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6:25 AM ET, October 4, 2016

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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Trump's 1995 Return Shows Good Tax Policy at Work  —  The big news this weekend was the leak of Donald Trump's 1995 tax returns to the New York Times.  The returns showed that in that year, Trump claimed $916 million worth of business losses; those losses, said the Times …
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Ryan Ellis / Forbes:
Trump Tax Return Story Exposes Policy Ignorance Of Political Reporters  —  What followed was a collective explosion of talking heads over the weekend, with the theatrics inversely proportional to the pundit's knowledge of tax policy.  —  To state the obvious, political reporters don't know a damned thing about taxes.
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
The Daily News also had Trump's tax return — they just couldn't verify it
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Donald Trump Brags About Using Tax Laws ‘Brilliantly’
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump boasts about ‘brilliantly’ using the tax laws
Yashar:
Did Marla Maples Leak Her Own Tax Returns?
Daily Mail:
Can Assange turn it around for Trump?  Wikileaks boss WILL release ‘damaging information’ about Hillary tomorrow after initially cancelling ‘October Surprise’ speech from embassy balcony  — Julian Assange had originally planned to address the world from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Monday
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Fox News:
‘Specific info’ forces WikiLeaks to move anticipated announcement to Berlin  —  Julian Assange canceled a dramatic London balcony address on Tuesday in favor of a video presentation in Berlin after WikiLeaks developed “specific information” regarding Assange's safety, the leaked emails clearinghouse tweeted on Monday afternoon.
John Fund / National Review:
How Much Does Trump Really Want to Be President?  —  Maybe Americans don't want to elect a grown man who acts like a 13-year-old boy.  —  Donald Trump does know how to act in a serious, restrained way that impresses people.  The fact that he isn't displaying those qualities …
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John Sides / Washington Post:
Poll: Many Americans do not think Donald Trump was born into wealth
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, The Week and The Atlantic
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Pulls Ahead of Donald Trump After First Debate, Poll Shows
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg:
Kaine and Pence Look to Assure (and Attack) at Vice Presidential Debate  —  The vice presidential debate comes as the race has shifted since Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off last week.  —  aritbenie  —  The vice presidential debate Tuesday night will give two of America's …
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and The Week
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Exclusive: Republicans Launch Willie Horton-Style Attack on Kaine
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The GOP's chief strategist pitches the party's new ‘Willie Horton-style’ ad
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
How Donald Trump ditched U.S. steel workers in favor of China  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP CHINA  —  Plenty of blue-collar workers believe that, as president, Donald Trump would be ready to fight off U.S. trade adversaries and reinvigorate the country's manufacturing industries through his commitment to the Rust Belt.
Discussion: Guardian
CNN:
Post-debate, Clinton takes the lead  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton emerges from the first presidential debate with a five-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the presidency, having narrowed the enthusiasm gap between her supporters and Trump's, and holding broad advantages over the Republican nominee …
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Donald Trump: Military suicides happen to servicemembers who 'can't handle it'  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump suggested Monday that American soldiers and veterans who commit suicide do so because they can't handle the post-traumatic stress of war.  —  “When you talk about the mental health problems …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Really, Really Needs To Win Florida  —  For politics fans, it's easy to get caught up in fun Electoral College scenarios — ones in which small states make a big difference or in which the House of Representatives has to decide the election.  The alternative — endlessly repeating that …
Discussion: AOL and Business Insider
New York Times:
Tension With Russia Rises as U.S. Halts Syria Negotiations  —  WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday suspended talks with Russia over the protracted conflict in Syria, accusing the Kremlin of joining with the Syrian Air Force in carrying out a brutal bombing campaign against the besieged city of Aleppo.
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
NPR Reporter Has No Idea What ‘Come And Take It’ Means  —  Sunday marked the 181st anniversary of the Battle of Gonzales, the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution, when Texian militiamen, responding to Mexican soldiers demanding the surrender of a small brass cannon, coined the now-famous battle cry, “Come and Take It!”
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and Instapundit
America's Voice:
With Rehearing Denied in US v. Texas, What Now?  —  All Legal and Political Options Must Be Engaged  —  The news that the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a rehearing petition in the U.S. v Texas immigration case should focus attention on a pressing legal question: why has Texas Judge Andrew Hanen …
Kevin Green / WAVY-TV:
Hampton teen arrested for soliciting clown to kill teacher  —  HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — A 13-year-old Hampton girl is in police custody for allegedly reaching out to a person on social media to kill one of her teachers.  —  Police say the person she contacted was using a clown image as their profile picture.
Discussion: RT
Fox News:
FBI agreed to destroy laptops of Clinton aides with immunity deal, sources say  —  Immunity deals for two top Hillary Clinton aides included a side arrangement obliging the FBI to destroy their laptops after reviewing the devices, House Judiciary Committee sources told Fox News on Monday.
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Bill Clinton Trashes Obamacare At Event, Calls It ‘Crazy System’ [VIDEO]  —  Former President Bill Clinton attacked President Barack Obama's signature health care legislation Monday, calling it a “crazy system” that “doesn't make any sense” during a Michigan campaign event for Hillary.
Discussion: Power Line
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Feds move to throw out ObamaCare lawsuits  —  The Obama administration is seeking to toss out a pair of high-profile healthcare lawsuits in which insurers claim they are owed millions of dollars under the Affordable Care Act.  —  The two insurers, Moda Healthcare and BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina …
Discussion: Hot Air, Power Line and The Federalist
Max Blumenthal / Alternet:
Inside the Shadowy PR Firm That's Lobbying for Regime Change in Syria  —  Posing as a non-political solidarity organization, the Syria Campaign leverages local partners and media contacts to push the U.S. into toppling another Middle Eastern government.  —  On September 30 …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan, So Handsome, So Sad
Discussion: New York Times and Balloon Juice
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
President Obama draws “a straight line” from Sarah Palin to Donald Trump: The GOP “just seems to get worse”
Bloomberg:
Out of Prison, Out of Work  —  About 7 million American men …
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Raffi Williams / Circa:
The new Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture treats conservative …
Discussion: RedState and Althouse
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Court Overturns $12M Sex Abuse Verdict Against Boy Scouts
Discussion: Jezebel and Associated Press
Larry Klayman / WND:
Hillary's biggest lie?
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton: ‘What kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a single year?’
Discussion: ABC News
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump needs to be willing to make ‘real change’ to win election
Discussion: Daily Kos and RedState
Kristine Guerra / Washington Post:
‘We run the streets’: Video shows angry mob attacking CHP patrol car with officer still inside
Carrie Wells / Baltimore Sun:
Man in critical condition after altercation with Raiders fans at Ravens game
Daily Mail:
Is this man Bill Clinton's love child? …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general's office
New York Times:
Kim Kardashian Robbed at Gunpoint in Paris, Spokeswoman Says
 

 
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Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

 
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