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Secret Service spoke to Trump campaign about 2nd Amendment comment — (CNN)A US Secret Service official confirms to CNN that the USSS has spoken to the Trump campaign regarding his Second Amendment comments. — “There has been more than one conversation” on the topic, the official told CNN.
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
Study: Nets Squash Hillary's Terror Woes to Scold Trump's Gun Remark — Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should have been forced to deal with campaign messes on Tuesday, but the three networks only treated the Republican's problem as a huge gaffe worthy of extensive coverage.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Up 6 on Trump in Two-Way Race in Bloomberg National Poll — The findings suggest damage has been done to one of Trump's main calling cards, his business expertise. — McCormickJohn — Hillary Clinton has retained most of the bounce she received after the Democratic National Convention …
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Donald Trump's most WTF moments happen when he tries to speak conservative — Why Trump's comments on subjects like guns and abortion end up sounding monstrous. — What the hell is a “Second Amendment person”? — It's not a phrase gun rights supporters typically use to describe themselves.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Of Course Hillary Wants to ‘Abolish’ the Second Amendment — Before he made his reprehensible “Second Amendment people” joke yesterday, Donald Trump said once again that Hillary Clinton wants “to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment.” — Whenever Trump says this the press works itself …
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Natalie DiBlasio / USA Today:
‘History is watching’: Dan Rather rips Trump in epic Facebook rant — 44k Shares — Dan Rather, formerly of CBS Evening News, took to Facebook in a scathing rant after Donald Trump implied that people with guns could stop Hillary Clinton as president from appointing anti-gun judges.
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Secret Service Spoke To Trump Camp About 2nd Amendment Line — A Secret Service official reportedly confirmed that the agency has spoken to the Trump campaign regarding the candidate's Tuesday remark about how “Second Amendment people” could take action against a Clinton presidency.
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David S. Cohen / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Assassination Dog Whistle Was Even Scarier Than You Think
Trump's Assassination Dog Whistle Was Even Scarier Than You Think
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Tyler Pager / Politico:
Trump pleads innocence in Second Amendment scandal
Trump pleads innocence in Second Amendment scandal
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New York Daily News:
Trump must go: Hinting at assassination is too much, even for him
Trump must go: Hinting at assassination is too much, even for him
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Grant Smith / Reuters:
One-in-five U.S. Republicans want Trump to drop out: Reuters/Ipsos poll
One-in-five U.S. Republicans want Trump to drop out: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Trump Resurrects Worries on His Character and Nation's Violent Past
Trump Resurrects Worries on His Character and Nation's Violent Past
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Top adviser: Trump not ‘artful’ when he speaks
Top adviser: Trump not ‘artful’ when he speaks
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
House GOPer Defends Trump's ‘2nd Amendment’ Line: He's Not ‘Articulate’
House GOPer Defends Trump's ‘2nd Amendment’ Line: He's Not ‘Articulate’
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Newly released Clinton emails shed light on relationship between State Dept. and Clinton Foundation — Washington (CNN)Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state raise questions about the nature of the department's relationship with the Clinton Foundation.
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
E-Mails by Clinton Aides Show State-Foundation Links
E-Mails by Clinton Aides Show State-Foundation Links
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Emails Renew Questions About Clinton Foundation and State Dept. Overlap
Emails Renew Questions About Clinton Foundation and State Dept. Overlap
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman Backing Trump: He'll Bring Change, But It Might Not Be Good — T.j. Kirkpatrick / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie defended his support for Donald Trump in a radio interview on Wednesday, saying that the Republican nominee …
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
The GOP must dump Trump — The Muslim ban, the David Duke denial, the “Mexican” judge flap, the draft dodger denigrating John McCain's military service, the son of privilege attacking an immigrant Gold Star mother and the constant revisionism and lying about past political positions taken …
Washington Post:
TRUMP: A TRUE STORY — The mogul, in a 2007 deposition, had to face up to a series of falsehoods and exaggerations. And he did. Sort of. — Hover over the claims above for more information … By David A. Fahrenthold and Robert O'Harrow Jr. August 10, 2016
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Three Republican Judges Restore Wisconsin's Voter Suppression Law — BREAKING: Three Republican Judges Restore Wisconsin Voter Suppression Law — In a boost to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, an especially conservative panel of three Republican-appointed judges stayed …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
In Wisconsin, a controversial voter ID law could help choose the president
In Wisconsin, a controversial voter ID law could help choose the president
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Hillary Clinton / Deseret News:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton: What I have in common with Utah leaders — religious freedom and the Constitution — Editor's note: The Deseret News has asked the major presidential candidates to share their views with our readers. Last week, we published an op-ed from Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Family of slain DNC staffer: Those attempting to politicize death are ‘causing more harm than good’ — The family of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich is calling on conspiracy theorists to stop speculating about factually baseless connections between his death and a WikiLeaks hack.
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
WikiLeaks Is Fanning a Conspiracy Theory That Hillary Murdered a DNC Staffer
WikiLeaks Is Fanning a Conspiracy Theory That Hillary Murdered a DNC Staffer
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
New audio: Ted Strickland jokes that Scalia's death came ‘at a good time’ — Ohio Senate candidate Ted Strickland joked about the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday, saying it came “at a good time” for union workers since he was unable to cast the deciding vote in a March case that ended up in a 4-4 deadlock.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem Senate candidate: Scalia's death ‘happened at a good time’
Dem Senate candidate: Scalia's death ‘happened at a good time’
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Katy Tur / Marie Claire:
My Crazy Year with Trump — The presidential hopeful has insulted reporter Katy Tur on national TV, called her names during interviews, and made his campaign seemingly impossible to cover. Here, her no-holds-barred account of trailing the most unlikely candidate in GOP history.
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Is In Fourth Place Among Black Voters — It wasn't that long ago that Donald Trump liked to boast about his support from black voters. And although Trump had a history of controversy on issues of race, it wasn't that crazy to think he could at least outperform the GOP's …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Christie Disputes Ex-Aide's Claim He ‘Lied’ About Bridgegate — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is disputing a former aide's claim, made public in court filings Wednesday, that he “lied” about being certain his senior staffers had no knowledge of the 2013 Bridgegate scandal. — “I absolutely dispute it.
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David Porter / Associated Press:
Former aide in text: Christie ‘flat out lied’ in bridge case
Former aide in text: Christie ‘flat out lied’ in bridge case
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Poll: Clinton's lead over Trump triples in Wisconsin — Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump has tripled in Wisconsin since July, with the Democratic nominee now holding a double-digit advantage, according to a Marquette University Law School poll of likely voters released Wednesday.
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