memeorandum: FBI launches internal investigation into its own Twitter account (Judd Legum/ThinkProgress)

4:05 PM ET, November 3, 2016

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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.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Gothamist and Media Matters for America

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, France 24, Diane Ravitch's blog, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, Daily Wire and Fox News Insider

Wall Street Journal:

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 …

Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:

Bret Baier: FBI Sources Believe Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards “Likely an Indictment” — Fox News Channel's Bret Baier reports the latest news about the Clinton Foundation investigation from two sources inside the FBI. He reveals five important new pieces of information in these two short clips:

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

FBI launches internal investigation into its own Twitter account — An FBI tweet may have crossed the line. — The FBI has launched an internal investigation into one of its own Twitter accounts. — The account at issue, @FBIRecordsVault, had been dormant for more than a year.

Discussion: Washington Post, Mashable, Heat Street, Law News, Engadget, The Verge, Vox, Mediaite, The Week, TheBlaze and Independent Journal Review

Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:

Report: Indictment ‘likely’ in FBI's Clinton Foundation probe — Two sources within the FBI told Fox News on Wednesday that the investigation of the Clinton Foundation is likely to lead to an indictment. — Fox News's Bret Baier said Wednesday that the FBI probe into a possible pay …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Fox News Insider, Mediaite, TheBlaze and Power Line

Eli Lake / Bloomberg:

The FBI Wants to Make America Great Again — Maybe it's just me, but I think the FBI is trying to send a message about next week's election. — It's not just that FBI Director James Comey informed Congress that there may be things on Anthony Weiner's computer pertinent to his investigation of Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, The Federalist, The Daily Caller, The Geller Report, Althouse, Talking Points Memo, Instapundit, BarbWire.com, USA Today and Townhall.com

Fox News:
Sources: 99 percent chance foreign intel agencies breached Clinton server

Discussion: RedState, Talking Points Memo and AOL

Washington Post:
Senior FBI officials were told of new emails in early October but wanted more information before renewing Clinton probe

Discussion: RedState, Hot Air, BizPac Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Week

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 …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Occupy Democrats, AOL, Politico, Gothamist, Law News, BizPac Review, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Jezebel, Independent Journal Review, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Slate, Independent Journal Review, USA Today, NPR, Towleroad, WIS-TV, Distractify, Mashable, AOL and WCMH-TV

Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Cubs win World Series championship with 8-7 victory over Cleveland Indians

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, CBS Philly, Towleroad, Hullabaloo, alan.com and Joe.My.God.

Kyle Dropp / Morning Consult:

How We Conducted Our ‘Shy Trumper’ Study — Are there “shy Trump” voters? It's a question that many have asked since Morning Consult released a blockbuster study during the primaries that showed GOP voters were less likely to say they support Donald Trump to a live interviewer than via a self-administered interview online.

Discussion: Politicus USA

Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Yes, There Are Shy Trump Voters. No, They Won't Swing the Election.

Discussion: Vox and Washington Post

Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: ‘Shy Trump’ voters are a mirage

Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week

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 …

Discussion: Denver Post, New York Magazine, CBS New York, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and Politico

Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Still Leads a Tighter Race, Times/CBS News Poll Shows

Discussion: Politico, RedState, The New Civil Rights Movement and The Week

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.

Discussion: Suffolk University, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Heat Street, Politicus USA, The Week and Monmouth University

Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Trump Edges Ahead Of Clinton In N.H.

Discussion: CNN, WTVR-TV, Scared Monkeys, CNBC, Hot Air, CANNONFIRE, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Times

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” …

Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, Political Wire, Raw Story, Mashable, Joe.My.God., TheBlaze and RedState, more at Mediagazer »

Bryan Logan / Business Insider:

Ex-KKK leader David Duke gets into shouting match at debate, says Hillary Clinton ‘should be getting the electric chair’ — Candidates vying for a Louisiana US Senate seat met on the debate stage in New Orleans on Wednesday night. — Among the candidates — which included Republican …

Discussion: Media Matters for America, The American Spectator and AOL

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
David Duke Rails Against Jews, Hillary Clinton During Louisiana Senate Debate

Discussion: The Hill, Jezebel, Occupy Democrats, Daily Kos and Mediaite

BBC:

Brexit court defeat for UK government — Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled. — This means the government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU - on its own.

Discussion: New York Times, Guardian, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Independent Journal Review, Deadline, The Daily Caller, Vox Popoli and NPR

Guardian:
Brexit plans in disarray as high court rules parliament must have its say

Discussion: Financial Times, Common Dreams, The Week and Washington Free Beacon

Scott Clement / Washington Post:

Clinton inches ahead, with enthusiasm back on par with Trump, Post-ABC Tracking poll finds — Hillary Clinton has recovered from a brief dip in enthusiasm this weekend, and now holds a narrow two percentage-point edge over Donald Trump in the latest Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll.

Discussion: Power Line

Gary Langer / ABC News:
Beneath a Close Election Contest Lie Deep Rifts Among Groups (POLL)

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Daily Caller

Tim Alberta / National Review:

Life on the Inside: Mike Pence's Turbulent Trip with Donald Trump — The vice-presidential nominee reflects on a whirlwind campaign in its final days. — LaGuardia Airport, N.Y. — We struck the runway with a thud and felt the wheels clawing for traction on the rain-blanketed tarmac, but it hardly seemed an emergency.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Politico

RT:

Assange: WikiLeaks did not receive Clinton emails from Russian govt (JOHN PILGER EXCLUSIVE) … In a John Pilger Special, to be exclusively broadcast by RT on Saturday courtesy of Dartmouth Films, whistleblower Julian Assange categorically denied that the troves of US Democratic Party …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Politico and WayneDupree.com

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.

Discussion: twitchy.com

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.

Discussion: America Rising and Instapundit

Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is getting a nightly show on Fox News Channel — Tucker Carlson, seen here in 2004, is getting the 7 p.m. ET time slot on Fox News. (For the Times) — Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is getting his own nightly program on Fox News Channel starting Nov. 14 …

Discussion: AOL, Mediaite, Business Insider and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »

James Hohmann / Washington Post:

The Daily 202: College-educated white women are Hillary Clinton's firewall — THE BIG IDEA: One in five voters in 2012 were college-educated white women. Mitt Romney won them by 6 points, according to exit polls. — Our fresh Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo, Marquette Law School Poll, Townhall.com, CNN and Politico

David Goldman / Associated Press:

Georgia Governor Says He ‘Misspoke’ When He Used The Term ‘Colored People’ — ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal says he made a mistake in using the phrase “colored people” during a speech last month, but he is standing by the gist of his statement. — WAGA-TV (http://bit.ly/2epZIkh) …

Discussion: alan.com

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.

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Law News and Raw Story