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Trump Allies Plot Candidate Intervention After Disastrous 48 Hours — Key Republicans close to Donald Trump's orbit are plotting an intervention with the candidate after a disastrous 48 hours led some influential voices in the party to question whether Trump can stay at the top …
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GOP reaches ‘new level of panic’ over Trump's candidacy — The Republican Party was in turmoil again Wednesday as party leaders, strategists and donors voiced increasing alarm about the flailing state of Donald Trump's candidacy and fears that the presidential nominee was damaging the party …
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Donald Trump, Party of 1
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Former top Gingrich ally calls Trump nom ‘mistake of historic proportions’
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Politico and Talking Points Memo


Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 10 points, both seen as flawed — Sixty-one percent of voters think Hillary Clinton is dishonest, yet she's opened up a big lead over Donald Trump in the latest Fox News Poll. — Here's why: majorities think Clinton is nevertheless qualified to be president …
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Fox News Poll Aug. 3, 2016
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Democrats, Looking Past Mere Victory, Hope to End the Trump Movement
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Clint and Scott Eastwood: No Holds Barred in Their First Interview Together — Think your old man is a ball-buster? Try being the son of Clint Eastwood. And then try making a name for yourself in the family business. This month, as Clint and Scott Eastwood go head-to-head at the box office …
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Clint Eastwood on Donald Trump's Racism: ‘Just F—ing Get Over It’ — “When I grew up, those things weren't called racist,” says actor, director and producer who would vote for GOP nominee over Hillary Clinton — Clint Eastwood thinks America's “pussy generation” needs to “just f-ing get over” Donald Trump's “racism.”
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I have a few questions for ‘Morning Joe’... This morning, Joe Scarborough dropped a bombshell of an anecdote. Get it — bombshell?! — Longtime readers of Spoiler Alerts might be growing fatigued at the hardworking staff's increased focus on Donald Trump as we approach Election Day.
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Joe Scarborough: Donald Trump Repeatedly Asked Why We Couldn't Use Nukes

Trump denies asking why nukes aren't used
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Former Nuke Weapons Officer Goes Off: Trump Is ‘So Damn Dangerous’
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Fueled by Small Donations, Donald Trump Makes Up Major Financial Ground — Donald J. Trump all but erased his enormous financial disadvantage against Hillary Clinton in the span of just two months, according to figures released by his campaign on Tuesday, converting the passion of his core followers …
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Mass stabbing in central London leaves woman dead and six injured — Police explore possibility of ‘terrorism’ after man arrested following the incident in Russell Square in the centre of the city — A woman has been killed and up to six people have been injured in a mass stabbing in the centre of London.
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Voices From Donald Trump's Rallies, Uncensored — “Trump that bitch!” — “Build a wall — kill them all.” — New York Times reporters have spent over a year covering Donald J. Trump's rallies, witnessing so many provocations and heated confrontations at them that the cumulative effect can be numbing …
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Updates: Georgia GOP elector who balked on Donald Trump resigns — Update at 5:15 p.m.: The Georgia GOP elector who balked on whether to support Donald Trump has resigned, said Georgia GOP spokesman Ryan Mahoney. More details to come in a separate post. — I just finished …
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If Trump Drops Out, The Result Will Be A Horrible Legal Quagmire
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Supreme Court Halts Order Allowing Transgender Student To Use Restroom Of His Gender Identity — The courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court put an order allowing a transgender student to use school restrooms in accordance with his gender identity on hold …
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Supreme Court grants emergency order to block transgender male student in Virginia from using boy's restroom
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Trump Boasts About Watching ‘Top Secret’ Iran Video Immediately After Becoming Eligible To Receive Classified Briefings — His vivid description raised questions about whether he disclosed classified material. — National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post
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The Legend Speaks — Schlafly Thunders for Ryan Ouster: ‘Get Rid of Him!’ — JANESVILLE, WI — Coming on the heels of her pivotal endorsement that helped propel Donald Trump to becoming the Republican nominee, conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly is once again entering the 2016 electoral fray.
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EXCLUSIVE: New poll shows Trump has a big Hispanic problem in Florida — Less than 13% of Latino voters in Florida plan to vote Republican, poll finds … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears to be facing an insurmountable wall among Latino voters in the key swing state of Florida …
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Politicus USA


President Obama Commutes the Sentences of 214 Additional People — Today began like any other for 214 federal inmates across the country, but ultimately became a day I am confident they will never forget. This morning, these individuals received a message from the President: your application for clemency has been granted.
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Obama Commutes Sentences Of More Than 200 People Serving Federal Sentences
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HISTORY OF TERROR IN BRITAIN: HOW TONIGHT'S ATTACK MIRRORS BRUTAL MURDER OF SOLDIER LEE RIGBY THREE YEARS AGO AND COMES IN THE WAKE OF FOILED PLANS — Tonight's attack mirrored the brutal killing of a soldier in London and comes in the wake of an increasing number of foiled attacks in Britain.
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Pamela Geller, The Right Scoop and CBS New York


Clinton jumps to a big lead over Trump in Michigan poll — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Republican Donald Trump in Michigan as 3-in-5 likely voters say the New York businessman is not qualified to be president, according to a new poll conducted for The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.


The Conservative Media Echo Chamber Is Making the Right Intellectually Deaf — One of the more interesting developments since the emergence of the web as a mass medium is the establishment of a conservative media presence. Prior to the internet, there were basically no large audience right …


Trump Backer Busted For Battering Wife — Man, 78, threw his spouse, 73, to the ground, Florida police allege — During an argument about the presidential race, a 78-year-old Donald Trump supporter threw his wife, a 73-year-old Hillary Clinton backer, to the floor of the couple's Florida home …
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Justice Department Officials Raised Objections on U.S. Cash Payment to Iran — Some officials worried about message being sent but were overruled — WASHINGTON—Senior Justice Department officials objected to sending a plane loaded with cash to Tehran at the same time that Iran released …
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Meg Whitman's Treason — RUSH: Meg Whitman is a Republican in Name Only. She's a RINO Republican. But she's gonna go out there and she's not just gonna vote for her; she's gonna help her. She is going to assist Hillary, and she is saying she's going to recruit as many people as she can to vote for Hillary and to help Hillary.
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