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Mic:
Donald Trump's “Star of David” Hillary Clinton Meme Was Created by White Supremacists — LIKE MIC ON FACEBOOK: — Donald Trump tweeted a meme Saturday that used dog-whistle anti-Semitism to announce that his political rival, “Crooked Hillary,” had “made history.”
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MY D**K IS ABOUT TO BE DIAMONDS — Clinton Foundation Hacked, juicy secrets about to come. and so am I — “The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached by suspected Russian hackers in a dragnet of the U.S. political apparatus ahead of the November election …
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Mediaite and Politicus USA
ThinkProgress:
3 White Supremacists On Twitter That Inspire Donald Trump — Donald Trump courted controversy on Saturday when he tweeted an anti-Semitic attack against Hillary Clinton. Mic later revealed that the attack originated from an white supremacist on Twitter. — This shouldn't be a surprise.
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alan.com and Politicus USA
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Donald Trump's ‘Star of David’ Tweet About Hillary Clinton Posted Weeks Earlier on Racist Feed — Donald Trump Tweets Image of Hillary Clinton Along With Star of David 1:26 — A meme of Hillary Clinton posted on Donald Trump's official Twitter account featuring what critics interpreted …
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Sources: Hillary Clinton Not Expected to Face Charges in Federal Email Probe — According to sources that are familiar with the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, the former Secretary of State is not expected to face charges in the probe.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Breitbart and Vox Popoli
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump deletes tweet after complaints of anti-Semitic imagery
Trump deletes tweet after complaints of anti-Semitic imagery
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The Hill, Politicus USA, Washington Monthly, The Resurgent and RedState
Kristen East / Politico:
Trump tweets image depicting Clinton, cash and the Star of David
Trump tweets image depicting Clinton, cash and the Star of David
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The Verge, Althouse, Vox, Boing Boing, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA and Mediaite
New York Daily News:
Blast in Central Park near Elie Wiesel's funeral severs man's foot; police suspect fireworks mishap (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) — A blast in Central Park severed the left foot of a young man visiting New York from Virginia Sunday, witnesses said. — The NYPD's bomb squad was investigating …
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CBS New York, Mashable, The Last Refuge and Balloon Juice
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Myth of Cosmopolitanism — NOW that populist rebellions are taking Britain out of the European Union and the Republican Party out of contention for the presidency, perhaps we should speak no more of left and right, liberals and conservatives. From now on the great political battles …
Discussion:
Overcoming Bias, National Review and Althouse
CNN:
Car bombs target Baghdad shopping districts, 126 dead — (CNN)Iraq's capital was once again the scene of bloody carnage this weekend, with two separate car bombs killing at least 126 people. — The first detonation occurred Saturday on a busy shopping street in the central Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Sherrod Brown passes on VP question — Sen. Sherrod Brown wouldn't answer whether he's been contacted by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign about the vice presidential slot, while his New Jersey counterpart Cory Booker wouldn't deny he was being vetted.
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whorunsGov
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Booker stokes speculation about Clinton VP job
Booker stokes speculation about Clinton VP job
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AOL, Washington Post, National Review and whorunsGov
Bernie Sanders / Philly.com:
Party platform still needs work
Party platform still needs work
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NPR, whorunsGov and Politico
Orlando Sentinel:
Records: Father of toddler attacked at Disney by alligator said two gators involved — Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings ID'd the child as Lane Graves, son to Matt and Melissa Graves of Elkhorn, Neb. He said he believed the boy was drowned. His body was intact.
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Associated Press and New York's PIX11
Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Republican leader resigns, blasts Tennessee GOP — A member of the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee says he's resigning his position, blasting state party leaders and questioning the direction of the Tennessee Republican Party on his way out. — In his resignation letter …
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Raw Story
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Clinton and Trump are about to draw the battle lines in their fight for North Carolina — RALEIGH, N.C. — Politically turbulent North Carolina, where Barack Obama won in 2008 and then Republicans rose up to engineer a conservative revolution, has suddenly emerged as a focal point in the presidential race.
The Independent:
A Muslim man on his way to morning prayer has been shot and stabbed outside a mosque in Houston, Texas. — Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesperson for the Madrasah Islamiah Masjid Noor mosque near Bellaire, told news local news agencies the victim was a doctor, who had parked along the street …
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Al Jazeera English and The Week
Yael T. Abouhalkah / Kansas City Star:
In latest Kansas revenue fiasco, it's still the tax cuts, stupid — Bad news: Kansas revenues were below expectations in June and more budget cuts are ahead — Worse news: Gov. Sam Brownback's tax cuts will continue to damage public services for 3 million Kansans
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Washington Monthly