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TIME.com:
Inside Donald Trump's Meltdown — Donald Trump's sinking polls, unending attacks and public blunders have the GOP reconsidering its strategy for November — When Donald Trump mucks things up, the first person to let him know is usually Republican Party boss Reince Priebus.
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“I think we're doing well” — Donald Trump has had a difficult stretch, starting with convention drama in Cleveland and continuing through two rough weeks of damaging controversies. TIME interviewed him on Aug. 9, just hours before he seemed to suggest the only remedy to a Hillary Clinton …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
North Carolina Races Tight Across The Board
North Carolina Races Tight Across The Board
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CNN:
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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Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
Trump successfully baits media into hysteria. Again. — The anti-Trump media (another name for the mainstream media) have resumed their frenzied claims that Donald Trump is out to unleash indescribable horror in the American people. The current version of doom is that he is calling …
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
Study: Nets Squash Hillary's Terror Woes to Scold Trump's Gun Remark
Study: Nets Squash Hillary's Terror Woes to Scold Trump's Gun Remark
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Donald Trump's most WTF moments happen when he tries to speak conservative
Donald Trump's most WTF moments happen when he tries to speak conservative
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Natalie DiBlasio / USA Today:
‘History is watching’: Dan Rather rips Trump in epic Facebook rant
‘History is watching’: Dan Rather rips Trump in epic Facebook rant
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Of Course Hillary Wants to ‘Abolish’ the Second Amendment
Of Course Hillary Wants to ‘Abolish’ the Second Amendment
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Secret Service Spoke To Trump Camp About 2nd Amendment Line
Report: Secret Service Spoke To Trump Camp About 2nd Amendment Line
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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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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
NRA circles the wagons around Trump
NRA circles the wagons around Trump
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New York Times:
Hack of Democrats' Accounts Was Wider Than Believed, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — A Russian cyberattack that targeted Democratic politicians was bigger than it first appeared and breached the private email accounts of more than 100 party officials and groups, officials with knowledge of the case said Wednesday.
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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump Hits Clinton on Mateen Father's Seating — as Disgraced Congressman Foley Sits Behind Him — SUNRISE, Florida — Donald Trump on Wednesday night admonished Hillary Clinton for having the father of the Orlando shooter seated behind her at a recent campaign rally. — “Wasn't it terrible?”
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Former Florida Rep. Mark Foley sits behind Trump at rally … Former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) on Wednesday sat behind Donald Trump — at the GOP nominee's rally in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Foley resigned from his position in 2006 amid allegations that he had sent sexual emails and messages …
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Nadeen Yanes / WKMG:
Survivors react to father of Pulse shooter at Clinton rally in Kissimmee
Survivors react to father of Pulse shooter at Clinton rally in Kissimmee
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Tyler Pager / Politico:
Trump: Obama ‘is the founder of ISIS’ — Republican nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday night that President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, founded ISIL. — At a rally in Sunrise, Florida, Trump once again attacked the foreign policy of Obama and Clinton, saying their policies resulted in the creation of ISIL.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: I want to do debates if there's a ‘fair moderator’ — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — on Wednesday said he “certainly” wants to take part in the presidential debates this fall, but wants to see a fair moderator. — “That's all I'm looking for,” he told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Are Neidermeyer and That Team the Bad News Bears Played — Many fondly remembered movies from my youth simply don't hold up ("Bueller, Bueller"), but 1976's The Bad News Bears is still a masterpiece. And it speaks to our current cultural and political crisis.
New York Times:
Obama Administration Set to Remove Barrier to Marijuana Research — The Obama administration is planning to remove a major roadblock to marijuana research, officials said Wednesday, potentially spurring broad scientific study of a drug that is being used to treat dozens of diseases …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana
DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana
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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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Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
Physician: Mainstream Media ‘Strangely Silent’ About Hillary Clinton's Health
Physician: Mainstream Media ‘Strangely Silent’ About Hillary Clinton's Health
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Democrat Xavier Becerra Sees House Control Within Reach — MINNETONKA, Minn. - Rep. Xavier Becerra (D., Calif.), who has been criss-crossing the country to help support Democratic challengers, predicted Democrats will win the 30 seats needed to regain control of the House if Republican Donald Trump continues to stumble.
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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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Is Trump Wrecking Both Parties? — On Aug. 7, Lee Drutman, a senior fellow at New America, a center-left Washington think tank, posted some of the findings from an Aug. 1 CNN survey on Twitter with a succinct comment: — In case you weren't convinced Democrats are becoming the cosmopolitan elite party.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Arianna Huffington to Leave the Huffington Post — Huffington Post co-founder and editor-in-chief to focus on health-and-wellness startup Thrive Global — Arianna Huffington, who co-founded the Huffington Post 11 years ago and built it into one of the largest digital media outlets in the U.S. …
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama Has Collected $19,966,110,000,000 in Taxes; Incurred $8,795,689,333,049 in Debt — (CNSNews.com) - During the 90 full months President Barack Obama has completed serving in the White House—February 2009 through July 2016—the U.S. Treasury collected approximately $19,966,110,000,000 in tax revenues …