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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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!”

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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” …

Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?  —  This spring, a group of computer scientists set out to determine whether hackers were interfering with the Trump campaign.  They found something they weren't expecting.  —  The greatest miracle of the Internet is that it exists—the second greatest is that it persists.

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 …

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.

Facebook Check-In at Standing Rock  —  A viral Facebook status update urged users to check in at Standing Rock in order to prevent the Morton County Sheriff's Department from geotargeting DAPL protesters.  —  CLAIM: Facebook users can assist Standing Rock protesters by “checking in” …

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” …

Richard Burr bans N&O from receiving notices of campaign events  —  U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's re-election campaign is refusing to provide The News & Observer with details of his campaign schedule, effectively limiting the newspaper from reporting on Burr's public appearances.