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5:40 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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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Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
“Vote Trump” painted on burned black church in Mississippi
Discussion: CNN, Politico, The Hill and TheBlaze
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.
New York Times:
Iowa Police Arrest Suspect in ‘Ambush’ Killings of 2 Officers
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI never asked Clinton aides for all their devices  —  The FBI never asked Hillary Clinton's top aides to turn over all the computers and smartphones they used while Clinton was secretary of state, an omission that is now triggering questions from Republican lawmakers.
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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
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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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 …
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New York Times:
Where's Outrage Over F.B.I. Disclosure?  Not Among Voters  —  Hillary Clinton and President Obama are outraged about the F.B.I. director James Comey's decision to disclose further inquiries into her handling of confidential email, but are the American people?
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:   Dems anxious over tightening race
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 …
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 …
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
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 …
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
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.
 
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump teen rape accuser set to speak out
New York Daily News:
Daily News doubles down on endorsement of Clinton for President — it's that important
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
What is this election missing? Empathy for Trump voters.
Laura Krantz / BostonGlobe.com:
Suffolk University student's claim of racism adds to turmoil at school
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
Meet The Ivanka Voter
Discussion: Instapundit
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
Streiff / RedState:
Hacked Podesta Email: Benjamin Netanyahu Is A “Turbaned Israeli Mullah”
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
The Lockheed F-35 Needs Another Half Billion Dollars
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Republicans and Russian hackers have made Hillary Clinton the most transparent candidate in history
Discussion: Mother Jones
Reuters:
U.S. militia girds for trouble as presidential election nears
Discussion: alan.com and Atlanta Black Star
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Florida poll: 28 percent of GOP early voters picked Clinton
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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