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7:45 PM ET, November 7, 2016

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Evan Perez / CNN:
Clinton campaign sends legal warning on ads claiming she's ‘under investigation’  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton's campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to broadcasters advising that they shouldn't air ads from pro-Donald Trump PACs that include the claim that Clinton is “under investigation by the FBI.”
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Yes, Donald Trump, the FBI Can Vet 650,000 Emails in Eight Days  —  FBI director James Comey has had a rough week or so: First he was accused of rigging the election for Donald Trump when he revealed on October 28 that the FBI was investigating new emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Chaffetz asks: If Clinton is clean, why does her staff keep pleading the Fifth?
Discussion: Politico, Daily Wire and RedState
Gary Langer / ABC News:
2016 Race Stays at 47-43 through Sunday (POLL)  —  Rolling forward to interviews conducted Thursday through Sunday, the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll shows the same results as its previous estimate of 47 percent for Hillary Clinton and 43 percent for Donald Trump …
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico and The Week
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Siena College:
Can't Be Closer: Trump 44%, Clinton 44%
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and RedState
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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Natalie Musumeci / New York Post:
Clinton calls off Election Night fireworks  —  SEE ALSO  —  :0  —  This could blow up in her face!  Hillary Clinton may...  Hillary Clinton's planned celebratory Election Night fireworks display over the Hudson River that The Post exclusively reported on has been canceled, it was revealed Monday.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
This Time, There Really Is a Hispanic Voter Surge  —  Hispanic voters were largely credited with President Obama's victory in 2012, but they weren't as crucial as many believed.  Mr. Obama didn't even need to win the Hispanic vote to put him over the top, thanks to high black turnout and support among white voters in the North.
Discussion: Instapundit and Politico
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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 …
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.
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
North Carolina GOP boasts that its voter suppression efforts are working  —  Press release celebrates that African American early voting is down in the state.  —  After Republican leaders mounted a concerted and illegal effort to make it harder for African Americans to vote in North Carolina …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judges refuse voter-intimidation orders against GOP and Trump in Pennsylvania, North Carolina
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
NC GOP Brags About Low Black Turnout-After Lobbying To Limit Early Voting
Discussion: Jezebel and ThinkProgress
Ana Navarro / CNN:
I'm voting for Hillary Clinton — and against Donald Trump  —  Navarro to party leaders: ‘Disown Donald Trump tonight’  —  Ana Navarro, a Republican strategist and commentator, was national Hispanic campaign chairwoman for John McCain in 2008, national Hispanic co-chair for Jon Huntsman's 2012 campaign …
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
Glenn Beck Tries Out Decency  —  After the pundit watched Michelle Obama's speech about Trump's treatment of women, he rethought some things.  —  One recent morning, after the release of Donald Trump's Tic Tac tape and his subsequent mansplanation about locker-room talk …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge balks at five-year timeline for release of Clinton emails  —  A federal judge signaled Monday that he's not inclined to agree to a timetable for the release of FBI-recovered Hillary Clinton emails that could have the records dribbling out over the next five years.
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Fox News:
State Department contractors detail how Clinton and her team ignored security rules
Discussion: Hot Air and TheBlaze
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why I think Nate Silver's model underrates Clinton's odds  —  The uncertainty is real, but it's not balanced.  —  People want to know who will win the election on Tuesday and are also nervous about it.  Indeed, some people seem to want to be nervous about it.
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Our Final 2016 Picks  —  Clinton 322, Trump 216; 50-50 Senate; GOP holds House  —  Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley, UVA Center for Politics November 7th, 2016  —  After a nearly two-year campaign — kicked off in December 2014 by Jeb Bush (remember him?)  — we've come to it at last.
Associated Press:
High Court Raises Doubts About Temporary Presidential Picks  —  The Supreme Court on Monday raised doubts about the temporary appointment of a former labor official in a case that could limit the president's power to fill top government posts.  —  The justices considered whether Lafe Solomon …
Discussion: Washington Post
Fox News:
Benghazi guards turned on US diplomats in 2012 attack, sources say  —  An obscure private firm hired by the State Department over internal objections to protect U.S. diplomats in Benghazi just months before the American ambassador and three others were killed was staffed with hastily recruited locals …
Sophia Bollag / Los Angeles Times:
California ballot propositions rake in a record $473 million in campaign cash  —  This year's crop of state propositions, the most appearing on a California ballot in 16 years, has attracted campaign contributions of $473 million, a record.  —  By comparison, a Times review of campaign finance reports …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CBS New York, Jezebel, Mediaite and TheBlaze
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Social media causes some users to rethink their views on an issue  —  Politics on social media - as in real life - isn't always pretty.  In an election season marked by partisan animosity, a recent Pew Research Center report found that many social media users describe their political encounters online …
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Jill Stein Agrees with Trump: Hillary Clinton Presidency Means Nuclear War, a ‘Mushroom Cloud Waiting to Happen’  —  “Get ready for war with Russia” if Hillary Clinton is elected president, said progressive Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein.  —  “This election, we are not only deciding …
Drudge Report:
FLORIDA SHOCK: TRUMP OUTPERFORMS ROMNEY BY 130,000 IN EARLY VOTING!  —  Data obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT shows presidential underdog Donald Trump outperforming Republican 2012 election results in Florida.  —  Mitt Romney went into Election Day down 161,000 in absentee ballots and early voting.
Ross Rosenfeld / The Hill:
4 ways the election really is rigged, Mr. Trump  —  has been talking carelessly about a “rigged” election.  —  Despite what he says, the voting results can be trusted, but there are three other ways that the vote is in fact rigged — two of which will directly help Trump.  —  1. The Electoral College
Discussion: alan.com
 
 
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
TV Networks Face a Skeptical Public on Election Night
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Donald J. Trump / USA Today:
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
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 Earlier Items: 
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Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
WikiLeaks: DNC and CNN colluded on questions for Trump, Cruz
Los Angeles Times:
Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours.
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Tonny Onyulo / Washington Times:
Malik Obama, Donald Trump supporter, gets curse from president's Kenya family, villagers
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Is 99% a reasonable probability?  —  Three sets of data point in the same direction: