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1:05 PM ET, October 31, 2016

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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 …
Hillary Clinton 2016:
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 …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Abedin tells colleagues she's in dark about new email trove  —  Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told colleagues she was taken aback when she learned that the FBI found her emails on a laptop belonging to her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner, and doesn't know how the messages got there …
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
The FBI Director's Unworthy Choice  —  Comey acceded to the apparent wish of Obama that no charges be brought against Clinton.  —  We need not worry unduly about the factual void at the center of the FBI director's announcement on Friday that the bureau had found emails—perhaps thousands …
Discussion: Politico
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI agents pressed Justice unsuccessfully for probe of Clinton Foundation
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Comey Is Not the One Whose Unorthodox Actions Are Casting a Cloud over the Election
Discussion: Power Line
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Deeply Disturbing  —  James Comey's decision to send his letter …
Caroline Kenny / CNN:
Harry Reid: Comey may have violated the Hatch Act
ABC News:
Former DOJ Officials Pen Letter Criticizing Comey
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Harry Reid's incendiary claim about ‘coordination’ between Donald Trump and Russia  —  In a letter to FBI Director James B. Comey on Sunday night, outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) says Comey may have broken the law.  —  And that's not even the most brazen claim in the letter — not by a long shot.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Reid: FBI has ‘explosive information’ about Trump, Russia
Discussion: Hot Air
CBS News:
Harry Reid accuses Comey of sitting on proof of Trump-Russia ties, possible Hatch Act violation
Discussion: CBS Philly and CANNONFIRE
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 …
Jugal K. Patel / New York Times:
Voting Early, and in Droves: Nearly 22 Million Ballots Are Already In  —  With nine days until the general election, almost 22 million people have already voted, through early voting and absentee ballots.  —  In many states, the number of early voters is lower than at the same point in the 2012 cycle.
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New York Times:
Early Turnout Tilts Toward Democrats in Swing States  —  Hillary Clinton has established a slim edge over Donald J. Trump in early-voter turnout in several vital swing states, pressing her longstanding advantages in state-level organization and potentially mitigating the fallout from her campaign's latest scrap with the F.B.I.
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Clinton loses popularity edge in tight race with Trump, new Post-ABC Tracking Poll finds  —  Registered voters see Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in a nearly identical negative light, mirroring a persistently close split in overall vote preference in a new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll.
Discussion: TheStreet.com and USA Today
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Deep Unfavorability for Clinton, Trump Marks the Election's Sharp Divisions (POLL)
CNN:
Trump stokes skepticism of Colorado voting system  —  Greeley, Colorado (CNN)Donald Trump for the second day in a row questioned the validity of this swing state's largely mail-in voting system, the latest instance of the Republican nominee expressing skepticism about the legitimacy of the electoral process.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
CNN Stealth Edits Article That Originally Made False Claim Trump Told Supporters To Vote Multiple Times
Discussion: BizPac Review
Erin McCann / New York Times:
Theaters Open Doors for an Election Worthy of the Big Screen  —  The dramatic presidential campaign of 2016 has often felt like something beyond even Hollywood's wildest imagination.  —  So it seems fitting that when this two-year slog toward Election Day finally comes to its conclusion on Nov. 8 …
Discussion: Althouse
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside Evan McMullin's 10 years undercover in the CIA  —  Conservative independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin is rising in the polls and stands a fair chance of stealing the red state of Utah from GOP nominee Donald Trump.  So it's no surprise that pro-Trump Republicans and others …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Embattled Issa: I'd advise Clinton if she asked  —  CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. — For most of Barack Obama's presidency, Rep. Darrell Issa has relished his role as White House enemy No. 1, taunting the president as “corrupt” and even floating the idea of impeachment.
Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Clinton campaign invokes ‘Daisy Girl’ to attack Trump on nuclear weapons  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign is hammering Donald Trump over his statements on nuclear weapons in a new ad.  And the Democratic nominee is using one of the most recognizable moments in the attack ad arsenal to deliver the blow.
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP's Age of Authoritarianism Has Only Just Begun  —  And it will not end with a Clinton presidency.  —  There is a fusty old school of thought called the Great Man Theory, which attributes the tides of history to the decisions and character of a handful of fateful men.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 
 
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Pauline Repard / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Father of man killed by El Cajon officer creates police reform foundation
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
Overcoming loss in the middle of a historic campaign
Discussion: Mediaite and TVNewser
Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
Professor who tweeted against PC culture out at NYU
 Earlier Items: 
Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
It was not a good Halloween for Times Square characters
Discussion: Gothamist and New York Magazine
Tim Knauss / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Attack on autistic teen runner prompts charges of racism by Syracuse official
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Trump Time Capsule #150: James Comey and the Destruction of Norms
Justin Miller / American Prospect:
How to Get White Workers to Vote for Clinton
John Fund / National Review:
History Repeats: A Nixonian Cover-up in the Home Stretch of the Campaign
Discussion: BizPac Review
Charles S. Faddis / The Hill:
Hillary's emails matter: A retired CIA officer explains why
Discussion: NBC News
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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