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12:20 PM ET, October 17, 2016

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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: 41 percent of voters say election could be ‘stolen’ from Trump  —  The American electorate has turned deeply skeptical about the integrity of the nation's election apparatus, with 41 percent of voters saying November's election could be “stolen” from Donald Trump due to widespread voter fraud.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Cites Biden as He Defends Himself  —  The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):  —  Donald Trump is calling Republican leaders “naive” for dismissing his claims of a rigged election and urging his supporters to “come together and win this election.”
Discussion: Politico
David Weigel / Washington Post:
‘Rigged’ election talk didn't start with Trump
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Giuliani on rigged election: ‘Dead people generally vote for Democrats’
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Ruckus Over Rigging
Discussion: Politico and WCTX-TV
Anneta Konstantinides / Daily Mail:
But Wikileaks revealed this morning that Assange's internet link had been ‘intentionally severed by a state party’  —  At 6.30am this morning WikiLeaks tweeted: 'Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party', with conspiracy theorists claiming that it is linked …
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BBC:
Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access ‘cut’
Discussion: Engadget
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
22 toxic days for Hillary Clinton
Casey Reynolds / The Midnight Sun:
MIDNIGHT SUN EXCLUSIVE: New Poll Shows Trump-Clinton Tied In Alaska  —  New polling numbers provided exclusively to The Midnight Sun by the Alaska Democratic Party show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a statistical tie in The Last Frontier.  —  The poll was conducted …
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Office of Media Relations:
New GW Battleground Poll: Clinton Begins to Pull Away from Trump, and Voters Think She'll Win  —  Clinton Widening Margins on National Issues, Personality Traits; Both Candidates Disliked  —  MEDIA CONTACTS:  —  Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631  —  John Brandt: johnbrandt@gwu.edu, 202-994-3199
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Office of Media Relations:
GW Battleground Poll
Discussion: Guardian
Tampa Bay Times:
Trump fans boo, walk out on Amy Schumer show in Tampa  —  TAMPA - About 200 people walked out of Amy Schumer's comedy show at the Amalie Arena in Tampa Sunday when she mocked Donald Trump as, among other things, an “orange, sexual-assaulting, fake- college-starting monster.”  —  7 Months Ago 7 Months Ago 7 Months Ago
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Supporters Ditch Amy Schumer Show En Masse After She Mocks Him  —  About 200 people walked out of comedian Amy Schumer's Tampa, Florida show on Sunday—presumably in search of a safe space—after Schumer called Donald Trump an “orange, sexual-assaulting, fake- college-starting monster,” The Tampa Bay Times reported.
Louise Mensch / Heat Street:
EXCLUSIVE: Evan McMullin Utah Poll: Independent Conservative Ties Trump  —  Update: Crosstabs here (initial paywall)  —  The poll of likely voters, conducted Saturday and Sunday by Rasmussen Reports shows a sensational result in Utah, where two points separates the top three candidates.
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Maintains 50-Point Lead Among Latinos
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Might Not Be Running for President  —  In June, Sarah Ellison reported, “according to several people briefed on the discussions,” Donald Trump was exploring “the possibility of launching a ‘mini-media conglomerate’” after the election.  Ellison reported that Trump had put …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Report: Trump's son-in-law discussing post-election Trump TV network
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
Pat McCrory: Firebombing ‘an attack on democracy’  —  Gov. Pat McCrory Sunday called the weekend firebombing of a North Carolina Republican headquarters “an attack on our democracy,” while one GOP official called it an act of “political terrorism.”  —  In a tweet, Republican presidential candidate Donald …
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Town of Hillsborough:
Orange County Republican Party Headquarters Targeted with Arson, Graffiti
Rene Stutzman / Orlando Sentinel:
Matthew Apperson, the man who shot at George Zimmerman, sentenced to 20 years  —  Matthew Apperson was found guilty of attempted second-degree murder after he shot at George Zimmerman's car in May.  —  Privacy Policy  —  SANFORD — The Seminole County man convicted of shooting at George Zimmerman …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Their Dark Fantasies  —  I'm a baby boomer, which means that I'm old enough to remember conservatives yelling “America — love it or leave it!” at people on the left who criticized racism and inequality.  But that was a long time ago.  These days, disdain for America — the America that actually exists …
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Wagner / Washington Post:
As Trump stumbles, Clinton weighs a striking choice: Expand the map or stick to the plan  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton faces a striking choice in the final three weeks of the campaign: to expand her efforts to states that Democrats haven't won in a generation …
Discussion: The Point and The Gateway Pundit
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Women will doom Trump  —  A recent “Saturday Night Live” featured a “Weekend Update” skit with Tina Fey playing the role of an undecided, middle-aged female voter from a suburban town in Pennsylvania.  —  It was a funny sketch, at one point skewering GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  as “a drunk clown on the street.”
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama, Holder to lead post-Trump redistricting campaign  —  As Democrats aim to capitalize on this year's Republican turmoil and start building back their own decimated bench, former Attorney General Eric Holder will chair a new umbrella group focused on redistricting reform …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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Ariel Stulberg / Vox:
Cities spent millions on fast gigabit networks. No one is sure what they're good for.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. King: Trump's claims of rigged election ‘partially unsubstantiated’
Discussion: ABC News
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
CNN Host Claims It's ILLEGAL For Public To View WikiLeaks Emails [VIDEO]
Discussion: Power Line and BizPac Review
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Amid firebombing talk, CNN's Stelter says Trump ‘raising the temperature’ of rhetoric
Discussion: RedState
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Case for Trump  —  Conservatives should vote for the Republican nominee.
Discussion: Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
New York Daily News:
Mom dies of ‘broken heart’ after son Kalief Browder killed himself last year
Discussion: The Root, Jezebel and Gothamist
New York Post:
Now, even Democrats can see the ObamaCare death spiral
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Republicans fear for party's future
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Biographer: Trump will get even more dangerous and unhinged as election loss looms on the horizon
Forward Progressives / Raw Story:
It's time to tell the truth: Donald Trump isn't running a presidential campaign, he's leading a cult
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Donald Trump's echo chamber of conspiracies, grievances and vitriol
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Donald Trump at Risk of Losing Arizona Despite State Party Support
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
 

 
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