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5:20 PM ET, November 2, 2016

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Daily Mail:
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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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air, Occupy Democrats and Daily Kos
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Teen Who Allegedly Got Weiner Sexts “Upset” With Comey  —  The 15-year-old exclusively told BuzzFeed News she is upset with the FBI for not informing her that her case became tied to the use of Hillary Clinton's private email server.  —  The teenage girl who allegedly received indecent messages …
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
This presidential race is the low-water mark of American journalism
Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Teen who allegedly got explicit texts from Weiner slams FBI
Discussion: Raw Story
Grant Rodgers / Des Moines Register:
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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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide Next Slide  —  Two metro-area police officers were shot and killed in apparent “ambush style” attacks early Wednesday.  —  Police from Urbandale and Des Moines departments responded to a report of gunfire at the intersection of 70th Street and Aurora Avenue at about 1:06 a.m.
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
Ambush-style killings of police up 300% in first half of year
Discussion: Daily Wire
Morgan Howard / WDAM-TV:
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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Historically Black Church In Mississippi Set Ablaze, Vandalized With ‘Vote Trump’  —  A historically black church in Greenville, Mississippi was set on fire and vandalized with graffiti reading “vote Trump” on Tuesday night.  —  “It is being investigated as a hate crime,” …
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Police: ‘Vote Trump’ vandalism, fire at Mississippi church a hate crime
New York Times:
Obama Criticizes F.B.I. Director: 'We Don't Operate on Incomplete Information'  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama criticized the decision by his F.B.I. director to alert Congress on Friday about the discovery of new emails related to the Hillary Clinton server case, implying …
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CNN:
Obama on FBI: We don't operate on innuendo  — FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to members of Congress related to Hillary Clinton's emails  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama made his first public comments about the FBI decision to disclose its new review into emails …
New York Times:   Where's Outrage Over F.B.I. Disclosure? Not Among Voters
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Post-ABC Tracking poll finds race tied, as Trump opens up an 8-point edge on honesty  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in the new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll which finds Trump now holds an edge on which candidate is honest and trustworthy.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:   Dems anxious over tightening race
Cody Derespina / Fox News:
Justice Department official gave Clinton camp ‘heads up’ about testimony  —  A Justice Department official with close ties to Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta sent him a “heads up” last year to warn that lawmakers might question witnesses about the presidential candidate's private emails …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White nationalists plot Election Day show of force  —  Neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin plans to muster thousands of poll watchers across all 50 states.  His partners at the alt-right website “the Right Stuff” are touting plans to set up hidden cameras at polling places in Philadelphia and hand …
Nick Denton / Being myself:
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 …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
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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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
From Roe to Trump  —  On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court …
Discussion: American Prospect
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
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 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Video shows Trump with mob figure he denied knowing  —  A newly uncovered video appears to contradict Donald Trump's claim that he never knew a high-stakes gambler who was banned from New Jersey casinos for alleged ties to organized crime.  —  The reputed mob figure, Robert LiButti …
Monmouth University:
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 …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Jon Stewart tears into Trump at NY event  —  It's possible Jon Stewart misses his old job — or at least the part where he got to make fun of Donald Trump  —  The former “Daily Show” host repeatedly mocked the GOP presidential nominee at a Tuesday event, specifically scoffing at his claims …
Discussion: USA Today, CNNMoney, Raw Story, Towleroad and Vox
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Early Voting a Poor Predictor of Final Results  —  As we wind down this election, we begin to hear the familiar chime: The election is over and/or can be predicted because of what we see in the early vote.  Don't buy it.  While we might be able to make some broad projections based upon early voting …
CNN:
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.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Republicans and Russian hackers have made Hillary Clinton the most transparent candidate in history  —  And Donald Trump is the least.  —  Hillary Clinton — by law, by circumstance, by accident, and by dint of Russian hackers — is the most transparent presidential candidate in modern history.
Discussion: Mother Jones
 
 
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
What is this election missing? Empathy for Trump voters.
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
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Suffolk University student's claim of racism adds to turmoil at school
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
Meet The Ivanka Voter
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Neil McArthur / VICE:
Ecosexuals Believe Having Sex with the Earth Could Save It
Discussion: Power Line
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
How Republicans see the GOP on the eve of the 2016 election
 Earlier Items: 
David Dayen / New Republic:
How Low Can Political Journalism Sink?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
The Lockheed F-35 Needs Another Half Billion Dollars
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Yes, Donald Trump Has A Path To Victory
Reuters:
U.S. militia girds for trouble as presidential election nears
Discussion: alan.com and Atlanta Black Star
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cotton: Clinton Foundation one of world's largest money-laundering schemes
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Florida poll: 28 percent of GOP early voters picked Clinton
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
 

 
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Financial Times:
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