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NBC News:
Gingrich, Giuliani, Priebus Eyed for Top Jobs in Trump White House: Sources — Race to 270: What's Donald Trump's Path? — Donald Trump's cabinet-in-waiting is taking shape in the final days of the race, as aides eye a number of Trump loyalists for major posts should he win on Tuesday.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton 3 Points Ahead of Trump in Final Bloomberg National Poll — The Democrat has strong advantages among women, non-whites, Hispanics, and young voters. — McCormickJohn — Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by three percentage points among likely voters nationally …
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Politico, Taylor Marsh, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Washington Times and Wall Street Journal
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Clinton Leads by 6 Points — Most expect Clinton to win, few believe system is rigged — West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton is currently ahead of Donald Trump by 6 points among likely voters. This is down from the 12 point lead …
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News, The Week, ABC News and Rasmussen Reports
John DiStaso / WMUR:
New UNH poll: Democrats Clinton, Hassan, Van Ostern lead Republican foes
New UNH poll: Democrats Clinton, Hassan, Van Ostern lead Republican foes
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Talking Points Memo
CBS News:
CBS News poll: State of the race the day before Election Day
CBS News poll: State of the race the day before Election Day
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Talking Points Memo and CBS New York
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
In Trump's Most Important County, a Surge of Hispanic Voters — Trump officials believe the Florida county of Miami-Dade can tip the must-win state their way. But an analysis of early votes shows eye-popping Hispanic numbers. — JoshuaGreen — Donald Trump's campaign has always understood …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Election Observation Potpourri #4
Election Observation Potpourri #4
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ThinkProgress, electionsmith and Obsidian Wings
Associated Press:
Former US attorney general Janet Reno dies at 78 — MIAMI - Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, has died. She was 78. — Reno died early Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease …
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Max Blau / CNN:
From Miami to Washington D.C.
From Miami to Washington D.C.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Janet Reno, First Woman to Serve as U.S. Attorney General, Dies at 78
Janet Reno, First Woman to Serve as U.S. Attorney General, Dies at 78
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FiveThirtyEight, Althouse, Jezebel, Outside the Beltway and Joe.My.God.
Stephanie Hanes / Washington Post:
Janet Reno, former U.S. attorney general, dies at 78
Janet Reno, former U.S. attorney general, dies at 78
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Vox, New York Magazine and ABC News
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Is 99% a reasonable probability? — Three sets of data point in the same direction: — The state poll-based Meta-Margin is Clinton +2.6%. — National polls give a median of Clinton +3.0 +/- 0.9% (10 polls with a start date of November 1st or later).
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
The Choice In Clinton's Last Ad: “Dark And Divisive,” Or “Hopeful And Inclusive”? — WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The night before polls open across the country, Hillary Clinton will lay out her closing argument for a “hopeful and inclusive” vision in a two-minute direct-to-camera ad set to reach …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Clinton makes closing pitch in 2-minute prime-time ad airing today
Clinton makes closing pitch in 2-minute prime-time ad airing today
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The Week
TMZ.com:
Hillary Clinton — Pulls Plug On Election Night Fireworks — EXCLUSIVE — Hillary Clinton will NOT light up the sky over NYC if she wins the Presidency — her campaign is calling off a planned fireworks show ... TMZ has learned. — The Clinton campaign had contacted the Coast Guard …
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Independent Journal Review, The Daily Caller, Gothamist and Heat Street
CBS News:
Chris Christie: Bridgegate “one of the most abjectly stupid things I've ever seen” — Speaking publicly for the first time about the conviction of two former allies in the Bridgegate scandal, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the plot to punish a northern N.J. mayor for not endorsing his re-election …
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Mediaite, Jezebel and CBS New York
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Chaffetz asks: If Clinton is clean, why does her staff keep pleading the Fifth? … 's staff continues to plead the Fifth Amendment if the Democratic presidential nominee herself is “clean.” — “If she thinks she's clean, then tell everybody around her to go ahead, stop pleading the Fifth …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Dems losing voting challenges but winning on optics — Democrats have little concrete to show for a week of legal battles charging Donald Trump and his allies with a sweeping voter intimidation campaign, but the effort may pay off politically for Hillary Clinton by energizing her backers …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
How Hillary Clinton could win 270 electoral votes
How Hillary Clinton could win 270 electoral votes
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New York Magazine and Politico
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department to Monitor Polls in 28 States on Election Day — The Justice Department announced today that its Civil Rights Division plans to deploy more than 500 personnel to 67 jurisdictions in 28 states for the Nov. 8, 2016, general election. — Although state and local governments …
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New York Times, Politico, Business Insider, Naked Politics and CBS St. Louis
Jon Ralston / Politico:
How the Harry Reid Machine May Have Killed Trump's Chances — By bringing Hispanics out in droves in early voting, the Senate minority leader is trying to turn Nevada into a bellwether for a Clinton win. — LAS VEGAS—The line Friday evening stretched outside Cardenas Market in Las Vegas …
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Daily Wire, Instapundit, FiveThirtyEight and Guardian
Associated Press:
The Latest: Chelsea Clinton Blames Trump for Bullying — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): — Police officials in New York say they plan a show of force for Election Day equal to New Year's Eve in Times Square and last year's visit by Pope Francis.
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Sarah Palin tells Bill O'Reilly Donald Trump will win on Tuesday because ‘polls are for strippers’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Former half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) appeared on Bill O'Reilly's Sunday night politics special to offer special insight …
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Trump's final ad passes off footage of migrants in Hungary as scene from U.S. — Donald Trump's advertising campaign is ending as it started, with footage of migrants in Europe, lifted from the internet and passed off as video of immigrants streaming across the border from Mexico into the United States.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Exit polls under siege — Ever since Jimmy Carter's early concession in 1980 was blamed for losses to down-ballot Democrats in Western states, both politicians and media outlets have been religious about not reporting the results until everyone's voted. — But that's all about to change, starting early Tuesday morning.
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