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9:50 PM ET, October 24, 2016

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
We're in the Universal Derp Implosion  —  Donald Trump is giving a raging, rambling speech with accusations against everyone and everything.  But there's one thing he flagged that everyone needs to understand the details about.  —  Here's what he said ...
Discussion: The Week
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Very bad analysis of a 2008 email is Donald Trump's new excuse for why he's losing  —  Earlier Monday morning, Matt Drudge's Drudge Report (which has become a centralized resource of Donald Trump-friendly stories) highlighted a story at the blog ZeroHedge.  A new email released by WikiLeaks …
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
New Podesta Email Exposes Dem Playbook For Rigging Polls Through “Oversamples”  —  Earlier this morning we wrote about the obvious sampling bias in the latest ABC / Washington Post poll that showed a 12-point national advantage for Hillary.  Like many of the recent polls from Reuters …
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Sampling  —  For most of our national surveys of the general public …
Discussion: Hot Air
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump on porn actress who accused him of misconduct: 'Oh, I'm sure she's never been grabbed before'  —  (CNN)Donald Trump on Monday addressed the latest accusations of inappropriate sexual contact made against him, saying of the accuser, an adult film performer, “Oh, I'm sure she's never been grabbed before.”
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Business Insider:
The GOP must do something about the conservative media industrial complex if it wants to survive  —  Standing before a Miami audience, sleeves rolled up, President Barack Obama was hard at work campaigning for Hillary Clinton.  —  But, as he sometimes does when he's riffing on the stump, the president took a detour in his speech.
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:   Fact-free conservative media is a symptom of GOP troubles, not a cause
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Trump's Campaign Is Launching a Nightly News Show on Facebook  —  Welcome to the Donald Trump show!  —  Tonight, the Trump campaign is kicking off a show that will air on the candidate's Facebook page every night at 6:30 pm ET via Facebook Live from the campaign war room at Trump Tower.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Obamacare's double-digit rate hike, explained in 400 words  —  Obamacare premiums are on track to rise faster than ever before in 2017.  —  The Obama administration released data Monday showing that premiums for mid-level plans will rise, on average, 22 percent between 2016 and 2017.
Discussion: twitchy.com
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ASPE:
Health Plan Choice and Premiums in the 2017 Health Insurance Marketplace
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders: If his staff's email were hacked, there would surely be some unkind things about Clinton  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. — The trove of hacked Democratic emails that have spilled into public view over recent months have included some unkind things about Bernie Sanders.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Clinton's Specter of Illegitimacy
Discussion: Power Line and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders: If My Emails Leaked, There'd Be Mean Things About Hillary
Discussion: Washington Post
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Forget Trump and Clinton.  ‘Black Jeopardy’ is SNL's best political sketch this year.  —  Just before midnight Saturday, Tom Hanks put on a denim shirt, a goatee and a red “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat, and in six minutes pulled off the best political sketch of the year …
Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Threaten Lawsuits Over TV Ads Linking Them To Donald Trump  —  Saying a candidate supports Trump is basically defamation, they argue.  —  Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON Some Republicans are running so far away from their party's nominee …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Clinton leads by 5 heading in to final two weeks  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 5 points as the presidential campaign heads into its final two weeks, with the Democratic nominee's support just shy of the 50% mark, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
The Alt-Right Has Adopted An Old Nazi Term For Reporters  —  It's become a familiar routine by now: Trump supporters haranguing the press at rallies, booing them and screaming at them.  —  “Tell the truth!” and “CNN sucks!” have become staples at nearly every Trump rally.
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Sara Murray / CNN:
Anger unleashed: On the trail in Trump's America
Ben Botkin / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
RJ poll shows Clinton adding to lead over Trump in Nevada  —  Hillary Clinton is pulling away from Donald Trump in Nevada with early voting underway, according to a poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.  —  Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has a 7-point lead …
Discussion: Politicus USA and Washington Post
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Harry Reid's Parting Shot: Dems Will Nuke The Filibuster For SCOTUS  —  Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said he is confident that he has laid the groundwork for Democrats to nuke the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees if they win back the Senate in November.
The Brickmuppet / Brickmuppet Blog 2.0:
Steven DenBeste 1952(?)-2016  —  Steven DenBeste has passed away.  —  I just received word from Steven's brother, graciously thanking me for making the welfare call to the police and confirming that what many of us feared had indeed come to pass.  I did not inquire as to specifics …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Ex-CIA director calls Hannity a ‘true propagandist’  —  A former director of the CIA under President George W. Bush writes that Fox News host Sean Hannity is a “true propagandist.”  —  Michael Hayden, who led the CIA under Bush from 2006 to 2009, told Brookings Institution senior fellow Benjamin Wittes …
CNN:
How the GOP's first female presidential campaign manager manages Donald Trump  —  Conway on Trump: ‘He delivers his own speeches’  —  (CNN)Morning at the Conway household is like mornings in most homes with children.  It's a scramble to get the kids fed, dressed and out the door on time for school …
Telegraph:
Pro-Trump fundraisers agree to accept illicit foreign donation  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign is facing a fundraising scandal after a Telegraph investigation exposed how key supporters were prepared to accept illicit donations from foreign backers.
Michael Gross / The Daily Beast:
Inside Donald Trump's One-Stop Parties: Attendees Recall Cocaine and Very Young Models  —  The morals of Donald J. Trump, as a longtime model lover and then a modeling agency owner, were forged in another era, one in which young girls were used as a sort of currency between men doing business with one another.
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Woman Groped At Protest Against Trump's Groping, Police Say  —  A man groped a female protestor at an event meant to highlight Trump's own inappropriate touching outside of Trump Tower ahead of the third presidential debate.  —  One woman who attended the “Pussy Power at Trump Tower” …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart coordinated with liberal activist and organizer who disrupted GOP primary campaign events  —  A liberal activist and organizer coordinated with reporters from the conservative news site Breitbart during the primaries to cover his disruptions of events for candidates such as Sen. Marco Rubio.
Discussion: RedState and The Right Scoop
Alex Napoliello / New Jersey Online:
Ceremony honoring police before HS game sends ‘frightening message,’ ACLU says  —  MIDDLETOWN — A ceremony honoring law enforcement, military and first responders before a high school football game Friday night drew criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey because of an underlying “frightening message.”
Philly.com:
Despite plea for leniency, Kane gets 10 to 23 months in prison  —  Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced Monday to 10 to 23 months in prison for perjury, obstruction and other crimes.  —  KATHLEEN KANE  —  Jury convicts AG Kane, sentencing set for Oct. 24
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's chances of winning are approaching zero  —  The election is in 15 days.  And the electoral map just keeps looking grimmer and grimmer for Donald Trump.  —  We are making three changes to The Fix map this week, all favoring Hillary Clinton.  —  First, we are moving Nevada …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
THIS IS BIG=> DONALD TRUMP Continues Lead in Florida Early Voting  —  Florida is a must-win state for Donald Trump to declare victory on election day and the good news is that he's off to a very good start.  —  In fact, his lead in early voting there is a first for Republicans.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
THE WIKILEAKS LIST: At Least 65 MSM Reporters Were Meeting with and/or Coordinating Offline with Top Hillary Advisors  —  A few of the “journalists” meeting offline with Hillary advisers  —  Thanks to Wikileaks we now know that at least 65 mainstream reporters were working closely with the Clinton campaign this election year.
Discussion: WND
CNN:
California Guard vets told to repay millions in enlistment bonuses  — “Our military heroes should not shoulder the burden of military recruiters' faults,” Rep. McCarthy says  —  (CNN)Ten years after the Pentagon enticed soldiers to reenlist by offering hefty bonuses …
 
 
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Fearing Trump, Bar Association Stifles Report Calling Him a ‘Libel Bully’
Discussion: Mediaite
Warren Henry / The Federalist:
Liberals Adored Trump When He Was Winning The GOP Primary
Discussion: Washington Post
Andy Ostroy / New York Times:
My Wife's Killer Was Not an ‘Illegal Immigrant’
Discussion: Law News and ImmigrationProf Blog
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Lawyers for Adnan Syed, of ‘Serial’ Podcast, Ask Court to Free Him on Bail
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Trolls for Trump  —  Meet Mike Cernovich, the meme mastermind of the alt-right.
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Crapo ditches Trump un-endorsement
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and alan.com
 Earlier Items: 
Michael R. Strain / Washington Post:
It will take conservatives a lot of work to clean up after Trump. We should start now.
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: ‘Too much is being made’ about what I said in the debate
Discussion: Daily Kos
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama calls GOP Rep. Issa ‘shameless’ for trying to portray himself as ally
CBS Miami:
The CBS4 Interview: Trump On Rigged System & The Press
 

 
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