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The BBC reports: David Kittos, 48, from Guildford, UK, woke up to find an image he had posted to Flickr in January 2010 had become embroiled in a political controversy. “This was not done with my permission, I don’t support his politics and I would never take his money to use it,” Mr Kittos told the BBC. “In 1974, when …

Via Monmouth: Hillary Clinton holds a 5 point lead over Donald Trump in the crucial swing state of Florida. Among Florida voters likely to participate in November’s presidential election, 46% currently support Clinton and 41% back Trump. Another 6% intend to vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson and 1% support Green Party candidate Jill Stein, with 5% who are undecided. This …

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton is bouncing back after a week of bad polling news, upping her lead over Donald Trump to 5 points, according to a new national poll released Tuesday morning. Clinton has 50 percent support among likely voters, while Trump is at 45 percent, the NBC News poll found. In the same poll last week, Clinton led …

The Guardian reports: President George HW Bush is reportedly voting for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a Facebook post from John F Kennedy’s niece. The post by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend – the former lieutenant governor of Maryland and daughter of Robert F Kennedy – shows her posing with George HW Bush with the caption “The President told me he …

President Obama is in New York City to attend the general assembly of the United Nations. He is due to deliver a statement on this weekend’s terror attacks at 11:30am. Watch below. UPDATE: The president arrived early and is now speaking.

The New York Daily News reports: Republican Party boss Reince Priebus on Sunday threatened GOP lawmakers who had yet to endorse Donald Trump with the possibility that he would work to prevent them from seeking the presidency if they ran again in the future. “People who agreed to support the nominee, that took part in our process, they used tools …

Politico published a lengthy interview with Jill Stein yesterday. An excerpt: As much as Stein despises Trump – and she really, really does – she describes the choice between him and Hillary Clinton as an abominable binary offering “death by gunshot or death by strangulation.” But her contempt has a more cutting quality when she talks about Clinton. She mocks …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Hillary Clinton has a 9-point lead among likely Pennsylvania voters as Donald Trump continues to struggle among groups key to winning the state, according to a Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll released Sunday. The survey, conducted Sept. 12-16, found Clinton leading the presidential race in the key battleground state, with 47% of respondents saying they intend …

Politico reports: Hillary Clinton’s bout with pneumonia hasn’t hurt her standing among voters likely to cast a ballot in 2016, as the former secretary of state has maintained her lead over Donald Trump in a four-way matchup. Clinton is beating Trump 42 percent to 40 percent among likely voters, according to a Morning Consult poll conducted this week. She leads …

Politico reports: In Mike Pence’s prep sessions for the vice-presidential debate, the role of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is being played by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a top GOP source told POLITICO on Saturday. The first mock debate has already been held. Walker, who ended his GOP primary campaign in September, was chosen because he has been in presidential debates …

The Hill reports: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is accusing Donald Trump of suggesting his supporters kill Hillary Clinton, tweeting furiously that “blood will be on your hands.” Trump said Friday night at a campaign rally that Clinton’s Secret Service detail should have their guns taken away to “see what happens to her.” “I think that her bodyguards should drop all …

Unsurprising. The Wall Street Journal reports: Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party have failed to qualify for the first general election debate, in a significant blow to their already long-shot presidential campaigns. The Commission on Presidential Debates said Friday that only Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton qualified to be on the stage …

NBC News reports: The arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape accusation will not be dropped, a Swedish appeals court ruled Friday. Assange, 45, has always maintained extradition from the U.K. to Sweden could lead to him being sent to the U.S. over WikiLeaks’ huge dump of secret documents. However, the European warrant was upheld. “After reviewing …

Via Mediaite: The Dr. Oz Show evidently edited out a portion of its interview with Donald Trump in which he joked about how much he loves kissing his daughter Ivanka Trump. Based on audience reports, MSNBC reported Wednesday on an exchange between Dr. Oz and Trump: “Dr. Oz said when Ivanka Trump came on stage, ‘It’s nice to see a …

Madison.com reports: Hours after polls closed in the closely contested 2011 state Supreme Court election, Republican consultants and lobbyists traded emails about launching a potential public campaign to allege “widespread” voter fraud, newly released emails show. Critics say the emails are another sign of political motives behind Republican claims that voter fraud is a serious problem in Wisconsin. The emails …

The Wall Street Journal reports: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) said Donald Trump should release his tax returns, but deferred to the GOP presidential candidate on when to do so. “I released mine. I think he should release his,” Mr. Ryan, the 2012 GOP vice-presidential nominee, told reporters Thursday, but didn’t press Mr. Trump on the timing. “I know …

Yes, he really said that. The Jerusalem Post reports: Media bias is fueling Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign and is burning Republicans, Donald Trump Jr. said on Wednesday, using a Holocaust reference to drive home his point. Speaking to Philadelphia Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, the Republican presidential nominee’s eldest son said that his father was held to a different standard …

In today’s clip, Keith Olberman says that Hillary is wrong, ALL Trump supporters are deplorable. Raw Story recaps: Keith Olbermann is back in the political punditry game as GQ’s official special political correspondent, and he’s wasted no time taking Donald Trump and his campaign to the woodshed. In a new video posted on Thursday, Olbermann names names when listing off …

Gothamist reports: After reports of people using the LinkNYC kiosks to view porn — and masturbating in public — LinkNYC has decided to pull the plug on web browsing. The company said, “Starting today, we are removing web browsing on all Link tablets while we work with the City and community to explore potential solutions, like time limits.” The 400 …

The Detroit Free Press reports: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s trip into an African American church in Flint to reach out to black voters and address the Flint water crisis ended abruptly amid protesters inside the church and a pastor who asked that he not make a political speech. “It used to be that cars were made in Flint and …