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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump says he will only lose Pennsylvania if there's widespread voter fraud. That's very wrong. — Donald Trump held a rally in Altoona, Pa., on Friday night, during which he told the audience that the only way Hillary Clinton could win the state was if “in certain sections of the state they cheat.”
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Guardian, WBUR and Political Wire
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Tyler Pager / Politico:
Trump: Clinton will only win Pennsylvania if ‘they cheat’ — Donald Trump again raised the specter of election fraud Friday, saying that the only way he would lose Pennsylvania is to Hillary Clinton is if “they cheat.” — The Republican nominee, speaking at a rally in Altoona, Pennsylvania …
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ABC News
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll only lose Pennsylvania ‘if cheating goes on’
Trump: I'll only lose Pennsylvania ‘if cheating goes on’
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Politico and electionlawblog.org
GUCCIFER 2.0:
Guccifer 2.0 hacked DCCC — Hi all! — It's time for new revelations now. All of you may have heard about the DCCC hack. As you see I wasn't wasting my time! It was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach. — As you see the U.S. presidential elections are becoming a farce …
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Mother Jones, The Gateway Pundit, The Smoking Gun and RT
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Hacker Publishes List Of Cell Phone Numbers, Private E-Mails For Most House Democrats — After disappearing for a couple of weeks, the hacker “Guccifer 2.0” returned late this afternoon to provide a new headache for Democrats. — In a post to his WordPress blog, the vandal …
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Infowars, Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit
Mike Cernovich / Mike Cernovich Presents Danger & Play:
Hillary Clinton Has Parkinson's Disease, Physician Confirms — Hillary's health is declining, as anyone who has looked at her can see. The question is: What condition does she have? A board certified Anesthesiologist has written a memo of Hillary's health.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING=> TOP PHYSICIAN: Hillary Clinton Has Parkinson's Disease — PHYSICIAN— HILLARY CLINTON HAS PARKINSON'S DISEASE! — Mike Cernovich and Danger and Play come through AGAIN— … INTRODUCTION— Hillary Clinton (HRC) has suffered a variety of health issues.
Bob Burnett / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Missing Money — Berkeley writer, retired Silicon Valley executive — If you're watching the Olympic games, you may have noticed “Hillary for President” ads. She's bought $13.6 million worth, while Donald Trump has bought none. In fact, since garnering the Republican nomination, he's spent $0 on TV.
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bradford-delong.com and Talking Points Memo
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Priebus on Trump: 'Don't believe the garbage you read'
Priebus on Trump: 'Don't believe the garbage you read'
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Talking Points Memo and Rush Limbaugh
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump warns GOP he could stop fundraising
Trump warns GOP he could stop fundraising
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AFF, The Gateway Pundit, mrctv.org/videos, Heat Street and The Wrap
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump NY Co-Chair: Khan Doesn't Deserve Gold Star Title — Carl Paladino, the co-chair for Donald Trump's campaign in New York, defended the Republican nominee's attacks on Khizr Khan, whose son died in Iraq in 2004, saying Khan doesn't deserve the title of a Gold Star parent because he's shown himself to be …
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Talking Points Memo, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Occupy Democrats
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate Declares Obama Is a Muslim: ‘If It Acts Like a Duck...’
Trump Surrogate Declares Obama Is a Muslim: ‘If It Acts Like a Duck...’
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alan.com and Balloon Juice
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A massive new study debunks a widespread theory for Donald Trump's success — Economic distress and anxiety across working-class white America have become a widely discussed explanation for the success of Donald Trump. It seems to make sense. Trump's most fervent supporters tend to be white men without college degrees.
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New York Magazine, Marginal REVOLUTION, Vox and bradford-delong.com
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Jonathan T. Rothwell / SSRN:
Explaining Nationalist Political Views: The Case of Donald Trump
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Site connected to Russian hackers posts Republican emails — The emails on the site, known as DCLeaks, appear to be from state party officials and former Republican presidential candidates, including Sen. Lindsey Graham — (R-S.C.). The messages range from June to October of 2015.
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CBS News:
Egyptian judo fighter refuses to shake Israeli opponent's hand — RIO DE JANEIRO — Egyptian judo fighter Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss to Israel's fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when El Shehaby refused to shake Sasson's hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
96 Percent Of Hillary's Charitable Donations In 2015 Went To Clinton Foundation — Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill deducted $1,042,000 in charitable contributions last year — $1 million of which went to their own family non-profit, the Clinton Foundation.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Buchanan: If Trump Loses, There Could Be A Revolution — In a column yesterday, Pat Buchanan warned that if Donald Trump loses the election in November, America could experience a revolution. — Buchanan, citing Trump's recent suggestion that the election could be “rigged,” …
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Daily Kos, Joe.My.God. and WND
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Donald Trump May Be Violating RNC Consent Decree Aimed at Voter Intimidation — With Trump's dangerous and irresponsible hyperventilating about voter fraud and cheating in Pennsylvania potentially costing him the election, it is probably no surprise, as reported by the Weekly Standard …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FIRST WOMAN to Medal in SIX Olympics Ignored By Media Because She is Pro-Second Amendment — So this happened. — A US shooter Kim Rhode became the first woman to medal in Olympics today. — But it didn't make many headlines. — She's pro Second Amendment.
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Independent Journal Review
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Clinton Running the Table in Key Battlegrounds — Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in some of the most diverse battleground states - including by double digits in two of them - according to four brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
6 Problems With Media's Hysterical Reaction To Trump's ISIS Comments — Back in February, candidates for the Republican nomination for president debated each other in South Carolina. The Saturday evening discussion was raucous. Donald Trump did something downright shocking for a debate …
Reuters:
U.S. drone kills Islamic State leader for Afghanistan, Pakistan: officials — The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters.
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Guardian, Washington Post, The Diplomat, The Atlantic and NPR
E. Alex Jung / Vulture:
RuPaul on His First Emmy Nomination, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton — “Do you want a pompous braggart who doesn't know anything about diplomacy? Or do you want a badass bitch who knows how to get s**t done?” — For the first time in his career, RuPaul is getting some mainstream recognition: an Emmy nomination.
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Vox
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Warns Christian Conservatives of the Costs of Gay Intolerance — Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has faced widespread condemnation for agreeing to speak at a conference alongside Christian conservatives who have denounced homosexuality and gay rights, used his speech to the group …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pieces of Silver — By now, it's obvious to everyone with open eyes that Donald Trump is an ignorant, wildly dishonest, erratic, immature, bullying egomaniac. On the other hand, he's a terrible person. But despite some high-profile defections, most senior figures in the Republican Party …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Hannah Jeffrey / Tampa Bay Times:
Pinellas sheriff: 2-week-old infant beaten to death by 6-year-old brother (w/video) — Kathleen Steele, 62, loaded her three young children into a minivan on Monday afternoon and drove to a cellphone repair shop in St. Petersburg. — 3 Months Ago 2 Months Ago
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RT, CBS New York, Associated Press, mrctv.org/videos, Raw Story and WFLA-TV
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Illinois Governor Vetoes Law That Would Have Registered 2 Million Voters — Late Friday afternoon, Illinois' Republican Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill that would have made the state the sixth in the nation to automatically register millions of voters.
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alan.com
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Ilhan Omar: Her back pages — Somali American Ilhan Omar defeated 22-term incumbent Phyllis Kahn for the nomination of the DFL to serve as the representative of House District 60B in the state legislature. Omar came in first in a three-way primary race for the nomination in Tuesday's primary.