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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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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: The Republican Party's Chairman's Warning to Donald Trump — Turn around his flailing campaign, or else... Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told Donald Trump in a phone call last week that if he doesn't turn his flailing campaign around …
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CNN, New Urban Legends, Guardian, Hot Air, Occupy Democrats and Daily Wire
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Dozens of Republicans to urge RNC to cut off funds for Trump — More than 70 Republicans have signed an open letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus urging him to stop spending any money to help Donald Trump win in November and shift those contributions to Senate and House races.
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RedState and The Daily Beast
TIME:
“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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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story and Daily Wire
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
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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Cites Iraq Withdrawal He Passionately Supported To Say Obama “Founded ISIS”
Trump Cites Iraq Withdrawal He Passionately Supported To Say Obama “Founded ISIS”
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Donald Trump: I meant that Obama founded ISIS, literally
Donald Trump: I meant that Obama founded ISIS, literally
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Mediaite, Independent Journal Review, Politicus USA, Political Wire, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Donald Trump calls Obama the ‘founder of Isis’
Donald Trump calls Obama the ‘founder of Isis’
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CNN, whorunsGov, Daily Wire and RedState
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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Vox, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, Refinery29, National Review, Pacific Standard, Guardian, Booman Tribune, The Stranger … and Althouse
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Brad Heath / USA Today:
DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
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Business Insider, The Daily Caller and The Week
Caryn Little / WCCB Charlotte:
Lawsuit Filed Against Trump Campaign After Charlotte Staffer Accused Of Pulling Gun — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A lawsuit was filed against the Donald J. Trump campaign for president due to an incident allegedly involving a Trump staffer pulling a gun on another staffer.
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Talking Points Memo, New York Daily News, Daily Wire and NBC News
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Nick Ochsner / WBTV-TV:
Lawsuit: Trump campaign failed to act after staffer pulled gun
Lawsuit: Trump campaign failed to act after staffer pulled gun
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Washington Times, AOL and Raw Story
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
The Other Olympic Sport in Rio: Swiping — One athlete poses in his full team kit. Others post their Olympic bedspreads as their profile pictures. When they're not competing, they're ready to date. — RIO DE JANEIRO — I expect you've heard the legend of the athletes' village …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
This Daily Beast Grindr Stunt Is Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical
This Daily Beast Grindr Stunt Is Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ivan Levingston / CNBC:
Trump just confirmed every Republican's worst fear — Regulations, Obamacare and taxes are destroying economy: Donald Trump — Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, shares is thoughts on what is hurting the U.S. economy. — Donald Trump told CNBC on Thursday that he will either win …
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Business Insider and Daily Kos
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
House report fuels new campaign brawl over Obama and ISIL — The early findings of a Republican congressional probe that faults the Pentagon for overly optimistic intelligence reports about the war against the Islamic State is providing new fodder for the growing partisan fight …
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ABC News, U.S. House of … and Liberty Unyielding
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump escalates claim that Obama founded ISIL
Trump escalates claim that Obama founded ISIL
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ABC News, Eclectablog and The American Spectator
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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Mediaite, The Week and Media Matters for America
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Secretly Censored Abusive Responses To President Obama — The move was conducted in secret, according to well-placed sources. — In 2015, then-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive and hateful replies to President Barack Obama during …
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Mediaite, Heat Street, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Engadget and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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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Talking Points Memo, CNBC, Scripting News and Mediaite
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton's agenda would flounder in Congress. Here are seven reasons why. — THE BIG IDEA: — Hillary Clinton is trying to win a mandate to enact an ambitious economic agenda. During a rally in Des Moines yesterday afternoon, the Democratic nominee said she could create 10.4 million new jobs as president.
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New York Daily News, CBS New York, Balkinization, AOL, Business Insider and CBS Chicago
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Bob Woodward: ‘Excessive Rhetoric’ From Clinton Backers Is ‘Feeding’ Trump — Famed investigative reporter Bob Woodward suggested Thursday morning that “excessive rhetoric” from Donald Trump's opponents was feeding the bombastic billionaire's increasingly controversial remarks.
Jennifer Pagliarocity Hall / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford crack video released after charges dropped against Sandro Lisi — Watch the video that triggered the country's biggest political scandal. Warning: video contains graphic language. — The public can now watch the video that touched off the biggest political scandal in Toronto's history.
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Sputnik International, New Urban Legends, NOLA River, Business Insider and Independent Journal Review
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Steve King: Clinton ‘is somebody I can work with’ — Make no mistake: U.S. Rep. Steve King is voting for Donald Trump in November. — But the outspoken conservative congressman from northwest Iowa on Thursday suggested he could work with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
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Politico, Mediaite, Independent Journal Review and The Week
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Gathering Storm — In turbulent and interesting times such as these, as Donald Trump rumbles on from outrage to outrage, we're all on the look out for people who take some courageous or moral stand. Is this or that Republican taking a stand against Trump and saying they can't support him?
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: Dems could force Senate vote on Garland — (D-Nev.) on Thursday left the door open for Democrats to potentially use a procedural tactic to force a vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. — “We have a couple of options, and we're deciding when to do that and if we should do it …
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Political 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?”
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Hannity Angrily Rants Against Republicans ‘Sabotaging’ Trump, Names Names — An angry Sean Hannity kicked off his show tonight with a rant against #NeverTrump Republicans and named names. — Hannity specifically called out Bill Kristol, Mitt Romney, Senator Susan Collins, Jeb Bush …
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Washington Times, Hot Air and twitchy.com
Fox News:
Officer who accidentally shot 73-year-old woman ‘was going to kill somebody,’ lawyer claims — The lawyer for a man who lodged an excessive force complaint against the Florida cop who mistakenly shot and killed a 73-year-old woman Tuesday said he'd warned people the officer “was going to kill somebody.”
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Bearing Arms
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.
Kate Vershov Downing / shift.newco.co:
Letter of Resignation from the Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission — Dear City Council Members and Palo Alto Residents, — This letter serves as my official resignation from the Planning and Transportation Commission. My family has decided to move to Santa Cruz.
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