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7:10 PM ET, October 20, 2016

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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump: I'll accept election results — if I win … opened up a Thursday campaign rally by saying he'll accept the results of the presidential election as long as he wins.  —  “I will totally accept the result of this great and historic presidential election,” Trump told supporters in Delaware, Ohio.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
LePage calls Trump's election results comment ‘an absolute stupid move’
Discussion: State & Capitol and Politicker
Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:
Paul LePage On Trump's Election Results Answer: “C'mon, Get Over Yourself”
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
GOP, Democrats React to Trump on Accepting Election Outcome
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
On “Accepting Election Results”
Discussion: The Week, Hit & Run and Scripting News
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The 5 Most Outrageous Hillary Clinton Lies From The Last Debate  —  The third and, mercifully, final presidential debate featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton also turned out to be the most conventional.  Fox News' Chris Wallace did a solid job pressing the candidates on issues in Las Vegas …
Politico:
Full transcript: Third 2016 presidential debate
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Poll Shows Republicans Less Committed to Trump in Defeat  —  Just 24 percent of Republicans and those who lean that way say Trump should be the face of the party nationally if Clinton wins.  —  Republican primary voters strongly backed Donald Trump for the presidential nomination …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Flake says it might be Garland time  —  Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake has maintained for months that Republicans should take up Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination if it looks like the presidential contest is a lost cause for the GOP.  —  It's looking about that time, Flake said in an interview on Thursday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Republicans in tough races blast Trump for refusing to say whether he'll accept election results
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts  —  On March 19 of this year, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta received an alarming email that appeared to come from Google.  —  The email, however, didn't come from the internet giant.
Discussion: Esquire, RedState, Hot Air and The Week
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Russian hackers infiltrated Podesta's email, security firm says  —  Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's Gmail account was hacked by the same Russian intelligence-linked hackers that breached the DNC and the DCCC, researchers confirmed Thursday, spurring Clinton's team to immediately lash …
Discussion: alan.com and Motherboard
Tim Johnson / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
WikiLeaks claims sham U.S. firm is trying to smear Assange
Discussion: RedState and Sputnik International
Libby Nelson / Vox:
Watch Michelle Obama's Arizona speech: live stream and what to expect after the Clinton-Trump debate  —  First lady Michelle Obama, whose last major campaign appearance for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was an emotional speech on Donald Trump's comments about women …
Discussion: ABC News
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Liz Plank / Vox:
“Nasty woman” becomes the feminist rallying cry Hillary Clinton was waiting for
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones Suffers Debate Meltdown Over “Lying Whore” Hillary Clinton
Discussion: New York Magazine and alan.com
Kevin Tampone / Syracuse Post-Standard:
SUNY professor says Trump win at least 87 percent certain; other polls ‘bunk’  —  Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Fla  —  Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Esther Yu Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
Another woman just came forward to say Trump assaulted her  —  “He said, 'hey look at this one.  We haven't seen her before.  Look at those legs.'”  —  Just one day after the third and final presidential debate, another woman has come forward to say that Republican presidential candidate Donald …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Says He Will Accept Election Outcome ('if I Win')
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:   A 10th Woman Accuses Donald Trump of Inappropriate Touching
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Trump used his foundation to fund guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe  —  He funneled at least $10,000 to O'Keefe's Project Veritas  —  In Wednesday's presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed that new videos proved that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had “hired people” and “paid them $1,500” …
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Trump Jr.: Running for president a ‘step down’  —  (CNN)Donald Trump's eldest son said Wednesday night that his father's unlikely pursuit of the presidency represented a “step down” from the Republican nominee's business career.  —  “Unlike Hillary Clinton, who's gotten very rich being a politician …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For Trump, a solid debate performance disappears in an instant
Discussion: NewsBusters and Washington Monthly
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Hillary Clinton in 2002: George W. Bush Was ‘Selected, Not Elected’  —  It is completely irresponsible to argue that a president who reaches 270 electoral votes is not “elected” and legitimate, right, Hillary Clinton?  Only a shameless partisan with no concern for democracy or our system …
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Washington's foreign policy elite breaks with Obama over Syrian bloodshed  —  There is one corner of Washington where Donald Trump's scorched-earth presidential campaign is treated as a mere distraction and where bipartisanship reigns.  In the rarefied world of the Washington foreign policy establishment …
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Roasts Rubio: You Call Trump A ‘Con Artist’ But You'll Vote For Him?  —  President Barack Obama read Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and, by proxy, the entire Republican Party, the riot act on Thursday for supporting Donald Trump despite previously condemning him.
Discussion: alan.com
Simon Dumenco / Ad Age:
Fox News Is No Longer a Top 20 Best-Perceived Brand Among Republicans  —  New data out today from YouGov BrandIndex suggests that Fox News is losing its luster in the eyes of Republican consumers — who, it must be noted, pretty much despise CNN and MSNBC more than ever.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Clinton Probably Finished Off Trump Last Night  —  I'm not sure I need to tell you this, but Hillary Clinton is probably going to be the next president.  It's just a question of what “probably” means.  —  Clinton went into the final presidential debate on Wednesday with a lead of about 7 percentage points over Donald Trump.
Washington Post:
Iraq's U.S.-trained counterterrorism troops join attack on Mosul  —  BARTELLA, Iraq — Iraq's elite counterterrorism units advanced to within six miles of Mosul on Thursday as Kurdish forces opened a new front to the north — in a significant escalation of the fight for the Islamic State-held city.
Discussion: Daily Wire and Hot Air
 
 
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Stephen L. Carter / Bloomberg:
Trump or No Trump, Elections Have Been Stolen
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Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Obama Calls For Public Option, Which He Once Hedged Against
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Emma Dumain / Post and Courier:
South Carolinians raise eyebrows at Trump's suggestions of rigged election
The Intercept:
Debate Moderators Under the Spell of Deficit-Obsessed Billionaire Pete Peterson
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Dept. accuses Russia of ‘PR stunt’ in election-monitoring flap
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
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 Earlier Items: 
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
The System Really Is Rigged
Discussion: NewsBusters
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Slams Latest Accuser As A Clinton Attack, Doesn't Deny Her Claims
Discussion: The Week
Ben Shapiro / National Review:
The Media Will Learn to Love Trump in Due Time
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
With 19 Days to Go, Clinton's Lead Is Bigger Than Ever
Discussion: Florida Politics
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
While You Were Watching The Debate, Trump Just Launched Trump TV