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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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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
2 Ex-Christie Allies Are Convicted in George Washington Bridge Case — NEWARK — A federal jury convicted two former aides to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Friday over a bizarre scheme to close access lanes to the George Washington Bridge as punishment against a mayor who declined to endorse the governor's re-election.
The Daily Beast:
Christie Allies Convicted on All Bridgegate Charges
Christie Allies Convicted on All Bridgegate Charges
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Talking Points Memo, The New Civil Rights Movement, New York Magazine and twitchy.com
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
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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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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Gerry Wagschal / ABC News:
Samsung, CPSC Recalling 2.8 Million Top-Loading Washing Machines Due to Risk of Explosion
Samsung, CPSC Recalling 2.8 Million Top-Loading Washing Machines Due to Risk of Explosion
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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
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Hillary Clinton sent Chelsea info now deemed classified
Hillary Clinton sent Chelsea info now deemed classified
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ABC News, Lawyers, Guns & Money and alan.com
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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Washington Monthly
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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.
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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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, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, Towleroad, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, Media Matters for America and Diane Ravitch's blog
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 …
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 …
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.
Josh Baugh / MySanAntonio.com:
Officials: SA cop fired for attempting to feed fecal sandwich to homeless person — An officer from the San Antonio Police Department has been fired for allegedly attempting to feed a fecal sandwich to a homeless person, several sources have confirmed. — The City Council was briefed …
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Occupy Democrats, Mediaite, Distractify, WCMH-TV, Raw Story and CBS Pittsburgh
Media Matters for America:
Even Bret Baier Has Now Abandoned Bret Baier's Anonymously Sourced FBI Report — On November 2, days before the presidential election, Fox host Bret Baier cited two anonymous sources to issue three explosive claims: The FBI is currently engaged in a “very high priority” investigation of …
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
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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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Multiple Courts Weighing Possible Voter Intimidation — Important legal cases are playing out in multiple federal courts today where the Donald Trump campaign and its allies are being forced to promise not to intimidate voters. — This comes after the Republican presidential candidate …
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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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Vox Popoli, mrctv.org/videos and BizPac Review
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Chelsea Manning Tried Committing Suicide a Second Time in October — WASHINGTON — Chelsea Manning tried to commit suicide last month at the start of a week of solitary confinement at the prison barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., that was imposed on her as punishment for a previous attempt to end her life in July.
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The Verge
Neil Eggleston / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Issues a Second Round of Commutations in an Eight-Day Period, Bringing Total to 944 — Following last Thursday's grant of 98 commutations, today, President Obama granted commutation to another 72 federal inmates. In just an eight-day period, the President has issued two rounds of grants, totaling 170 commutations.
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The Daily Caller, Hit & Run and Common Dreams
New York Times:
‘The Voter Suppression Trail’ — Note to viewers: “The Voter Suppression Trail” is the first-ever video game for Op-Docs, and also the final installment of our series of Op-Docs about the 2016 election. We hope you enjoy playing, and let us know what you think in the comments. —The Editors
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Polygon, Mashable, Heat Street and The Verge
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.
Chris Graham / Telegraph:
Canada investigates mysterious ‘pinging’ sound at bottom of sea in Arctic — Canada's military is investigating a mysterious “pinging” that is emanating from the sea floor in the Arctic. — The sound, which has also been described as a “hum” or a “beep”, has apparently spooked the local wildlife in the Fury and Hecla Strait.
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The Week and Vox Popoli
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
At Trump rally, former N.H. governor jokes about the Clintons' sex life — ATKINSON, N.H. — Speaking at Donald Trump's rally here on Friday, former New Hampshire governor John H. Sununu joked that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's husband does not want to have sex with her.
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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Slate, Daily Kos and New York Magazine