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New York Times:
Inside the Failing Mission to Save Donald Trump From Himself — Donald J. Trump was in a state of shock: He had just fired his campaign manager and was watching the man discuss his dismissal at length on CNN. The rattled candidate's advisers and family seized the moment for an intervention.
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New Century Times, alan.com, Liberal Values, Mediaite and Balloon Juice
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Spox Katrina Pierson: We Weren't in Afghanistan Until Obama Decided to Go In — Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson has once again blamed President Obama for something that happened years before he took office. — Remember how Pierson blamed Obama for Captain Humayun Khan's death in 2004?
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ThinkProgress, Little Green Footballs, The Atlantic and Joe.My.God.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Trump Spokesperson Says Obama Invaded Afghanistan. He Didn't. — He was a state senator at the time. — A spokesperson for Donald Trump's presidential campaign has blamed President Barack Obama for invading Afghanistan a foreign policy decision he never made.
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The New Civil Rights Movement
BBC:
Switzerland Salez attack: Knifeman sets fire to Swiss train — A knifeman has set fire to a train in north-eastern Switzerland, leaving six people in hospital with stab wounds and burns, police say. — The suspect, described as a Swiss man aged 27, was also taken to hospital …
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Zoie O'Brien / Daily Express:
BREAKING: Horror as seven stabbed in fire and knife attack on train in Switzerland
BREAKING: Horror as seven stabbed in fire and knife attack on train in Switzerland
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Pamela Geller and RT
CNN:
Republicans question Trump's travel choices, tight purse strings — Washington (CNN)The last time Connecticut voted for a Republican presidential candidate, Americans were listening to music on cassette tapes and most cell phones were the size of shoe boxes.
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neo-neocon, Hullabaloo and twitchy.com
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's run at blue Connecticut
Trump's run at blue Connecticut
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The Huffington Post and Outside the Beltway
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Does Sean Hannity Want Hillary to Win? — Rather than hold Trump to his promise to pivot, Hannity is defending Trump's shtick. … Dear Reader (including Vanilla Ice, because we now live in a world where that's possible), — This is an honest question: Does Sean Hannity want Hillary Clinton to be president?
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Mediaite and Townhall.com
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Hacker Reveals Personal Information for Almost 200 Democrats — Guccifer 2.0 says records stolen as part of breach of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — WASHINGTON—A hacker posted cellphone numbers and other personal information of nearly 200 current and former congressional Democrats …
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Common Dreams, Fox News, The Daily Caller, RedState, AFF, NBC News, Guardian and Business Insider
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Hacker publishes House Dems' cell phone numbers
Hacker publishes House Dems' cell phone numbers
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ABC News, CNN, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, The Week, BizPac Review and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Frustration abundant, GOP could be near breaking point Trump — ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — The Republican Party could be nearing a breaking point with Donald Trump. — As he skips from one gaffe to the next, GOP leaders in Washington and in the most competitive states have begun openly contemplating turning …
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alan.com
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
SEE ALL 223 STORIES — Bill Clinton is accusing the FBI director of serving up “the biggest load of bull I've ever heard” — marking the first significant public comments from the husband of the Democratic nominee on the scandal that's plagued his wife's campaign for over a year.
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Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
After Mexican “Rapists” Comment, Ivanka Trump Wrote An Unused Clarification — In a deposition earlier this summer, Ivanka Trump said she drafted a statement last summer in the wake of her father's comments about the “rapists” that Mexico sends to the United States — though she denied …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Booman Tribune
Nicola Slawson / Guardian:
Kenny Baker, actor behind R2-D2, dies — The 3ft 8in actor, who starred in six Star Wars films as well as Time Bandits and Flash Gordon, was 83 — The British actor who played R2-D2 in the Star Wars films has died at the age of 83 after a long illness. — Kenny Baker, who was 3ft 8in tall …
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The Atlantic, Page Six, AOL, NPR, CBS Chicago, The Verge, NBC News and Mashable
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 …
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Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Talking Points Memo, Guardian, NPR, Washington Post, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, twitchy.com and Weekly Standard
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump campaign launches drive to recruit ‘election observers’ — Donald Trump's campaign is seeking to recruit “election observers” following the Republican nominee's repeated claims that the general election is “rigged.” — In a move that's unprecedented in a presidential election …
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RedState, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Joe.My.God., The Hill and ABC News
Mara Siegler / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner caught in new flirty online chat — First he was Carlos Danger. Now — in yet another sexting scandal — he's a randy “mongoose.” — Sext fiend Anthony Weiner boasted of his animal prowess — claiming he was “deceptively strong . . . like a mongoose” …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Staten Island boy, 13, kills self after Holy Angels Catholic Academy staff 'didn't do anything' to stop bullying — Before he took his own life, Daniel Fitzpatrick, taunted and bullied, wrote a final, heartbreaking letter lamenting that nearly no one tried to help him.
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Gothamist and New York's PIX11
Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
Hope Solo, tolerated and excused in victory, exposes herself in Olympic defeat — RIO DE JANEIRO — It's called composure, and Hope Solo's never been overburdened with a lot of that, or grace either. The U.S. women's soccer team had their temperaments tested by a savvy, conservative Sweden in the Olympic quarterfinals and lost.
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New York Times and USA Today
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, Joe.My.God., No More Mister Nice Blog, WBUR and electionlawblog.org
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Missteps Risk Putting a Ceiling Over His Support in Swing States
Donald Trump's Missteps Risk Putting a Ceiling Over His Support in Swing States
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Althouse
Victor Mather / New York Times:
Rio Today: A Taste of Middle East Tension — An Egyptian judo player declined to shake hands with his Israeli opponent after their match on Friday, eliciting jeers from the audience. — Or Sasson of Israel defeated Islam El Shehany of Egypt in a first-round match in the heaviest weight class.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Associated Press, The Week, Mediaite and Guardian
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