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4:20 PM ET, October 27, 2016

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Bloomberg:
Inside the Trump Bunker, With 12 Days to Go  —  Win or lose, the Republican candidate and his inner circle have built a direct marketing operation that could power a TV network—or finish off the GOP.  —  Subscribe Reprints  —  On Oct. 19, as the third and final presidential debate gets …
Vine:
Important News about Vine  —  Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see creativity unfold.  Today, we are sharing the news that in the coming months we'll be discontinuing the mobile app.  —  Nothing is happening to the apps, website or your Vines today.
New York Times:
Some Donald Trump Voters Warn of Revolution if Hillary Clinton Wins  —  COLORADO SPRINGS — Big crowds still mob Donald J. Trump when he comes to town, with fans waiting in long lines to attend his rallies, where they eagerly jeer his Democratic rival and holler happily at his message.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump springs news on Melania that she will give two or three ‘big’ speeches  —  To Melania Trump's apparent surprise, Donald Trump announced Thursday that his wife would be making two or three “big,” “important” speeches.  —  Speaking alongside the Republican presidential nominee during …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:   Melania Trump Tells How Son Barron Follows His Dad's Presidential Bid
Yalerecord / The Yale Record:
The Yale Record Does Not Endorse Hillary Clinton  —  In its 144-year history, The Yale Record has never endorsed a Democratic candidate for president.  In fact, we have never endorsed any candidate for president.  This is, in part, due to our strong commitment to being a tax-exempt 501(c) …
Joe Klein / TIME:
The Ultimate Insider Who Could Still Change the Game In the Oval Office  —  There haven't been many exhilarating moments in Hillary Clinton's long slog to the presidency, but this may have been one of them: a gorgeous late-October afternoon in New Hampshire, an outdoor rally amid the falling leaves …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Behind the retreat of the Koch brothers' operation  —  On a drizzly Monday morning in mid-September, about 200 staffers from the Koch brothers' conservative advocacy network were summoned to the fifth floor auditorium of the Charles Koch Institute's Arlington, Virginia, headquarters …
Discussion: Grist, New York Magazine and The Week
Washington Post:
Inside ‘Bill Clinton Inc.’: Hacked memo reveals intersection of charity and personal income  —  When top Bill Clinton aide Douglas Band wrote the memo, he was a central player at the Clinton Foundation and president of his own corporate consulting firm.  He made a case that his work had served …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Wiki Wars
Ben Westcott / CNN:
Sixth mass extinction?  Two-thirds of wildlife may be gone by 2020: WWF  —  (CNN)More than two thirds of the world's wildlife could be gone by the end of the decade if action isn't taken soon, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund revealed on Thursday.  —  Since 1970, there has already …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Week and KXAN-TV
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Damian Carrington / Guardian:
World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
Discussion: Towleroad and Common Dreams
Siena College:
Clinton Ahead of Trump, 46 - 39% … New York Times Upshot/ Siena College Pennsylvania Poll:  —  McGinty Holds Slim 3 Point Lead over Toomey  —  Loudonville, NY.  Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by 7 points, 46-39 percent in a four-way race for Pennsylvania's key electoral votes …
Discussion: Politico, Towleroad and New York Times
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Leads by 7 Points in Pennsylvania Poll
Discussion: Politicus USA and WJXT-TV
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan has little margin for error in Speaker vote  —  Republican lawmakers who voted against Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.) for Speaker aren't saying whether they'll vote for him in a new election next year.  —  Nine House Republicans rejected Ryan in the special election to replace Speaker John Boehner
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Rachael Bade / Politico:   Freedom Caucus divided over Ryan ouster
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Trump blames Clinton for leaked campaign emails appearing to joke about Catholics and evangelicals  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is making his pitch to Catholics, many of whom could serve as important swing voters in states such as Florida and Pennsylvania.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll teach military expert ‘a couple of things’  —  says he has lessons for a military expert who criticized his analysis of the battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  —  “I've been hearing about Mosul now for three months,” he told ABC News's George Stephanopoulos Wednesday.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I'll Teach Defense Secretary Carter ‘A Couple Things’ About Mosul (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Week
Media Matters for America:
James O'Keefe, Roger Stone Appear Together On Alex Jones, Promote Rigged Election Conspiracy  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): What happens if they steal it in front of God and country?  James and then Roger.  —  JAMES O'KEEFE: I think what happens is the people will revolt.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nancyl / Washington Monthly:
The Republican Waterloo  —  A big topic for discussion these days is what happens to the Republican Party post-Trump.  Catherine Rampell has a diagnosis of what when wrong and a prescription for how to fix it. … She makes a good point.  But it's much easier said than done.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Ex-Miss Finland: Trump groped me  —  The 2006 Miss Finland says Donald Trump  —  groped her the same year she won the beauty pageant, according to a new report.  —  Ninni Laaksonen, now 30, is the 12th woman to recently accuse the GOP presidential nominee of sexual misconduct before Election Day, The Telegraph said Thursday.
Discussion: Telegraph, RedState and Mediaite
Zoe Efstathiou / Daily Express:
Fury as German primary school ‘forces’ children to chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Muslim prayer  —  PUPILS at a primary school were forced to chant “Allahu Akhbar” and “there is no God but Allah”, an appalled father has claimed.  —  The father of the pupil at the girl's primary school …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and WND
S.e. Cupp / New York Times:
The Lonely Life of a Republican Woman  —  As has become typical in an election marked by its often unpleasant surprises, I awoke to a storm of outrage on Twitter on Wednesday morning.  Newt Gingrich had told Fox's Megyn Kelly that she was “fascinated with sex” and didn't “care about public policy.”
Discussion: The Week and Mother Jones
Guardian:
Gary Johnson erupts when asked about his tax policy and the success of his rival  —  He lashed out at Evan McMullin, the independent presidential candidate who surpassed Johnson in Utah and is almost tied with Trump and Clinton there  —  The Libertarian candidate for president, Gary Johnson …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
Howard Stern on Trump's misogynistic talk: ‘This is who Trump is’  —  Radio host Howard Stern says he is proud that the interviews he conducted over the years with Donald Trump were able to get to the heart of his personality.  —  Earlier this month, CNN's KFile unearthed several old appearances …
Alexis Levinson / National Review:
NRCC Ad Praises Congressman For Not Backing Trump  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee is running an ad praising Representative Bob Dold for having bucked Donald Trump, the party's presidential nominee.  —  Individual Republican House candidates have cut ads distancing themselves from Trump …
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: October 2016  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Elise Sugarman, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — As the presidential election continues to dominate the attention of most Americans, the candidates themselves, the economy and jobs, and foreign policy rank …
Discussion: Washington Times, NBC News and CNBC
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
What Top Democrats Really Thought About Hillary's Private Server: “F*****g Insane”  —  Another Wikileaks nugget: in July of last year, Hillary Clinton's top supporters were worried about her primary race against Bernie Sanders, which was unexpectedly close, and how the emerging off-the-books server scandal would impact it.
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: In Texas, Trump holding narrow lead over Clinton  —  Donald Trump and Mike Pence held a 45-42 lead over Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a three-percentage-point lead …
CNBC:
Clinton nearly doubles lead over Trump in latest CNBC survey  —  With only a dozen days to go before the election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has ratcheted up her lead over Republican nominee Donald Trump to 9 points, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey, nearly doubling her advantage from the last poll.
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Justice Thomas Laments a Washington That's ‘Broken in Some Ways’  —  Conservative Supreme Court member quips about Obamacare  —  He reminisces about Scalia, draws laughs on Civil War  —  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Americans are understandably losing confidence in their government …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Nell Greenfieldboyce / NPR:
Researchers Say They've Found A Bit Of Fossilized Dinosaur Brain  —  A rusty-brown rock found on a beach by a fossil hunter might contain a bit of preserved dinosaur brain.  —  If so, it would be the first time scientists have ever found fossilized brain tissue from a dinosaur.
Discussion: Vox, Mashable and The Week
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Once again, Donald Trump embraces conspiracy theories to undercut the results of the election  —  The way psychics and con artists work is they use small things to build into a bigger picture.  They let you believe something little and then leverage that little thing to reinforce the broader narrative they're hoping to trick you into.
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Kelli Ward aims to oust Flake in 2018  —  Failed Senate hopeful Kelli Ward is planning another bid to oust an Arizona Republican next cycle, announcing on her radio show that she plans to challenge Sen. Jeff Flake in a primary during his 2018 reelection bid.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Judge Andrew P. Napolitano / Fox News:
Judge Napolitano: What happened to the FBI? It's been corrupted by Obama and his team
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Hillary Clinton 2016:
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Alex Byers / Politico:
FCC passes privacy rules that could cloud AT&T's Time Warner deal
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CNN:
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
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Mark Hicks / Detroit News:
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Jeremy Turnage / WIS-TV:
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
After Bollywood Event, Trump Tries To Speak Hindi In A New Ad
Tws Podcast / Weekly Standard:
Will Republicans Learn All the Wrong Lessons From the Trump Takeover?
Discussion: Hot Air and Raw Story
Delia D'Ambra / WBBH-TV:
Racial slur in FGCU classroom stirs outrage
Matthew Artz / Mercury News:
California poll: Trump's numbers dropping into ‘uncharted territory’
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Jill Stein's Ideology Says One Thing—Her Investment Portfolio Says Another
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