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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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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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Reuters, Booman Tribune, Little Green Footballs, RedState, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Washington Post, Heat Street and Cincinnati.com


Trump warns GOP he could stop fundraising
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The Gateway Pundit, AFF, mrctv.org/videos, The Wrap, Heat Street and TIME

Priebus on Trump: 'Don't believe the garbage you read'
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Talking Points Memo and Rush Limbaugh

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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Hillary Clinton Releases 2015 Tax Returns as Tim Kaine Releases 10 Years' Worth
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Politico, AFF, Washington Post, Campaign for America's Future, taxpolicycenter.org, RedState, Associated Press and CNBC

EXCLUSIVE: Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway

Trump demanded Obama's records. But he's not releasing his own.
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ABC News


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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The Gateway Pundit, The Smoking Gun, RT and The Daily Caller
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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


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 and Occupy Democrats
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Trump Surrogate Declares Obama Is a Muslim: ‘If It Acts Like a Duck...’
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alan.com and Balloon Juice


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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Clinton well ahead in several battlegrounds, new poll shows
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ABC News

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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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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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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WND and Joe.My.God.


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.

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.

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

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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The Atlantic, Guardian, Washington Post, The Diplomat and NPR

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.
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Star Tribune


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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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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Washington Times


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 Cannabist, Liberal Values, Business Insider and Scientific American


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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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 …


Gun control goes on the ballot — Stymied on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures, supporters of stricter gun control measures are taking their cause to the ballot box. — Voters in four states will decide ballot measures relating to gun control this November.


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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FOX News Radio and BizPac Review

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 …