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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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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Star of David Hillary Meme Was Made by Racist Twitter User — The image using an anti-Semitic trope to attack Clinton appeared on 8chan after a vile Twitter user created it two weeks ago. — The meme Donald Trump put on Twitter on Saturday that has been called anti-Semitic …
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The Atlantic, Gothamist, Mediaite and Politicus USA
archive.is:
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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Politicus USA
ThinkProgress:
3 White Supremacists On Twitter That Inspire Donald Trump
3 White Supremacists On Twitter That Inspire Donald Trump
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alan.com, Politicus USA and Mediaite
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Donald Trump's ‘Star of David’ Tweet About Hillary Clinton Posted Weeks Earlier on Racist Feed
Donald Trump's ‘Star of David’ Tweet About Hillary Clinton Posted Weeks Earlier on Racist Feed
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, New York Times, The Verge, Politico, The Resurgent, RedState and ThinkProgress
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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Reuters, The Daily Caller, New York's PIX11, WTVR-TV, Mashable and The Last Refuge
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Matt Higgins / CBS New York:
Man Suffers Severe Leg Injury In Central Park Explosion
Man Suffers Severe Leg Injury In Central Park Explosion
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New York Times, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice and Gothamist
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
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
‘President Hillary Clinton?’ She Wants Progress on Immigration and to Drink With G.O.P.
‘President Hillary Clinton?’ She Wants Progress on Immigration and to Drink With G.O.P.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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
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 …
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National Review, Overcoming Bias and Althouse
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Eric Trump: Biased media the worst part of society — Eric Trump in an interview Sunday attacked a Washington Post article that found his father, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, donated only $10,000 to charities over seven years, millions less than he has publicly claimed.
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Hullabaloo
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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Jezebel, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Week
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trade and Jobs: A Note — Given Trump's economic policy speech - well, “policy” speech - it seems time to brush up on trade and jobs, an issue I used to write a lot about. The big story in the academia/policy space lately has been the work of Autor et al, who in two papers have estimated large losses from Chinese import penetration.
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Equitable Growth
CNN:
‘God wants you to die’: Dhaka's long night of terror — To recreate this narrative we used witness accounts, shared directly with CNN or with friends and family who recounted them to us. We also used information from news briefings and gathered by CNN staffers in London, Hong Kong, Dhaka and Atlanta.
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Hot Air
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Craziest Convention Moments You've Never Heard Of — A legion of political journalists is heading to Cleveland this month with a sense of anticipation that's been absent for decades: at long last, a national convention with the prospect that something unexpected might actually happen.
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Gary Johnson: Trump says ‘racist’ things and should be disqualified from presidency — Gary Johnson: Trump a ‘racist,’ should be disqualified — Washington (CNN)Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson said Donald Trump says “racist” things and should be disqualified from becoming president …
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, RedState and Wall Street Journal
New York Daily News:
Income for top 1% in America rose twice as fast in 2015 than it did for the remaining 99% — WASHINGTON — Financial inequality became even wider in the United States last year, with average income for the top 1% of households surging 7.7% to $1.36 million.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Hillary struggles with going big in campaign message — is struggling to provide a clear rationale for her presidential candidacy, even after clinching the Democratic nomination and surging ahead of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump — in polls. — Last week, at a joint appearance with Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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, New York's PIX11, FOX6Now.com and AOL