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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Revenge of Roger's Angels — How Fox News women took down the most powerful, and predatory, man in media. — It took 15 days to end the mighty 20-year reign of Roger Ailes at Fox News, one of the most storied runs in media and political history. Ailes built not just a conservative …
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Media Matters for America:
Media Matters President Bradley Beychok Responds To Report That Fox Sought Our Reporter's Phone Records — Fox News sought the phone records of Media Matters senior reporter Joe Strupp through “legally questionable means” in order to identify his anonymous network sources, according to a new report.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Releases Documents in Hillary Clinton E-Mail Investigation — Today the FBI is releasing a summary of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's July 2, 2016 interview with the FBI concerning allegations that classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on a personal e-mail server she used during her tenure.
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CNN:
FBI releases Hillary Clinton report
FBI releases Hillary Clinton report
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Politico, Power Line, Business Insider, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, CBS New York and LawNewz
Jamie Dupree / AJCJamie Dupree:
FBI releases Clinton email documents
FBI releases Clinton email documents
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The Daily Caller, Vessel News and twitchy.com
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The New York Times Screws Up Its Clinton Coverage, Part Infinity — Hey, look, there goes the plot. — Oh, for the love of god, mother Times. Are you freaking kidding me? — It's long past the point where many of our major news publications be sent to the dogtrack with their names pinned …
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Washington Post, Media Matters for America and Eschaton
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton was right about the vast right-wing conspiracy. Here's why it exists. — The epic battles between the Clintons and their tormentors on the right have shaped American politics for nearly a quarter century. — But there was a moment early on when the toxic course …
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Politico
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Emails Raise New Questions About Clinton Foundation Ties to State Dept. — WASHINGTON — A top aide to Hillary Clinton at the State Department agreed to try to obtain a special diplomatic passport for an adviser to former President Bill Clinton in 2009, according to emails released Thursday …
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Revised Immigration Speech After Mexican Leader's Tweet — Republican added wording about border wall at last minute after President Enrique Peña Nieto said his nation wouldn't pay for it — As Donald Trump arrived in Phoenix late Wednesday, fresh from a visit …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Eric Trump: ‘Pretty amazing’ that Hispanic surrogates withdrew support after speech
Eric Trump: ‘Pretty amazing’ that Hispanic surrogates withdrew support after speech
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump's trip was a hit
GOP insiders: Trump's trip was a hit
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Hullabaloo and The New York Observer
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Presidential Debate Moderators Announced — The Commission on Presidential Debates has announced the names of the moderators of the four showdowns that are scheduled in the coming weeks. — The first presidential debate will be moderated by NBC's “Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt.
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Politico, Towleroad, Joe.My.God. and twitchy.com
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Commission on Presidential Debates:
Format — The format for the debates, announced on July 7, 2016, will be: — First presidential debate — The debate will be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on major topics to be selected by the moderator and announced at least one week before the debate.
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ThinkProgress, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Morning Consult, Vessel News and Hot Air
Randy Ludlow / The Columbus Dispatch:
Green Party presidential candidate's Capital University speech delayed after she flies to wrong city — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was scheduled to speak at Capital University in Bexley at noon today but it looks like she's running a little late.
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William Wan / Washington Post:
Inside the Republican creation of the North Carolina voting bill dubbed the ‘monster’ law — RALEIGH, N.C. — The emails to the North Carolina election board seemed routine at the time. — “Is there any way to get a breakdown of the 2008 voter turnout, by race (white and black) …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
North Carolina May End Up Back In Court Over Its Foot Dragging On Early Voting
North Carolina May End Up Back In Court Over Its Foot Dragging On Early Voting
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ThinkProgress and Off the Kuff
Gabrielle Union / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed ‘Birth of a Nation’ actress Gabrielle Union: I cannot take Nate Parker rape allegations lightly — Gabrielle Union arrives at the 47th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center. (Los Angeles Times) — Twenty-four years ago I was raped at gunpoint in the cold …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The national economic implications of a taco truck on every corner — A supporter of Donald Trump appeared on MSNBC's “All In” on Thursday night to offer a vision of a bleak, delicious future. … “My culture is a very dominant culture, and it's imposing — and it's causing problems,” …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Latinos for Trump founder warns of ‘taco trucks on every corner’
Latinos for Trump founder warns of ‘taco trucks on every corner’
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Fusion, Washington Post, Guardian, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, RedState, Real Clear Politics, Hot Air and New York Magazine
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton's advisers tell her to prep for a landslide — Advisers to Hillary Clinton's campaign have identified so many paths to an Election Day victory they are now focusing not only on the one or two battlegrounds that would ensure a win but on opening up the possibility of an Electoral College landslide.
Bloomberg:
Putin Says DNC Hack Was Public Service, Russia Didn't Do It — Stepan Kravchenko John Micklethwait Jake Rudnitsky — ‘Listen, does it even matter who hacked this data?’ Putin says — Putin says he 'couldn't imagine' DNC bias was newsworthy — Vladimir Putin said the hacking …
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Reuters:
One secret of Trump's low-cost campaign: free labor — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings.
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NBC News:
Colin Kaepernick Pledges $1 Million to Charity as Anthem Protest Spreads — FROM AUG. 29: Kaepernick's Protest Sparks National Uproar 1:57 — San Francisco 49ers star Colin Kaepernick is putting his money where his mouth is — pledging to donate $1 million to community organizations Thursday.
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New York Times:
This small Indiana county sends more people to prison than San Francisco and Durham, N.C., combined. Why? — LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — Donnie Gaddis picked the wrong county to sell 15 oxycodone pills to an undercover officer. — If Mr. Gaddis had been caught 20 miles to the east, in Cincinnati …
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Hillary Clinton 2016:
Hillary's Plan to Respond to Unjustified Price Hikes for Long-Available Drugs — Today, Hillary Clinton is offering a plan to protect Americans from unjustified price hikes in lifesaving treatments that have long been on the market. Over the last year, we've seen far too many examples …
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Mother Jones, Morning Consult, TheStreet.com and The Federalist
Daily Mail:
Melania Trump: A retraction — On August 20, 2016, an article was published in the Daily Mail newspaper titled 'Racy photos, and troubling questions about his wife's past that could derail Trump.' — The article discussed whether allegations being made about Melania Trump could negatively affect …
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Are Tied In Latest IBD/TIPP Poll — In a sharp turnaround in an already volatile election season, support for Hillary Clinton tumbled as Donald Trump made gains over the past month, leaving the race a virtual tie. — The latest IBD/TIPP Poll shows that Clinton …
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The American Spectator
news khpg.org:
Russia's Supreme Court rules that the USSR did not invade Poland in 1939 — Russia's Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Perm blogger Vladimir Luzgin for reposting a text which states that both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland in 1939.
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