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October 14, 2016

Donald Trump has a funny way of turning newspapers blue. Even publications that have historically, or perhaps even always, endorsed a Republican candidate for president are picking Hillary Clinton over the GOP nominee this election cycle.

At this point, the pattern is glaring. Here is a look at the current state of endorsements by newspapers with circulations of more than 75,000:

In Donald Trump's defense, he doesn't have zero endorsements: He gets to boast of being supported by the very paper that found Elvis' seven secret love children, discovered Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was "murdered by a hooker," and had the "exclusive" on Hillary Clinton's "lesbian lovers." Jeva Lange

12:34 p.m. ET

WikiLeaks on Saturday published more than 800 additional emails it says were leaked from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

All told, the organization claims it has 50,000 of Podesta's emails and will continue to release them in small batches like this one. Previous releases included transcript excerpts of Clinton's private speeches on Wall Street, criticism of conservative Catholics within the Clinton network, and Clinton's plans to 'ring China with missile defense' if the Asian country fails to control North Korea. Bonnie Kristian

11:56 a.m. ET
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"This election is incredibly painful," Democrat Hillary Clinton said at a private fundraiser in Seattle Friday night.

"I take absolutely no satisfaction in what is happening on the other side with my opponent. I am not at all happy about that, because it hurts my country. It hurts our democracy," she added. "It sends terrible messages to so many people here at home and around the world. Damage is being done that we’re going to have to repair. Divisions are being deepened that we’re going to have to try and heal."

Tickets to the high-dollar fundraising event ranged from $250 per person to $27,000 for a table of 10. Similarly large donations have been a mainstay of Clinton's campaign, which receives less than a quarter of its support from donations below $200. Bonnie Kristian

11:25 a.m. ET
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CNN President Jeff Zucker regrets giving Donald Trump so much airtime in pursuit of high ratings, Buzzfeed News reported Friday evening.

"If we made any mistake last year, it's that we probably did put on too many of his campaign rallies in those early months and let them run," Zucker said while speaking at Harvard. "Listen, because you never knew what he would say, there was an attraction to put those on air."

Zucker was head of NBC Entertainment when Trump's Apprentice show debuted, and he recalled that "Trump delivered on PR, he delivered on big ratings." Still, Zucker maintained he did not help Trump secure special coverage from CNN, and said he would have given Trump's Republican primary rivals more airtime had they been more willing to do more interviews. Bonnie Kristian

11:13 a.m. ET
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Dozens of people were killed and more wounded in three attacks believed to be perpetrated by the Islamic State terrorist organization in and near Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday.

The largest of the trio was a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Baghdad. The bomb killed at least 35 people and injured at least 63 more, local officials said. The victims were Shiite Muslims whom ISIS, as Sunni extremists, considers heretics.

Two smaller attacks north of Baghdad targeted a police checkpoint and the family of a Sunni militia chief who opposes ISIS. The first incident killed eight police officers and wounded 11, while in the second, ISIS gunmen stormed the militia leader's house and murdered his wife and children, who were home alone. Both gunmen later killed themselves with explosive belts to avoid capture. Bonnie Kristian

10:57 a.m. ET
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Republican Donald Trump was up and tweeting Saturday morning, arguing allegations of sexual assault from a growing tally of women are underhanded campaign ploys to ensure he is not president. He blamed the media and Hillary Clinton for a "rigged" election and said Clinton should be in jail.

Trump previously developed the conspiracy theme Friday, suggesting the accusations are a plot organized by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Bonnie Kristian

10:38 a.m. ET
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The Florida Supreme Court ruled Friday the state's death penalty law is unconstitutional because it does not require a unanimous jury decision to impose the sentence. As currently written, the law only requires 10 of 12 votes to approve the death penalty.

The version of the law this decision overturns was itself the result of a federal Supreme Court case in January, when SCOTUS struck down a previous iteration that allowed judges to override jury decisions in capital cases. The jury could previously only recommend death or life in prison, leaving the final choice to the judge.

Now, until the state legislature approves a new death penalty law that can pass muster at court, Florida's 385 current death row prisoners are in something of a legal limbo. Some inmates will receive a new sentencing hearing, and others may be able to escape their current sentence "unless the state can prove its heavy burden of showing beyond a reasonable doubt that the error in their cases would not have affected the jury verdicts in capital sentencing," said Howard Simon of the Florida American Civil Liberties Union. Bonnie Kristian

10:01 a.m. ET
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Though fall typically sees the American Southeast suffering extreme weather thanks to hurricane season, heavy storms battered the opposite corner of the country Friday night and into Saturday.

Two tornadoes hit Oregon Friday, damaging about 30 homes, and the remnants of a typhoon rained down on Washington State, where the Coast Guard had to rescue 46 people caught in the storm. Even stronger rain storms are anticipated in the region Saturday. Watch video of one of the tornadoes below. Bonnie Kristian

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