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CNN:
Post-debate, Trump pulls clear of competition — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has won his party's trust on top issues more than any other Republican presidential candidate, and now stands as the clear leader in the race for the GOP nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
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New York Times:
I Am Republican, Hear Me Roar — To hear most of the Republican candidates tell it, all an American president has to do is talk tough, make demands, send more troops overseas, pour billions more dollars into the Pentagon and the world will fall in line. The notion they're peddling boils down to this …
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Daily Kos and Political Insider blog
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Bush donors not panicking — yet — Jeb Bush's donors aren't sounding the alarm — yet. — The former Florida governor had been labeled the GOP's front-runner, but polls show he's trailing Donald Trump by a wide margin. Even some supporters say he turned in a shaky performance at the first Republican debate earlier this month.
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RedState
Matt Latimer / Politico:
Hillary Clinton Is Rooting for Jeb Bush — The Clintons want Bush to win the nomination—because he's easy to beat. — Getty. — SHARES — There is an obvious subtext to the panicked effort to purge the GOP of Donald Trump: to allow the party's true hero to emerge to vanquish Hillary Clinton …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Political Wire and Salon
Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton's email firm Platte River Networks was run from a loft in Denver — Democrat White House front runner used Platte River Networks of Denver, Colorado, to maintain her controversial ‘home brew’ server — Up to 60 emails with classified material have been found in a sample …
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Townhall.com, Mediaite, National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air, The Week and The Daily Caller
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Hillarymail ‘Chain of Custody’ Request May Lead To Indictments
Hillarymail ‘Chain of Custody’ Request May Lead To Indictments
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Chuck Grassley, Politico, Hot Air, NewsMax.com, Townhall.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Betsy's Page and Washington Free Beacon
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
CNN Forgets to Mention Op-Ed Writer Is a Million Dollar Bundler For Hillary
CNN Forgets to Mention Op-Ed Writer Is a Million Dollar Bundler For Hillary
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Rosie.com:
CHELSEA O'DONNELL MISSING — Rosie O'Donnell's 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O'Donnell was reported missing. Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16. She was last seen Tuesday, August 11.
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magazine.good.is:
Hillary Clinton to #BlackLivesMatter in Video, “I Don't Believe You Change Hearts...” — “...you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate.” by Gabriel Reilich — As recently reported by various news outlets, Hillary Clinton held a closed-door session …
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Jim Swift / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Rolls Eyes, Lectures #BlackLivesMatter Activists
Hillary Rolls Eyes, Lectures #BlackLivesMatter Activists
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Power Line
Sen. Marco Rubio / Politico:
My Plan To Fix Health Care — To help more of our people achieve the American Dream, we need to make affordable, quality healthcare accessible in the 21st century. Unfortunately, President Barack Obama's one-size-fits-all, big government approach has failed to achieve this goal.
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John Naughton / Des Moines Register:
Little League says Iowa's allegations of another team cheating were ‘credible’ — Little League International issued a Tuesday morning news release after the outcome of a Monday game was questioned. — “The Little League International Tournament Committee recently received credible reports …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Chris Cuomo saves drowning man in Hamptons — CNN anchor Chris Cuomo rescued a drowning man who had been swept away by a fierce rip current while boating in the Hamptons. — The “New Day” anchor and brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spotted the older man being carried …
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Daily Mail, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, TVNewser, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
In first, White House hires openly trans staffer — Raffi Freedman-Gurspan (Photo courtesy NCTE) — The White House for the first time has hired an openly transgender person as a member of its staff, LGBT advocates and the Obama administration announced Tuesday.
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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
First Transgender White House Official, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, Gets to Work
First Transgender White House Official, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, Gets to Work
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Towleroad
pubs.acs.org:
Abstract — New facility-level methane (CH4) emissions measurements obtained from 114 natural gas gathering facilities and 16 processing plants in 13 U.S. states were combined with facility counts obtained from state and national databases in a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate CH4 emissions …
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US News, Common Dreams and Slantpoint
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ex-lover says Donald Trump was great in bed — Donald Trump would have even higher poll numbers if he had dated more women before he married his beautiful wife, Melania. — Penthouse Pet Sandra Taylor, who went on three dates with Trump decades ago, agrees with the famous Post headline, “The Best Sex I Ever Had.”
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UPROXX and Daily Mail
Politico:
Fox's Luntz blasted Trump at Koch seminar — In a fresh exchange of accusations, Donald Trump says Fox should fire its focus-group moderator. — Donald Trump's feud with GOP pollster Frank Luntz escalated Monday - with Trump calling on Fox News to fire Luntz from overseeing its post-debate focus groups …
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Talking Points Memo
Jimmy Vielkind / Politico:
Assemblyman John Ceretto will become a Democrat — ALBANY—Assemblyman John Ceretto, a Republican representing Niagara County, is set to announce Tuesday that he'll seek re-election in 2016 as a Democrat, two people briefed on his plans told POLITICO New York.
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Talking Points Memo
Gabrielle Russon / Orlando Sentinel:
UCF fraternity member who chants ‘rape’ in video is suspect in sex assault — A UCF fraternity brother identified as chanting “rape” in a video recorded in June is the same man accused of sexual assaulting a woman at the fraternity's off-campus apartments last year, according to the victim's complaint released by the university.
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Daily Mail, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Carly Fiorina's Business Record: Not So Sterling — “I come from a world outside of politics, where track records and accomplishments count.” — Those were the words of Carly Fiorina, a Republican candidate for president, earlier this year. Readers of the business pages know her as the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard.
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Daily Kos, Political Insider blog, The Week, The Colorado Independent and BuzzFeed