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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.
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 …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
FBI launches internal investigation into its own Twitter account
FBI launches internal investigation into its own Twitter account
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The FBI Wants to Make America Great Again
The FBI Wants to Make America Great Again
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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
Despite Trump's Claims, Evidence From FBI's Clinton Foundation Probe ‘Not Impressive,’ Sources Say
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Mediaite, The New Civil Rights Movement, Media Matters for America and TVNewser
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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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Bret Baier: FBI Sources Believe Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards “Likely an Indictment”
Bret Baier: FBI Sources Believe Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards “Likely an Indictment”
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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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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 …
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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Melania Trump Focuses On Family, Cyber-Bullying In First Stump Speech — In her first appearance on the campaign trail since the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump touched only lightly on her husband's policies, focusing instead on her family and her plans to fight bullying on social media if she becomes first lady.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Melania Trump: American culture ‘has gotten too mean and too rough’
Melania Trump: American culture ‘has gotten too mean and too rough’
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Vox
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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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) …
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Dale Russell / WAGA-TV:
Governor Nathan Deal defends using phrase ‘colored people’ in speech
Governor Nathan Deal defends using phrase ‘colored people’ in speech
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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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