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2:15 AM ET, October 27, 2016

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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 …
Discussion: ABC News
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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 …
Discussion: Hot Air
Ilya Shapiro / The Federalist:
The Senate Should Refuse To Confirm All Of Hillary Clinton's Judicial Nominees
Associated Press:   Cruz Suggests Leaving Vacancy on Supreme Court
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
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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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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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Watch Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Get Destroyed
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.
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Bill Weld Wants a Seat at the Table  —  The Libertarian Party vice presidential candidate on Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, and the importance of having a navy.  —  When Bill Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, decided to join Gary Johnson's campaign for the presidency …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Libertarian VP Candidate Admits Defeat, Tells Voters To Pick Clinton Over Trump
Discussion: AOL and Gary Johnson for President
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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Wall Street Journal:   Clinton Foundation's Fundraisers Pressed Donors to Steer Business to Former President
Jason Zinoman / New York Times:
Patton Oswalt: 'I'll Never Be at 100 Percent Again'  —  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Michelle McNamara, a 46-year-old true-crime writer, died chasing a serial killer.  —  The Golden State Killer, a name she coined while working on a book about him, raped and murdered dozens of victims in the 1970s and '80s and remains at large.
Discussion: AOL
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump-Linked Voter Intimidation Group Releases New Script For ‘Citizen Journalists’  —  Vote Protectors wants volunteers to approach voters on Election Day to ask about “election fraud.”  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  Vote Protectors, an anti-voter-fraud group loyal …
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 …
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.
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 …
Matthew Artz / Mercury News:
California poll: Trump's numbers dropping into ‘uncharted territory’  —  Less than two weeks before Election Day, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris have commanding leads and propositions to legalize marijuana and levy a $2-per-pack tax on cigarettes appear heading for approval.
Discussion: Informed Comment
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Bill Clinton Tells Alleged Mistress to Deny He Got Her State Job  —  NEW YORK - Speaking in a series of recorded phone conversations in 1991 with his alleged mistress Gennifer Flowers, Bill Clinton can be heard telling Flowers to deny that he aided her in obtaining a state job.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Indiana: a perfect storm for voter fraud debate  —  Poll: Most believe votes will be counted accurately  —  (CNN)In the final weeks of the campaign as Donald Trump fuels questions concerning voting irregularities, a case in Indiana — the home turf of the GOP running mate Mike Pence …
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 …
Discussion: ABC News and Instapundit
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: LifeNews.com
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 …
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.
Discussion: Althouse, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and CBS Miami
 
 
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump Stands by Claim Capt. Khan Would Be Alive Under His Presidency
Discussion: Associated Press and Politicus USA
David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement:
Would Be Obama's 13th Veto  —  President Barack Obama is prepared …
Discussion: Towleroad
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Polls tighten for Trump, Clinton
Sarah Dean / Daily Mail:
Does anyone object to this marriage... Migrant screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ …
Discussion: Walid Shoebat and Jihad Watch
Gerry Ricciutti / WKBN-TV:
Defendant says Jesus told him ‘to get the demons out’ of woman
Discussion: WDTN-TV
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple delays AirPod rollout, don't expect them in October
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
What We Learned From Five Hours of Trump on Tape
Discussion: Scripting News
 Earlier Items: 
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Clinton to spend election night at Javits Center in Manhattan
Matthew Sheffield / Salon:
Michael Moore: People will vote for Donald Trump as a giant “F**k you” — and he'll win
Discussion: Mediaite and AOL
WKRN-TV:
Fire causes extensive damage to Opryland Hotel Steakhouse
Discussion: KWQC-TV, WAVY-TV and WJTV
Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
The Internet's Fever Swamps Aren't Going Anywhere. We Need to Learn to Live With Them.
Discussion: RealClearPolicy
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Evan McMullin Isn't Just Running For President — He's Literally Building A New Party
Discussion: Yahoo and The Atlantic
 

 
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John Hendel / Politico:
Trump says FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit, giving WBD access to NBA content and rights in parts of N. Europe and LatAm; TNT will license Inside the NBA to ESPN

Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal:
Florida billionaire David Hoffmann, who holds an 8.7% stake in Lee Enterprises and 5% in DallasNews, says he aims to make the second-largest US newspaper group

 
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