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Trump escalates attack on Bill Clinton — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is reviving some of the ugliest political chapters of the 1990s with escalating personal attacks on Bill Clinton's character — centered on past accusations of sexual assault — amid a concerted effort …
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Kenneth Starr, Who Tried to Bury Bill Clinton, Now Only Praises Him — An unlikely voice recently bemoaned the decline of civility in presidential politics, warned that “deep anger” was fueling an “almost radical populism” and sang the praises of former President Bill Clinton — particularly his …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Politico, Althouse, Mediaite and The Scoop Blog


Top Staffer: Trump's Demonization of Bill Clinton Accusers in 90's Was Just ‘Being a True Friend’ — Top Donald Trump surrogate and attorney Michael Cohen struggled to explain Tuesday why his boss demonized those who accused Bill Clinton of rape and sexual impropriety in the 1990's …
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RedState and The Resurgent


First Read: The Most Important Number in the New NBC/WSJ Poll — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — The most important number in the new NBC/WSJ poll
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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo and RedState

Clinton campaign plans battleground-state media blitz hitting Trump on housing crisis
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NBC News and Political Wire

Donald Trump's New Attack Ad Features Bill Clinton Accuser Juanita Broaddrick
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Althouse

Trump slams Hillary Clinton for not ‘protecting women’ in video featuring voices of Bill's sex-assault accusers
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Clash Daily

Obama Hits Highest Job Approval Since Second Inauguration
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Politicus USA


Sanders: Democratic convention could be ‘messy’ — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bernie Sanders predicted Monday that the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could be “messy” as he pushed the party to adopt his progressive agenda, but added: “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle.”
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Dems call for unity as Sanders fuels intraparty fighting
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The Atlantic, Instapundit, Washington Post, Politico and Jewish Insider

Hillary still can't explain why she should be president
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The Resurgent and Real Clear Politics

Bill Clinton tells voters to ‘just relax’ about Hillary's chances
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Politico

Why Is Clinton Disliked? — I understand why Donald Trump is so unpopular. He earned it the old-fashioned way, by being obnoxious, insulting and offensive. But why is Hillary Clinton so unpopular? — She is, at the moment, just as unpopular as Trump.
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National Review, The American Conservative, Politicus USA, The Slot and The American Spectator


The RNC is building a campaign for Trump — The Republican Party is racing to build a presidential campaign for Donald Trump. — The presumptive GOP nominee enters the general election with an organization even thinner than Mitt Romney's four years ago. Trump won the primary by dominating media coverage.
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Daily Kos and Politicus USA
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Jets Owner Woody Johnson Said to Back Trump — Johnson had been the finance chairman for Jeb Bush's failed presidential bid. — New York Jets owner Woody Johnson is the latest major Republican donor and fundraiser to get behind Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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BizPac Review

Poll: Most Voters Think Trump Should Release Tax Returns
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Vox and Politicus USA


Sanders blasts Clinton at Calif. rally for rejecting debate — on Monday night said it's “a little bit insulting” to California voters that Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton — refuses to debate him ahead of the state's primary. — “I was disturbed, but not surprised …
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Free Beacon
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Response to Chairman John Thune's letter on Trending Topics — Last week we met with Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee John Thune to describe our investigation in response to anonymous allegations of political bias in our Trending Topics feature and to discuss the preliminary results of our work.
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Donald Trump is going to win: This is why Hillary Clinton can't defeat what Trump represents — People are rising up against neoliberal globalization. Trump represents capital, but also understands this reality — The neofascist reaction, the force behind Trump, has come …
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CANNONFIRE


Disney Fires Back After VA Secretary Compares Wait Lines for Veterans to Theme Park Rides — The Secretary of Veterans Affairs told reporters on Monday that “wait lines” for treatment at the VA should not be used as a metric to measure the performance of the problem-plagued organization.
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VA secretary: Disney doesn't measure wait times, so why should VA?
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EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Foundation Got $100M From ‘Blood Minerals’ Firm — A little known Swedish-Canadian oil and mining conglomerate human rights groups have repeatedly charged produces “blood minerals” is among the Clinton Foundation's biggest donors, thanks to a $100 million pledge in 2007 …


Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe under federal investigation for campaign contributions — Washington (CNN)Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and prosecutors from the Justice Department's public integrity unit, U.S. officials briefed on the probe say.
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Donald Trump, the welfare king — A generation after Ronald Reagan denounced the “welfare queen,” the Grand Old Party is evidently on the verge of nominating its first welfare king. — Four years ago last week, the party's 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, famously wrote off …


Presidential run leaves Scott Walker nearly $900,000 in debt — Madison— Like a tiresome house guest, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign debt is lingering. — The latest federal filing shows that the GOP governor still has nearly $900,000 in debt from his unsuccessful presidential run …
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Political Wire


Bill O'Reilly Plans to Sue Ex-Wife for $10 Million, Accuses Her of Cheating — Bill O'Reilly's legal battle against his ex-wife Maureen McPhilmy appeared to be over earlier this year when a panel of three appellate justices unanimously granted McPhilmy residential custody of the ex-couple's two children.


The Trump train is fueled by conspiracy — Watching the excellent documentary “Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear” is to relive the confusion and controversies of the summer of 2014: the initial public health mistakes, the divided and unclear responsibilities, the hysterical coverage on cable TV.
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Yahoo and Media Matters for America