fan out across the battleground states …
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Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio officially charged with criminal contempt … With a federal judge's signature on a proposed order initially submitted by prosecutors Oct. 17, the deal is sealed: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is criminally charged with federal contempt of court.
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Political Wire, The Week and Raw Story
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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 …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Libertarian VP Candidate Admits Defeat, Tells Voters To Pick Clinton Over Trump — Accepting that his presidential bid will fail, Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld on Tuesday obliquely urged voters to vote for Hillary Clinton. — In a Tuesday statement addressed …
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump Loyalists Planned Voter Intimidation Using Fake ID Badges, Fake Exit Polling — Until HuffPost Asked Them About It — The “Vote Protectors” are affiliated with Trump adviser Roger Stone. — National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — Vote Protectors, the anti-voter-fraud group hosted …
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Talking Points Memo and BillMoyers.com
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 …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
A Dead Heat for Congress, Despite Clinton's Advantage (POLL) — Hillary Clinton's lead in the presidential race is no longer in the double digits in the latest ABC News tracking poll, and there are signs of vote splitting that could help down-ballot Republicans.
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Political Wire
Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Donald Trump says he would love to beat up Joe ‘Mr Tough Guy’ Biden — No, I wish we were in high school and I could take him behind the gym' — Republican nominee Donald Trump implied on Tuesday that he would be willing to fight the sitting vice-president Joe Biden behind a barn.
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CNN and Paddy Power Blog
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Indiana officials are trying to block almost 45,000 black citizens from voting — Police raided the largest voter registration drive in the state with the lowest voter turnout in the country. — Roughly 45,000 newly registered voters in Indiana—almost all of whom are black …
Los Angeles Times:
Donald Trump versus Vince McMahon — In 2007, Trump put his reputation — and his hair — on the line to start a fued with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. In a dramatized dust-up reported on by major media outlets, their storied hair versus hair match during Wrestlemania 23 had both men pick …
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Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Huma email reveal: Hillary ‘still not perfect in the head’ — More On: — Top aide Huma Abedin warned the Clinton campaign team in a 2015 e-mail that Hillary was “still not perfect in her head” and would have to “stick to notes” during an event. — The e-mail is among thousands hacked …
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Washington Free Beacon
NBC News:
Raqqa Offensive Against ISIS to Begin Within Weeks: Ash Carter — U.S. Won't Be Part of Mosul ‘Occupation,’ Ash Carter Says 1:04 — PARIS — The offensive to oust ISIS from its capital will get underway within weeks, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told NBC News in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
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Guardian, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, WSLS-TV and NBC News
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump transition work continues as usual, top official says — A top official with Donald Trump's transition team denied a report that the operation was asked to scale back its work to focus on the election as Trump's chances for victory on Nov. 8 appear to dim.
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Talking Points Memo and Reuters
Patrick Hogan / Fusion:
Hillary Clinton says she won't be the next ‘deporter-in-chief’ — These Iowa kids will charm the next president into fixing immigration, the environment, and school lunch
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
‘Blacks For Trump’ Supporter A Former Member Of Violent Cult — The man who has appeared behind Donald Trump at numerous south Florida rallies bearing a “Blacks for Trump” sign is a former member of the murderous Yahweh ben Yahweh cult and a fixture at Republican campaign events.
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The Gateway Pundit, Little Green Footballs and Liberty Unyielding
Ashley Collman / Daily Mail:
Widower tells jury how he helped pimp out his own wife to pay their bills at the trial of Craigslist John accused of stabbing the pregnant woman to death — Joseph Cyr, 34, is currently on trial for murdering 25-year-old pregnant woman Jaymie Adams in 2011 — It was something we fell into to pay bills,' Justin Adams told the jury
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Independent Journal Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
DeRay Mckesson / Washington Post:
DeRay Mckesson: Why I'm voting for Hillary Clinton — There is much work that lies ahead, and she is ready and prepared to do it. — I've been thinking lately about Shirley Chisholm's legacy and her words: “Freedom is an endless horizon, and there are many roads that lead to it.”
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Talking Points Memo and Politico
Adam Kirsch / New York Times:
The Meaning of Bob Dylan's Silence — In the summer of 1964, Bob Dylan released his fourth album, “Another Side of Bob Dylan,” which includes the track “It Ain't Me Babe.” “Go 'way from my window/Leave at your own chosen speed,” it begins. “I'm not the one you want, babe/I'm not the one you need.”
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New Yorker, Althouse and Washington Post