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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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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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Annie Karni / Politico:
GOP plots early wake-up call for Clinton — Hillary Clinton has managed to win support from Republicans without conceding any part of the progressive economic agenda she outlined during the Democratic primary. — But with fall approaching and momentum on Clinton's side …
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Raw Story, Politicus USA and ABC News
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
6 Things You Need To Know About Hillary's Speech Slamming The Alt-Right — On Thursday, Hillary Clinton gave one of the most cynical, hypocritical, pandering and clever political speeches in recent memory. Targeting the so-called alt-right, a conglomeration of disaffected paleoconservatives …
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Instapundit
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Rejects Donald Trump's ‘Bigot’ Comments
Hillary Clinton Rejects Donald Trump's ‘Bigot’ Comments
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Associated Press and Politico
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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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Denounces the ‘Alt-Right,’ and the Alt-Right Is Thrilled
Hillary Clinton Denounces the ‘Alt-Right,’ and the Alt-Right Is Thrilled
Keegan Hankes / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Whose Alt-Right Is It Anyway?
Whose Alt-Right Is It Anyway?
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Media Matters for America, NBC News, Occupy Democrats and The Verge
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
No, Donald Trump, America Isn't a Hellhole — Donald Trump has taken a strange turn lately. O.K., he has taken a lot of strange turns — that's what happens when you nominate a short-attention-span candidate who knows nothing about policy and refuses to sit still for more than three minutes.
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The Daily Caller
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Trump's big immigration reversal shaped by Christie, Giuliani says — TRENTON — Donald Trump's apparent pivot away from his calls for mass deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants is partially the result of prodding by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, according to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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Politico, Los Angeles Times, Daily Wire, Towleroad, RealClearPolitics and The Right Scoop
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James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
President Obama Broke Promise for Charity Donation, ISIS Hostage Family Says — As President Barack Obama tried to console the parents of Kayla Mueller after she was killed in ISIS captivity last year, they say he offered to make a contribution to a foundation they had established in her name.
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Fox News, Independent Journal Review, The Daily Caller, National Review, LawNewz and Washington Free Beacon
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CBS Sacramento:
Ken Doll Cake Orders Flooding Freeport Bakery After Photo Goes Viral — SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Overwhelming support is pouring in for a Sacramento bakery after it set off a firestorm of Facebook comments over a picture of a custom cake. Freeport Bakery's Ken Doll cake has garnered national attention …
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WFLA-TV and Consumerist
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
DOJ asks Supreme Court to let NC voter ID ruling stand — The Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to leave in place a lower court ruling that struck down one of the nation's toughest voter ID laws. — A federal appeals court in July ruled North Carolina's voter ID law …
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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Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, The Hill, Sabato's Crystal Ball and Chicago Tribune
Angie Schmitt / Streetsblog.net:
Cheap Gas, More Driving Make 2016 an Especially Deadly Year on U.S. Streets — The number of traffic deaths in America each year is so staggering, it almost defies comprehension — about 35,000 lives lost is the norm. But 2016 is shaping up to be even worse.
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?
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Politicus USA and AOL, more at Mediagazer »
Spiegel Online:
Bush Advisor Wolfowitz Says He'll Likely Vote for Clinton — In an interview, Paul Wolfowitz, 72, an advisor to former President Bush, discusses the dangers of a Donald Trump presidency, why he will likely vote for the Democrat's candidate this year and mistakes made during the Iraq war.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here are the leading Republicans who rushed to defend Donald Trump on race: ______ — On Dec. 29, 2014, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) admitted that he'd attended an event hosted by white supremacist leaders a decade earlier. The timing was awkward for Republicans, since Scalise had recently moved …
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, Speaker.gov, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
CBS Boston:
New Concerns Arise About Mental Health Of College Students — BOSTON - New concerns arise about the mental health of students on college campuses all across the country. — Dr. Gene Beresin, a psychiatrist and Executive Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital …
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National Review and JustOneMinute
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
The Alt-Right Has Its Own Comedy TV Show On A Time Warner Network — Adult Swim's Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace is identity content for trolls. — @Night_0f_Fire is in almost every way a quintessential alt-right Twitter user. He supports Donald Trump.
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 …