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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump On Election Strategy: 'I Don't Know That We Need To Get Out The Vote' — Donald Trump trumpeted a confident assessment of his campaign on Thursday night, saying there was no need for him to encourage voters to head to the polls on election day. — Asked by Fox News' Eric Bolling …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump warns GOP he could stop fundraising — on Thursday issued a threat to stop fundraising for the Republican Party after a report emerged that party officials could focus resources on down-ballot candidates. — “I mean, if it is true, that's OK too because all I have to do is stop funding …
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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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump can't win — Republican insiders are more convinced than Democrats that Donald Trump is so far behind Hillary Clinton that he can't win in November. — Roughly half of Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus — activists, strategists and operatives in 11 swing states …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Priebus on Trump: 'Don't believe the garbage you read'
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump team, RNC to meet at pivotal moment
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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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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway — Multiple FBI investigations are underway involving potential corruption charges against the Clinton Foundation, according to a former senior law enforcement official. — The investigation centers on New York City …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Releases 2015 Tax Returns as Tim Kaine Releases 10 Years' Worth — Hillary Clinton today released her 2015 tax returns while running mate Sen. Tim Kaine released 10 years' worth of his. — The information shows that she paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2 percent …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump demanded Obama's records. But he's not releasing his own.
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Mother Jones:
Clinton Releases Tax Returns, Upping Pressure on Trump to Show His (Or Maybe Not)
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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.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton well ahead in several battlegrounds, new poll shows
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Widens Lead Over Donald Trump in Battleground States
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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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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate Declares Obama Is a Muslim: ‘If It Acts Like a Duck...’
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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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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem accuses Trump of sabotaging own campaign — Facing friendly fire from GOP critics and lagging in the polls, Donald Trump — is trying to sink his own campaign, Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) contended Thursday. — “It appears as if he knows he will not be the next president of the United States …
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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.
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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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Denies Request To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday denied Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's request that the state be allowed to enforce a recently passed anti-LGBT religious exemption law while the state appeals …
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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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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
McConnell: GOP chances to keep Senate are ‘very dicey’ — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate after the November elections are “very dicey,” sounding an alarm amid mounting Republican concerns about presidential nominee Donald Trump,
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ThinkProgress:
The NRA's Favorite Gun “Academic” Is A Fraud — The journalistic quest for neutrality has led to a sacrifice of intellectual integrity. — By Devin Hughes and Evan DeFilippis — The United States seems to be in a perpetual cycle mourning mass shootings in the country.
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Liz Crokin / The New York Observer:
Tech Companies Apple, Twitter, Google, and Instagram Collude to Defeat Trump — There is no such thing as Pro-Trump free speech as Clinton corporate allies serve up a carefully curated view of the campaign — My dad always told me that conservative candidates have to work twice as hard …
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Martin Rogers / USA Today:
American Simone Manuel speaks out on police brutality, race after earning Olympic gold — RIO DE JANEIRO - American swimmer Simone Manuel spoke out about the United States' police brutality controversy after claiming a historic gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics on Thursday night.
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Trump closes up shop in New Jersey — Donald Trump and his supporters claimed, once the Republican nomination was wrapped up, that traditionally blue New Jersey could be in play come November. — With great fanfare, Trump's campaign opened a New Jersey office on May 3 in Edison …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rupert Murdoch announces new leadership for Fox News — Rupert Murdoch named Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine co-presidents of Fox News on Friday, while also announcing other leadership changes. — Abernethy was Fox Television Stations CEO while Shine was senior executive vice president.
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Hillary Clinton Vows To Do What Obama Hasn't — Reschedule Marijuana — She's expressing strong support for loosening restrictions. — On Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced it won't reschedule marijuana from a Scheduled I controlled substance, meaning that in the eyes …
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The Daily Beast:
A Note From the Editors — Today, The Daily Beast took an unprecedented but necessary step: We are removing an article from our site, “The Other Olympic Sport In Rio: Swiping.” — The Daily Beast does not do this lightly. As shared in our editor's note earlier today …
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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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