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Guardian:
Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon is registered voter at vacant Florida home — Exclusive: Bannon's enrollment is apparent violation of crucial swing state's election law requiring voters to be legal residents of county they register in — Donald Trump's new presidential campaign chief …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump campaign CEO once charged in domestic violence case — Stephen K. Bannon, the new CEO of the Donald Trump campaign, was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness following an incident in early January 1996, though the case was ultimately dismissed …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump When Asked About Alt-Right: ‘Nobody Even Knows What It Is’ — Donald Trump on Thursday night claimed that he doesn't know what the alt-right is when asked about Hillary Clinton's charges in a Thursday speech that Trump has embraced those who push white nationalist, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim beliefs.
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Keegan Hankes / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Whose Alt-Right Is It Anyway? — Hours before Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is scheduled to deliver a speech in Reno, Nev., slamming Donald Trump for his connections to the Alt-Right, the racist core leadership of the ideology is collectively tripping over itself trying to take credit for its unexpected success.
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Media Matters for America, NBC News, Occupy Democrats and The Verge
Cassandra Fairbanks / We Are Change:
4Chan Poster Gloriously Interrupts Clinton Alt-Right Speech — As Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Reno, attempting to smear the millions of people who support her opponent Donald Trump as racist monsters — 4chan was in the building to gloriously troll the low-energy event.
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The Gateway Pundit
Scott Thistle / The Portland Press Herald:
'Prove I'm a racist': LePage challenges Westbrook lawmaker in obscenity-laced voice mail — The governor later says he wishes he and Rep. Drew Gattine could have a duel and ‘I would point (my gun) right between his eyes.’ — Gov. Paul LePage left a state lawmaker from Westbrook …
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Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Mixed Signals on Immigration Roil Campaign — Some backers say they would welcome a change; others say easing his plan to deport all illegal immigrants would cost him the election — Donald Trump's mixed signals about easing his plan to deport all illegal immigrants …
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Mediaite, ThinkProgress, alan.com and Raw Story
Sam Adams / Mirror.co.uk:
Assassination attempt on Angela Merkel feared as armed man arrested 'trying to infiltrate German chancellor's motorcade' in Prague — Czech police halted an armed man in a black 4x4 Mercedes as he allegedly tried to join Merkel's motorcade during her visit to the capital
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RT, The Daily Caller, Infowars, BizPac Review and We Are Change
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Assange: ‘Unexpected’ Clinton campaign leaks coming — WikiLeaks expects to release information with some “unexpected angles” regarding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — 's campaign ahead of the general election, the organization's founder, Julian Assange, said Wednesday.
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Talking Points Memo and Yahoo
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump: No legal status for undocumented immigrants — Donald Trump ruled out Thursday a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants in the United States, walking back comments he made earlier this week in which he appeared open to the idea.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's mob-linked ex-associate gives $5,400 to campaign — A Russian-born, mafia-linked businessman whose ties to both Donald Trump and loyalists of Russian President Vladimir Putin have sparked scrutiny, visited Trump Tower last month for undisclosed business, he told POLITICO.
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The Week
Lisa France / CNNMoney:
HLN cancels ‘Dr. Drew’ — It's a wrap for Dr. Drew Pinsky's show on HLN. — CNN executive vice president Ken Jautz announced Thursday that “Dr. Drew and I have mutually agreed to air the final episode of his show on September 22.” — “Dr. Drew and his team have delivered more than five years …
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zerohedge.com/fullrss2 …, Infowars and New Urban Legends
James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
Kayla Mueller in Captivity: Courage, Selflessness as She Defended Christian Faith to ISIS Executioner ‘Jihadi John’ — American hostage Kayla Mueller was tortured, verbally abused, forced into slave labor for ISIS commanders in Syria and raped by the group's top leader …
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Liberty Unyielding, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review and AOL
Telegraph:
Lifelike baby dolls designed to deter teenage pregnancies actually have opposite effect, scientists find — Lifelike baby dolls that cry and are designed to stop teenage pregnancies actually increase the number of underage mothers, suggests new research. — The baby simulators form part …
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Daily Wire
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
After Ailes, Fox News Has a New Crisis: Can It Keep Megyn Kelly? — Within its subterranean newsroom, staffers and executives have a new fear: Will they be able to convince Megyn Kelly to re-sign with the network and stave off a potential post-Ailes ratings decline? And does that mean the end of Bill O'Reilly?
Paul Demko / Politico:
Obamacare sticker shock hits key Senate races — As insurers push large premium increases for 2017 Obamacare plans, some of the steepest hikes have been requested by insurers in crucial swing states that could determine control of the Senate. — In nine of 11 states with competitive Senate races …
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Sabato's Crystal Ball
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Rush Limbaugh Literally Can't Stop Laughing at the Plight Of Ann Coulter — Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh fell into a fit of laughter Thursday while telling his listeners about how Donald Trump had somehow managed to convince his loyal followers to support amnesty just before Ann Coulter's book came out.
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The Atlantic, Washington Post, RedState, Slate, Washington Examiner and Politico
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The University of Chicago is attacking academic freedom. — Jay Ellison, dean of students, has sent a letter to the incoming class of 2020 outlining the school's policy on academic freedom: … Ellison's letter is a perverse document. It's very much like the French Burkini ban …
KRQE-TV:
Hundreds gather at vigils for Victoria Martens — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - The community is left shaken; meanwhile, parents are grappling with how to explain to their kids after the tragic death of one of their classmates and friend, Victoria Martens. — Victoria had just started the fourth grade at Petroglyph Elementary School.
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KTLA
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 …
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Mediaite and ballot-access.org
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Cory Zurowski / City Pages:
Republican Party of Minnesota forgot to put Donald Trump on Minnesota ballot, scrambling to fix it
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Obsidian Wings, The Atlantic and ballot-access.org
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton, Trump Tangle Over Racism — NOTABLES —KELLYANNE CONWAY ON ‘GMA’ SAYS TRUMP ‘DESERVES CREDIT’ FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN OUTREACH. Donald Trump's campaign manager today defended her candidate's outreach to African-American voters, saying he “deserves credit” for doing so, ABC's MICHAEL HAYDEN notes.
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Politico
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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Jon Hilsenrath / Dow Jones Newswires:
Years of Fed Missteps Fueled Disillusion With the Economy and Washington (8/25/16) — First, officials missed signs that a more complex financial system had become vulnerable to financial bubbles, and bubbles had become a growing threat in a low-interest-rate world.
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Political Wire and Mother Jones
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Poll: Majority of voters want Johnson on debate stage — The majority of American voters want to see Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson — participate in the presidential debates, a new poll released Thursday shows. — The Quinnipiac University poll shows 62 percent of likely voters nationally …
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