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Dyno Rush / dailyrushbo.com:
Limbaugh CRACKS UP! Who Knew It Would Be Trump That Converts GOP Base On Amnesty! — RUSH: Could you imagine what it's like to be Jeb Bush today? Who knew — (laughing) I'm sorry, folks. “She's a bigot!” Who knew. First they tried Marco Rubio. They tried the Gang of Eight.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
CNN erupts in laughter as Katrina Pierson pushes a bizarre defense of Trump's immigration flip-flop — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Donald Trump campaign spokesperson Katrina Pierson hasn't been on television since her nightmare week of catastrophic appearances.
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Daily Wire and portal.liberalamerica.org
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump: ‘Hillary Clinton Is a Bigot’ — JACKSON, Miss. — Donald Trump has spent the week calling for African-Americans to uproot voter trends, reject “the bigotry” of Hillary Clinton, and vote for him in November. But Wednesday night, Trump escalated the line of attack and labeled Clinton herself a “bigot.”
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Donald Trump Openly Weighs a Massive Immigration Reversal — Trump Reaches Out to Black, Latino Voters as Poll Numbers Show Numbers Falling 2:03 — In what would be a stunning reversal on an issue central to his candidacy, Donald Trump floated a possible process to allow undocumented immigrants …
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Ann Coulter: Maybe it's ‘in our interest’ to let some illegal immigrants stay — Conservative author and Donald Trump supporter Ann Coulter isn't giving up on her candidate yet, even as he appears to be shifting on an issue most dear to her. — Trump is now open to possibly “softening” …
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RedState, Mediaite, The Right Scoop, Washington Times and CNN
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush Says He's Not Buying The Trump Immigration Shift — Jeb Bush says Donald Trump doesn't actually have any beliefs on immigration because it's all a game to Trump. — “Well, I can only say that whatever his views are this morning, they might change this afternoon …
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Talking Points Memo and Daily Wire
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Coulter: Trump's ‘softening’ on immigration remark a panic move
Coulter: Trump's ‘softening’ on immigration remark a panic move
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twitchy.com, Politico, Right Wing Watch, Breitbart, Daily Wire, Washington Post, New York Magazine, New Century Times, BizPac Review and The Atlantic
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Donald Trump Pre-Empts Hillary Clinton's Speech: 'We're Not' Racists
Donald Trump Pre-Empts Hillary Clinton's Speech: 'We're Not' Racists
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ThinkProgress, Politico and The Hill
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton aims to deny Trump's pass at normalcy
Clinton aims to deny Trump's pass at normalcy
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ABC News, New York Magazine, The Week, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Says ‘Radical Fringe’ Is Taking Over G.O.P. Under Donald Trump — RENO, Nev. — Hillary Clinton on Thursday prepared to deliver a blistering denunciation of Donald J. Trump's embrace of the “alt-right” political philosophy, presenting his choice as an especially ominous turn in a presidential election full of them.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Clinton ad ties Trump to KKK, white supremacists — A video released Thursday by Hillary Clinton's campaign makes the case that Donald Trump is the candidate of racists, white supremacists and neo-Nazis. — “The reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump is because a lot of what he believes …
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New York Post, The Daily Caller, alan.com, KTLA, The Point, Daily Wire, CNBC, Boing Boing, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and whorunsGov
Politico:
Transcript: Hillary Clinton's full remarks in Reno, Nevada — Hillary Clinton Remarks as Prepared for Delivery - Reno, Nevada — Thank you, Reno! It's great to be back in Nevada... My original plan for this visit was to focus on our agenda to help small businesses and entrepreneurs.
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Washington Monthly, Hit & Run, BNR, Hot Air and Radix Journal
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Flashback: Hillary Clinton Praises Exalted Cyclops of Ku Klux Klan (VIDEO)
Flashback: Hillary Clinton Praises Exalted Cyclops of Ku Klux Klan (VIDEO)
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Breitbart and BizPac Review
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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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
What we know about the charitable giving by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
What we know about the charitable giving by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, American Prospect, Refinery29 and Guardian
Max J. Rosenthal / Mother Jones:
Trump Attacks Hillary's “Criminal” Foundation, Forgets He Donated $110,000 to It
Trump Attacks Hillary's “Criminal” Foundation, Forgets He Donated $110,000 to It
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Political Wire and Breitbart
Arkansas Online:
Clinton Inc., at home and abroad
Clinton Inc., at home and abroad
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The Moderate Voice, Real Clear Politics and Roll Call
Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Hillary Lied, Withheld Evidence, Traded Power for Money, and Could Be President
Hillary Lied, Withheld Evidence, Traded Power for Money, and Could Be President
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Washington Monthly, NPR and Daily Wire
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
‘I lost. The ni**er won’: Alabama GOP mayor gets racist on Facebook after losing to black candidate — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The Republican mayor of Midland City, Alabama got nasty on Facebook after losing her seat to a black candidate in this week's mayoral election.
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New Century Times and Occupy Democrats
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 …
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Forbes, TIME, New Republic, Slate, Hit & Run, Zero Hedge, Washington Times, Washington Post, AOL, The Federalist, Independent Journal Review, Simple Justice and Instapundit
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Pete Grieve / The Chicago Maroon:
University to Freshmen: Don't Expect Safe Spaces or Trigger Warnings
University to Freshmen: Don't Expect Safe Spaces or Trigger Warnings
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NBC News, NOLA River, Liberty Unyielding and Associated Press
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
U Chicago to Freshmen: Don't Expect Safe Spaces
U Chicago to Freshmen: Don't Expect Safe Spaces
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Mother Jones, New Urban Legends and Fox News
Tegna / KARE-TV:
Trump, Pence not yet on MN ballot … ST. PAUL, Minn. - Don't plan to vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? You'll have options on the Minnesota ballot this November. — Tuesday was the deadline for non-major party candidates for President and Vice President to file the necessary paperwork to be on the ballot in Minnesota.
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump makes Minnesota's ballot
Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
Two nuns fatally stabbed in Mississippi — Authorities are investigating the brutal killings of two nuns that were reportedly stabbed to death at their home in Holmes County. — Sister Paula Merrill, a nurse practitioner with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Kentucky, and Sister Margaret Held …
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WJTV, Washington Post, FOX6Now.com, FOX31 Denver, Crux, fox8.com and NOLA River
Massimo Calabresi / TIME:
What Donald Trump Knew About Undocumented Workers at His Signature Tower — Massimo Calabresi joined the Washington bureau of TIME in 1999 and has covered the CIA, State, Justice, Treasury, Congress and the White House. He covered the wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo as TIME's Central Europe bureau chief …
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Mediaite, The Atlantic, alan.com and RedState
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Exclusive: Ed Henry returning to Fox News — Ed Henry will be returning to Fox News after an almost a four-month absence from the airwaves. — The Hill hears that Henry will return to the network this Monday. The 45-year-old will do general assignment reporting and will no longer be the network's chief White House correspondent.
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Uber Loses at Least $1.2 Billion in First Half of 2016 — After touting profitability in the U.S. early this year, the ride-hailing company is said to post second-quarter losses exceeding $100 million. — The ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. is not a public company …
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The Verge, The San Diego Union …, Boing Boing, Engadget, Motherboard, SFist, CBS Los Angeles and Eschaton
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rachel Maddow's fascinating duel with Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, annotated — Donald Trump only does Fox News these days, but on Wednesday night his new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, gamely ventured into the unfriendly confines of Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show.
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Saddest goodbye: Heartbreaking moment devoted couple married for 62 years are forced to separate because they can't get into the same care home — With failing health, they've moved into care homes in Canada but cannot live together because of a lack of space in Surrey, British Columbia
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WTVR-TV, AOL and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Texas elector threatens not to vote Trump — Chris Suprun is a member of the Electoral College from Texas, a state the GOP can reliably count on to deliver votes every four years to the Republican presidential nominee. — But this year, with Donald Trump sitting atop the ticket …
Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando Health, Florida Hospital won't bill Pulse shooting victims — Orlando Police officer Gerry Realin was part of the small hazmat team that was responsible for removing the bodies from Pulse nightclub. He now struggles with PTSD and blood pressure so high he was recently admitted to the hospital.
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Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2016: The Rock Leads With Knockout $64.5 Million Year — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson elbowed out reigning top-ranked Robert Downey Jr. to become the world's highest-paid actor-and scored his biggest ever annual paycheck in the process.
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