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11:55 PM ET, November 2, 2016

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Daily Mail:
WHAT HILLARY STAFFERS KNEW...AND WHEN THEY KNEW IT … Weiner was at home with their son Jordan, tweeting non-stop, and with little real work beyond occasional media appearances.  At one point in the summer of 2015 he took up a job with a PR firm.  It ended when some of the partners left in disgust.
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Here's An Open Letter To Comey From The Teen Who Allegedly Got Sexts From Weiner  —  “I thought your job as FBI Director was to protect me.”  —  with the teenage girl who allegedly got indecent messages from Anthony Weiner.  —  Her story has received renewed attention since FBI Director …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton leads Trump by 6 points, same as before FBI announcement: Reuters/Ipsos  —  Hillary Clinton led Republican Donald Trump by 6 percentage points among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Wednesday, the same advantage the Democratic presidential nominee held …
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
This presidential race is the low-water mark of American journalism
Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe  —  Agents thought they had enough material to merit aggressively pursuing investigation into Clinton Foundation  —  Secret recordings of a suspect talking about the Clinton Foundation fueled an internal battle between FBI agents who wanted …
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Fox News:
FBI's Clinton Foundation investigation now ‘a very high priority,’ sources say  —  The FBI's investigation into the Clinton Foundation that has been going on for more than a year has now taken a “very high priority,” separate sources with intimate knowledge of the probe tell Fox News.
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Bret Baier: FBI Sources Believe Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards “Likely an Indictment”  —  Fox News Channel's Bret Baier reports the latest news about the Clinton Foundation investigation from two sources inside the FBI.  He reveals five important new pieces of information in these two short clips:
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com and Vox Popoli
Timothy Noah / Politico:
Trump teen rape accuser abruptly calls off news conference  —  LOS ANGELES—A woman who has filed federal lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of repeatedly raping her two decades ago, when she was 13, abruptly canceled a news conference Wednesday where she was to detail her extraordinary claims against the GOP presidential nominee.
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Is Accused Of Raping A 13-Year-Old.  Why Haven't The Media Covered It?  —  There are two big reasons.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  If you've been anywhere near Facebook or Twitter in the past several months, you're probably aware that there is a case working …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump child rape accuser calls off news conference over threats … of raping her when she was 13 called off a press conference at which she planned to speak out after receiving threats, her attorney said.  —  The unidentified accuser, known as Jane Doe, was set to make a public statement …
Morgan Howard / WDAM-TV:
WATCH LIVE: Greenville officials address church burning, vandalism  —  GREENVILLE, MS (Mississippi News Now) -  —  Tuesday night after 11 p.m. authorities responded to a call about a church burning in Greenville.  —  A local black church, Hopewell M.B. Church, was not only burned …
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Adam Beam / Yahoo:
McConnell gives strongest statement yet in favor of Trump  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made his strongest statement yet on his party's presidential nominee, telling a rally in his home state Wednesday that “we need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America.”
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Claire McCaskill: ‘Majority’ Of Senate Republicans Won't Vote Trump
Discussion: CNN
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Kelly Ayotte: 'I wouldn't want my daughter in the room' with Trump or Bill Clinton
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake Says He Might Write In Evan McMullin
Discussion: RedState and Politico
New York Times:
Obama Faults F.B.I. on Emails, Citing ‘Incomplete Information’  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — President Obama threw the power of the White House behind Hillary Clinton on Wednesday.  He faulted how the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, handled new emails related to the investigation …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Obama blasts Republicans for Clinton impeachment talk
Discussion: Vox
Nick Denton / Being myself:
A hard peace  —  After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement has been reached.  The saga is over.  —  As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories—about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email …
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Gawker and Hulk Hogan Reach $31 Million Settlement
Discussion: Hot Air
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Bookmaker: Nearly all election bets coming in are on Trump  —  A major gambling website says nearly all wagers on the presidential election in the last 48 hours have been on Donald Trump  —  to win.  —  Irish bookmaker Paddy Power on Tuesday said 91 percent of bets on the election …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Alabama Secretary of State: Helping More People Vote Would “Cheapen the Work” of Civil Rights Heroes  —  Automatic voter registration has recently emerged a key tool in increasing the United States' anemic voter turnout.  The process is simple: Whenever an eligible citizen interacts with a government agency …
Grant Rodgers / Des Moines Register:
Scott Michael Greene was convicted in combative 2014 encounters … Scott Michael Greene, the 46-year-old suspect in the killings of two police officers early Wednesday, apparently had previous encounters with Urbandale police officers, according to court records about a man with the same name and date of birth as the suspect.
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William Nardi / The College Fix:
TRENDING: Universities work to purge male students of their ‘toxic’ masculinity  —  VIDEO: Undoing a legacy of ‘harm, oppression and dominance’  —  Universities across the nation are taking steps to actively purge male students of what's been labeled “toxic masculinity.”
Discussion: Daily Wire and Althouse
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Some Who Saw Change in Obama Find It Now in Donald Trump  —  GRANTVILLE, Pa. — It didn't take long for Jack Morris to regret voting for President Obama.  A few months after Mr. Morris, a lifelong Republican, cast his first vote for a Democrat in 2008, he learned that the carpet company …
David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll gives Clinton wide lead in Florida, with strong GOP support  —  WASHINGTON  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton enjoys an eight-point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, a key presidential battleground, according to a new survey, and that's due in no small part to significant crossover support from 28 percent of early voting Republicans.
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Pennsylvania  —  Clinton Has Smaller Lead; McGinty Ahead in Senate Race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton maintains the lead in Pennsylvania, although by a smaller margin than one month ago.  The Monmouth University Poll finds she currently …
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Schumer Says He Lost Confidence in FBI's Comey Over E-Mail Probe  —  Senate Democrats' next leader once defended FBI director  —  Comey's disclosure could affect outcome of Senate elections  —  Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he's lost confidence …
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cuban: 'I'd rather lose every penny than have Trump as president'  —  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said on Wednesday that he is more concerned about the possibility of a Donald Trump  —  presidency than he is at the prospect of his team losing fans over his support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
Ben Felder / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma legislator references Clinton's execution in Facebook post  —  SALLISAW — State Rep. John Bennett, a Sallisaw Republican seeking re-election next week, appeared to call for the execution of Hillary Clinton in a recent Facebook post.  —  Bennett wrote, “2 words ... firing squad,” …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Voters, Just Hear Me Out  —  This is my last column until after the election, so I'd like to address the people least likely to read it: Donald Trump voters.  Who knows?  Maybe I'll get lucky and a few of them will buy fish wrapped in this column, and they'll accidentally peruse it!
 
 
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump gives himself advice aloud: ‘Stay on point Donald, stay on point’
Discussion: Political Wire
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Federal judge wants GOP to hand over info on poll watchers
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Offer More Evidence of Sketchy GOP Poll Watcher Activity In Nevada
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Olivia Nuzzi / Esquire:
How Do You Get David Duke to Leave Your Party?
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
What is this election missing? Empathy for Trump voters.
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
The New York Times Invents a Narrative on Comey
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