PRESUMED GUILTY

Trumpy likes to say that the FBI leaks show that Clinton has been "proven" to be engaged in criminal activity, is being investigated, will be convicted, has to be impeached, etc. He takes the promise by Republicans to hold non-stop hearings and investigations against her, from day one of her presidency, as a criticism of her -- and not of them. She has committed perjury, destroyed evidence, built a global criminal enterprise -- the accusations grow and become more and more absurd. There is not a shred of proof of any of these things. Obviously this speaks to his core supporters ("Lock her up! Lock her up!"). But does it also rev up her supporters, motivated to fight back against the FBI's apparent interference with the campaign just when she was doing well?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-ad-clinton-fbi-investigation 

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/11/02/perfect-now-james-comeys-big-mess-is-featured-in-a-trump-political-ad/?utm_source=rss_plum-line&utm_term=.b5d461be77f0

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-florida-voters-pretend-were-down-in-polls
Trump went on to slam Clinton for her use of a private email server as secretary of state, which he said she did "to shield her criminal activity." If Clinton wins the presidential election, he claimed, it would "create an unprecedented and protracted constitutional crisis." "The work of government would grind to a halt if she were ever elected," Trump said. "She'll be in court for her entire tenure and she'll be convicted."

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/02/1590214/-Comey-s-meddlesome-efforts-have-energized-Republicans-but-Trump-is-still-losing-big
Comey's meddlesome efforts have energized Republicans, but Trump is still losing big

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/donald-trump-waking-a-sleeping-giant-helps-hillary-clinton-build-an-unlikely-firewall.html
Trump, Waking a ‘Sleeping Giant,’ Helps Clinton Build an Unlikely Firewall

The FBI is broken

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fbi-more-out-of-control-then-we-knew
It would seem that basically everyone at the FBI is leaking their sides of various internal disputes and turf wars, largely tied to various investigations of the Clintons or attempts to start investigations of the Clintons. That alone paints a picture of Director James Comey as having totally lost control of the organization. But the points of dispute themselves, well .... The WSJ's Devlin Barrett seems to have become the chief conduit of choice for anti-Clinton agents at the FBI . . .

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/short-guide-latest-fbi-leaks-murdoch-trump
The Wall Street Journal article at least tries to incorporate the competing narratives into one. I'll summarize for you.      
1) Some FBI guys in the New York office wanted a witch hunt     
2) The FBI guys were rabid because of Schweitzer's Clinton Cash book which Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon funded with right wing tax deductible dollars.
3) DOJ and public corruption lawyers said nope, you've got nothing. Give it up, stand down.
4) Some agents who are still on the public payroll refuse to accept that verdict.
5) FBI is now leaking like a sieve to Murdoch news organizations (and Murdoch organizations alone) because they have nothing left but going rogue.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/03/meet-donald-trump-s-top-fbi-fanboy.html
Two days before FBI director James Comey rocked the world last week, Rudy Giuliani was on Fox, where he volunteered, un-prodded by any question: “I think he’s [Donald Trump] got a surprise or two that you’re going to hear about in the next few days. I mean, I’m talking about some pretty big surprises.”  Pressed for specifics, he said: “We’ve got a couple of things up our sleeve that should turn this thing around.”  The man who now leads “lock-her-up” chants at Trump rallies spent decades of his life as a federal prosecutor and then mayor working closely with the FBI . . .

[NB: "We"??] 

Donald Trump is a vengeful person. Imagine him as president

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13486740/trump-fbi-corrupt-revenge

I can't imagine it: http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/11/02/trump-fatigue/
So let’s just be clear. This is still the candidate who…

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-monster
A Monster [read this!]

Gutless Repubs come crawling back to Trump, even though they know exactly what he is

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/03/never-trump-forget-it-prominent-republicans-come-crawling-back-defeated/

Why Trumpy's prospects hurt the stock market

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/investors-are-watching-the-polls-have-clear-election-favorite

Trumpy's mob ties

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/02/watch-in-1988-donald-trump-sat-next-to-a-mobster-he-denied-he-ever-met/ 

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/02/1590081/-Another-Donald-Trump-recording-emerges-and-this-time-it-s-a-mob-connection 

Trump supporters don't have any trouble imagining that his sexual assault accusers might be telling the truth. They just don't care

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/trump-supporters-behaving-badly-assault
One woman said that Trump's sexual assault victims should, quote, "grow a set." "I think those women need to grow a set, personally. You know, it's been a lotta years, get over it." 

The KKK newspaper endorses Trump -- of course, the Trump campaign says they repudiate such support. And, of course, that is the wrong question 

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13491700/kkk-newspaper-donald-trump

Chris Hayes: https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/793579932861534208
"One way to think about an election is: who are the literal Nazis and Klansmen supporting? Maybe I should look elsewhere." 

Trump campaign implicated in voter intimidation

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-camp-nv-gop-ordered-appear-court-voter-intimidation-lawsuit 

More: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/judge-orders-rnc-provide-more-info-on-alleged-poll-watcher-activities

Trumpy's feud with Jon Stewart

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13499036/jon-stewart-trump-feud

Setting a bad example: Trump supporter calls Clinton the c-word -- now where would he get the idea that was acceptable?

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/02/texas-official-and-top-donald-trump-supporter-apologizes-for-calling-hillary-clinton-the-c-word/

A bad example: http://www.salon.com/2016/09/29/donald-trump-called-a-philadelphia-reporter-the-c-word-after-her-story-on-his-atlantic-city-deals/ 

The election of Obama not only failed to make us a "post-racial" nation -- it actually unleashed new and vicious racist attacks against the president (from Trump among many others). We are seeing the same thing now with Clinton, likely the first female president. Sexism is playing an overt role in the campaign

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/sexism-what-sexism.html

More: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13476916/donald-trump-christina-sommers-feminism-election-2016-masculinity
 
http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/11/2/13497320/louis-ck-michael-moore-hillary-clinton-benevolent-sexism-liberal-men

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13499658/obama-hillary-clinton-men-sexism-woman-president
Obama asks men to think about sexism: "there's a reason why we haven't had a woman president"
 
You want transparency? There is no presidential candidate we have ever known as much about as Hillary Clinton . . . and people hate her

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/11/hillary-clinton-open-book

Is Dubya voting for Clinton?

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/02/like-father-like-son-george-w-bush-rumored-to-be-voting-for-hillary-clinton/

The polls

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/02/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-in-new-state-polls-for-hillary-clinton/
The good, the bad and the ugly in new state polls for Hillary Clinton

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/02/hillary-clintons-victory-path-polls-show-a-lead-in-must-win-states-even-as-conflicting-messages-come-from-florida/
Hillary Clinton’s victory path: Polls show a lead in must-win states, even as conflicting messages come from Florida

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13500124/poll-clinton-emails-trump
Swing state poll: the FBI letter totally changed the race — but just for one day

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13499942/hillary-clinton-poll-wisconsin-winning
It looks like Hillary Clinton’s swing state firewall is still holding

More; http://www.vox.com/2016/11/2/13502424/presidential-election-polls-senate-house-2016
Election polls 2016: trends in presidential, senate and house races

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where-do-we-stand-on-clinton-v-trump
Where Do We Stand

African American turnout is down -- which is bad news

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/02/hillary-clintons-worry-african-american-voter-turnout-seems-to-be-down/

But look at this: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/02/florida-disaster-trump-28-early-voting-republicans-vote-clinton.html
Florida Disaster for Trump as 28% Early Voting Republicans Vote for Clinton

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/polltracker/clinton-slight-lead-independent-voters
Clinton Still Holds Slight Lead Among Independent Voters Nationwide

[NB: Clinton's coalition is not the Obama coalition, but it remains to be seen how the vote turns out -- and what happens to the GOP afterwards if Trump pulls his supporters out of the party, or goes after Ryan and other leaders. We could be seeing a broad political realignment that doesn't fall neatly into liberal/conservative categories.]

The so-called House "Freedom Caucus" is secretly plotting to take over the party -- but fortunately they are so full of vipers that they can't keep anything secret

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/02/1590060/-House-Freedom-Caucus-holding-secret-meeting-which-isn-t-so-secret-since-someone-blabbed-to-Politico

Turns out voter ID laws aren't particularly good at suppressing the vote -- they'll have to come up with something else

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13481816/voter-id-suppression-turnout

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/02/1590297/-Republicans-Trump-campaign-in-numerous-state-courts-to-answer-to-voter-intimidation-charges
Republicans, Trump campaign appear in numerous state courts to answer to voter intimidation charges

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/rnc-denies-any-collaboration-with-trump-camp-state-parties-on-ballot-security
RNC: We Swear We're Not Helping Trump Camp With Poll Watcher Effort

How the media tilts the playing field: Bloomberg says that the Repubs are hinting that they might NEVER vote on a Clinton Supreme Court nomination. When the Dems say this might require rethinking the filibuster, THAT is called "controversial"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/02/1589737/-Yet-another-example-of-how-the-media-enables-Republicans 

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/cornyn-won-t-say-if-gop-will-block-clinton-s-scotus-noms 

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/something-to-look-forward-to-by.html 

More: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13483020/policy-stakes-2016
Mass media has utterly failed to convey the policy stakes in the election

Kellyanne visits The View

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/02/the-view-confronts-kellyanne-conway-you-sound-delusional.html
Donald Trump’s long-suffering campaign manager Kellyanne Conway may have been in a better mood this Wednesday morning than she was the last time she visited The View just over a month ago. But from the start, moderator Whoopi Goldberg was in no mood for her. . . .

CNN has become an . . . interesting place

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/corey-lewandowski-peter-beinart-trump-minority-vote
"Listen Corey, don't give me this nonsense," Beinart said.  
"You're full of crap," Lewadnowski said.  
"Listen, I'm not getting paid by one of the candidates, okay? " Beinart said.  
"Neither am I," Lewandowski replied.  

Beinart was referring to severance payments Lewandowski had been receiving from the Trump campaign while working for CNN. He has since received the remainder of his severance in a lump sum and is not currently receiving payment from the campaign. 

TV news has gone crazy with the email story, with almost no coverage of real policy issues

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/emails-emails-emails-ohmygodemails.html

In Fox World

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/02/1590089/-Sean-Hannity-spreads-a-story-fake-enough-that-even-he-has-to-apologize
Sean Hannity spreads a story fake enough that even he has to apologize

The rise of fake news sites, and what it means

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/11/02/liberal-news-conservative-news-and-fake-news/
 
In other news . . .

A terrible police shooting in Iowa. Predictable blaming from Giuliani -- until someone points out the shooter was white and waves the Confederate flag. Oops! That complicates the narrative

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/02/1590058/-Giuliani-politicizes-Des-Moines-police-shooting-before-learning-the-suspect-is-a-white-guy

More: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/2/13496984/police-ambush-des-moines-iowa

The problem with the sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb) and race

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/02/the-sharing-economy-has-a-serious-racism-problem-but-there-may-be-a-way-to-fix-it/

On GMOs

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/2/13492868/new-york-times-gmo-pesticides-yield

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/11/how-mislead-statistics-gmo-crops-edition

In Turkey

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/02/turkeys-ruthless-slow-motion-coup-110000-purged-as-western-ally-cracks-down-on-dissent-journalism/
110,000 purged as Western ally cracks down on dissent, journalism 

Bonus item: Sam Bee on the Alt-right movement

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/samantha-bees-lovely-fourteen-names-alt

Extra bonus: Most memorable political ads of the season

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/02/senior-superlatives-political-ads-2016.html

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THUMB ON THE SCALE?

Yesterday we had a series of stories about the FBI investigation into Trump's ties with Russia. Then someone called the press to say "nothing has been proven yet."  Hmmm . . . maybe the same person could call the press to say the same thing about the new Clinton (Huma) email "scandal"?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/01/1589659/-Someone-fed-the-NYT-information-to-quickly-kill-emerging-Trump-Russia-stories-was-it-Comey

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/01/1589569/-Spies-servers-and-scandals-Donald-Trump-and-Russia 

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/david-corn-dishes-some-truth-about-russia
David Corn appeared on Tamron Hall's show today to discuss his blockbuster report on Mother Jones about Trump's ongoing relationship with Russia and Vladimir Putin. . . . 

Meanwhile . . .

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/1/13489510/fbi-clinton-foundation
Someone at the FBI thought it was a good time to remind the public of a 15-year-old Clinton scandal . . . The document dump doesn’t include the investigators’ conclusion that the Clintons hadn’t broken any laws. 

More: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fbi-twitter-link-william-clinton-foundation-marc-rich

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/fbi-officially-goes-rogue-dumps-15-year

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/obliviously-incompetent-if-not-actively.html
 
Trumpy's foreign policy: even worse than you imagined 

http://www.vox.com/world/2016/11/1/13481594/donald-trump-explained-foreign-policy

Trumpy's billion dollar tax scam wasn't "smart" -- it was illegal

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/trump-reportedly-dodged-taxes-through-legally-dubious-scheme.html

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/11/nyt-weve-figured-out-how-trump-gamed-tax-system

More: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/1/13485576/donald-trump-tax-loophole

His own lawyers thought it was dodgy 

"I know you are, but what am I?" How Trumpy tries to turn every criticism around

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-questions-clintons-fitness-role-model-kids
Trump questions Clinton’s fitness as a role model for kids

More: http://www.salon.com/2016/11/01/in-the-media-narrative-hillary-clinton-is-corrupt-so-what-the-hell-is-donald-trump/
In the media narrative, Hillary Clinton is corrupt — so what the hell is Donald Trump? 

http://prospect.org/article/claims-clinton-lied-about-emails-dissolve-under-scrutiny
Claims That Clinton Lied About Emails Dissolve Under Scrutiny 

Trump's use of language

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/11/how_donald_trump_uses_language_and_why_we_can_t_stop_listening.html
 
How can you tell a Trump supporter? Here's one leading indicator

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/1/13480416/trump-supporters-sexism

There are clearly some horrible stories about what Trump did and said during filming of "The Apprentice." A few stories leaked out, but lately we've heard nothing. Want to know why?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/02/mark-burnett-clamps-down-on-the-apprentice-staff-over-donald-trump-leaks.html

Hillary Clinton -- still standing

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/a-survivor-with-steely-determination-and-a-trust-issue.html
A Survivor With a Steely Resolve . . . 

Targeting female voters: Clinton keeps hitting Donald's neanderthal attitudes toward women, while Trump seems to think the rising costs of health care are what women care about even more -- he hits it every chance he gets

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/1/13486968/clinton-ad-trump-sexual-assault-pussy-sexism

No one seems to know what the polls are doing now

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/11/01/with-a-week-to-go-heres-the-state-of-the-race/

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/1/13485860/polls-clinton-trump-winning

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/trump-clinton-take-different-paths-to-270-electoral-votes.html

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/11/here-are-my-nominees-phrase-year

Guess who loves those "rigged" polls, all of a sudden

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/its-miracle-they-un-rigged-polls.html

Early voting and race

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/1/13489166/democrats-concerned-black-voter-turnout-florida
 
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589229/-Early-voting-is-down-among-black-North-Carolinians-because-Republicans-designed-it-that-way

Like every election, but this time even more so, it's all about turnout

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/1/12987600/turnout-get-out-the-vote-ground-game

More: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/vote-people-for-gods-sake-vote.html

The day after: the GOP battlegrounds

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/1/13407844/republican-civil-war-trump-loses
The Republican civil war starts the day after the election

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/11/01/heres-the-election-day-nightmare-scenario-that-should-terrify-you/?utm_source=rss_plum-line&utm_term=.41ad4a878eda

I really don't care what the Green Party thinks, and I wouldn't exactly use the word "endorsement," but I do think you have to wonder about people who say Clinton would be far worse than Trump as president (thanks to AG for the link)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589308/-Yes-the-Green-Party-has-Endorsed-Trump-Over-Clinton

What Donna Brazile did was stupid, and wrong, and unnecessary. But look at how quickly CNN dropped her, while keeping Corey Lewandowski -- who is on the Trump payroll! And why do we have paid shills who are basically just mouthpieces for the campaigns posing as "analysts" anyway?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/cnn-drops-brazile-after-giving-clinton-a-debate-question.html

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/01/as-cnn-dumps-donna-brazile-questions-about-the-value-of-partisan-pundits/
As CNN dumps Donna Brazile, questions about the value of partisan pundits

More from CNN

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/cnn-host-admits-double-standard-campaign
CNN Host Admits Double Standard In Campaign Coverage

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/cnn-host-republican-party-chair-stop-it
CNN Host To Republican Party Chair: 'Stop It Right Now!'

Imagine a Trump presidency, four years from now: satire, I know . . . except . . .

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/1/13486162/daily-show-president-trump-2016

Bonus item: Photos, inside the WH residence

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/obama-private-areas-living-room

More: http://www.salon.com/2016/11/01/obama-reveals-private-living-areas-of-white-house/

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WE NEED TO STOP TRUMP

I want to take a moment to comment on the historically disastrous consequences of a potential Trump presidency. I still believe he is far from winning, but I've been reflecting on the past few months, aided by a frightening review of the Trump record by New York magazine, and some other recent analyses of the very real danger he poses. 

Lately he has been strictly limited by his handlers to reading his "ten point plan" (or twenty-one point plan, or five point plan, or seven point plan, or nineteen point plan -- it keeps changing). Really it isn't a plan, but a series of applause lines for his audience, punctuated by shrieking accusations of Clinton criminality, the unfair media, and how "all the polls" show him winning. Still, this format has kept him from the free-form improvisation that always gets him in trouble, and it may distract people from the outrageous things he has said and done. He seems to be talking like a regular candidate, which he is decidedly not. And the FBI Clinton email (actually Huma email) revelations have now introduced an element of doubt about the outcome.

Here is my bottom line -- there is only one way to prevent Trump from becoming president, and that is voting for Clinton. I won't defend her on everything, and though I think she has often been treated in an unfair and sexist way, her habits of self-destruction are infuriating. But this isn't a "lesser of two evils" argument -- there is REAL evil in this campaign, and it must be stopped

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/the-insane-things-youveforgotten-about-trumps-campaign.html
Here Are All the Insane Things You’ve Probably Forgotten About Trump’s Campaign

More: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/10/heres-real-danger-trump-presidency
Here's the Real Danger of a Trump Presidency 

http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-dangerous-acceptance-of-donald-trump
The Dangerous Acceptance of Donald Trump
 
The controversy has shifted from the emails and what they may or may not contain (because, who knows) to Comey's decision to announce them

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/10/31/from-questions-about-clintons-emails-to-comeys-fbi/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/31/the-silver-lining-for-hillary-clinton-on-emails-rising-scrutiny-on-james-comey/
 
More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/james-comeys-blunder-could-make-donald-trump-president.html
James Comey’s Blunder Could Make Donald Trump President

https://politicalwire.com/2016/10/31/comeys-bombshell-changes-little-race/
A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Hillary Clinton has a slim three-point lead over Donald Trump one week before Election Day, 42% to 39%, with Gary Johnson at 7% and Jill Stein at 5%. “In a separate poll conducted before Comey’s disclosure, Clinton was leading by three points in the four-way race… Put simply, there is not yet evidence that the revelations have drastically altered the contours of the election.” 

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/10/poll-tightening-meh
If you were a cynical observer and someone asked you what the media narrative would be during the last two weeks of the election, your answer would be simple: Tightening. With Hillary Clinton obviously way ahead and interest waning, reporters would be invested in telling everyone that the race was tightening so that they'd keep reading the news. . . . Believe it or not, I'm not that cynical. And yet, here we are, and everyone is talking about tightening. So why am I not talking about it? Well, take a look . . .

Trying not to add to the pile-on on Comey. But it's getting harder

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589221/-Source-Comey-thought-it-was-too-political-to-say-Russians-were-meddling-in-election
Source: Comey thought it was too political to say Russians were meddling in election
 
More: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fbi-james-comey-russia-clinton-server
Dems Cry Foul On Reports Comey Didn't Want To Call Out Russia During Election

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html
Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/10/press-corps-goes-crazy-russia-today
Press Corps Goes Crazy For Russia Today

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/10/reports-trumps-ties-russia-are-deep-and
Reports: Trump's Ties To Russia Are Deep And Ongoing

http://www.vox.com/2016/10/31/13483524/donald-trump-russia
Today’s pile of leaks about Donald Trump and Russia, explained

Really?

https://politicalwire.com/2016/10/31/abedin-surprised-emails-husbands-laptop/
Huma Abedin “has told colleagues she was taken aback when she learned that the FBI found her emails on a laptop belonging to her estranged husband Anthony Weiner and doesn’t know how the messages got there,” Politico reports.

Email review "could be quick"

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/will-comey-bombshell-really-shake-2016-race-n675606

Trump campaign says, "Hey, no rush!" http://crooksandliars.com/2016/10/trump-campaign-manager-fine-us-if-fbi
Trump Campaign Manager: 'Fine With Us' If FBI Doesn't Release Emails Before Election 

The Conway method

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/10/give-me-break-kellyanne-conway-compares
During an interview on CNBC, Conway accused Hillary Clinton's campaign of being "sneaky" by asking the FBI to release more information about emails that were found on longtime aide Huma Abedin's computer. . . . 

Promises, promises . . .

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/doj-promises-quick-response-new-clinton-emails
DOJ Promises Lawmakers Quick Response To New Clinton-Related Emails

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/clinton-email-fbi-investigation/
FBI unlikely to conclude Clinton email review prior to election

Trump to Comey: I love you, I hate you, I love you . . . (don't worry, it'll come back around again)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/10/31/trump-to-james-comey-either-clinton-is-a-criminal-or-you-are-corrupt-take-your-pick/?utm_source=rss_plum-line&utm_term=.0070f448e4a5

Oh, by the way

http://www.newsweek.com/2016/11/11/donald-trump-companies-destroyed-emails-documents-515120.html
Donald Trump’s companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded in official proceedings, often in defiance of court orders. These tactics—exposed by a Newsweek review of thousands of pages of court filings, judicial orders and affidavits from an array of court cases—have enraged judges, prosecutors, opposing lawyers and the many ordinary citizens entangled in litigation with Trump. . . .

Yes, he said it

http://www.salon.com/2016/10/31/trumps-nativist-lie-a-last-minute-whopper-about-a-650-million-strong-immigration-wave/
“It would be much easier working for Obama or working for Crooked Hillary because frankly when you’re working for Hillary, she wants to let people just pour in,” the Republican presidential nominee said. “You could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. Think of it: That’s what could happen. You triple the size of our country in one week.”
 
A simple rule: don't ever work for Donald Trump

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/31/13480676/trump-pollster
Donald Trump won’t pay his pollster hundreds of thousands of dollars he reportedly owes . . . 

The Clinton rules: presumed guilty before being proved innocent

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/31/13474116/clinton-prime-directive

More: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/clinton-rules/

NC Senate candidate lifts the mask

http://www.vox.com/2016/10/31/13482672/richard-burr-hillary-clinton-gun-joke
Republican senator in key race joked about Hillary Clinton being shot

I hope so

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589174/-Tim-Kaine-If-Republicans-fulfill-SCOTUS-blockade-promise-Democrats-will-nuke-the-filibuster
Tim Kaine: If Republicans fulfill SCOTUS blockade promise, Democrats will nuke the filibuster

The real voter fraud

http://www.salon.com/2016/10/31/federal-lawsuits-filed-in-5-states-after-african-american-voters-purged-from-registration-rolls-targeted-for-intimidation-by-the-trump-campaign/
Federal lawsuits filed in 5 states after African-American voters purged from registration rolls, targeted for intimidation by the Trump campaign 

Bonus item: John Oliver on the new emails

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/30/john-oliver-calls-out-pervert-anthony-weiner-over-hillary-s-emails.html

Seth Meyers too: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/01/seth-meyers-has-had-enough-of-hillary-s-damn-emails.html

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