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6:10 PM ET, October 27, 2016

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Bloomberg:
Inside the Trump Bunker, With 12 Days to Go  —  Win or lose, the Republican candidate and his inner circle have built a direct marketing operation that could power a TV network—or finish off the GOP.  —  Subscribe Reprints  —  On Oct. 19, as the third and final presidential debate gets …
Vine:
Important News about Vine  —  Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see creativity unfold.  Today, we are sharing the news that in the coming months we'll be discontinuing the mobile app.  —  Nothing is happening to the apps, website or your Vines today.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Ex-Miss Finland: Trump groped me  —  The 2006 Miss Finland says Donald Trump  —  groped her the same year she won the beauty pageant, according to a new report.  —  Ninni Laaksonen, now 30, is the 12th woman to recently accuse the GOP presidential nominee of sexual misconduct before Election Day, The Telegraph said Thursday.
Discussion: RedState
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Telegraph:
Former Miss Finland becomes 12th woman to accuse Trump of sexual assault  —  A former Miss Finland has become the twelfth woman to come forward and accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, with two weeks to go until the US election.  —  Ninni Laaksonen, now 30, was crowned Miss Finland in 2006.
New York Times:
Some Donald Trump Voters Warn of Revolution if Hillary Clinton Wins  —  COLORADO SPRINGS — Big crowds still mob Donald J. Trump when he comes to town, with fans waiting in long lines to attend his rallies, where they eagerly jeer his Democratic rival and holler happily at his message.
Yalerecord / The Yale Record:
The Yale Record Does Not Endorse Hillary Clinton  —  In its 144-year history, The Yale Record has never endorsed a Democratic candidate for president.  In fact, we have never endorsed any candidate for president.  This is, in part, due to our strong commitment to being a tax-exempt 501(c) …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump springs news on Melania that she will give two or three ‘big’ speeches  —  To Melania Trump's apparent surprise, Donald Trump announced Thursday that his wife would be making two or three “big,” “important” speeches.  —  Speaking alongside the Republican presidential nominee during …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:   Melania Trump Tells How Son Barron Follows His Dad's Presidential Bid
Joe Klein / TIME:
The Ultimate Insider Who Could Still Change the Game In the Oval Office  —  There haven't been many exhilarating moments in Hillary Clinton's long slog to the presidency, but this may have been one of them: a gorgeous late-October afternoon in New Hampshire, an outdoor rally amid the falling leaves …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Lawyer Alleges Justice Thomas Groped Her When She Was A Young Scholar  —  A 41-year-old lawyer has accused Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her in 1999 when she was a young foundation fellow in Washington, D.C., National Law Journal reported Thursday.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Justice Thomas Laments a Washington That's ‘Broken in Some Ways’
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and AOL
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Behind the retreat of the Koch brothers' operation  —  On a drizzly Monday morning in mid-September, about 200 staffers from the Koch brothers' conservative advocacy network were summoned to the fifth floor auditorium of the Charles Koch Institute's Arlington, Virginia, headquarters …
Discussion: Grist, New York Magazine and The Week
S.e. Cupp / New York Times:
The Lonely Life of a Republican Woman  —  As has become typical in an election marked by its often unpleasant surprises, I awoke to a storm of outrage on Twitter on Wednesday morning.  Newt Gingrich had told Fox's Megyn Kelly that she was “fascinated with sex” and didn't “care about public policy.”
Discussion: The Week and Mother Jones
Siena College:
Clinton Ahead of Trump, 46 - 39% … New York Times Upshot/ Siena College Pennsylvania Poll:  —  McGinty Holds Slim 3 Point Lead over Toomey  —  Loudonville, NY.  Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by 7 points, 46-39 percent in a four-way race for Pennsylvania's key electoral votes …
Discussion: Politico, Towleroad and New York Times
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Leads by 7 Points in Pennsylvania Poll
Discussion: Politicus USA and WJXT-TV
Ben Westcott / CNN:
Sixth mass extinction?  Two-thirds of wildlife may be gone by 2020: WWF  —  (CNN)More than two thirds of the world's wildlife could be gone by the end of the decade if action isn't taken soon, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund revealed on Thursday.  —  Since 1970, there has already …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Week and KXAN-TV
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Damian Carrington / Guardian:
World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Trump blames Clinton for leaked campaign emails appearing to joke about Catholics and evangelicals  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is making his pitch to Catholics, many of whom could serve as important swing voters in states such as Florida and Pennsylvania.
Alex Berezow / acsh.org:
Is Modern Feminism Incompatible With Science?  —  Ideology is a double-edged sword.  Dedication to a set of beliefs can be admirable, but when it leads to inflexibility and obstinance in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, it is a dangerous thing.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Guardian:
Gary Johnson erupts when asked about his tax policy and the success of his rival  —  He lashed out at Evan McMullin, the independent presidential candidate who surpassed Johnson in Utah and is almost tied with Trump and Clinton there  —  The Libertarian candidate for president, Gary Johnson …
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Obama grants 98 more commutations, setting single-year clemency record  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama granted 98 more commutations to federal inmates Thursday, bringing the total for this year to 688 — the most commutations ever granted by a president in a single year.
Nancyl / Washington Monthly:
The Republican Waterloo  —  A big topic for discussion these days is what happens to the Republican Party post-Trump.  Catherine Rampell has a diagnosis of what when wrong and a prescription for how to fix it. … She makes a good point.  But it's much easier said than done.
Zoe Efstathiou / Daily Express:
Fury as German primary school ‘forces’ children to chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Muslim prayer  —  PUPILS at a primary school were forced to chant “Allahu Akhbar” and “there is no God but Allah”, an appalled father has claimed.  —  The father of the pupil at the girl's primary school …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and WND
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Clinton headlined fundraiser for campaign group which gave $500,000 to wife of FBI boss who investigated her emails - and it's closely linked to Hillary's bid for power  — DailyMail.com reveals just how closely linked Clinton is to PAC which gave massive donation to Virginia politician married to FBI deputy director
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan has little margin for error in Speaker vote  —  Republican lawmakers who voted against Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.) for Speaker aren't saying whether they'll vote for him in a new election next year.  —  Nine House Republicans rejected Ryan in the special election to replace Speaker John Boehner
Media Matters for America:
James O'Keefe, Roger Stone Appear Together On Alex Jones, Promote Rigged Election Conspiracy  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): What happens if they steal it in front of God and country?  James and then Roger.  —  JAMES O'KEEFE: I think what happens is the people will revolt.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexis Levinson / National Review:
NRCC Ad Praises Congressman For Not Backing Trump  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee is running an ad praising Representative Bob Dold for having bucked Donald Trump, the party's presidential nominee.  —  Individual Republican House candidates have cut ads distancing themselves from Trump …
Nell Greenfieldboyce / NPR:
Researchers Say They've Found A Bit Of Fossilized Dinosaur Brain  —  A rusty-brown rock found on a beach by a fossil hunter might contain a bit of preserved dinosaur brain.  —  If so, it would be the first time scientists have ever found fossilized brain tissue from a dinosaur.
Discussion: Vox, Gizmodo, Mashable and The Week
Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
Howard Stern on Trump's misogynistic talk: ‘This is who Trump is’  —  Radio host Howard Stern says he is proud that the interviews he conducted over the years with Donald Trump were able to get to the heart of his personality.  —  Earlier this month, CNN's KFile unearthed several old appearances …
ABC News:
Donald Trump Dismisses Michelle Obama's Barbs as Part of ‘the Game’  —  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
Discussion: Vox
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
What Top Democrats Really Thought About Hillary's Private Server: “F*****g Insane”  —  Another Wikileaks nugget: in July of last year, Hillary Clinton's top supporters were worried about her primary race against Bernie Sanders, which was unexpectedly close, and how the emerging off-the-books server scandal would impact it.
USA Today:
Poll: Clinton builds lead in divided nation worried about Election Day violence  —  WASHINGTON — As the most caustic campaign in modern American history nears its close, Hillary Clinton has built a formidable lead over Donald Trump approaching 10 percentage points, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.
Jeremy Turnage / WIS-TV:
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS)  —  Gov. Nikki Haley says she's not really happy with either of her choices for president this year, but she still plans to vote for businessman Donald Trump on Nov. 8.  —  Speaking at a news conference for her flood and Hurricane Matthew relief fund, Haley was asked once about voting for Trump.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and RedState
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Once again, Donald Trump embraces conspiracy theories to undercut the results of the election  —  The way psychics and con artists work is they use small things to build into a bigger picture.  They let you believe something little and then leverage that little thing to reinforce the broader narrative they're hoping to trick you into.
 
 
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BBC:
Justin Timberlake in election voting selfie gaffe
Discussion: WJTV and CBS Philly
Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Earnest: Obama confident he has better military advisers than Trump
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Kelli Ward aims to oust Flake in 2018
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Alex Byers / Politico:
FCC passes privacy rules that could cloud AT&T's Time Warner deal
CNN:
Impressions of US direction improved, but divided by partisanship
Discussion: Washington Monthly and MSNBC
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Winning in court, losing on the ground: uncertainty clouds U.S. voting rights
Mark Hicks / Detroit News:
3 plead guilty in Detroit teen's slaying
Discussion: Associated Press and The Root
 Earlier Items: 
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: October 2016
Discussion: NBC News, Washington Times and CNBC
CNBC:
Clinton nearly doubles lead over Trump in latest CNBC survey
Matthew Artz / Mercury News:
California poll: Trump's numbers dropping into ‘uncharted territory’
Discussion: Informed Comment
 

 
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