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9:35 PM ET, October 4, 2016

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's humiliation of Mike Pence has made tonight's VP debate very strange  —  What would a Mike Pence win in the debate mean?  That Republicans should be filled with regret?  —  I have never been quite so confused as to how to interpret a vice presidential debate.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Trump will sink Pence in VP debate  —  ‘Is it just me or are the two VP candidates infinitely more appealing than their running mates?’ said a Pennsylvania Republican.  —  Tim Kaine isn't Mike Pence's only opponent Tuesday night in the only debate between the vice-presidential hopefuls …
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Vice Presidential TV Debate Ratings by the Numbers  —  Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will face off tonight from Longwood University for the sole vice presidential debate of the 2016 election.  The 90-minute commercial-free debate will be moderated by CBS News correspondent …
Discussion: WRIC-TV
Tamerra Griffin / BuzzFeed:
The GOP Just Published A Bunch Of Post-Debate ~Blog Posts~ Before The Debate Started  —  The GOP just published a ~ blog post ~ ahead of tonight's vice presidential debate declaring Mike Pence the victor, and Hillary Clinton the loser.  —  GOP  —  “The consensus was clear after the dust settled …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Tuesday's VP debate will shed light on something incredibly important
Discussion: Politico, CNBC and Liberty Unyielding
New York Times:
Vice-Presidential Debate: Clinton and Trump Weigh In; R.N.C. Declares Victory Before Debate Begins
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Pence v. Kaine: Battle of the Normals
Discussion: ABC News
GUCCIFER 2.0:
Guccifer 2.0 Hacked Clinton Foundation  —  Many of you have been waiting for this, some even asked me to do it.  —  So, this is the moment.  I hacked the Clinton Foundation server and downloaded hundreds of thousands of docs and donors' databases.  —  Hillary Clinton and her staff don't even bother about the information security.
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Clinton Foundation refutes new claim that hacker stole files  —  A hacker persona with alleged ties to the Russian government has posted what the hacker claims are files stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the foundation says the assertions are not true.
Naomi Lim / CNN:
Bill Clinton calls Obamacare ‘the craziest thing in the world’  — Clinton said Obamacare had caused premiums to rise for Americans who did not have access to subsidies  — He also touted his wife proposal to allow people without access to subsidies to buy into Medicare and Medicaid
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Bill Clinton slams ObamaCare: 'It's the craziest thing in the world'  —  steamrolled President Obama's signature healthcare law at a rally, calling it “the craziest thing in the world.”  —  Speaking Monday in Flint, Mich., Clinton blasted the core principles of ObamaCare as unworkable …
Daily Mail:
Bill ducks question about wife's alleged cheating and says of Trump's attacks, 'He should run his campaign, and she'll run hers'  — Clinton's campaign says it won't be responding to Donald Trump's suggestion that the former first lady cheated on her husband
Discussion: AOL
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Clinton camp responds to Bill's Obamacare comments
Discussion: ABC News and The Federalist
Barack Obama / The Huffington Post:
Republican Obstruction Is Undermining The Supreme Court, Enough Is Enough  —  This week, the Supreme Court returns to work.  The Justices will hear important cases on issues ranging from the separation of church and state to intellectual property to Congressional redistricting to the death penalty.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senator: ‘Nobody really believes’ next president should fill Supreme Court vacancy  —  is knocking his party's Supreme Court strategy, arguing the opposition to taking up President Obama's nominee boils down to politics.  —  The Arizona Republican, who is a member of the Judiciary Committee …
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Ayotte stumbles when asked if Trump is role model for children  —  (R-N.H.) said she would “absolutely” point to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  as a role model for children but still declined to endorse him for president in an awkward answer to a debate question Monday night.
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Kelly Ayotte's Donald Trump agony continues
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Hot Air
Rebecca Berg / Real Clear Politics:
Trump Used Foundation Funds for 2016 Run, Filings Suggest  —  As Donald Trump began making noise about a possible bid for president in 2011, South Carolina conservative activist Oran Smith caught the celebrity businessman's eye as a particularly vocal and potentially influential critic.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gary Johnson: I can't start wars with places if I can't find them on a map  —  Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson on Tuesday defended his lack of knowledge of world affairs, suggesting on MSNBC that foreign policy expertise, or even an understanding of where international leaders are from …
Discussion: Political Wire and twitchy.com
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Gary Johnson: Knowledge of world geography allows leaders 'to put our military in harm's way'
Discussion: Hot Air
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Pennsylvania  —  Clinton Maintains Lead; Senate Race All Tied Up  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Pennsylvania is looking good for Hillary Clinton, driven by gains among white women voters, according to the Monmouth University Poll .
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former accountant refutes Trump's tax brilliance: I did all the work  —  Donald Trump's former accountant challenged the Republican presidential nominee's assertion that he “brilliantly” used tax laws to avoid paying federal taxes.  —  “I did all the tax preparation.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Bridgegate witness says Cuomo and Christie discussed cover story  —  NEWARK, N.J. — Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie personally discussed how to handle the fallout from the George Washington Bridge lane closures, even agreeing to release a report covering up the incident …
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Trump backers realize they've been played as WikiLeaks fails to deliver October surprise  —  LONDON — The expectations were breathless.  —  For weeks, backers of Republican nominee Donald Trump have hyped the tantalizing possibility that the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks was on the verge …
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Melina Delkic / ABC News:
Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Trump Over Late-Night Tweets  —  First Lady Michelle Obama spoke today at the Charlotte Convention Center at a rally for Hillary Clinton, strongly encouraging the audience to get out the vote and speaking out against Donald Trump.
Discussion: Mediaite and Associated Press
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Michelle Obama hammers Trump over taxes, Twitter, PTSD
Discussion: ABC News
Ed Klein / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama was so worried about Hillary's health he set up a secret medical check-up for her at Walter Reed - but she refused, fearing her LEAKING HEART VALVE and arrhythmia would be exposed  — Ed Klein - one of Hillary Clinton's fiercest critics - revealed new details …
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Hannity rails against Glenn Beck: I have ‘no interest’ in making peace with ‘a guy that gives a Nazi analogy a day’  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday railed against conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck, calling the prominent member of the Never Trump movement a “saboteur” with whom he had …
Discussion: RedState
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Vice President Biden's powerful rebuke of Donald Trump's PTSD comments  —  Vice President Biden, who delivered the toughest denunciation of Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention in July, just did it again.  —  And it was, yet again, the kind of rebuke that perhaps only Biden could deliver.
 
 
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump calls tax avoidance ‘smart,’ most Americans call it ‘unpatriotic’: poll
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Sandy Rios: Conservatives Will Be Put In ‘Reeducation Camps’ If Clinton Wins
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Man shot and wounded by sheriff's deputy at Santa Monica Expo Line station
Discussion: KTLA
Chris Summers / Daily Mail:
The WHITE ghettos that blight South Africa: 20 years after the fall of apartheid, how it is now …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP struggles to find women to lead House committees
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Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
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Charlie Sykes / RTWI:
Time For A New Chapter
Discussion: Business Insider, Politico and WBAY-TV
Ashley Bateman / The Federalist:
Obama Administration Tells Black Parents Their School Choices Are Racist
Discussion: Newsalert
Brad Plumer / Vox:
The one thing Trump and Clinton agree on is infrastructure.  This economist thinks they're both wrong.
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