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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Washington Post's Fact Checker Doesn't Read the Washington Post — I wrote earlier today about the liberal media attacking Donald Trump's statement that on 9/11, “thousands and thousands” of American Muslims in Jersey City celebrated the successful terrorist attacks.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Christie on Trump's claims about New Jersey after 9/11: 'I don't recall' — Chris Christie does not remember the 9/11 attacks the way Donald Trump remembers them. — At a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday, the Manhattan business mogul recounted how he saw “thousands of thousands of people …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump's outrageous claim that ‘thousands’ of New Jersey Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: You raised some eyebrows yesterday with comments you made at your latest rally. I want to show them, relating to 9/11. … TRUMP: “It did happen. I saw it.”
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Heads to Ohio as Rivals Sharpen Attacks After Wild Week — The state's governor, John Kasich, and his allies are among those seeking to derail the front-runner. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is heading to the backyard of rival John Kasich tonight after a tumultuous week …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
When the Press Attacks Donald Trump, the Truth Is Optional [Updated]
When the Press Attacks Donald Trump, the Truth Is Optional [Updated]
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Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Trump: ‘Thousands’ in Jersey City cheered on 9/11 (VIDEO)
Trump: ‘Thousands’ in Jersey City cheered on 9/11 (VIDEO)
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New Jersey Online:
Christie on Trump saying ‘thousands’ in N.J. cheered on 9/11: 'I don't recall that'
Christie on Trump saying ‘thousands’ in N.J. cheered on 9/11: 'I don't recall that'
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Trump on Terrorism
The Note: Trump on Terrorism
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump Again Insists He Saw Celebrations in New Jersey on Sept. 11
Donald Trump Again Insists He Saw Celebrations in New Jersey on Sept. 11
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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Trump takes heat for tweet about black murder rates — Donald Trump is taking heat on social media for a Sunday afternoon tweet of statistics purporting to show that the vast majority of murdered black people in the U.S. are killed by other black people. — The tweet was apparently Trump's response …
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
We Found Where Donald Trump's “Black Crimes” Graphic Came From — So today, this happened. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (yes, him again) re-tweeted the following blatantly racist graphic: … Not only is this racist, it's completely false.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump retweeted a very wrong set of numbers on race and murder
Donald Trump retweeted a very wrong set of numbers on race and murder
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
TV networks unite to fight Trump's restriction on journalists' access
TV networks unite to fight Trump's restriction on journalists' access
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Donald Trump embraces open racism.
Donald Trump embraces open racism.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Beyond Distrust: How Americans View Their Government — Broad criticism, but positive performance ratings in many areas — Overview — A year ahead of the presidential election, the American public is deeply cynical about government, politics and the nation's elected leaders in a way that has become quite familiar.
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Telling the Truth About ISIS and Raqqa — On Saturday night, five young Syrians slouched into a dive bar in New York and ordered drinks. When the bartender asked if off-brand vodka was O.K., they had to smile. They were all exiles from Raqqa, the provincial city in northern Syria that ISIS …
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New York Post:
ObamaCare's imploding even without repeal — It's looking like ObamaCare won't survive even if Congress can't manage to repeal it. — The nation's largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group, said last week that it's losing too much — $425 million — from policies sold on the health exchanges, and may have to pull out by 2017.
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Ari Melber / MSNBC:
Ex-Benghazi investigator sues Trey Gowdy for discrimination and defamation — A former investigator for the House Benghazi Committee filed a federal lawsuit against the committee Monday, opening a new chapter in legal skirmishes over the Benghazi attacks and subsequent investigations.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Steals From His Attacks on Jeb Bush to Hit Hillary Clinton's ‘Stamina’ — Donald J. Trump has, over the last few days, been road-testing a new criticism of Hillary Rodham Clinton — that she is too low-energy to be president. — After using that line of argument …
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Chad Kiewiet De Jonge / ABC News:
Clinton Leads Trump in Trust to Handle Terrorism
Clinton Leads Trump in Trust to Handle Terrorism
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The Opportunist — On the morning of October 10th, Marco Rubio, Florida's junior senator, mounted a small stage at the Elks Lodge in Boulder City, Nevada, a popular retirement spot near Las Vegas. In his twenties, as an obscure Republican state legislator, Rubio exhibited such innate political skill …
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Ben Carson, author of book about the Constitution, incorrectly states that Thomas Jefferson crafted it — It's a common misconception that Thomas Jefferson participated in drafting the United States Constitution in 1787. But as Republican presidential candidate and retired pediatric …
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Tammy Mutasa / WLWT-TV:
Muslim UC student says she was attacked because of her religion — 'I'm terrified to cross the street now,' woman says — A Muslim woman is speaking out after she says she was called a terrorist and almost run over by an angry man in Clifton Monday night.
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Haroon Siddique / Guardian:
Richard Dawkins says UK cinemas should screen the Lord's Prayer — Vociferous critic of religion says anyone thin-skinned enough to be offended by church advert deserves to be offended — The Church of England has received unlikely backing from the biologist and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins …
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