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CNN:
Clinton blasts Trump attacks on foundation  —  Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump and issued a strong defense of the Clinton Foundation Wednesday amid the Republican nominee's claims that she used public office for personal gain.
Reuters:
Biden says expects Guantanamo prison to close before Obama leaves office  —  NEXT IN POLITICS  —  WASHINGTON Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to slap tariffs on Chinese products to show Beijing that the United States is “not playing games anymore” when it comes to leveling the field on trade.
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump camp brushes aside ‘alt-right’ association  —  Ahead of Hillary Clinton's planned speech linking Donald Trump and his campaign to the “alt-right” movement, the Republican nominee's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said she is “not that familiar with it, to be frank with you.”
Discussion: ABC News
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The AP's big exposé on Hillary meeting with Clinton Foundation donors is a mess
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Brexit leader stumps for Trump: I wouldn't vote Clinton if she paid me
Discussion: ABC News
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Coulter Goes to War with Trump And It Is Glorious  —  Liberals may die tonight because there are limited supplies of those injections they give you for acute schadenfreude toxicity.  Ann Coulter has been Donald Trump's biggest New York City white nationalist supporter.  She's transformed toadying into a militant act.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Coulter mocks Trump's immigration muddle  —  Ann Coulter revealed her sense of disgust with Donald Trump's latest comments on immigration in which he suggested an openness to changing his hard-line stance on illegal immigration.  —  Speaking to Fox News' Sean Hannity in a town hall event …
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Political Wire
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Ann Coulter Is Not Happy With Trump's Softening on Immigration
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Coulter: Trump's ‘softening’ on immigration remark a panic move
Discussion: Breitbart, twitchy.com and The Atlantic
Wall Street Journal:
Chelsea Clinton Plans to Stay on Board of Family Foundation  —  Clinton Health Access Initiative might also continue to accept foreign government and corporate funding  —  The Clinton Foundation is considering exceptions to its plan to stop accepting corporate and foreign donations …
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Katy O'Donnell / Politico:   Ethicists scoff at Clinton Foundation transition plan
Jon Miltimore / intellectualtakeout.org:
Univ. of Chicago pushes back on trigger warnings, safe spaces  —  Letters sent to the incoming class of 2020 make it clear the University of Chicago isn't a fan of trigger warnings or safe spaces.  —  Academics around the country are embracing the relatively new trend of using trigger warnings …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Simple Justice
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Fox News:
U. of Chicago to frosh: No ‘safe spaces’ here
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
Lucia Graves / Guardian:
Trump and Farage are playing the same dangerous game  —  The would-be president is harnessing nationalism and bigotry.  Like the former Ukip leader, he is more interested in channelling anger than he is in governance  —  onald Trump's movement has often been compared to that of a rightwing European party.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Team Cruz on Trump's immigration shift: Told you so  —  As Donald Trump soft-pedals his once-hard-line immigration rhetoric, supporters of his vanquished primary foe Ted Cruz have one message for Republican voters: We told you so.  —  Cruz spent the final months of his unsuccessful presidential …
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
GOP FAIL: Donald Trump Not Listed on Minnesota Ballot  —  Just days after his supporters and motorcade were attacked by protesters in Minneapolis at a GOP fundraiser, the Minnesota Republican party has not submitted the names of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential nominee Mike Pence …
John Sides / Washington Post:
How many votes will Trump give up by not running a professional campaign?  A lot.  —  Stories about the ramshackle nature of the Trump campaign are abundant.  A recent article called Donald Trump's organization “more concert tour than presidential campaign.”
Kori Schake / Wall Street Journal:
The Disconnect Beneath the Praise for U.S. Military  —  Kori Schake is a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.  She is co-editor, along with retired Gen. Jim Mattis, of “Warriors and Civilians: American Views of Our Military.”  She is on Twitter: @KoriSchake.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: ‘Spooky’ caller stuns Glenn Beck by threatening to ‘go after’ Trump if he breaks wall promise  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Yes, it really is possible to creep out Glenn Beck.  —  Per The Blaze, a Trump supporter named “Nate” called into Beck's radio show on Wednesday …
Discussion: alan.com and Daily News Bin
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Trump Supporter Issues Threatening Message to GOP Nominee Live on the Air
Discussion: RedState
Mylan:
Mylan doubling the eligibility for patient assistance, effectively eliminating out-of-pocket expense for uninsured and under-insured patients  —  Company to cover up to $300 of out-of-pocket cost at pharmacy; reducing patient cost by 50% off Mylan list price
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Is Making More States Competitive.  Red States.  —  Donald Trump has upended much of what we thought we knew about U.S. electoral politics.  Maybe Republican voters aren't as conservative as we thought.  Maybe candidates can make seemingly crazy statements without harming their prospects.
Discussion: The Resurgent and BizPac Review
NBC News:
Where will the Republican Party go after 2016?  —  The future of the Republican Party — with or without Donald J. Trump — is weighing heavily on the party's top elected officials, thought leaders and activists.  It's a topic sure to be dissected once the results on Election Day, November 8, 2016, are tallied.
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump gnaws at shorter leash  —  Donald Trump, after several straight days delivering a more scripted message, loosened the rhetorical shackles tightened by his new campaign manager and went off-script several times Wednesday afternoon, offering a more passionate but at times self-contradicting case for his candidacy.
Washington Post:
Is Rudy Giuliani okay?  —  WE ARE a little worried about Rudy Giuliani, the Republican former mayor of New York.  Is “America's mayor” okay?  —  During his 15-minute speech at the GOP convention last month in Cleveland, it was notable that when he said Donald Trump loves “all people …
Discussion: The Resurgent and TalkLeft
Carlo Allegri / National Review:
Trump Is Losing Pennsylvania and Closing His Path to the White House  —  The chance was there, but he has squandered it.  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign slogs on, but he has effectively blown his chances at getting into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  By failing to pivot through his convention …
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Colombian government and FARC rebels announce peace deal  —  HAVANA — After 52 years of fighting and nearly four years of grinding negotiations, the Colombian government and the country's FARC rebel group declared Wednesday that they had reached an agreement to end the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas.
U.S. Soccer:
Hope Solo Suspended from U.S. WNT for Six Months  —  U.S. Soccer has suspended goalkeeper Hope Solo from the U.S. Women's National Team for six months for conduct that is counter to the organization's principles.  —  The suspension for Solo, who was previously suspended for 30 days early …
 
 
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Mark J. Perry / American Enterprise Institute:
Minimum wage effect?  DC restaurants lost more jobs since January than any 6-month period since 2001 recession
New York Times:
A Conflicted Donald Trump Tries a New Tactic: Sticking to the Script
Discussion: Political Wire
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
Black Lives Matter Has Officially Cost Mizzou 2,100 Students
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Louise Boyle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Jews are ‘adept at working the American political system’ …
Discussion: Washington Post and Pamela Geller
Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando Health, Florida Hospital won't bill Pulse shooting victims
Discussion: Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Apple Weighs iPhone Video Editing App in Renewed Push on Social
Discussion: The Verge and Engadget
Don Van Natta Jr / ESPN:
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Discussion: Mediaite
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A C-SPAN caller asked a black guest how to stop being prejudiced. Here's how she responded.
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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