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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump After Dwyane Wade's Cousin Is Shot: ‘African Americans Will Vote Trump’ — NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin Nykea Aldridge was fatally shot Friday pushing a child in a stroller in a Chicago. — Less than 24 hours later, Donald Trump said her death was evidence that African-Americans will vote for him in November.
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Washington Post:
Republicans can't pretend not to know what fuels the Trump campaign — IN A major speech Thursday, Hillary Clinton linked Donald Trump to bigoted elements on the fringe of American politics. But she got it wrong when she said, “Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters.”
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portal.liberalamerica.org and TIME
Grace Wong / Chicago Tribune:
Dwyane Wade's cousin shot dead while pushing her baby in stroller on South Side — Police investigate the scene where a 32-year-old woman was shot in the head while walking in the 6300 block of South Calumet Avenue near an elementary school on Aug. 26, 2016.
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, Vox, The Daily Beast, The Week, ABC News, twitchy.com and BizPac Review
Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
Governor Of Maine Says People Of Color Are ‘The Enemy,’ Implies They Should Be Shot — In a Friday press conference following his homophobic remarks about a state lawmaker, Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) called people of color and people of Hispanic origin “the enemy” and implied they should be shot.
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The Hill, alan.com, twitchy.com and The Huffington Post
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The Portland Press Herald:
Our View: Message to America: Sorry we gave you LePage — Our governor has sent a false message that people of color are not welcome in Maine. — BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD — Dear America: Maine here. Please forgive us - we made a terrible mistake. We managed to elect and re-elect a governor who is unfit for high office.
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Talking Points Memo, Guardian, AOL, Washington Post, Hit & Run and CNN
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside debate prep: Clinton's careful case vs. Trump's ‘WrestleMania’ — Hillary Clinton is methodically preparing for the presidential debates as a veteran lawyer would approach her biggest trial. She pores over briefing books thick with policy arcana and opposition research.
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RedState
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump and advisers remain split on how far to move toward the middle
Trump and advisers remain split on how far to move toward the middle
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Balloon Juice
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The strange tale of Donald Trump's doctor letter just got stranger — Donald Trump's doctor finally spoke out in an interview that aired Friday night. But his comments aren't likely to end the questions about the strange letter he drafted last year declaring Trump would be the healthiest president in history.
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Guardian, The Week and The Resurgent
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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.
Steve Wyche / NFL.com:
Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem — SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has willingly immersed himself into controversy by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of what he deems are wrongdoings …
Dustin Stockton / Breitbart:
Exclusive: ‘Black Men for Bernie’ Founder to End Democrat ‘Political Slavery’ of Minority Voters... by Campaigning for Trump — Black Men for Bernie founder Bruce Carter's mission to restore black communities didn't end when Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.
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The Gateway Pundit
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As Donald Trump Repels Minority Voters, G.O.P. Fears Its Future in the West
As Donald Trump Repels Minority Voters, G.O.P. Fears Its Future in the West
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Political Wire
Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Breitbart/Gravis Poll: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Now Neck and Neck Ending August
Exclusive - Breitbart/Gravis Poll: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Now Neck and Neck Ending August
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The Week
New York Times:
Breitbart Rises From Outlier to Potent Voice in Campaign — Breitbart News has arrived. — The opinion and news site, once a curiosity of the fringe right wing, is now an increasingly powerful voice, and virtual rallying spot, for millions of disaffected conservatives who propelled Donald J. Trump …
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Althouse and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
Hillary and the alt-right: The toxic endurance of political extremism
Hillary and the alt-right: The toxic endurance of political extremism
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USA Today, NPR, The San Diego Union …, The Federalist, Slate, New York Magazine and RedState
New York Times:
‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias — She seemed like the model tenant. A 33-year-old nurse who was living at the Y.W.C.A. in Harlem, she had come to rent a one-bedroom at the still-unfinished Wilshire Apartments in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens.
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New Century Times and BizPac Review
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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BuzzFeed, Mediaite, Raw Story, Little Green Footballs, Joe.My.God. and Washington Post
Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
Theresa May will trigger Brexit negotiations without Commons vote — Theresa May will not hold a parliamentary vote on Brexit before opening negotiations to formally trigger Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, The Telegraph has learned. — Opponents of Brexit claim …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Business Insider
Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
US: Clinton calendars won't be released until after election — WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state …
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BizPac Review, twitchy.com and Breitbart
Arizona Republic:
Donald Trump cancels Phoenix event … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has canceled his visit to Phoenix next week, his campaign said Friday. — Trump was scheduled to deliver a speech at a downtown Phoenix hotel on Wednesday. But Brian Seitchik, Trump's Arizona state director said …
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Daily News Bin, The Daily Beast and Infowars
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump says canceled Arizona event moving to larger venue
Trump says canceled Arizona event moving to larger venue
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Daily News Bin and The Right Scoop
Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Receives 1st Classified Briefing as Democratic Nominee — Hillary Clinton spent Saturday morning at an FBI facility near her New York home meeting with staffers from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who briefed her on major threats and emerging concerns around the world.
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whorunsGov, Hot Air and The Week
Chris Graham / Telegraph:
Heartbreaking picture of dog who won't leave master's coffin after Italy earthquake — I — t is a sight reminiscent of the legend of Greyfriars Bobby. — Thirty-four caskets lie side by side in a gym in Ascoli Piceno, and beside one a small blond cocker spaniel sits, devoted to the end, unable to leave his master even in death.
Discussion:
alan.com and Liberty Unyielding
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
How the Clinton Campaign Is Foiling the Kremlin — Staffers are now using a “Snowden-approved” app to hide Trump-related e-mails from hackers, in Russia and elsewhere. — On May 17, as dusk was setting over Brooklyn, around a dozen employees from Hillary Clinton's campaign …
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Motherboard