Editors’ Blog - 2016
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11.05.16 | 6:39 pm
Election Observation Potpourri #3

A list of election/numbers observations to peruse as you bite your nails and obsess over the polls.

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11.05.16 | 8:22 pm
Trump Rolls Out Anti-Semitic Closing Ad

Take a moment to look at this closing ad from Donald Trump.

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11.06.16 | 10:30 am
You Want Numbers? I Got Numbers

New national polls:

WSJ/NBC News: +4

Washington Post/ABC: Clinton +5

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11.06.16 | 11:53 am
Speaking Of Things Tightening In Ohio

Federal appeals court intervenes in Ohio voter intimidation case and sides with the Trump campaign. Details here. Additional details on some of the procedural wrangling from Rick Hasen here.

11.06.16 | 1:37 pm
Inside Another Manic & Febrile Trump Hate Rally

I wasn’t able to get to a computer during and after the incident last night at the Trump rally in Reno. We’ve got the basic news details here. Suffice it to say that we now know it was essentially a chummed up misunderstanding which escalated into a beating by a number of Trump supporters, then later physical harassment of a CNN journalist by the same group of supporters and finally the creation of a nonsensical fantasy among Trump supporters that Trump had bravely survived a mythical ‘assassination attempt’.

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11.06.16 | 3:22 pm
BREAKING

FBI Director James Comey sends new letter to Congress on new Clinton email review: Nothing found to change conclusions reached in July.

11.06.16 | 4:17 pm
This Never Should Have Happened

It is certainly welcome news for the Clinton campaign that James Comey has now stated publicly that nothing in Huma Abedin’s emails has changed the FBI’s and his original judgment from July. This is not an interim report; it’s final. The Clinton campaign will undoubtedly use it for everything it’s worth in the remaining 48 hours-plus before voting ends Tuesday night. But while welcome, this new development doesn’t remotely undo the original error or its consequences.

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11.06.16 | 5:30 pm
Is Trump an Anti-Semite?

In response to my look at Donald Trump’s final closing ad, which is unambiguously anti-Semitic, I thought I’d share my thoughts about whether Trump himself is an anti-Semite.

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11.06.16 | 7:06 pm
RJC All in For Donald Trump and His Campaign

Less than two hours ago, the Republican Jewish Coalition sent out an email to members. Zero mention of the Trump ad, full-throated endorsement of Donald Trump. Here’s the text after the jump.

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11.07.16 | 9:11 am
Election Observation Potpourri #4

A list of election/numbers observations to peruse as you bite your nails and obsess over the polls.

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