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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
‘The FBI is Trumpland’: anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaks, sources say — Highly unfavorable view of Hillary Clinton intensified after James Comey's decision not to recommend an indictment over her use of a private email server — Deep antipathy to Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI …
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Wayne Barrett / The Daily Beast:
Meet Donald Trump's Top FBI Fanboy — Two days before FBI director James Comey rocked the world last week, Rudy Giuliani was on Fox, where he volunteered, un-prodded by any question: “I think he's [Donald Trump] got a surprise or two that you're going to hear about in the next few days.
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Media Matters for America, Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gothamist and Daily Kos
Daniel González / Arizona Republic:
Arizona leads nation in early-voting surge by Latinos — Vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine will be trying to sway Hispanic voters, but many have already cast their ballots — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will deliver a campaign speech entirely in Spanish in Phoenix …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Oops: Fox anchor retracts claim of ‘likely’ Clinton indictment after conservatives sites go wild — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Fox News anchor Bret Baier admitted on Thursday that he had been wrong when he reported that Hillary Clinton would “likely” be indicted by federal authorities …
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ABC News:
Despite Trump's Claims, Evidence From FBI's Clinton Foundation Probe ‘Not Impressive,’ Sources Say — On the campaign trail today, Donald Trump touted allegations about the Clinton Foundation that reliable sources say are false and ill-informed. “It was reported last night that the FBI …
CBS News:
FBI finds emails related to Hillary Clinton's State Department tenure
FBI finds emails related to Hillary Clinton's State Department tenure
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Business Insider and Hot Air
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
FBI fear of leaks drove decision on emails linked to Clinton: sources
FBI fear of leaks drove decision on emails linked to Clinton: sources
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The Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo
Fox News:
Sources: 99 percent chance foreign intel agencies breached Clinton server
Sources: 99 percent chance foreign intel agencies breached Clinton server
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, AOL and RedState
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump has never been closer to the presidency than he is at this moment — If the polls closed right at this moment (which they won't) and if the results in each state perfectly mirrored the current RealClearPolitics average of polls in each state (which they won't) …
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Associated Press:
North Carolina voter challenge process seems “insane,” judge says — WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — North Carolina's process for challenging voters' registration seems to harken to a bygone era when fewer safeguards were in place, a federal judge said Wednesday as she presided over a lawsuit that alleges voters are being purged unfairly.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Hillary Clinton just got some scary-looking polls in New Hampshire — As of yesterday, it appeared that though polls in the presidential race were tightening, Hillary Clinton was still holding on to a comfortable lead in the six “firewall” swing states that would protect her electoral vote majority.
Sharon Churcher / RADAR:
Megyn Kelly Gone Rogue! Fox News Star Claims Perv Boss Roger Ailes Harassed Her Too! — The network's prize anchor drops a bombshell amid contract talks. Is she ready to go? — Fox News star Megyn Kelly has unveiled explosive new charges against the network's founder, Roger Ailes …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Chatter grows that Ryan could step down — Chatter is growing louder on Capitol Hill that Paul Ryan — 's days as Speaker are numbered. — Four House Republicans, including a senior lawmaker close to leadership, told The Hill they expect Ryan to step down after Tuesday's elections …
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Tim Alberta / National Review:
Life on the Inside: Mike Pence's Turbulent Trip with Donald Trump
Life on the Inside: Mike Pence's Turbulent Trip with Donald Trump
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz refuses to say Trump's name as he stumps for him
Cruz refuses to say Trump's name as he stumps for him
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The Hill, RedState and BizPac Review
David Macanally / WALV-TV:
Cubs fan shares World Series with late father at Greenwood cemetery — GREENWOOD, Ind. (WTHR) - A North Carolina man drove back home to Indiana to keep a decades-old promise to his father. — Wayne Williams drove in for the Game 7 of the World Series. — “The gate was open,” he says as he drives in.
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CBS News:
Five days to go: The presidential race tightens - CBS/NYT poll — Where the Race Stands — The race for president has tightened since mid-October: Hillary Clinton now leads Donald Trump by three points nationally. Just over two weeks ago, after the second debate and amid accusations …
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Exclusive: Trump beats Clinton in Israeli absentee-voter exit poll
Exclusive: Trump beats Clinton in Israeli absentee-voter exit poll
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Daily Wire, Infowars and Vox Popoli
Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Still Leads a Tighter Race, Times/CBS News Poll Shows
Hillary Clinton Still Leads a Tighter Race, Times/CBS News Poll Shows
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Politico, Patterico's Pontifications, The New Civil Rights Movement and The Week
CNN:
Eric Trump: David Duke ‘deserves a bullet’ — “The guy does deserve a bullet. I mean, these aren't good people. These are horrible people,” Eric Trump said. — (CNN)Eric Trump said on Thursday that former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke deserves “a bullet.”
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Heritage calling for Supreme Court blockade if Clinton wins — The conservative group Heritage Action is pushing Republican senators to keep the Supreme Court at eight justices if Democrat Hillary Clinton — is elected president. — In a Thursday morning briefing at the Heritage …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Trump Ahead in Arizona and Texas, Deadlocked in Georgia — Donald Trump holds the advantage in the reliably Republican states of Arizona and Texas five days until Election Day, but he's running neck and neck with Hillary Clinton in Georgia, according to a trio of new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
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Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA and Political Insider blog
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Income Isn't Always What He Says It Is, Records Suggest — On the financial disclosure forms that Donald J. Trump has pointed to as proof of his tremendous success, no venture looks more gold-plated than his golf resort in Doral, Fla., where he reported revenues of $50 million in 2014.
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Balloon Juice, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones and TaxProf Blog
Nick Kalman / Fox News:
Casting notice goes out for new ‘up-and-coming’ conservative news network — Donald Trump denies he is interested in launching a new conservative news venture, but somebody sure is. — What's being billed as an “up-and-coming conservative media network currently in development” …
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
State releases 350 Clinton emails unearthed by FBI — The State Department on Thursday released 357 of the 15,000 Hillary Clinton — emails uncovered by the FBI during its investigation into the former secretary of State's personal email server. — Many of the documents …
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Politico, RedState, Mediaite and Heat Street
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Melania Trump: American culture ‘has gotten too mean and too rough’ — Pledging to be a champion for women and children as first lady if Donald Trump is elected president, Melania Trump on Thursday delivered an address strikingly at odds with the rhetoric of her husband's campaign.
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Melania Trump Focuses On Family, Cyber-Bullying In First Stump Speech
Melania Trump Focuses On Family, Cyber-Bullying In First Stump Speech
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The Week
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Utah — Trump Maintains Lead; Clinton 2nd, McMullin 3rd — West Long Branch, NJ - Donald Trump remains ahead in the race for Utah's electoral votes - matching the 6 point lead he had in last month's Monmouth University Poll .
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Hot Air, St George News and Talking Points Memo
Joshua Stewart / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Catholic parish's bulletin says Democratic voters are doomed to hell, Clinton is satanic — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Republican nominee Donald Trump and Melania Trump, together at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on Oct. 20 in New York.
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Occupy Democrats, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Law News
Joe Pappalardo / Dallas Observer:
The Dallas IRS Office That's Quietly Determining the Fate of the Clinton Foundation — The Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas is an all purpose office complex, a bastion of federal bureaucracy located at 1100 Commerce St. Most people come for a passport or to get business done in front of a federal judge.
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Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
‘Voter fraud’? California man finds dozens of ballots stacked outside home — Two stacks of ballots that were found outside Jerry Mosna's home in San Pedro, Calif. (FoxNews.com) — Jerry Mosna was gardening outside his San Pedro, Calif., home Saturday when he noticed something odd: Two stacks of 2016 ballots on his mailbox.
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Carla Field / WYFF-TV:
Woman missing since August found ‘chained like a dog,’ sheriff says … A woman reported missing in August along with her boyfriend has been found held captive “chained like a dog” since her disappearance, the sheriff said, and a registered sex offender has been arrested in connection with the investigation.
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WTVR-TV, WREG-TV and Independent Journal Review
Jillian Kay Melchior / Heat Street:
Princeton Librarian: ‘It Is Our Job To Silence’ Those Skeptical of Microaggressions — A librarian at prestigious Princeton University thinks it's her job to “silence” people who are skeptical of s0-called “microagressions”, according to a personal email reviewed exclusively by Heat Street.
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