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7:00 PM ET, October 30, 2016

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Richard W. Painter / New York Times:
On Clinton Emails, Did the F.B.I. Director Abuse His Power?  —  The F.B.I. is currently investigating the hacking of Americans' computers by foreign governments.  Russia is a prime suspect.  —  Imagine a possible connection between a candidate for president in the United States and the Russian computer hacking.
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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe  —  Laptop may contain thousands of messages sent to or from private server  —  Federal agents are preparing to scour roughly 650,000 emails contained on the laptop of former Rep. Anthony Weiner to see how many relate to a prior probe …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI agents knew of Clinton-related emails weeks before director was briefed  —  The FBI agents investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server knew early this month that messages recovered in a separate probe might be germane to their case, but they waited weeks before briefing the FBI director …
Evan Perez / CNN:
Justice Department seeks approval for email search  —  (CNN)Justice Department and FBI officials are working to secure approval that would allow the FBI to conduct a full search of top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedein's newly discovered emails, sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Harry Reid: FBI Director's ‘Partisan Actions’ May Violate Federal Law  —  Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said FBI Director James Comey may have violated the Hatch Act when he disclosed, less than two weeks before the presidential election, that his office was pursuing potential …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Donald Trump Thanks Anthony Weiner
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Mediaite
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Former federal attorney: FBI email review a ‘convoluted mess’
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she doesn't know how her emails wound up on her husband's computer
Ed Klein / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Resignation letters piling up from disaffected FBI agents, his wife urging him to admit …
New York Times:
For Democrats, Anthony Weiner Makes an Unwelcome Return
Discussion: RedState
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:   Hillary only has herself to blame for the mess she's in
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Exclusive: FBI still does not have warrant to review new Abedin emails linked to Clinton probe
Frank Bruni / New York Times:   Comey, Clinton and This Steaming Mess
Bloomberg:
Clinton's Attacking Strategy to Blunt Comey Damage Has Risks
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Trump offered Christie his VP slot — then rescinded it  —  More On:  —  Donald Trump initially offered the vice-presidential running-mate slot to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie but then withdrew it, sources said.  —  With a week to go before the GOP convention in July …
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Trump Supporter Says He Hopes ‘We All Get Our Wish’ That Hillary Will Drive Off Cliff  —  Speaking at Donald Trump's Las Vegas rally earlier today, conservative pundit and Trump supporter Wayne Allyn Root fantasized about Hillary Clinton's death.  —  Early on in his speech …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump rally speaker fantasizes about death of Hillary Clinton  —  LAS VEGAS — A speaker warming up the crowd for Donald Trump at a campaign rally Sunday morning fantasized about the deaths of Hillary Clinton and a senior aide.  —  Conservative commentator Wayne Allyn Root …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Man staring down press removed from Trump rally
Discussion: AOL and RedState
Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll finds tight presidential race, with mixed reaction to FBI's review of Clinton emails  —  Republicans' growing unity behind Donald Trump has helped pull him just one percentage point below Hillary Clinton and placed GOP leaders who resist him in a vulnerable position …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:   Clinton and Trump Even in Latest Poll; Turnout Critical
CBS News:
CBS battleground poll: Partisans divide on news of FBI, emails  —  News of the FBI's decision spread quickly through the battleground states - eight in ten likely voters had heard about it by Saturday - and partisans quickly went to their respective corners: Republicans think it's bad and expect …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Clinton Leads Trump in North Carolina; Dead Heat in Florida
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
A President Clinton would be out of control: Glenn Reynolds  —  He's no paragon of virtue, but it won't be that way with a President Trump.  —  “Someone somewhere should have told her no.” Those are the words of a Clinton ally quoted in a roundup of Democratic reactions to Hillary Clinton's FBI news …
Discussion: Power Line
Michael Hamilton / The Sun:
MILE HIGH SEXTS BA pilot suspended over alleged cockpit sex photos in stockings taken at 38,000 feet  —  Captain Colin Glover, 51, denies he is the pervy pilot pictured pleasuring himself mid-flight  —  A BA pilot has been suspended amid claims he pleasured himself wearing stockings in the cockpit at 38,000 feet.
Discussion: Law News and alan.com
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump in 1990: Adultery is Not a Sin  —  Donald Trump has become defined in his presidential campaign by his misogynistic language and a recent downpour of accusations of sexual assault against him.  But it's not exactly a recent phenomenon.  One of the defining characteristics …
Discussion: Mediaite and alan.com
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Ex-FBI official: Clintons are a ‘crime family’  —  A former FBI official said Sunday that Bill and Hillary Clinton  —  are part of a “crime family” and argued top officials hindered the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.  —  During a radio interview with John Catsimatidis …
 
 
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NBC News:
Meet the Press - October 30, 2016
Discussion: RedState and Althouse
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Kansas GOP distributing extremely Islamophobic mailer
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Fire, Film, Tweet: The Taliban's New Way of War
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
Iceland's Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Makes Strong Gains
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml/news:
Social Media Blackout? FBI Emails Are Not ‘Trending’ On Twitter, Facebook, Buzzfeed, Or Snapchat
Discussion: Mediaite
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Latest Upshot Poll Shows Trump With a Lead in Florida
Discussion: BBC, FiveThirtyEight and Politico
David Mastio / USA Today:
The Clinton-Weiner email conspiracy: David Mastio
 

 
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