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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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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.
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Politico, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run and US Uncut
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Trumpocrats Say Clinton ‘Alt-Right’ Speech Backfires, Turns Democrats Toward Donald …
Exclusive — Trumpocrats Say Clinton ‘Alt-Right’ Speech Backfires, Turns Democrats Toward Donald …
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The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review and Israpundit
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, more at Mediagazer »
Eric DuVall / UPI:
UPI/CVoter poll: Donald Trump maintains slim lead over Hillary Clinton
UPI/CVoter poll: Donald Trump maintains slim lead over Hillary Clinton
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Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
Former Bush adviser Wolfowitz to vote for Clinton: Spiegel
Former Bush adviser Wolfowitz to vote for Clinton: Spiegel
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Talking Points Memo and AOL
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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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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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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Occupy Democrats and The Daily Caller
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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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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
Media Matters for America:
Hannity Defends Alex Jones From Hillary Clinton: “Really, She Doesn't Believe In Freedom Of Speech?”
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
6 Things You Need To Know About Hillary's Speech Slamming The Alt-Right
6 Things You Need To Know About Hillary's Speech Slamming The Alt-Right
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Instapundit
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Eric Trump: My Dad Ran Because The White House Christmas Tree Is Now A “Holiday Tree” — Eric Trump, listing off reasons his father is running for president, said in an interview this week that one of the motivations was the renaming of the White House Christmas tree to the “holiday tree.”
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Eric Trump Claims Dad Running Because Of Nonexistent National ‘Holiday’ Tree — The War on Christmas is back, and it's more strained than ever! — While listing the reasons why his father ran for president in an interview published Thursday, Eric Trump pointed to the tree on the White House lawn …
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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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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Assange: WikiLeaks's Trump info no worse than him — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his group's intel on Donald Trump — pales in comparison to the billionaire's own rhetoric. — Assange, whose organization has released embarrassing Democratic National Committee emails believed …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Assange: ‘Unexpected’ Clinton campaign leaks coming
Assange: ‘Unexpected’ Clinton campaign leaks coming
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Talking Points Memo
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Breaking: Trump Has No Campaign Manager — This is far from the biggest problem plaguing Donald Trump's campaign. But as we get into the thick of the fall campaign, it's worth noting. Kellyanne Conway now carries the label campaign manager. But that does not appear to be what she's doing.
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Daily Kos
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Obama to Create the World's Largest Marine Protected Area — On Friday, President Obama will expand the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine protected area.
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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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CBS Chicago, Consumerist and WFLA-TV
Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:
GEORGIA: Pastor Who Said Pulse Victims “Got What They Deserved” Arrested For Child Molestation — From Jacksonsville's ABC affiliate: — A Georgia pastor and and conservative political activist was arrested Friday morning on charges of child molestation and aggravated child molestation.
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Florida Times Union, Towleroad, Raw Story and LawNewz
Boston Herald:
Cozying up to Clintons — The steady drip, drip drip about Hillary Clinton's too-cozy relationships with big-time donors to the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state continued unabated this week. — The most astonishing figure came from Clinton's State Department calendars released …
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The Moderate Voice, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Reuters
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