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11:40 AM ET, October 15, 2016

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BostonGlobe.com:
Trump says the election is rigged — and his supporters are furious  —  CINCINNATI — In an arena normally reserved for ice hockey, the Donald Trump crowd was on edge.  —  Some wore shirts with slogans like “[Expletive] Your Feelings” or, in reference to the female Democratic nominee, “Trump that Bitch.”
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The press always got booed at Trump rallies.  But now the aggression is menacing.  —  Donald Trump's rallies have never been the friendliest places for reporters.  But lately, as Trump has come under increasing fire, an unwelcoming atmosphere for the press has turned into outright hostility.
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Assails His Accusers as Liars, and Unattractive
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump has a point with media criticism  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  has gone thermonuclear on the media in a way we've never seen from any political figure — or any public figure — before.  —  From a Trump rally in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday: … ADVERTISEMENT
Discussion: Booman Tribune
The Charlotte Observer:
Why we're not endorsing Pat McCrory for the first time in 25 years  —  The Charlotte Observer's editorial board has endorsed Republican Pat McCrory in every one of his bids for office since 1991.  That includes twice for City Council, seven times for mayor and twice for governor.
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Sanders tweet causes drug company to lose $400M in a day  —  ' (D-Vt.) Twitter account on Friday afternoon caused the stock of a pharmaceutical company to crash, costing the company millions of dollars.  —  Sanders told his 2.6 million followers that Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. had raised …
CBS News:
Militia members arrested in alleged plot targeting Muslims  —  WICHITA, KAN. Three members of a Kansas militia group were charged Friday with plotting to bomb an apartment complex that's home to Somali immigrants in the western Kansas meatpacking town of Garden City, a thwarted attack prosecutors …
Discussion: Associated Press
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KBSL-TV:
3 men charged in Garden City bomb plot
Bryan Schatz / Mother Jones:
Feds Charge Kansas Militia Members With Plotting to Bomb Somali Immigrants
Discussion: The Atlantic
U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Kansas Men Charged With Plotting a Bombing Attack Targeting the Local Somali Immigrant Community
Discussion: NPR
Politico:
Depressing poll of the day  —  DEPRESSING POLL OF THE DAY — The latest Marketplace-Edison Research survey shows economic anxiety is up to 36 from 30 a year ago (the scale runs 0-100).  But that's not the depressing part of the poll's findings.  It's this: 25 percent of Americans …
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Trump camp puts forward witness to refute sex assault claim  —  More On:  —  Donald Trump's campaign says a British man is countering claims that the GOP presidential nominee groped a woman on a cross-country flight more than three decades ago.  —  The man says he was sitting across …
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos / BuzzFeed:
CNN's President Says It Was A Mistake To Air So Many Trump Rallies And “Let Them Run”  —  Jeff Zucker also refused to say whether Trump is fit to be president.  —  Reporting From  —  CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — CNN President Jeff Zucker on Friday said it was a “mistake” to air so many Trump rallies …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Billy Bush expected to get $10 million settlement from NBC
Discussion: Washington Monthly, AOL and twitchy.com
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Senate GOP faces late cash crunch  —  Senate Republicans, whose fragile majority has been threatened by Donald Trump's tanking presidential bid, are suddenly confronting another problem: a lack of cash.  —  Republicans are set to be massively outspent on TV ads in seven of the eight states …
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Pamela Druckerman / New York Times:
The Perpetual Panic of American Parenthood  —  Paris — I spend a lot of time listening to parents around the world complain.  In Kiev recently, a working mother told me the joke about how Ukrainians are raised by same-sex couples: their mothers and grandmothers.
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Trump Hotel protest boils over in DC  —  A group of hotel workers brought their beef with Donald Trump  —  to the nation's capital on Thursday.  —  The Culinary Union is locked in a labor dispute with Trump over the right to organize employees of Trump Hotel Las Vegas, which is partially owned by the Republican presidential nominee.
Discussion: Washington Post
NBC News:
CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia  —  U.S. Poised For Unprecedented Cyber Assault Targeting Russia 3:17  —  The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential election …
Nathaniel Persily / Washington Post:
Americans are losing faith in democracy — and in each other  —  Nathaniel Persily is a professor at Stanford Law School.  Jon Cohen is chief research officer for SurveyMonkey.  —  If there had been any doubt, it has now become clear that this election campaign is about more than the selection …
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
Vanessa Williams / Washington Post:
Group accuses Mike Pence of voter suppression after state police raid registration program in Indiana  —  A progressive advocacy group is launching an advertising campaign accusing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who also is the Republican vice-presidential nominee, of sanctioning voter suppression …
Discussion: Breaking News USA
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump  —  Win, lose or drop out, the Republican nominee has laid waste to the American political system.  On the trail for the last gasp of the ugliest campaign in our nation's history  —  All Stories  —  Saturday, early October, at a fairground 40 minutes southwest of Milwaukee.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Barrage of Heated Rhetoric Has Little Precedent  —  WASHINGTON — There is a long tradition of presidential candidates ratcheting up their language when they are trailing in the closing weeks of an election.  —  But in the same fashion Donald J. Trump has broken …
Politico:
Trump accuses Clinton and media of trying to ‘poison the minds’ of voters  —  Donald Trump, reeling from a steady emergence of new female accusers, kicked off his Saturday by lashing out at the media and “Crooked Hillary” for trying to “poison the minds” of voters with claims that Trump has a long history of forcing himself on women.
Discussion: The Week
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump dismantles teleprompter at rally … dismantled his teleprompter at a Friday night rally in North Carolina, and told the audience he wouldn't pay the company that provided the faulty equipment.  —  “Here's the way government works — so the telemproter is a bummer, it doesn't work.
Discussion: The Week
Associated Press:
Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases  —  KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal, announced Saturday morning after all-night negotiations, to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major effort to fight climate change.
Discussion: Engadget and The Week
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Kept Calling Lil Jon an ‘Uncle Tom,’ Celebrity Apprentice Staffers Say  —  While shooting the 13th season of The Apprentice, Donald Trump repeatedly used a racial slur to refer to rapper and contestant Lil Jon—even after several producers urged him to stop, three staffers on the show told The Daily Beast.
 
 
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
In North Carolina, ACA insurer defections leave little choice for many consumers
Economist:
The debasing of American politics
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Atlantic
CNN:
What female voters in Philly suburbs really think
Discussion: Raw Story
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Hillary Clinton's Worst Friend
Discussion: The American Mirror
Jarrod Holbrook / WFTS:
AG Pam Bondi calls Trump's actions ‘disgusting’ but still supports him
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WIKILEAKS=> SMOKING GUN on Iran Deal: Podesta Says Nuclear War Is Coming
Discussion: Power Line
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
How a lie takes flight on Fox News's ‘Hannity’
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:
Romney: “It Will Be Very Difficult” For Party “To Be Put Back Together Again”
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
Here Are Women's Excuses and Explanations for Trump's Behavior
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Burning Down the House  —  A wounded bear is a dangerous thing.
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Even if Trump loses big, the anger will remain. Here's how the left can address it.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton's Florida Lead Continues to Grow
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Body Shames Clinton, Too! 'I Wasn't Impressed, Believe Me'
Discussion: Mashable and alan.com