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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump proposes ideological test for Muslim immigrants and visitors to the U.S. — Donald Trump proposed on Monday a new ideological test for all Muslim immigrants and visitors to this country, allowing entry only to “those who support our values.” — “Those who support bigotry and hatred” …
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Jihad Watch and The Atlantic
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Terrorism Plan Mixes Cold War Concepts and Limits on Immigrants — Donald J. Trump on Monday will lay out what aides described as a broad framework for combating global Islamic terrorism, invoking the Cold War era to try new approaches to limiting the influx of immigrants into the country.
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Washington Post, Boing Boing, Political Wire and Hot Air
Politico:
Full text: Donald Trump's speech on fighting terrorism
Full text: Donald Trump's speech on fighting terrorism
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Washington Post and Daily Kos
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump looking to institute political tests for immigrants
Trump looking to institute political tests for immigrants
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Washington Post, New York Magazine, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Towleroad, Daily Kos, Associated Press, Hit & Run, Mediaite, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, The New Civil Rights Movement, Politico, Independent Journal Review, ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America and ImmigrationProf Blog, more at Mediagazer »
Austin Wright / Politico:
Trump's Islamic State address: Fact or fiction?
Trump's Islamic State address: Fact or fiction?
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NBC News and Politicus USA
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump to lay out plan for combating radical Islamic terrorism
Trump to lay out plan for combating radical Islamic terrorism
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The New Civil Rights Movement and Politicus USA
Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State
Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State
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Little Green Footballs
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani didn't forget about 9/11 today. He conveniently omitted it. — There was a time in his political career when Rudy Giuliani talked about 9/11 so much that Joe Biden famously said of him that there were “only three things he mentions in a sentence: A noun, a verb and 9/11.”
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New York Daily News, New Republic, Mashable and Booman Tribune
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Giuliani: No successful terrorist attacks in US in 8 years before Obama
Giuliani: No successful terrorist attacks in US in 8 years before Obama
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Giuliani Claims There Were No Terror Attacks On US Soil Before Obama (VIDEO)
Giuliani Claims There Were No Terror Attacks On US Soil Before Obama (VIDEO)
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Slate, Raw Story, Gothamist, New York Daily News, No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice and Joe.My.God.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
GOP lays out case for charging Clinton with perjury — A pair of leading House Republicans on Monday laid out detailed instructions for the Justice Department to file perjury charges against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — More than a month after first requesting …
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Hot Air, Liberal Values, Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.
Lizzie Widdicombe / New Yorker:
Ivanka and Jared's Power Play — How the patrician couple came to have an outsized influence on a populist Presidential campaign. — The modern Presidential campaign may be the world's most sophisticated pop-up operation, a billion-dollar multilayered organization that, if it hopes to succeed …
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Talking Points Memo and Althouse
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Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Pals Ivanka Trump and Wendi Deng Murdoch Go Sightseeing in Croatia
Pals Ivanka Trump and Wendi Deng Murdoch Go Sightseeing in Croatia
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Independent Journal Review, RedState, Daily Wire, CNBC, Raw Story, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, New Urban Legends, The New Civil Rights Movement and Gawker
Peter Thiel / New York Times:
The Online Privacy Debate Won't End With Gawker — Last month, I spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland because I believe our country is on the wrong track, and we need to solve real problems instead of fighting fake culture wars. I'm glad that an arena full of Republicans stood …
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The Hill, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Towleroad, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Philly.com:
Jury: A.G. Kane guilty of perjury, obstruction, all other charges — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction and other crimes after squandering her once bright political future on an illegal vendetta against an enemy. — KATHLEEN KANE TRIAL
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Business Insider and Political Wire
CBS New York:
Man Charged With Shooting, Killing Queens Imam, Associate — NEW YORK — A man was arrested and charged late Monday with the shooting that killed an imam and his associate in Queens this past weekend. — Oscar Morel, 35, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one of criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
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DNAinfo New York, Business Insider, Mediaite and New York Magazine
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Liz Clarke / Washington Post:
Gabby Douglas, her Olympics over, tearfully responds to social media critics — RIO DE JANEIRO — As younger U.S. teammates added to their medal haul Sunday, Gabby Douglas, the Virginia Beach native who captivated the gymnastics world in winning all-around gold at the 2012 Olympics …
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Refinery29, KFOR-TV and Balloon Juice
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Pritha Sarkar / Reuters:
Gymnastics: Bullies are tormenting Douglas, says mother
Gymnastics: Bullies are tormenting Douglas, says mother
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ThinkProgress, New York Times, Independent Journal Review, Refinery29, ESPN and theGrio
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Team Trump is a disaster: It's not just the candidate — his entire staff is ill-equipped for a presidential campaign — Trump has filled out his economic policy team with a long list of wealthy donors and female right-wing cranks — Donald Trump says he isn't running …
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The Daily Caller, Guardian, New York Times and CNN
Donald Trump / Deseret News:
Exclusive: Donald Trump: Utah can help make America great again — Editor's note: The Deseret News has asked the major presidential candidates to share their views with our readers. We've published exclusive op-eds from Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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Politico, Hot Air and Talking Points Memo
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Nightly Show’ Canceled; Larry Wilmore “Saddened” By “Unblackening” at Comedy Central — The late-night talk show will end its run Thursday, with Chris Hardwick's ‘@Midnight’ serving as its temporary replacement. — It's the end of the road for Larry Wilmore's Comedy Central series The Nightly Show.
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twitchy.com, Guardian, Hot Air, Refinery29, The Atlantic, The Verge, Instapundit and Mashable
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Larry Wilmore's ‘Nightly Show’ Cancelled at Comedy Central
Larry Wilmore's ‘Nightly Show’ Cancelled at Comedy Central
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NPR, The Ringer, New York Times, Washington Free Beacon, IndieWire, Politico and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Obama ‘Tired’ of Talking About Donald Trump — President Obama took a brief break from his 16-day vacation on Martha's Vineyard to attend a Democratic National Committee fundraiser on the island, where he made a strong case for Hillary Clinton as he seemed to brush off Donald Trump.
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Mediaite and Associated Press
Daily Mail:
ISIS executes six people by BOILING them in TAR after Iraqi Sharia court accuses the men of being spies — By , TED THORNHILL FOR MAILONLINE and MARK NICOL FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY — Six people have been put to death by Isis - by being immersed in boiling vats of tar, it's been reported.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Katrina Pierson claims reporters ‘literally beat’ Trump's supporters — The Donald Trump campaign's verbal assault on the media has given “beat reporters” a new meaning. — Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson on Monday accused “left-wing reporters” of “literally” beating Trump supporters.
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RedState and Talking Points Memo
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Trump Spokeswoman Katrina Pierson: We All Make Mistakes
Trump Spokeswoman Katrina Pierson: We All Make Mistakes
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Joe.My.God.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The State of the Clinton-Trump Race: Is It Over? — It has been three weeks since Democrats gathered for their convention, and Hillary Clinton still holds a large and consistent lead in national and battleground state polls. — Her national lead over Donald J. Trump of seven …
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New York Magazine and Washington Post
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Tim Kaine's Southern night: Barbecue, beer and bluegrass on the harmonica — ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine went all in during his North Carolina visit Monday night, busting out his harmonica for an impromptu jam session with a local bluegrass band.
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ABC News
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Troll So Hard: Harry Reid Demands That Trump Take The Naturalization Test — Donald Trump will announce Monday that he wants individuals entering the U.S. to take some kind of “ideological test” before they are admitted into the country. — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) …
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Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Increase in minority voters poses problem for Trump in Florida — The complexion of Florida's electorate is becoming browner by the day, and that spells trouble for Donald Trump's presidential campaign as he struggles to attract minority voters. — Since the 2012 presidential election …
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Washington Post