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WHAT HILLARY STAFFERS KNEW...AND WHEN THEY KNEW IT … Weiner was at home with their son Jordan, tweeting non-stop, and with little real work beyond occasional media appearances. At one point in the summer of 2015 he took up a job with a PR firm. It ended when some of the partners left in disgust.
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Here's An Open Letter To Comey From The Teen Who Allegedly Got Sexts From Weiner — “I thought your job as FBI Director was to protect me.” — with the teenage girl who allegedly got indecent messages from Anthony Weiner. — Her story has received renewed attention since FBI Director …
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Clinton leads Trump by 6 points, same as before FBI announcement: Reuters/Ipsos — Hillary Clinton led Republican Donald Trump by 6 percentage points among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Wednesday, the same advantage the Democratic presidential nominee held …
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Political Wire


What Clintonworld Thinks About the Latest Abedin-Weiner Scandal
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This presidential race is the low-water mark of American journalism
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Mediaite and Business Insider

Trump teen rape accuser abruptly calls off news conference — LOS ANGELES—A woman who has filed federal lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of repeatedly raping her two decades ago, when she was 13, abruptly canceled a news conference Wednesday where she was to detail her extraordinary claims against the GOP presidential nominee.
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Donald Trump Is Accused Of Raping A 13-Year-Old. Why Haven't The Media Covered It? — There are two big reasons. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — If you've been anywhere near Facebook or Twitter in the past several months, you're probably aware that there is a case working …


Trump child rape accuser calls off news conference over threats … of raping her when she was 13 called off a press conference at which she planned to speak out after receiving threats, her attorney said. — The unidentified accuser, known as Jane Doe, was set to make a public statement …
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WATCH LIVE: Greenville officials address church burning, vandalism — GREENVILLE, MS (Mississippi News Now) - — Tuesday night after 11 p.m. authorities responded to a call about a church burning in Greenville. — A local black church, Hopewell M.B. Church, was not only burned …
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A Black Church Burned in the Name of Trump
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“Vote Trump” painted on burned black church in Mississippi
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Obama Faults F.B.I. on Emails, Citing ‘Incomplete Information’ — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — President Obama threw the power of the White House behind Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. He faulted how the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, handled new emails related to the investigation …
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Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe — Agents thought they had enough material to merit aggressively pursuing investigation into Clinton Foundation — Secret recordings of a suspect talking about the Clinton Foundation fueled an internal battle between FBI agents who wanted …
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FBI's Clinton Foundation investigation now ‘a very high priority,’ sources say — The FBI's investigation into the Clinton Foundation that has been going on for more than a year has now taken a “very high priority,” separate sources with intimate knowledge of the probe tell Fox News.
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A hard peace — After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement has been reached. The saga is over. — As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories—about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email …
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Gawker and Hulk Hogan Reach $31 Million Settlement
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Schumer Says He Lost Confidence in FBI's Comey Over E-Mail Probe — Senate Democrats' next leader once defended FBI director — Comey's disclosure could affect outcome of Senate elections — Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he's lost confidence …
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Obama criticizes FBI's Comey on Clinton email probe
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Scott Michael Greene was convicted in combative 2014 encounters … Scott Michael Greene, the 46-year-old suspect in the killings of two police officers early Wednesday, apparently had previous encounters with Urbandale police officers, according to court records about a man with the same name and date of birth as the suspect.
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Officers identified in deadly shootings
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Bookmaker: Nearly all election bets coming in are on Trump — A major gambling website says nearly all wagers on the presidential election in the last 48 hours have been on Donald Trump — to win. — Irish bookmaker Paddy Power on Tuesday said 91 percent of bets on the election …
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Donald Trump Voters, Just Hear Me Out — This is my last column until after the election, so I'd like to address the people least likely to read it: Donald Trump voters. Who knows? Maybe I'll get lucky and a few of them will buy fish wrapped in this column, and they'll accidentally peruse it!
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From Roe to Trump — On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court …
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American Prospect and No More Mister Nice Blog


Alabama Secretary of State: Helping More People Vote Would “Cheapen the Work” of Civil Rights Heroes — Automatic voter registration has recently emerged a key tool in increasing the United States' anemic voter turnout. The process is simple: Whenever an eligible citizen interacts with a government agency …
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TRENDING: Universities work to purge male students of their ‘toxic’ masculinity — VIDEO: Undoing a legacy of ‘harm, oppression and dominance’ — Universities across the nation are taking steps to actively purge male students of what's been labeled “toxic masculinity.”
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Daily Wire and Althouse


Poll gives Clinton wide lead in Florida, with strong GOP support — WASHINGTON — Democrat Hillary Clinton enjoys an eight-point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, a key presidential battleground, according to a new survey, and that's due in no small part to significant crossover support from 28 percent of early voting Republicans.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute — Pennsylvania — Clinton Has Smaller Lead; McGinty Ahead in Senate Race — West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton maintains the lead in Pennsylvania, although by a smaller margin than one month ago. The Monmouth University Poll finds she currently …
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Oklahoma legislator references Clinton's execution in Facebook post — SALLISAW — State Rep. John Bennett, a Sallisaw Republican seeking re-election next week, appeared to call for the execution of Hillary Clinton in a recent Facebook post. — Bennett wrote, “2 words ... firing squad,” …
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The New York Times Invents a Narrative on Comey — The reincarnation of J. Edgar Hoover? — We mastodons who still receive our daily dose of New York Times when the dead-tree version lands on our doorsteps with a dull thud got a special treat Tuesday, a textbook case of the way …


Cuban: 'I'd rather lose every penny than have Trump as president' — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said on Wednesday that he is more concerned about the possibility of a Donald Trump — presidency than he is at the prospect of his team losing fans over his support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
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Occupy Democrats and Washington Times


Kelly Ayotte: 'I wouldn't want my daughter in the room' with Trump or Bill Clinton — (CNN)Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who is seeking reelection in New Hampshire, said in a radio interview Wednesday that she would not want her daughter in a room with Donald Trump or Bill Clinton, but added that “this isn't about my daughter.”
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New CNN / ORC polls suggest new strength for Trump, Clinton rise in Florida — Washington (CNN)Both the Clinton and Trump campaigns have hit the ground hard in Arizona, Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania, and new CNN/ORC polls across the four states paint a picture of a tight race to the finish in critical battlegrounds.
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Republican Sen. Jeff Flake Says He Might Write In Evan McMullin — Having ruled out Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Republican Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake said he might vote for independent candidate Evan McMullin for president. — “That's a possibility,” he told ABC's Jon Karl and Rick Klein during …
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Federal judge wants GOP to hand over info on poll watchers — CNN polls: Clinton, Trump fight for battleground states — A federal judge has ordered the RNC to provide information detailing “any efforts regarding poll watching or poll observation” — Washington (CNN)For Donald Trump …