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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Pow: It's just a 2-point race, Clinton 38%, Trump 36% — The convention polling bumps for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are over, and they are practically even, according to a new poll of likely voters. — A Zogby Analytics survey provided to Secrets Tuesday shows:
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Trump unpopularity fuels wide lead for Clinton in new Virginia poll — Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead over Donald Trump in Virginia, with disdain for the Republican presidential nominee helping Clinton overcome her own vulnerabilities, a new Washington Post poll finds.
Clinton Leads / Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Florida — Hillary Clinton holds a 9 point lead over Donald Trump in the crucial swing state of Florida. — The Monmouth University Poll also finds incumbent Marco Rubio leading either of his two main Democratic challengers to retain his U.S. Senate seat, although by varying margins.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Leads By Only 6 in Texas — PPP's new Texas poll finds a relatively tight race, at least on the curve of recent Presidential election results in the state. Donald Trump leads with 44% to 38% for Hillary Clinton, 6% for Gary Johnson, 2% for Jill Stein, and less than half a percent (0) for Evan McMullin.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: 'I don't wanna change' — Even as he sags in the polls both nationally and in nearly a dozen battleground states, Donald Trump must remain Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee said Tuesday. — Trump acknowledged that he should probably adjust his tactics to shore …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham: I Think Trump Is Going To Lose — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he thinks Donald Trump is going to lose the election. Graham, who has said he's not voting for Trump, argued that demographics and Trump's rhetoric make it nearly impossible for him to win.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
A GOP Congressman Thinks Trump Is Trying To Lose To Help Clinton — Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, one of the first congressman to say he would not vote for Donald Trump in November, says he believes the Republican nominee is trying to lose on purpose to help Hillary Clinton.
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NBC News:
Why Is Donald Trump's Campaign Sitting on $82 Million? — Donald Trump calls for ‘extreme vetting’ of immigrants to the US 1:53 — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
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Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Rick Perry Says Khizr Khan ‘Struck the First Blow’ in Trump Feud: ‘Shame on You’
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New York Times:
Rogers Ailes to Advise Donald Trump Ahead of Presidential Debates — Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman ousted last month over charges of sexual harassment, is advising Donald J. Trump as he begins to prepare for the all-important presidential debates this fall.
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Adviser Clarifies: Clinton Should Be Executed, Not Assassinated — Trump adviser Al Baldasaro clarified for the record Tuesday that he doesn't think Hillary Clinton should be assassinated, but rather thinks she should be shot by firing squad for “treason.”
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Shira Schoenberg / Union-News:
Trump adviser Al Baldasaro: Hillary Clinton should be shot for treason, not assassinated
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Univision is buying Gawker Media for $135 million — Sold! — Asa Mathat — Univision has won the auction for Gawker Media. — The TV network and digital publisher has agreed to pay $135 million for the bankrupt blog network, according to a person familiar with the deal.
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
What You Need to Know About Hillary Clinton Interview Notes FBI Gave to Congress — The FBI provided Congress today with notes from the investigation of Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information over her private email server. — Republican lawmakers have pushed for the FBI …
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
FBI Hands Over Hillary Clinton Email Probe Materials to Congress
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New York Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani blames his use of ‘abbreviated’ language for 9/11-forgetting gaffe, claim no terror attacks happened ‘before Obama came along’ — OMG, Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday he obvs hasn't forgotten about 9/11 and claimed that his remark was totes “misinterpreted” because he simply likes to speak in “abbreviated” language.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Giuliani: I Didn't Forget 9/11, I Was Using ‘Abbreviated Language’
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Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine:
John McLaughlin, The McLaughlin Group Host Since 1982, Dead at 89 — John McLaughlin, the host of TV's The McLaughlin Group since its debut in January 1982, died on Tuesday at age 89. — The political commentator's passing comes just days after he missed his first hosting …
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Please share and spread the word . This is our family's official statement. Thank you. — Jabara Family Statement on the Murder of Khalid Jabara — August 15, 2016 — On Friday night, our world was shattered when our brother, Khalid Jabara, was murdered on the front porch of our family home.
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Man's ‘unusual fixation’ with Lebanese neighbors led to killing, Tulsa police say
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Dan Elsom / New York Post:
Penis crushes pole vaulter's Olympic dream — Originally Published By: — Never before has a member of the male species wished for a smaller manhood. — Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita will be ruing the size of his phallus after it caused him to foul during the qualifying rounds at the Rio Olympics.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Insurer exit darkens ObamaCare picture — Aetna's decision to pull back from ObamaCare is fueling new questions about the long-term viability of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). — When United Healthcare announced in April that it was leaving most ObamaCare marketplaces in 2017 …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
This certainly doesn't look good for Obamacare
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Milo / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Just Overtook The Democrats On Gay Rights — The madman has actually done it. God-Emperor Daddy — known to the rest of you as Republican presidential candidate Donald J Trump — has just outflanked Hillary Clinton on the Left and announced what can only be described as an ultra-progressive immigration policy.
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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Yachting with the enemy: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner take the jet skis out and relax on Democratic Hollywood billionaire David Geffen's $200m mega-yacht off the coast of Croatia — The pair are vacationing on the Rising Sun, the $200million yacht belonging to billionaire Hollywood executive David Geffen
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Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Trump Casinos' Tax Debt Was $30 Million. Then Chris Christie Took Office. — By the time Chris Christie became governor of New Jersey, the state's auditors and lawyers had been battling for several years to collect long-overdue taxes owed by the casinos founded by his friend Donald J. Trump.
Roger Stone / The Hill:
Can the 2016 election be rigged? You bet — has said publicly that he fears the next election will be rigged. Based both on technical capability and recent history, Trump's concerns are not unfounded. — A recent study by Stanford University proved that Hillary Clinton
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Jason Nichols / The Hill:
Would racism exist if there had been no US slavery? — As I sat on a shady park bench on a sweltering day in New York City, I had a leisurely conversation with a friend who was hosting me for the weekend. He and I often find ourselves on opposite sides of hot button political issues …
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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Feds Holding Summits forLesbian Farmers — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is holding summits to promote the role of lesbian farmers as a part of its “Rural Pride” campaign. — The agency is working with singer and LGBT activist Cyndi Lauper for a “day of conversation” …
Caitlin Gibson / Washington Post:
The abortion rights movement is bolder than it's been in years. That's Cecile Richards's plan. — On the morning of one of the most important days in her career, Cecile Richards waited anxiously in her office at Planned Parenthood headquarters in Manhattan, texting furiously with friends across the country.
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Politico:
Trump issues ‘pledge to the American people’ — Donald Trump issued a “pledge to the American people” on Tuesday night via his Facebook page, vowing to treat all Americans equally and “reject bigotry and hatred and oppression in all its forms.” — “This is my pledge to the American people …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump campaign circles the wagons around Manafort — Donald Trump's campaign defended its embattled chairman, Paul Manafort, on Tuesday, pushing back against reports that the former consultant had received secret cash payments from a deposed Ukrainian leader with close ties to the Kremlin …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
The GOP's Chances Of Holding The Senate Are Following Trump Downhill — Donald Trump's post-conventions polling slump seems to be having an effect on the Republican Party's U.S. Senate candidates. We thought this might happen: There's been an increasingly strong relationship between …
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The Local:
Sex pigs halt traffic after laser attack on Pokémon teens — Tiny Insjön in central Sweden isn't known for pig mask-wearing couples shooting lasers at Pokémon hunters before having sex against a waterwheel. But that could be about to change.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump's Post Advocating For Intervention In Libya Is Still On His Facebook — If you are looking for evidence that Donald Trump initially supported an intervention in Libya despite now calling the U.S. action there a “disaster,” look no further than Trump's own Facebook page …
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