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1:40 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
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Comey Is Not the One Whose Unorthodox Actions Are Casting a Cloud over the Election
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI agents pressed Justice unsuccessfully for probe of Clinton Foundation
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN severs ties with Donna Brazile  —  CNN says it is “completely uncomfortable” with hacked emails showing former contributor and interim DNC chair Donna Brazile sharing 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  —  Yet another hacked email from the latest Wikileaks dump Monday shows that acting DNC head and then-CNN contributor Donna Brazile provided questions to Hillary Clinton before a presidential debate.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
CNN ‘uncomfortable’ with apparent leaks to Clinton campaign, cuts ties with Brazile
Discussion: Hot Air
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Reid: FBI has ‘explosive information’ about Trump, Russia  —  (D-Nev.) is alleging that the FBI has “explosive information” about a connection between Donald Trump  —  and the Russian government, suggesting that federal investigators have unveiled damning new information about the Republican presidential nominee.
Discussion: Hot Air
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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.
CBS News:
Harry Reid accuses Comey of sitting on proof of Trump-Russia ties, possible Hatch Act violation
Discussion: CBS Philly and CANNONFIRE
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.
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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.
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 …
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Encourages His Supporters To Vote Twice  —  The GOP nominee told backers in Colorado to vote in person, even if they'd already voted by mail.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump frequently complains about the possibility of …
Discussion: RedState and Daily Kos
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CNN:
Trump stokes skepticism of Colorado voting system
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” …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
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
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.
 
 
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Peter Thiel: 'What Trump represents isn't crazy and it's not going away'
Discussion: Towleroad
Tegna / WXIA-TV:
Voting “FOR a candidate” or voting “AGAINST a candidate”
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
 Earlier Items: 
Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Clinton campaign invokes ‘Daisy Girl’ to attack Trump on nuclear weapons
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
Professor who tweeted against PC culture out at NYU
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
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP's Age of Authoritarianism Has Only Just Begun
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Justin Miller / American Prospect:
How to Get White Workers to Vote for Clinton
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Deep Unfavorability for Clinton, Trump Marks the Election's Sharp Divisions (POLL)
 

 
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Reuters:
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