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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Campaign Manager: We're Actually Winning Right Now, Because of ‘Undercover Trump Voters’ — Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the UK's Channel 4 that Donald Trump is actually winning the election, but every poll is wrong because Trump voters are undercover.
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Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
Trump's staff says it's ‘full steam ahead’ in New York — MORE FROM: — Donald Trump's newly reorganized campaign team has notified its rattled New York operatives that despite a massive gap in the polls, it's “full steam ahead” in Trump's effort to carry the heavily Democratic Empire State.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
RNC chief: Trump could lead Clinton by Labor Day — Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus predicted on Tuesday that Donald Trump — in the polls by Labor Day. — “I think what you are seeing on the campaign is a continuation of a good couple of weeks that Donald Trump has had …
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Politico, Fox News and Talking Points Memo
Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's run-out-the-clock strategy — She is not planning on sitting for another televised armchair confessional to rehash regrets about a private email server. Nor is the campaign setting up the kind of war room employed last year to discredit a book that aimed to expose …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The AP's big exposé on Hillary meeting with Clinton Foundation donors is a mess
The AP's big exposé on Hillary meeting with Clinton Foundation donors is a mess
USA Today:
Mothball the Clinton Foundation: Our view
Mothball the Clinton Foundation: Our view
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Now Hillary has a big Clinton Foundation problem, too
Now Hillary has a big Clinton Foundation problem, too
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, Power Line, New York Magazine and National Review
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book — Donald Trump used his campaign funds to buy thousands of copies of his own book at retail cost, simultaneously diverting donor money back into his pockets while artificially boosting his sales figures.
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — North Carolina — Prez and Senate Races Tight; HB2 Drag on Gov. McCrory Re-Elect Bid
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
In North Carolina, Republicans Try To Fend Off Political “Tsunami”
In North Carolina, Republicans Try To Fend Off Political “Tsunami”
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
There's Just One Flaw in Donald Trump's New Plan to Show He's Not Racist — Two weeks ago, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump's focus groups found voters frequently use two words to describe their candidate: “unqualified” and “racist.” This assessment, while encouragingly on-point …
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Sky News:
Nigel Farage To Tell ‘Brexit Story’ At Trump Rally In Mississippi — Many Trump (L) and Farage supporters have voiced similar world views — Nigel Farage will appear on stage with Donald Trump in the US to discuss “the Brexit Story”, says an adviser to the former UKIP leader.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Carson calls on ‘elderly’ Trump, Clinton to release new medical records
Carson calls on ‘elderly’ Trump, Clinton to release new medical records
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ABC News, The Hill, The Week and Joe.My.God.
Ben Quinn / Guardian:
French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini ban — Authorities in 15 towns have banned burkinis, citing public concern following recent terrorist attacks in the country — Photographs have emerged of armed French police confronting a woman on a beach and making …
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Julian Routh / Wall Street Journal:
Eric Trump: It Would Be ‘Foolish’ for Donald Trump to Release Tax Returns — Candidate's son warns ‘people who know nothing about taxes’ would scrutinize them — Eric Trump said Wednesday it would be “foolish” for his father to release his tax returns and subject them to scrutiny by people who don't know what they are looking at.
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Eric Trump: My dad's not flip-flopping on immigration
Eric Trump: My dad's not flip-flopping on immigration
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Is Obamacare failing? — Three years ago, health economists believed Obamacare's soon-to-launch marketplaces would grow to replace much of America's fractured, complex, employer-based health insurance system. — Predictions for the employer-sponsored insurance system's collapse ran rampant.
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New York Times:
Hackers Publish Nude Pictures on Leslie Jones's Website — Leslie Jones, a co-star of this year's “Ghostbusters” movie who has been besieged in the past month by online abusers who have targeted her appearance and her race, was victimized again on Wednesday when her personal website appeared to have been hacked.
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders's New Political Group Is Met by Staff Revolt — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, his presidential campaign now behind him, will look to advance the movement he built during the Democratic primary race, with the public unveiling on Wednesday of a political organization focused …
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The Hill, New York Daily News, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, Burlington Free Press, Mother Jones, The Week and VTDigger
Media Matters for America:
Citing InfoWars, Fox News Complains Google Is Covering Up “Clinton Body Count” Stories — HEATHER CHILDERS (CO-HOST): Is the internet's number one search engine trying to sway the presidential election? — ABBY HUNTSMAN (CO-HOST): Cheryl Casone from our sister network, Fox Business, here with what Google is now being accused of.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Super PAC Chair: Trump Would “Lose Badly” If Election Was Today — Ed Rollins, chairman of a pro-Donald Trump super PAC, says the Republican nominee would lose badly if the election was held today. — “If we're sitting here three weeks from now after Labor Day and it's in the same position …
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The Right Scoop and Politico
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Why Obama Let Iran's Green Revolution Fail — One of the great hypotheticals of Barack Obama's presidency involves the Iranian uprising that began on June 12, 2009, after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was announced the winner of contested presidential elections. What if the president had done …
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Daily Wire and The American Conservative
Brad Esposito / BuzzFeed:
People Are Pissed With This Dad Who Let His Daughter Bite The “Warm, Quivering Heart” Of A Deer — A New Zealand hunter has come under fire after submitting photos to a hunting community of his 8-year-old daughter eating the heart of her first kill. — WARNING — This image is graphic
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Leonor Vivanco / Chicago Tribune:
Trump suggests Chicago could solve crime problem ‘in a week’ if cops got tougher — Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters at the James A. Rhodes Arena on August 22, 2016 in Akron, Ohio. — Presidential candidate Donald Trump said Chicago's crime problem …
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Talking Points Memo, Chicago Reader, National Review and The Week
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Horrified by Trump, Democrats getting nostalgic about Romney — WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama ran for re-election, Democrats made no secret of their disdain for Mitt Romney. That was all before Donald Trump. — Horrified by the prospect of Trump in the White House …
Bloomberg:
At Fox News, Election Year's Big Ratings Mask Many Wrinkles — Network needs to lure younger viewers, analysts, ad execs says — Presidential race has fueled gains for Fox, CNN and MSNBC — 21st Century Fox Inc. has a problem at its news channel that isn't Roger Ailes: the network's aging audience.
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
A Judge Blocked North Carolina's Plan To Suppress Black Voters. The GOP Found A Way To Do It Anyway. — A federal court recently struck down North Carolina's attempt to “target African Americans with almost surgical precision” by eliminating a full week of early voting, among other changes.
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