Top Items:
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition — On Friday, James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting independently of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, sent a letter to Congress saying that the F.B.I. had discovered e-mails …
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Lid, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Bloomberg, Vox, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, RedState, Occupy Democrats, neo-neocon, Breitbart, NPR, Hot Air, The Last Refuge, Guardian, BizPac Review, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Towleroad, The Week, Business Insider, Booman Tribune, New York Times, Mediaite and ThinkProgress
RELATED:
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice officials warned FBI that Comey's decision to update Congress was not consistent with department policy — Senior Justice Department officials warned the FBI that Director James B. Comey's decision to notify Congress about renewing the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server …
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS: THE REAL REASON THE FBI IS REVIEWING MORE OF THEM — The disclosure by the Federal Bureau of Investigation late on Friday, October 28 that it had discovered potential new evidence in its inquiry into Hillary Clinton's handling of her personal email when she was Secretary …
Discussion:
Daily News Bin, Refinery29, TheStreet.com, Occupy Democrats, Hullabaloo, Gothamist, Law News, Raw Story, Washington Post and Salon
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’ — CNN's Carl Bernstein said that the FBI's stunning announcement that it assessing new emails pertinent to its investigation of Hillary Clinton — 's private email server wouldn't have happened unless “it was something serious.”
Discussion:
Independent Journal Review
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
FBI Found “Tens Of Thousands Of Emails” Belonging To Huma Abedin On Weiner's Laptop — With furious Democrats - and the Clinton Campaign - now openly blasting the FBI's reopened investigation (as Republicans take delight for once in having a government agency reinforce their side of events) …
Discussion:
Politico, Bloomberg, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, BizPac Review and RedState
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’ — Hillary Clinton and her allies sprang onto a war footing on Saturday, opening a ferocious attack on the F.B.I.'s director a day after he disclosed that his agency was looking into a potential new batch of messages from her private email server.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Lynch advised Comey against letter to Congress: report
Lynch advised Comey against letter to Congress: report
Discussion:
Washington Post, RedState, Joe.My.God., WND, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and alan.com
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
Discussion:
RedState and Associated Press
CNN:
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
Discussion:
Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, WTVR-TV, twitchy.com, myfox8.com and FOX6Now.com
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
With less than two weeks to go, this thing's not over yet
With less than two weeks to go, this thing's not over yet
Discussion:
Washington Post
Mike Levine / ABC News:
What We Know About the FBI's Latest Review of Hillary Clinton's Emails
What We Know About the FBI's Latest Review of Hillary Clinton's Emails
Discussion:
BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Hill
Maia Davis / ABC News:
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director for Going ‘Light on Facts, Heavy on Innuendo’ in Letter on Email Probe
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director for Going ‘Light on Facts, Heavy on Innuendo’ in Letter on Email Probe
Discussion:
FiveThirtyEight, Mediaite and Washington Post
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Five takeaways from Comey's October surprise
Five takeaways from Comey's October surprise
Discussion:
Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Informed Comment
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump boasts about his philanthropy. But his giving falls short of his words. — In the fall of 1996, a charity called the Association to Benefit Children held a ribbon-cutting in Manhattan for a new nursery school serving children with AIDS. The bold-faced names took seats up front.
Discussion:
Raw Story, RedState, alan.com, Balloon Juice, Politicus USA, Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Sarah Boden / Iowa Public Radio:
Des Moines Woman Says She Voted Twice For Trump Because “The Polls Are Rigged” — A Des Moines woman has been charged with Election Misconduct, a Class D felony, after allegedly voting twice for GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Guardian, Vox, Slate, Law News, Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., ThinkProgress, The New Civil Rights Movement and Des Moines Register
RELATED:
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump Questions Veracity of Ballot Counting in Colorado
Donald Trump Questions Veracity of Ballot Counting in Colorado
Discussion:
CBS News
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa
Discussion:
New York Magazine, TalkLeft, Hullabaloo, The Week and Des Moines Register
Chad Griffin:
An Open Letter: HRC Revokes Endorsement Following Senator Mark Kirk's Racist Comments — After careful consideration, HRC's Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors has taken the unprecedented step—a first in our 36-year history—of revoking an endorsement.
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, Towleroad, LGBTQ Nation, Washington Blade and The New Civil Rights Movement
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Shift in the Electorate's Makeup Tightens the Presidential Contest (POLL) — It's a tale of two electorates in the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, with shifts in intended turnout moving a large advantage for Hillary Clinton a week ago to a far tighter 2016 presidential race today.
Discussion:
The Last Refuge, Hot Air, AOL, The New Civil Rights Movement, Joe.My.God., The Hill, Politico and RedState
RELATED:
Sam Wang / New York Times:
Why Trump Stays Afloat — In one of the most emotionally wrenching presidential races in living memory, Donald J. Trump's support is as level as a pond. In polls, it is holding steady around 41 percent, right where it was after the first debate in late September.
Discussion:
Princeton Election Consortium
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Final Days — Trump's advisers are working hard to plan their own futures while riding out the roller-coaster end of the campaign. — “I'm on the battlefield right now, which is amazing,” Donald Trump said as he surveyed the Gettysburg National Military Park. “When you talk about historic, this is the whole ballgame.”
Discussion:
Politicus USA, alan.com, Business Insider and Raw Story
New York Times:
WikiLeaks Lays Bare a Clinton Insider's Emphatic Cheers and Jeers — In one note, Neera Tanden groused that whoever had let Hillary Clinton use a private email address for her State Department correspondence should be “drawn and quartered.” — In another, she called for Mrs. Clinton …
Discussion:
Guardian, New York Magazine and Fox News Insider
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Voter Fraud In Minnesota [Updated] — That's a big topic, as Minnesota's same-day registration scheme is notoriously subject to-in fact, invites-abuse. But a group called Minnesota Voters Alliance has brought to light another problem: substantial numbers of felons, among others …
Discussion:
American Experiment