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3:05 PM ET, November 5, 2016

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Wall Street Journal:
National Enquirer Shielded Donald Trump From Playboy Model's Affair Allegation  —  Tabloid owner American Media agreed to pay $150,000 for story from 1998 Playmate of the Year, but hasn't published her account  —  The company that owns the National Enquirer, a backer of Donald Trump …
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Clinton's charity confirms Qatar's $1 million gift while she was at State Dept  —  The Clinton Foundation has confirmed it accepted a $1 million gift from Qatar while Hillary Clinton was U.S. secretary of state without informing the State Department, even though she had promised …
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Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Clinton Sent Classified Document to Daughter That State Department Has Identified as …
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
Podesta: Calling Chelsea ‘Not Smart’ Is An ‘Understatement’
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Jay Z repeatedly drops n-word, f-bomb during concert for Hillary Clinton  —  Jay Z was entirely uncensored Friday night at a concert for Hillary Clinton.  —  The rapper repeatedly used the n-word and dropped the f-bomb as he performed “F—WithMeYouKnowIGotIt” and his hit “Dirt off Your Shoulder” song at a Cleveland rally.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump has a problem with Jay-Z's language
Discussion: Washington Post
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Woman suing Trump over alleged teen rape drops suit, again  —  A woman who accused Donald Trump of raping her two decades ago when she was a 13-year-old aspiring teen model has again dropped a federal lawsuit over the alleged assaults.  —  The accuser, identified in the lawsuit by the pseudonym …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's 13-year-old ‘rape victim’ …
Discussion: RedState
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Approaches The Finish Line As Unhinged As Ever  —  Donald Trump is coming down the final stretch with just a few final conspiracies about Hillary Clinton he hopes will push him over the edge.  —  With three days to go, at a rally in Tampa Saturday morning …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Washington state elector says he won't vote for Clinton  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic elector in Washington state said Friday he won't vote for Hillary Clinton even if she wins the popular vote in his state on Election Day, adding a degree of suspense when the Electoral College affirms the election results next month.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:   Katy Perry's ‘Roar’ used in new Clinton ad for battleground states
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
A Guy In A Trump Shirt Carried A Gun Outside Of A Virginia Polling Place.  Authorities Say That's Fine.  —  The incident happened in the wealthiest county in America.  —  Senior Justice Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON A man wearing a Donald Trump shirt and carrying …
Discussion: alicublog, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jackie Danicki / Observer:
Dave Chappelle Defends Trump, Rips Clinton: 'She's Not Right and We All Know It'  —  Comedian shocks NY crowd at surprise gig by devoting much of his show to slamming the Democratic presidential nominee  —  Comedian Dave Chappelle has been prepping for his November 12 hosting slot …
Scott Adams' Blog:
Scott Adams' Blog  —  I had been wondering if Trump was planning some sort of special closing argument.  He did not disappoint.  In my opinion, his final ad is the political ad of the year, if not the best ever.  Watch it here first and I'll include my thoughts below.  —  http://www.youtube.com/...
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
An early sign Trump is being out-organized: A big Democratic advantage in Nevada voting  —  This is the scene that Hillary Clinton's campaign wanted to see. … Tim Hogan, who tweeted that picture, works for the Clinton campaign.  The picture shows people lined up outside a grocery store at 8:15 last night, Nevada time.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Tense Senate Tussle in New Hampshire Illustrates Murky Finish Line  —  ROCHESTER, N.H. — Maggie Hassan, the Democratic governor of New Hampshire now running for the Senate, squeezed by an older woman grimly examining some potatoes at a grocery store here last week.  “I hope you'll consider me,” Ms. Hassan said.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump is a threat to the West as we know it, even if he loses  —  They share ideas and ideology, friends and funders.  They cross borders to appear at one another's rallies.  They have deep contacts in Russia — they often use Russian disinformation — as well as friends in other authoritarian states.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Majority of voters think Clinton acted illegally, new poll finds  —  WASHINGTON  —  A majority of voters believe Hillary Clinton has done something illegal, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll days before the presidential election.  —  A total of 83 percent of likely voters believe …
Cass R Sunstein / Bloomberg:
Job Interviews Are Useless  —  Employers, like most people, tend to trust their intuitions.  But when employers decide whom to hire, they trust those intuitions far more than they should.  —  Suppose that you are considering two candidates for a job in sales, Candidate A and Candidate B, and have interviewed both.
Discussion: Althouse and New York Magazine
Talking Points Memo:
Melania Trump Modeled in US Illegally Without Work Visa  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump was paid for 10 modeling jobs in the United States worth $20,056 that occurred in the seven weeks before she had legal permission to work in the country, according to detailed accounting ledgers …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Supreme Court Basically Just Told Judges To Stop Messing With Voting Laws Before The Election  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Saturday morning indicated that it doesn't want lower courts messing with election laws before Tuesday's election.  —  Attempting to slow an ever-expanding map …
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
 
 
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Edward B. Foley / Washington Post:
The election might not end on Tuesday night — and that's okay
Wall Street Journal:
Why Aren't Americans Getting Raises? Blame the Monopsony
Discussion: EconLog and Cafe Hayek
John Hayward / Breitbart:
Erik Prince: NYPD Ready to Make Arrests in Anthony Weiner Case
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Fox News apologizes for falsely reporting that Clinton faces indictment
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Schools That Work  —  BOSTON — Alanna Clark still remembers …
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs and Education Next
Jeff Reinitz / Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier:
Cedar Falls stabbing suspect was stopped by citizen with gun permit
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Greenville News:
Next Slide  —  Kohlhepp was taken into custody on the Wofford …
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Donald Trump and the Death of American Exceptionalism
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Wolf Blitzer catches Giuliani telling whoppers on FBI connection: 'Aren't they feeding you secret information?'
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Don Kates, the father of the modern Second Amendment revival, has died
Discussion: Hit & Run and Instapundit
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ohio order blocks activities from both campaigns
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Latino Early Vote Surges From Florida to Nevada
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
No, John Podesta didn't drink bodily fluids at a secret Satanist dinner
NBC News:
U.S. Govt. Hackers Ready to Hit Back If Russia Tries to Disrupt Election