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1:25 AM ET, October 30, 2016

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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 …
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The Daily Beast:
Huma Abedin Swore Under Oath She Gave Up ‘All the Devices’ With State Dept. Emails  —  In a normal election year, a normal candidate's close aide who caused even minor embarrassment to a campaign so near to Election Day would be whisked away as quickly as possible to avoid becoming a distraction.
Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
‘Put it all out on the table’: Hillary ramps up her war with FBI director Comey as she hits out at his ‘strange, unprecedented and deeply troubling’ decision to announce reopening of email probe  —  Hillary Clinton took her war against FBI Director James Comey right to her own supporters Saturday …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Exclusive: FBI still does not have warrant to review new Abedin emails linked to Clinton probe  —  When FBI Director James Comey wrote his bombshell letter to Congress on Friday about newly discovered emails that were potentially “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just a Few Days  —  Last night I noted that current news reporting suggests that the FBI has not even determined whether any of the Huma Abedin emails are new - i.e., they have not confirmed how many if any were not already produced and scrutinized by the FBI in the investigation that ended in July.
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Strongly Discouraged Comey on Move in Clinton Email Case  —  The day before the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, sent a letter to Congress announcing that new evidence had been discovered that may be related to the completed Hillary Clinton email investigation …
Matthew Miller / Washington Post:
James Comey fails to follow Justice Department rules yet again  —  Matthew Miller was director of the Justice Department's public affairs office from 2009 to 2011.  —  FBI Director James B. Comey's stunning announcement that he has directed investigators to begin reviewing new evidence …
Discussion: Politicus USA, The Root and Mediaite
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:
Dems train fire on Comey
Discussion: Hot Air
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS: THE REAL REASON THE FBI IS REVIEWING MORE OF THEM
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition
Maia Davis / ABC News:
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director for Going ‘Light on Facts, Heavy on Innuendo’ in Letter on Email Probe
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Mediaite
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
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
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.
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.
BostonGlobe.com:
Law firm ‘bonuses’ tied to political donations  —  Jon Tester didn't come all the way from Montana for the scrambled eggs and bacon.  The US senator, virtually unknown in Boston, was in a conference room at the Thornton Law Firm that June morning to cash in at one of the most reliable stops …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump Questions Veracity of Ballot Counting in Colorado  —  GOLDEN, Colo. — Donald J. Trump has found a new reason to question the legitimacy of the 2016 election — ballots — and he wasted little time here on Saturday before taking issue with the voting system in this largely vote-by-mail state.
Discussion: CBS News
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Sarah Boden / Iowa Public Radio:
Des Moines Woman Says She Voted Twice For Trump Because “The Polls Are Rigged”
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.
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 …
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.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
National poll: Clinton leads Trump by 2 points
Discussion: The Week and alan.com
 
 
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Voter Fraud In Minnesota [Updated]
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
24 Totally Normal Hours On The Trail With Hillary Clinton
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’
Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
Phoenix VA worker's run-in with proselytizers raises questions about government pushing religion
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Maurice Tamman / Reuters:
Clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: TalkLeft
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‘Gay Thought Police’ Like Soviet-Era Bullies
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Mike Allen / Politico:
2020: Rematch of Trump vs. Clinton?
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