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Susanne Craig / New York Times:
Trump's Empire: a Maze of Debts and Opaque Ties — On the campaign trail, Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has sold himself as a businessman who has made billions of dollars and is beholden to no one. — But an investigation by The New York Times into the financial maze …
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Business Insider, The Right Scoop, Politicus USA and Political Wire
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans prep ‘break glass’ emergency plan as Trump tumbles — Republicans, worried about preserving their House and Senate majorities in the face of fierce headwinds, are accelerating their plans to distance themselves from Donald Trump - and may soon concede, if only implicitly, his defeat.
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Politicus USA, The New Civil Rights Movement and Political Wire
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's Sickening attacks on Clinton's health — Donald Trump — he who likes to fly home at night in the comfort of his own plane to sleep in the comfort of his own bed — is at it again on the question of Hillary Clinton's stamina, or alleged lack thereof.
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CANNONFIRE, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hullabaloo, STAT and Raw Story
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Obama Announces Plans to Visit Louisiana After Donald Trump Leads the Way
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Clinton Foundation Already Set to Break Promise to Ban Foreign Donations
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Bill Palmer / Daily News Bin:
Donald Trump goes to Louisiana flooding site, spends a minute handing out Play-Doh, leaves — The Governor of Louisiana warned Donald Trump not to visit the flooded disaster area of the state if he was only coming for a photo op, which would have created a traffic jam and diverted law enforcement away …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, 24Ahead, Mock Paper Scissors, Guardian, CANNONFIRE and ABC News
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Fox News:
Trump tours La. flood damage, draws cheers as he says region will rebuild
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Patterico's Pontifications and Fox News Insider
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Win or lose, Trumpism may be here to stay in the GOP — The latest shake-up in Donald Trump's presidential campaign has jolted the Republican establishment out of denial to a new realization: Whatever happens to their nominee in November, Trumpism may well endure as a source of foment in their party.
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The Christian / Christian Science Monitor:
Trump hands his campaign to the ‘alt-right’ movement
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's New Chief Steve Bannon Called Republican Leaders ‘C**ts’
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National Review, Daily News Bin, Guardian and Mediaite
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Federal judge refers Sheriff Joe Arpaio for criminal contempt — A federal judge said Friday that he will refer Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the U.S. Attorney's Office to be charged with criminal contempt of court. — The decision comes after U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow found …
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Kimberly Hutcherson / CNN:
Judge seeks criminal contempt charges against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
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The Right Scoop and AOL
Joe Concha / The Hill:
A tale of two Louisiana disasters and media bias — If ever there was a contrast to make around “then-and-now” media coverage of a Republican and Democratic president put in similar situations and their respective reactions to it, this one definitely makes the Top 5.
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NewsBusters and The Daily Caller
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Fox News:
Judge orders Clinton to provide written answers to questions on private email use — A federal judge Friday ordered Hillary Clinton to answer questions from a conservative watchdog group about her use of a private email server when she served as secretary of state.
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Judicial Watch, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, MichelleMalkin.com, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Judge Orders Written Testimony From Hillary Clinton on Emails
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Liberal Values
Richard Yeselson / Vox:
The all-American Donald Trump: why Trump's rise could only happen here — Many smart analysts across the political spectrum have rightly situated Donald Trump's run for president in the international context of the ethno-nationalist parties found throughout Western Europe.
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New York Magazine
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
‘Idiocracy’ Director Mike Judge: Fox Killed Our Anti-Trump Camacho Ads — Back in February, screenwriter Etan Cohen (not to be confused with Ethan Cohen), who's written the celebrated comedy offerings King of the Hill, Idiocracy, and Tropic Thunder, fired off a tweet in reference …
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Mediaite, Althouse, Joe.My.God. and Business Insider
Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
WashPost Buries Iran-Ransom Admission in Middle of Page A-10 — Despite Ransom Paid for Post Reporter! — Friday's New York Times put Iran on the top of front page, left corner: “U.S. Concedes It Postponed Iran Payment: GOP Cites ‘Ransom’ to Free 3 Americans.”
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Fox News, Liberty Unyielding, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump predicts he can win 95 percent of the black vote — Donald Trump promised Friday night that if elected president, he will win 95 percent of the African-American vote in his reelection bid. — Renewing his effort to reach out to black voters at a rally Friday evening …
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The Gateway Pundit, AOL, CNN, Mock Paper Scissors, Daily Kos, The Week and Joe.My.God.
Seth Barrett Tillman / THE NEW REFORM CLUB:
Trump, Academia, and Hyperbole — I have written about 30 academic publications, and I guess there are 100s, if not 1000s, of citations to the Constitution in them. It is possible that somewhere amongst them, I miscited the Constitution. Mistakes happen.
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Chicago Boyz
Evan Perez / CNN:
First on CNN: Feds investigate Manafort firm as part of Ukraine probe — Washington (CNN)FBI and Justice Department prosecutors are conducting an investigation into possible US ties to alleged corruption of the former pro-Russian president of Ukraine, including the work of Paul Manafort's firm …
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Daily News Bin, The Atlantic, RedState, The Right Scoop, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Wire and Hot Air
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Top Firms Lawyer Up In Ukraine-Manafort Lobbying Controversy
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The Reality-Based Community and RedState
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