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2:55 PM 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.”
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
John Kasich's dire warning for the Republican Party: EVOLVE OR DIE  —  John Kasich was the last remaining Republican primary challenger to Donald Trump.  —  Since ending his campaign in early May, Kasich has not followed the same course as fellow long-lasting GOP primary challengers …
Discussion: Political Wire and AOL
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Suggests Clinton Was on Drug During Debate
Discussion: Politico
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.
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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
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton's team unleashes Watergate attack against Trump  —  Four decades after five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, Hillary Clinton's campaign is trying to frame the hacking of her campaign chairman's email as a repeat of the most famous political scandal …
Discussion: ABC News and Joe.My.God.
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Trump: We Should Do a Drug Test Before the Debate  —  Donald Trump said today a drug test should be performed on the two candidates before the third and final presidential debate, implying that his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton may be on drugs.  —  “I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate.
Discussion: Politico and Joe.My.God.
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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
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Taking Trump voters' concerns seriously means listening to what they're actually saying  —  Donald Trump's supporters deserve to have their concerns taken seriously.  —  If the media and commentators in 2016 can agree on nothing else, it's this.  It's a bit of an odd meme.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Occupy Democrats
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: Hullabaloo and The Week
Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed:
The Man Providing Trump's Alibi Has A Long History In UK Political Sex Scandals  —  Anthony Gilberthorpe previously sold surveillance footage of a British politician having sex to newspapers and claimed to have provided underage prostitutes to cabinet ministers.
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Trump camp puts forward witness to refute sex assault claim
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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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Rolling Justice Roberts  —  A Clinton ally reveals how the left played the Chief on ObamaCare.  —  The WikiLeaks email disclosures make fascinating reading about the political calculations of leading progressives, and Chief Justice John Roberts may want to pay particular attention.
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
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 and alan.com
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.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
‘Better Way’ for President  —  Ryan shows that Republicans …
Politico:
Trump accuses Clinton and media of trying to ‘poison the minds’ of voters
Discussion: The Week
Vanessa Williams / Washington Post:
Group accuses Mike Pence of voter suppression after state police raid registration program in Indiana
Discussion: Breaking News USA
Economist:
The debasing of American politics
Discussion: Daily Kos
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
Nathaniel Persily / Washington Post:
Americans are losing faith in democracy — and in each other
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump
Discussion: The Atlantic
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’
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Barrage of Heated Rhetoric Has Little Precedent
Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:
Romney: “It Will Be Very Difficult” For Party “To Be Put Back Together Again”
Discussion: Occidental Dissent