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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 …
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Raw Story, Politicus USA and Balloon Juice
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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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John Podesta, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Guardian, CANNONFIRE, Balloon Juice, Business Insider, AOL, PredictWise, NBC News, RedState, The New Civil Rights Movement, Politico, Occupy Democrats, New York Times, NPR, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, ThinkProgress, twitchy.com, New York Magazine, Mediaite and Daily Kos
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.
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Fox News, New York Times, Independent Journal Review, RedState and Zero Hedge
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.
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 …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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 …
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Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Politico
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 …
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Newsweek, Politicus USA, The Root, New York Times and Mediaite
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
Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she doesn't know how her emails wound up on her husband's computer
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twitchy.com and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and twitchy.com
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’
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American Thinker, Washington Post, Business Insider, The Hill, AOL, Observer, Bloomberg, Media Matters for America, twitchy.com, Law News and Vox
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
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Associated Press and Patterico's Pontifications
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’
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Independent Journal Review
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
DC Attorney: FBI Never Destroyed Laptops Of Clinton Aides
DC Attorney: FBI Never Destroyed Laptops Of Clinton Aides
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New York Times, BizPac Review, Bloomberg and Slate
The Hill:
Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp
Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp
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The Huffington Post, ABC News, Power Line and Vox Popoli
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
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FiveThirtyEight and Mediaite
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
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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
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BizPac Review, Fox News Insider, Independent Journal Review, CNN, Scripting News, The Week, Townhall.com and Infowars
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
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and BizPac Review
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.
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Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications, Politicus USA, alan.com, Balloon Juice and Joe.My.God.
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.
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BuzzFeed, NBC News, Towleroad and The New Civil Rights Movement
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 …
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Washington Free Beacon
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.
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Iowa Public Radio
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.
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Princeton Election Consortium
David Mastio / USA Today:
The Clinton-Weiner email conspiracy: David Mastio — The 2016 campaign only makes sense if Hillary and Donald are both fighting to stay out of office. — Over and over during the 2016 presidential campaign, one thought keeps occurring to me: The only way this plot makes sense …
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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Hot Air, AOL, The New Civil Rights Movement, Joe.My.God., Politico and The Hill
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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.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa
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Vox, Hullabaloo, TalkLeft, New York Magazine, Daily Kos and The Week