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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump says ‘Second Amendment people’ could stop Clinton … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — appeared to joke about the possibility that Hillary Clinton — could be shot in remarks at a campaign rally Tuesday in Wilmington, N.C. — Trump was discussing the possibility that Clinton …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump in trouble over ‘Second Amendment’ remark — Donald Trump on Tuesday said “the Second Amendment people” may be the only way to stop Hillary Clinton from getting to appoint federal judges if she wins the presidential election in November. — “Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Suggests ‘Second Amendment People’ Could Act Against Hillary Clinton — WILMINGTON, N.C. — Donald J. Trump on Tuesday appeared to raise the possibility that gun rights supporters could take matters into their own hands if Hillary Clinton is elected president and appoints judges …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Spins ‘2nd Amendment People’: He Means Their Votes — The Donald Trump campaign offered an explanation of an allusion the GOP nominee made to “the Second Amendment people” preventing Hillary Clinton from appointing Supreme Court justices — a line widely interpreted to be a reference …
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New York Daily News:
Donald Trump appears to encourage gun rights advocates to shoot Hillary Clinton: 'If she gets …
Donald Trump appears to encourage gun rights advocates to shoot Hillary Clinton: 'If she gets …
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CNN:
Trump: ‘Second Amendment people’ could deal with Clinton
Trump: ‘Second Amendment people’ could deal with Clinton
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Gabby Giffords: Trump's ‘2nd Amendment’ Line Insinuates Violence
Gabby Giffords: Trump's ‘2nd Amendment’ Line Insinuates Violence
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Trump Says Maybe ‘2nd Amendment People’ Can Stop Clinton's Supreme Court Picks
Trump Says Maybe ‘2nd Amendment People’ Can Stop Clinton's Supreme Court Picks
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Alex Altman / TIME:
Donald Trump Says ‘I Want to Debate Very Badly.’ But He Has Conditions — ‘I renegotiated the debates in the primaries, remember?’ he tells TIME — Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will commit to three debates this fall with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, but may try to re-negotiate …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Donald Trump might not debate Hillary Clinton
Why Donald Trump might not debate Hillary Clinton
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Clinton's Lead Over Trump Increases in Three Battleground States — Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in three key battleground states after the conclusion of the political conventions, including in all-important Ohio, according to a trio of new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton leads in NC for first time since March — PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds Hillary Clinton leading in the state, albeit by a narrow margin, for the first time since March. She's at 43% to 41% for Donald Trump, 7% for Gary Johnson, and 2% for Jill Stein.
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Tory Dunnan / WPTV:
Orlando shooter's father attends Hillary Clinton rally in Kissimmee — Seddique Mateen seen sitting right behind Clinton — KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Hillary Clinton spoke to a crowd in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando. She was supposed to be talking jobs, but started the speech off paying tribute …
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Sasha Goldstein / News + Opinion, Seven Days:
Bernie Sanders Buys a Summer Home in North Hero — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the proud new owner of a summer home on the Champlain Islands, Seven Days has confirmed. — The Burlington resident last week plopped down nearly $600,000 on a camp in North Hero.
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Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Roger Stone: The Clintons Recently Had Four People Murdered — Roger Stone, a longtime ally and adviser to Donald Trump, is spreading the conspiracy theory that the Clintons recently had four people murdered, including anti-Clinton writer and Holocaust denier Victor Thorn.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP buzzing about Fiorina as RNC head — Carly Fiorina's quiet outreach to state party chairs in recent days has top Republicans speculating that she's laying the groundwork for a Republican National Committee chairmanship bid. — Fiorina's advisers have reached out to more than a dozen …
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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Carly Fiorina Plotting Bid to Chair Republican National Committee
Carly Fiorina Plotting Bid to Chair Republican National Committee
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Media Matters for America:
CNN's Brian Stelter: Fox News Sent A Staffer To Date Me And Spy On Me Ten Years Ago — BRIAN STELTER: In terms of the money, this is Gabriel Sherman's reporting in New York magazine. He's been a leader on this story, wrote a book about Roger Ailes a number of years ago.
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Chicago Tribune:
Patti Blagojevich ‘dumbfounded’ as judge upholds ex-governor's 14-year prison term — Photos of Rod Blagojevich's resentencing hearing. (Chicago Tribune) — A federal judge imposed the same 14-year prison sentence on Rod Blagojevich Tuesday despite pleas for mercy from the former governor, his wife and two daughters.
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KSL-TV:
Layton police sergeant hospitalized after Subway worker allegedly puts drugs in his drink — LAYTON — A Subway employee deliberately put illegal drugs into a Layton police sergeant's drink Monday, causing the man to be hospitalized, investigators say. — Tanis Lloyd Ukena, 18 …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘We ended up kissing and kissing led to other things’: Mother, 36, and son, 19, who fell in love when they met last year after she gave him up for adoption as a baby, say they'll go to JAIL to defend their relationship — Monica Mares, 36, and her son Caleb Peterson, 19 …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Child rape victim comes forward for the first time in 40 years to call Hillary Clinton a ‘liar’ who defended her rapist by smearing her, blocking evidence and callously laughing that she knew he was guilty — ‘Hillary Clinton is not for women and children,’ says Kathy Shelton …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
The Polls Aren't Skewed: Trump Really Is Losing Badly — We've reached that stage of the campaign. The back-to-school commercials are on the air, and the “unskewing” of polls has begun — the quadrennial exercise in which partisans simply adjust the polls to get results more to their liking …
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John Noonan / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed I was a Minuteman III nuclear launch officer. Take it from me: We can't let Trump become president — A deactivated Titan II ballistic missile, used during the Cold War as a nuclear deterrent, sits in a silo in southern Arizona. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
FOX News' Medical Team: What Do Hillary Clinton's Neurological Records Show? — The ‘FOX News Medical A-Team’ talks about a photo that caught internet buzz over the weekend from February that showed Hillary Clinton needing the help of aides to walk up a set of stairs and reports of Clinton health problems in general.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Why Did Fox News Welcome Date Rape Apologist Mike Cernovich? — As Roger Ailes's sexual harassment scandal continues to unfold, Fox News is being forced to answer why Mike Cernovich was invited to be a guest on ‘Red Eye.’ — At the Fox News Channel, when it rains, it pours.
Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Uncovers New Batch of Hillary Clinton Emails — Huma Abedin Emails Show Clinton Foundation Donor Demands on State Department — (Washington DC) - Judicial Watch today released 296 pages of State Department records, of which 44 email exchanges were not previously turned …
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South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Hillary Clinton stops at Wasserman Schultz campaign headquarters — Sun Sentinel … Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton gave a boost to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Tuesday afternoon. — “Please do everything you can to make sure Debbie has a resounding victory on Aug 30th …
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