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Nick Gass / Politico:
Swing-state stunner: Trump has edge in key states — Did Donald Trump really just surge past Hillary Clinton in two of the election's most important battlegrounds? — New swing-state polls released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University show Trump leading Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Battleground Polls: Clinton Holds Narrow Lead in Key States — Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in Iowa and Pennsylvania, while the two are tied in the key battleground state of Ohio, according to a trio of new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls. — In Iowa, the presumptive …
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David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton's lead over Trump shrinks dramatically — It's the first time she's dropped below 50 percent support — Clinton up 3 points against only Trump, by 5 in 4-way contest — The email controversy is taking a toll on Clinton — CLEVELAND — Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump …
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Slump: Today is Hillary's Worst Polling Day in Months
Slump: Today is Hillary's Worst Polling Day in Months
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Trump seeks $10 million from former aide in disclosure case — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seeking $10 million in damages from a former senior campaign consultant, Sam Nunberg, alleging that Nunberg leaked confidential information to reporters in violation of a nondisclosure agreement.
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Media Matters for America:
CNN's Corey Lewandowski Is Still Being Paid By Donald Trump — The Network's Ethical Morass Is Worse Than We Thought — Blog ››› July 13, 2016 ››› MATT GERTZ — Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is still being paid …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Maddow: I'm studying Hitler to prep for Trump — MSNBC's Rachel Maddow revealed in a new interview with Rolling Stone that she's been meticulously prepping for a possible Donald Trump — presidency. — How? — By studying the first few months of Adolf Hitler's tenure as German chancellor, beginning in 1934.
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Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Last Word: Rachel Maddow on Trump, Dystopias and Success — MSNBC host on relationships, the Republican Party's WTF moment and keeping a cool head — The Rachel Maddow Show has been the cornerstone of MSNBC's primetime lineup ever since it debuted in the fall of 2008 …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump advisers split on VP pick — Donald Trump's inner circle scrambled to fly to Indiana on Wednesday because they were increasingly convinced the GOP frontrunner was moving away from picking Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate after a positive meeting on Monday with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie …
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David Catanese / Associated Press:
Trump Family, Staff Divided Between Gingrich, Pence
Trump Family, Staff Divided Between Gingrich, Pence
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Mike Pence will be in big trouble if Trump passes him over for vice president
The Daily 202: Mike Pence will be in big trouble if Trump passes him over for vice president
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Right About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to drop the political punditry and the name-calling. — Three times in the past week, Justice Ginsburg has publicly discussed her view of the presidential race, in the sharpest terms.
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John Shumway / CBS Pittsburgh:
Couple Refuses To Sit Near Police At Restaurant, Officers Pick Up Their Tab — HOMESTEAD (KDKA) — It is a difficult time for the country as nerves between some in the community and police are frayed, but recently, four local officers handled an uncomfortable situation without any confrontation.
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Rodney Ho / Radio and TV Talk:
CBS46 producer fired over racist rants about Black Lives Matter on Facebook — FTVLive earlier today posted three Facebook rants by an Emmy-winning CBS46 photographer/producer Charles Beau Menefee in which he insulted the Black Lives Matter movement, calling them “unevolved, uncivilized turds” …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Breaking: #BlackLivesMatter Activist Fires 17 Shots Into Cop's Car and Home (Video)
Breaking: #BlackLivesMatter Activist Fires 17 Shots Into Cop's Car and Home (Video)
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
GOP Rep: Obama Reaped ‘What He Has Sowed’ With Dallas Shooting
GOP Rep: Obama Reaped ‘What He Has Sowed’ With Dallas Shooting
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Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Someone vandalized Richmond Police Memorial — RICHMOND, Va. — A red, spray painted X was discovered on the Police Memorial statue in Richmond Wednesday morning. The words “JUSTICE FOR ALTON” were painted along the base of the memorial. Red paint also covered the faces of the officer and child on the statue.
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Obama Mentions Himself 45 Times During Memorial Speech For Dallas Officers
Obama Mentions Himself 45 Times During Memorial Speech For Dallas Officers
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
How Obama ruined his Dallas memorial speech
How Obama ruined his Dallas memorial speech
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Heads Into The Convention With Barely Any Campaign At All — Many of the numbers listed for his state offices don't even work. — Elise Foley — Immigration & Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post — As he heads for the Republican convention in Cleveland next week …
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New York Post:
FBI agents signed NDA for matters involving Hillary's emails — More On: — In an unusual move, FBI agents working the Hillary Clinton e-mail case had to sign a special form reminding them not to blab about the probe to anyone unless called to testify. — Sources said they had never heard of the …
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Greg Meriwether / WAFB-TV:
The Investigators: New details show eerily similar incident involving Sterling, police — The 9News Investigators obtained a police report that details a previous arrest of Alton Sterling that is eerily similar to the incident that ultimately led to his death.
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
BlackLivesMatter Icon ALTON STERLING Was Jailed in Similar Armed Violent Police Resistance in 2009
BlackLivesMatter Icon ALTON STERLING Was Jailed in Similar Armed Violent Police Resistance in 2009
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance — The chant erupts in a college auditorium in Washington, as admirers of a conservative internet personality shout down a black protester. It echoes around the gym of a central Iowa high school, as white students taunt …
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Luke Russert suddenly departs from NBC News — In a surprising announcement, NBC on Wednesday said that Luke Russert is leaving its news division. — Russert — the 30-year-old son of the late legendary “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert — is departing from political reporting …
Michael Schaub / Los Angeles Times:
Reading while black: Canadian man stopped by police after reading a book in his car — Louizandre Dauphin was having a tough week. — The Bathurst, New Brunswick, director of parks, recreation and tourism says he'd been thinking about the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile …
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Donald Trump: I'd Like to Say I Know What it's Like to be Black Because the GOP Oppressed me in the Primary (VIDEO) — Donald Trump, one of the most privileged-from-birth white people who has ever walked the face of the earth, was asked last night by the execrable and equally orange Bill O'Reilly …
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Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says His Struggle Has Been Similar To What Black People Face. It Hasn't Been.
Trump Says His Struggle Has Been Similar To What Black People Face. It Hasn't Been.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Propagator of Race Hatred and Violence — This isn't getting a lot of attention. But it should. Everybody took note when Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that American Muslims across the river in New Jersey celebrated and cheered as the Twin Towers fell on 9/11 - an entirely fabricated claim.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The sexual-harassment investigation of the 76-year-old Fox News chief Roger Ailes is under way. Yesterday, lawyers from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, the outside law firm hired by 21st Century Fox to conduct the inquiry, began meeting with Fox employees to interview them about sexual harassment at the network.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The (G.O.P.) Party's Over — This column has argued for a while now that there is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy. At least a one-party autocracy can order things to get done. — A one-party democracy — that is, a two-party system …
New York Daily News:
Dallas cop shooter Micah Johnson purchased AK-47 in Target parking lot in 2014 — Micah Johnson never balked at the $600 asking price for an AK-47 assault rifle. The buy was arranged via Facebook, and consummated in the parking lot of a Target. — Seller Colton Crews forgot about the deal until …
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Bloomberg:
Liberal Online Daters Less Willing to Fall in Love With Conservatives — In an OkCupid survey, a quarter of respondents who are “looking for love” now say that having similar political beliefs is more important in making a good match than physical compatibility. — kellybare — andretartar
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John Dodge / CBS Chicago:
White Woman Walks In Black Neighborhood: I'm Sorry Black America — CHICAGO (CBS) — Her message is direct. — Just four words: Black America, I'm Sorry. — Laurella Willis' methods are turning heads on Chicago's South Side, CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports. — “It's very touching,” said one resident.
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