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CBS News:
Sources: U.S. intel warning of possible al Qaeda attacks in U.S. Monday — NEW YORK — CBS News has learned about a potential terror threat for the day before the election. — Sources told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton that U.S. intelligence has alerted joint terrorism task forces …
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David Ingram / Reuters:
U.S. authorities warn of al Qaeda threat to election
New Jersey Online:
Bridgegate verdict: Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly guilty on all counts — NEWARK — Two former Christie administration insiders charged in a bizarre scheme of political retaliation against a mayor who refused to endorse the governor for re-election were found guilty Friday on all counts in the long-running Bridgegate saga.
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Washington Post, Politico, NorthJersey.com, Washington Free Beacon, Hit & Run, Mother Jones, The Week, Law News, Daily Kos, Above the Law and Mediaite
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The Daily Beast:
Christie Allies Convicted on All Bridgegate Charges — Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni, Jr. were found guilty on Friday of all charges related to the 2013 orchestrated lane closures on the George Washington Bridge. Kelly and Baroni were indicted in 2015 on nine counts of conspiracy, fraud, and other charges.
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Talking Points Memo, The New Civil Rights Movement and New York Magazine
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
2 Ex-Christie Allies Are Convicted in George Washington Bridge Case
2 Ex-Christie Allies Are Convicted in George Washington Bridge Case
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Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, ThinkProgress, Daily Wire, New York Magazine, Common Dreams, Business Insider, Gothamist and Hullabaloo
Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Kelly's lawyer suggests Christie knew Bridgegate plan before closures took place
Kelly's lawyer suggests Christie knew Bridgegate plan before closures took place
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Independent Journal Review
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
2 ex-Christie aides were just convicted in Bridgegate. Christie is still running Trump's transition.
2 ex-Christie aides were just convicted in Bridgegate. Christie is still running Trump's transition.
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Politico
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Is Just A Normal Polling Error Behind Clinton — Even at the end of a presidential campaign, polls don't perfectly predict the final margin in the election. Sometimes the final polls are quite accurate. An average of national polls in the week before the 2008 election had Barack Obama winning by 7.6 percentage points.
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Scripting News
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Why Clinton's Position Is Worse Than Obama's — There's been a potential breach of Hillary Clinton's electoral firewall. And it's come in New Hampshire, a state that we said a couple of weeks ago could be a good indicator of a Donald Trump comeback because of its large number of swing voters.
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Washington Post, Liberal Values, Hot Air, Reuters, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Business Insider, Taylor Marsh, Instapundit, Raw Story, Guardian, The Week and Vox
German Lopez / Vox:
Southern states have closed down at least 868 polling places for the 2016 election — The shutdowns follow a Supreme Court decision that limited federal oversight of elections. — Next week, Americans will hold the first presidential election in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act.
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German Lopez / Vox:
North Carolina Republicans are using one shameful trick after another to keep Democrats from voting
North Carolina Republicans are using one shameful trick after another to keep Democrats from voting
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Multiple Courts Weighing Possible Voter Intimidation
Multiple Courts Weighing Possible Voter Intimidation
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Associated Press
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Giuliani says he was leaked information about emails days in advance of Comey letter — “You're darn right I heard about it.” — During an Friday morning appearance on Fox & Friends, Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani admitted “former FBI agents” leaked information to him about the Bureau's renewed interest …
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, Townhall.com, Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, New York Times, alan.com, Business Insider, Towleroad and Techdirt
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pro-Trump former FBI official says he's channeling agents' rage
Pro-Trump former FBI official says he's channeling agents' rage
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Salon, Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo, Towleroad, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, Media Matters for America and Diane Ravitch's blog
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Michael Moore: Giuliani ‘knew something’ before FBI announcement
Michael Moore: Giuliani ‘knew something’ before FBI announcement
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The Week, New York Magazine and Hot Air
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
WHY VLADIMIR PUTIN'S RUSSIA IS BACKING DONALD TRUMP — THE SCOOP VLADIMIR PUTIN DONALD TRUMP — In phone calls, meetings and cables, America's European allies have expressed alarm to one another about Donald Trump's public statements denying Moscow's role in cyberattacks designed to interfere with the U.S. election.
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CNBC, Diane Ravitch's blog, Mediaite, The New Civil Rights Movement, Daily Kos, Mike Cernovich Presents …, The Week and CANNONFIRE
T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
Jury finds reporter, Rolling Stone responsible for defaming U-Va. dean with gang rape story — CHARLOTTESVILLE — A federal court jury decided Friday that a Rolling Stone journalist defamed a former University of Virginia associate dean in a 2014 magazine article about sexual assault on campus …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Hint of Momentum for Clinton, With Issues a Defining Factor (POLL) — A hint of momentum for Hillary Clinton has produced a 3-point race in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll results, with wide leads for the Democrat in trust to handle the economy and health care among likely voters focused on those two issues.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Stretch Drive (9) — • Just three or four weeks ago …
The Stretch Drive (9) — • Just three or four weeks ago …
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Patterico's Pontifications
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Samsung Recalls Top-Load Washing Machines Due to Risk of Impact Injuries — Recall Summary — Name of product: — Samsung top-load washing machines — Hazard: — The washing machine top can unexpectedly detach from the washing machine chassis during use, posing a risk of injury from impact.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Impeachment Threat — Donald Trump and other embattled Republican candidates are resorting to a particularly bizarre and dangerous tactic in the closing days of the campaign — warning that they may well seek to impeach Hillary Clinton if she wins, or, short of that …
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Media Matters for America and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Who Broke Politics? — As far as anyone can tell, Paul Ryan …
Who Broke Politics? — As far as anyone can tell, Paul Ryan …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
America and the Abyss
Media Matters for America:
Even Bret Baier Has Now Abandoned Bret Baier's Anonymously Sourced FBI Report — Blog ››› November 4, 2016 ››› MATT GERTZ — On November 2, days before the presidential election, Fox host Bret Baier cited two anonymous sources to issue three explosive claims …
Eric Heisig / Plain Dealer:
Ohio federal judge orders no voter harassment in Democrats' lawsuit against Donald Trump, Republicans — A federal judge indicated Friday that he would bar any sort of harassing conduct outside polling places. (Plain Dealer file photo) — CLEVELAND, Ohio — A federal judge on Friday …
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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America and Occupy Democrats
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The real Clinton email scandal is that a bulls**t story has dominated the campaign — If you agree with her on policy, vote with a clear conscience about the server. — Some time ago, Hillary Clinton and her advisers decided that the best course of action was to apologize for having used …
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The Atlantic, True Pundit and The Daily Caller
Jim Kasuba / The News-Herald:
Allen Park man charged for allegedly holding kids at gunpoint over damaged Trump lawn sign — A 56-year-old Allen Park man has been charged with seven felonies after he allegedly pointed a gun at six children he accused of destroying his Donald Trump lawn sign.
The Huffington Post:
Why I Can No Longer Support Hillary Clinton — Writer, director, advocate, strategist, cultural critic. Founder of upliftt.com. — It took me a long time to write this. I had to dig deep into my being to come up with these words. I'm recanting my endorsement of Hillary Clinton for the presidency.
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BizPac Review, Vox Popoli and mrctv.org/videos
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Stephen Bannon's Long Game — How the Breitbart CEO will keep Trumpism alive long after Election Day. — Stephen Bannon, the CEO of Donald Trump's presidential team, has kept a low public profile, even if his fingerprints are all over Trump's attacks on Bill Clinton's sex scandals and the Clinton Foundation.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post
Mercury News:
Greg Louganis is the Rose Parade's first openly gay Grand Marshall — In between the excitement of being chosen as a Grand Marshal for the 128th Rose Parade Tuesday, Greg Louganis didn't think stop to think that he could be the first openly gay person to be given the honor.
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Joe.My.God., Towleroad and Washington Blade