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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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Raw Story
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
As early voting looms, Donald Trump is running out of time
As early voting looms, Donald Trump is running out of time
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The Week
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.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton to Take on Trump on the Economy
The Note: Clinton to Take on Trump on the Economy
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Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Expected to Release 2015 Tax Returns
Hillary Clinton Expected to Release 2015 Tax Returns
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Independent Journal Review
Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Donald Trump calls Obama the ‘founder of Isis’
Donald Trump calls Obama the ‘founder of Isis’
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Politico, CNN, RedState and Daily Wire
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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Post On Politics, Talking Points Memo, The New Civil Rights Movement and The American Mirror
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Former Florida Rep. Mark Foley sits behind Trump at rally
Former Florida Rep. Mark Foley sits behind Trump at rally
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South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Trump has potentially embarrassing supporter — Mark Foley — behind him at Sunrise rally
Trump has potentially embarrassing supporter — Mark Foley — behind him at Sunrise rally
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AOL, Washington Times, CNN and The Week
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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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana — The Obama administration has denied a bid by two Democratic governors to reconsider how it treats marijuana under federal drug control laws, keeping the drug for now, at least, in the most restrictive category for U.S. law enforcement purposes.
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Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
U.S. will affirm its prohibition on medical marijuana
U.S. will affirm its prohibition on medical marijuana
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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.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Too good to check: Sean Hannity's tale of a Trump rescue — “The Trump campaign has confirmed to Hannity.com that Mr. Trump did indeed send his plane to make two trips from North Carolina to Miami, Florida to transport over 200 Gulf War Marines back home.” — quote in article titled …
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Media Matters for America and The Week
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 …
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CNN:
Secret Service spoke to Trump campaign about 2nd Amendment comment
Secret Service spoke to Trump campaign about 2nd Amendment comment
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Matthew Cooper / Newsweek:
IS DONALD TRUMP REALLY BEING AUDITED BY THE IRS? — U.S. DONALD TRUMP TAXES 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN — Donald Trump has broken with a 40-year-old tradition of U.S. presidential candidates making public their tax returns because he claims to be under audit by the IRS …
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Duane Patterson / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Donald Trump Makes A Return Visit … The audio: — 08-11hhs-trump — The transcript: — HH: And I'm pleased now to welcome Donald Trump. Mr. Trump, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show. — DT: Yes, good morning. — HH: We're a little bit late, so I hope I get a little reprieve on the time that Hope gave me.
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The Hill, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
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. …
The Hill:
Gloom sets in for GOP — Gloom is setting in for GOP lawmakers and strategists who increasingly think Donald Trump — will lose the presidential race and their party will be left in the political wilderness. — “I'm not feeling great about the immediate future of the conservative movement right now …
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Raw Story
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Obama Unveils ‘Encore’ Summer Playlist — Still in the early stretch of his 16-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard, President Obama released today his 2016 summer playlist, and one artist is notably missing. — This is the second time Obama has released his favorite songs on Spotify.
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Politico, Business Insider, CBS Philly and AOL
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.
Simon Holmes / Daily Mail:
Woman tells police she was RAPED by a Pokemon Go character after she felt an ‘assault’... and the virtual reality game detected the creature in her bedroom — Police say a young woman has lodged a formal complaint that she has been raped - by a Pokemon. — She told officers …
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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.
Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer:
Ted Strickland steps into controversy by cheering the timing of Justice Antonin Scalia's death — Strickland, Portman close in poll Other surveys show the two tied or former governor narrowly ahead — Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland — a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio this year …
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Virginia Hale / Breitbart:
Christians Forced to Hide Bibles Amid Migrant Muslim Death Threats — Bundestag member Erika Steinbach and Iranian-born pastor Mahin Mousapour called for much stronger sanctions for Muslims who abuse Christians in Germany at a press conference on Monday. — Highlighting the fact Christians …
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Daily Mail