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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump paid dearly to boost fundraising — The Donald Trump campaign's boasts of a formidable fundraising month in July spooked Democrats who feared their financial advantage could be slipping. — But a closer inspection of the campaign finance report filed just before Saturday's midnight deadline indicates …
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New York Magazine, Politicus USA, Wall Street Journal and The Right Scoop
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Alana Abramson / ABC News:
Trump Has Strong Fundraising Month, but Doesn't Catch up to Clinton — The month of July was Donald Trump's strongest fundraising month of the general election so far, but his campaign finances are still dwarfed by Hillary Clinton both in spending and fundraising.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump campaign has biggest spending month yet, but Clinton dominates financially
Trump campaign has biggest spending month yet, but Clinton dominates financially
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Hullabaloo, Media Matters for America and Raw Story
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Kellyanne Conway, Robby Mook, Reince Priebus, and Dr. Jill Stein — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON August 21, 2016 and it will be updated. — UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Starting right now on THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos: Trump shakeup.
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Politico and Politicus USA
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump aide: Plans for deportation force ‘to be determined’
Trump aide: Plans for deportation force ‘to be determined’
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TheBlaze.com, Politico, twitchy.com, Hot Air, CNN and The Week
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump campaign manager: A deportation force TBD
Trump campaign manager: A deportation force TBD
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Raw Story, Politicus USA, Washington Post, NBC News, TheStreet.com, AOL, No More Mister Nice Blog, Fox News Insider, ThinkProgress, Politico and Los Angeles Times
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
New Trump campaign manager called on him to release tax returns in April
New Trump campaign manager called on him to release tax returns in April
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Washington Post, Politico, Hot Air and New Century Times
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
David Duke Show Celebrates Trump's Breitbart Hire: We've ‘Taken Over the Republican Party!’ — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rocked the political media world this week by hiring Breitbart.com honcho Stephen K. Bannon to be his campaign CEO, and while the move …
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Independent Journal Review
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CNN:
Trump wants GOP to court black voters — then slams voting rights for felons — Fredericksburg, Virginia (CNN)Donald Trump acknowledged Saturday that the Republican Party “must do better” in appealing to African-Americans. — But in the same speech here, he again slammed an order …
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Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Exclusive - RNC Official at Trump's Hispanic Meeting Debunks False BuzzFeed, Univision Reports that Donald Succumbed to Amnesty Activists — A senior staffer at the Republican National Committee (RNC) told Breitbart News Saturday GOP presidential candidate Donald J. Trump did not say or suggest …
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Patterico's Pontifications
CBS News:
Poll: Hillary Clinton extends lead in Ohio — In Ohio, which is so critical to Donald Trump's electoral fortunes, it is Hillary Clinton who has extended her lead and is now up six points, 46 percent to 40 percent; she was up four points in July. Clinton has made gains among women …
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Associated Press:
13 PEOPLE SHOT, WOUNDED AT CONNECTICUT HOUSE PARTY — BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Thirteen people have been shot and wounded at a house party in Connecticut. — Police in Bridgeport were called to the home around 1:30 a.m. Sunday for a report of shots fired.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
American journalism is collapsing before our eyes — MORE FROM: — Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, and Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president. But something else happening before our eyes is almost as important: the complete collapse of American journalism as we know it.
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Pamela Geller, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Louisiana governor: Donald Trump's visit ‘helpful’ — Washington (CNN)The governor of Louisiana said Sunday that Donald Trump's trip to his state was “helpful” in getting the country's attention on the devastating flooding around Baton Rouge. — Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat …
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Townhall.com, twitchy.com, NOLA River, MichelleMalkin.com, Washington Free Beacon and The Gateway Pundit
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
OBAMA RETURNING FROM SUMMER VACATION READY FOR BUSY FALL
OBAMA RETURNING FROM SUMMER VACATION READY FOR BUSY FALL
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The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Turkish wedding suicide bomber was 12-14 years old, Erdogan says — Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN)The suicide bomber who killed 51 people at a wedding party in southern Turkey was between 12 and 14 years old, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, according to state-run news agency Andadolu.
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Yahoo:
Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks: FAS — BERLIN (Reuters) - For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the German government plans to tell citizens to stockpile food and water in case of an attack or catastrophe, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Power Line, Vox Popoli and Instapundit
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — In an odd exchange with MSNBC's Joy Reid, a supporter of Donald Trump tried to allay fears about the campaign's formalized affiliation with Breitbart.com, by dismissing concerns about the website's extreme racism — because one of the top writers is “incredibly gay.”
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alan.com and Balloon Juice
Tim Rogers / Fusion:
Whole families are fleeing this tiny country and entering the U.S. in massive numbers — In 2014, a wave of unaccompanied kids from Central America caught the U.S. government off-guard when they flooded into Texas in record numbers, triggering what President Obama called an “urgent humanitarian situation.”
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Creeping Sharia