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Eamon Javers / CNBC:
FBI's Comey opposed naming Russians, citing election timing: Source — FBI Director James Comey argued privately that it was too close to Election Day for the United States government to name Russia as meddling in the U.S. election and ultimately ensured that the FBI's name was not on the document …
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Eric Holder / Washington Post:
James Comey is a good man, but he made a serious mistake — Eric Holder was U.S. attorney general from 2009 to 2015. — I began my career in the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section 40 years ago, investigating cases of official corruption. In the years since …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Comey's bombshell changes few votes — The race for the White House is tight, but it has not been radically changed by the FBI director's bombshell announcement last week. — Hillary Clinton has a slim three-point lead over Donald Trump one week before Election Day …
Doug Schoen / The Hill:
Reassessing my support for Hillary Clinton — I made one of the most difficult decisions of my life — not just political, but also personal — last night. — During my weekly show on the “Fox Report” hosted by Harris Faulkner with Pat Caddell and John LeBoutillier, I indicated …
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Open Letter from Former Federal Prosecutors and High-Ranking Officials of The U.S. Department of Justice — Sunday, as reported by the Associated Press, a group of nearly 100 former federal prosecutors and high-ranking DOJ officials from both Democratic and Republican administrations …
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
James Comey Just Unmasked Himself — His carefully maintained nonpolitical image is now starting to fray. — WASHINGTON You have to be extremely political here in the nation's capital if you want to acquire a reputation for being nonpolitical. — James Comey, as shrewd and politically attuned …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: Comey not trying to influence election … The White House on Monday said James Comey is not trying to tip the scales in the presidential election, amid criticism from Democrats over the FBI director's decision to inform Congress about a new probe into emails possibly related …
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Department says it is moving quickly in the renewed investigation into Clinton email server
Justice Department says it is moving quickly in the renewed investigation into Clinton email server
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Comey Is Not the One Whose Unorthodox Actions Are Casting a Cloud over the Election
Comey Is Not the One Whose Unorthodox Actions Are Casting a Cloud over the Election
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Abedin tells colleagues she's in dark about new email trove
Abedin tells colleagues she's in dark about new email trove
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
What to Know About the New Clinton-Related Emails
What to Know About the New Clinton-Related Emails
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Clinton scandals revive Trump's spirits
Clinton scandals revive Trump's spirits
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is refusing to pay his campaign pollster three-quarters of a million dollars — Donald Trump's hiring of pollster Tony Fabrizio in May was viewed as a sign that the real estate mogul was finally bringing seasoned operatives into his insurgent operation.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Sucks To Be You! Trump Won't Pay Pollster Almost A Million Bucks
Sucks To Be You! Trump Won't Pay Pollster Almost A Million Bucks
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump camp refusing to pay pollster
Trump camp refusing to pay pollster
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Peter Thiel: 'What Trump represents isn't crazy, and it's not going away'
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN severs ties with Donna Brazile — CNN says it is “completely uncomfortable” with hacked emails showing that former contributor and interim Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile shared questions with the Clinton campaign before a debate and a town hall during the Democratic primary, and has accepted her resignation.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
New Email Shows Donna Brazile Also Gave Clinton Questions Before CNN Presidential Debate
New Email Shows Donna Brazile Also Gave Clinton Questions Before CNN Presidential Debate
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN Parts Ways With Donna Brazile, a Hillary Clinton Supporter
CNN Parts Ways With Donna Brazile, a Hillary Clinton Supporter
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
WikiLeaks email suggests Brazile sent debate question to Clinton camp
WikiLeaks email suggests Brazile sent debate question to Clinton camp
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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP'S COMPANIES DESTROYED EMAILS IN DEFIANCE OF COURT ORDERS — U.S. DONALD TRUMP 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HILLARY EMAILS — Over the course of decades, Donald Trump's companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded …
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Robin Lakoff / TIME:
Hillary Clinton's Emailgate Is an Attack on Women — Robin Lakoff is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Language and Woman's Place — 'It's not about emails; it's about public communication by a woman' — I am mad. I am mad because I am scared.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
White Nationalist's Pro-Trump Robocall: Evan McMullin Is Gay — Prominent white nationalist William Johnson, an ardent supporter of Donald Trump's campaign who was previously listed as a California delegate for the Republican National Convention, has paid for a new robocall targeting #NeverTrump …
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The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
White nationalist slams McMullin and backs Trump in Utah robocall
White nationalist slams McMullin and backs Trump in Utah robocall
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NBER:
Racial and Gender Discrimination in Transportation Network Companies — Yanbo Ge, Christopher R. Knittel, Don MacKenzie, Stephen Zoepf — NBER Working Paper No. 22776 — NBER Program(s): IO LS PE … You may purchase this paper on-line in .pdf format from SSRN.com ($5) for electronic delivery.
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Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft Drivers
Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft Drivers
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Trump: Thank You Anthony Weiner! Good Job Huma! — At a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Donald Trump comments on the latest twist in the Hillary Clinton email saga. — “Thank you, Huma,” he declared to Hillary Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin. “Good job, Huma.” — To her husband he said: “Thank you, Anthony Weiner!”
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Kelly Mclaughlin / Daily Mail:
Clinton's inner circle knew FIVE YEARS AGO that Anthony Weiner was messaging an underage girl …
Clinton's inner circle knew FIVE YEARS AGO that Anthony Weiner was messaging an underage girl …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
In private, Burr quips about gun owners shooting Clinton — (CNN)Sen. Richard Burr privately mused over the weekend that gun owners may want to put a “bullseye” on Hillary Clinton, according to audio obtained by CNN. — The North Carolina Republican, locked in a tight race for reelection …
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Wikileaks Warns It Is Launching “Phase Three” Of Its Election Coverage — On Sunday night, Wikileaks enigmatically tweeted that it would launch “phase 3 of [its] US election coverage” in the coming week. The site put politicians on notice Sunday evening in a tweet that also included a plea for donations.
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Rabon / FOX News Radio:
Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH): I Think This Was Probably Not the Right Thing For Comey To Do... To Come Out This Close To An Election — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) joined Kilmeade and Friends today to discuss the latest scandal surrounding Hillary Clinton's campaign: 650,000 emails were found …
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Indiana — Young Catches Up to Bayh for Senate; Trump Widens Lead for President — Democrat stays ahead in governor's race — West Long Branch, NJ - It no longer looks like Democrats can count on Indiana for an easy “plus one” …
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Analysis: The Vengeful World of Donald Trump, and Why It Matters — Summarizing Donald Trump's worldview isn't easy, but this may come close: The world is a violent place, and it demands a violent response. — His campaign might seem like a storm emitting strikes of lightning …
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Kori Schulman / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
The Digital Transition: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age — President Obama is the first “social media president”: the first to have @POTUS on Twitter, the first to go live on Facebook from the Oval Office, the first to answer questions from citizens on YouTube, the first to use a filter on Snapchat.
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump showered the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, and Democrats with praise in Imus interviews — (CNN)In several appearances on Don Imus's radio program reviewed by CNN's KFile, Donald Trump praised Hillary Clinton as a “really terrific woman,” said Nancy Pelosi was going to do “terrific” …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
NAACP Sues North Carolina Over Alleged Voter Purge Targeting Black Voters — The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, along with a handful of individual voters, sued the state's elections board and three county elections boards Monday over an alleged voter purge that it claims disproportionately affected African Americans.