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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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Hullabaloo and Townhall.com
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Trump's run at blue Connecticut — Donald Trump's poll numbers are faltering in deep-red states from South Carolina to Georgia, his organization is a mess in perhaps the most important county in Ohio, and he admits that he has a “tremendous problem” in Utah, which hasn't gone Democratic since 1964.
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Outside the Beltway and Hot Air

Trump's Missing Money
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The Hill, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and bradford-delong.com


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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RedState, The Daily Caller, Guardian and Business Insider
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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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BizPac Review, Infowars, Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit

Guccifer 2.0 hacked DCCC
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The Gateway Pundit, Politico, Computerworld, Mother Jones, The Smoking Gun, CANNONFIRE and RT


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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Bill Clinton talks email controversy: ‘Biggest load of bull’ — Las Vegas (CNN)The Black Eyed Peas' “I Gotta Feeling” began to play — Bill Clinton's cue to get off the stage. — But the former president, addressing a gathering of the Asian American Journalists Association …


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

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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BuzzFeed, Political Wire and Weekly Standard

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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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. and WBUR


Clinton gains big edge in swing-state polls — has a substantial lead over Donald Trump — in four key battleground states, according to new polls released Friday. — Clinton leads Trump in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Colorado — the last two by double digits — in the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
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Slate, Washington Post, AOL, NBC News, RT, The New Civil Rights Movement and Lawyers, Guns & Money


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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Associated Press, The Week, Mediaite and Guardian
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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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Washington Monthly and ABC News
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Trump: I'll only lose Pennsylvania ‘if cheating goes on’
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electionlawblog.org and Politico


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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The Week, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and RedState


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


Once Skeptical of Executive Power, Obama Has Come to Embrace It — Mr. Obama will leave the White House as one of the most prolific authors of major regulations in presidential history.

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.

Why Trump's Crazy Talk About Obama and ISIS Matters — On Thursday morning, Donald Trump doubled down on his latest verbal outrage: the claim that President Obama was the “founder” of isis. Actually, the Republican Presidential nominee tripled down. Appearing on CNBC's “Squawk Box,” …
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Daily Kos


Roaches Love This Disgusting Heat So Much, It Makes Them Want to Fly — The aroma of steamy garbage isn't the only thing that will be filling the air in this week's oppressive heat and humidity. — Apparently, a delightful side effect of New York City in the summertime is that it's …
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Raw Story, NBC News, WNYC News and The Awl - Medium


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


Brooklyn, Can You Hear Her? Barbra Streisand Still Sounds Amazing. — I know what you're thinking. So let's just get it out of the way: Like buttah. Like satin. Like whatever that perfume is that Elizabeth Taylor hawked. Oh, right: White Diamonds. Barbra Streisand sounded like diamonds.

Explaining Nationalist Political Views: The Case of Donald Trump — Abstract: — The 2016 US presidential nominee Donald Trump has broken with the policies of previous Republican Party presidents on trade, immigration, and war, in favor of a more nationalist and populist platform.
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A massive new study debunks a widespread theory for Donald Trump's success
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New York Magazine, Marginal REVOLUTION, Vox and bradford-delong.com