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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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Eric DuVall / UPI:
UPI/CVoter poll: Donald Trump maintains slim lead over Hillary Clinton — The UPI/CVoter daily presidential tracking poll released Friday shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by less than 1 percentage point. — The online poll shows Trump with 48.52 percent to Clinton's 47.73 percent …
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Ben Carson to Donald Trump: Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a ‘Bigot’ — Ben Carson, the former presidential candidate and adviser to Donald Trump, wants the GOP nominee to stop calling his opponent a racist. — “I don't generally get into the name-calling thing,” Carson said in a phone interview with The Daily Beast on Friday morning.
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton leads Trump by 5 points in Reuters/Ipsos poll
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Who Made America Hate Again?
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Chris Francescani / NBC News:
Trump Doctor Wrote Health Letter in Just 5 Minutes as Limo Waited — Donald Trump's personal physician said he wrote a letter declaring Trump would be the healthiest president in history in just five minutes while a limo sent by the candidate waited outside his Manhattan office.
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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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The Portland Press Herald:
LePage asked to resign over threatening voice mail to legislator
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Maine gov. leaves explicit voicemail for lawmaker
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New York Daily News:
Anti-Semitic Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon not a big fan of ‘whiny brat’ Jews, ex-wife says — Donald Trump's campaign CEO Stephen Bannon was branded an anti-Semite by the same ex-wife who claimed he choked her, court documents reveal. — Mary Louise Piccard said in a 2007 court declaration …
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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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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's ‘Apprentices’ Had to Agree to Go Nude — Appearing on The Apprentice with Donald Trump required agreeing to a series of odd and invasive demands regarding sex, nudity, and food consumption. According to a copy of an NBC contract reviewed by The Daily Beast …
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Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
What is BleachBit? Little-known tool at center of Clinton email controversy — The latest focus point in Hillary Clinton's long email controversy may be a little-known tool for freeing up computer storage space. — Trey Gowdy, a Republican congressman from South Carolina …
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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Gowdy: Clinton Erased Emails So Meticulously 'Even God Can't Read Them'
Boston Herald:
Cozying up to Clintons
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Wall Street Journal, The Moderate Voice, Reuters and Bloomberg
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump says cancelled Arizona event moving to larger venue — 's campaign has cancelled a planned speech in Arizona that was previously expected to clarify his immigration policies, according to reports. — Trump said in a tweet that he would still be in Phoenix next Wednesday but is looking for a larger venue.
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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 …
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alan.com and Drudge Retort
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Eric Trump: My Dad Ran Because The White House Christmas Tree Is Now A “Holiday Tree”
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The Hill, New Century Times, Daily Kos and The Bob and Chez Show
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Revealed: Fox News' 400-page oppo file on Gabriel Sherman — The memo is dated January 5, 2012. “To: Interested Parties.” “Re: Gabriel Sherman.” — Two full years before Sherman published a book about Roger Ailes, this book-length memo made the rounds inside Fox News.
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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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portal.liberalamerica.org, The Daily Caller, US Uncut, Hit & Run and Politico
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Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
Former Bush adviser Wolfowitz to vote for Clinton: Spiegel
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AOL and Talking Points Memo
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump and advisers remain split on how far to move toward the middle — Ten days after he appointed new campaign leadership, Donald Trump and many of his closest aides and allies remain divided on whether to adopt more mainstream stances or stick with the hard-line conservative positions …
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Trump's big immigration reversal shaped by Christie, Giuliani says
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Andrew Breitbart would have been proud: on Thursday, his website became Hillary Clinton's number one target. — In his book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!, Andrew recalled how he warned the Tea Party what lay ahead for them: “I said that they'd be labeled racists …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Denounces the ‘Alt-Right,’ and the Alt-Right Is Thrilled
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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Can President Hillary Survive the Media's Fake Scandals? — With Donald Trump's campaign continuing to careen into incoherence, it's becoming increasingly clear that barring some unforeseen circumstance (or low non-white voter turnout) Hillary Clinton will likely win the presidency.
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Infowars, The Daily Caller, Independent Journal Review, Breitbart and Media Matters for America
Joyce Lupiani / KTNV:
Las Vegas man facing charges after posting threatening YouTube video — LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - A 24-year-old Las Vegas man has been charged for making terrorist threats in a video that was posted on YouTube. — Las Vegas police say they were notified on July 2 by Interpol via Google about a suspicious/threatening YouTube video.
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LawNewz, Raw Story, Towleroad, Joe.My.God. and The Bob and Chez Show
CBS Boston:
McDonald's Worker With Down Syndrome Retiring After 32 Years — NEEDHAM - A woman with Down syndrome who has worked at the same McDonald's for over three decades is retiring. — Freia David has spent 32 years working at the french fry station at the McDonald's on Chestnut Street in Needham.
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Donald Trump broke the conservative media — Sean Hannity, sitting comfortably in his air-conditioned New York studios on a hot August afternoon, was on a fiery rant. — “Honestly, I am tempted to just say I don't support any of you people ever,” he barked.
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BBC:
France burkini: Highest court suspends ban — France's highest administrative court has suspended a ban on full-body “burkini” swimsuits that was imposed in a town on the Mediterranean coast. — The ban in Villeneuve-Loubet “seriously and clearly illegally breached fundamental freedoms”, it found.
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New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Black 15-year-old was unarmed and surrendering when cops shot at him 16 times in Brooklyn — It may not have been a justified shooting after all. — The police shooting of a Brooklyn teen nearly three years ago is now being compared with that of Tamir Rice …
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Raw Story and Bearing Arms
USCIS:
USCIS Proposes Rule to Welcome International Entrepreneurs — WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a new rule, which would allow certain international entrepreneurs to be considered for parole (temporary permission to be in the United States) …
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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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