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The Huffington Post:
Trump Held Fundraiser For Pam Bondi At Mar-a-Lago After She Dropped Investigation — The Republican Party of Florida paid much less for the venue than Trump's own campaign has paid. — National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON In March 2014, Donald Trump opened …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Donation Is His Latest Brush With Campaign Fund Rules — Donald J. Trump, who has repeatedly denounced pay-to-play politics during his insurgent campaign, is now defending himself against claims that he donated $25,000 to a group supporting the Florida attorney general …
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The Huffington Post:
Trump Living Large On Donors' Dime — The GOP nominee's campaign is spending lavishly on Trump businesses instead of cheaper alternatives. — S.V. Date — WASHINGTON - On the night of this spring's Florida primary, the pastor giving the invocation at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago victory party prayed …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Walks Back His Claim That He ‘Never’ Spoke With FL AG Pam Bondi
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump tries to explain away Florida AG controversy
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Dallas Morning News:
We recommend Hillary Clinton for U.S. president — There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November. We recommend Hillary Clinton. — We don't come to this decision easily. This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation's highest office since …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP: Trump won't cost us Congress — Even after the tumultuous Summer of Trump, Republicans still insist that he won't doom their hopes of retaining control of Capitol Hill. — Returning to Washington after their long August recess, Republican lawmakers are cautiously optimistic …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HERE IT IS=> Hillary Clinton Cough Rap (Video) — From the comments on an earlier post.... The Hillary Clinton Cough Rap — I like the goat. — The post HERE IT IS=> Hillary Clinton Cough Rap (Video) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
The Truth Comes Out As CNN Admits They Are Going Easy On Donald Trump — CNN's Dana Bash said what many voters have long suspected. The media has lowered the bar for Donald Trump and goes easier on him with their coverage because they expect less out of the GOP nominee.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Flake fires back at Trump, warns GOP
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton's Lead Keeps Shrinking — Want these election updates emailed to you right when they're published? Sign up here. — I, for one, welcome the unofficial end of summer. I'll miss the Olympics and fancy tomato salads. But it's an election year …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Swing State Polls: All Tied Up in Battlegrounds, Including...Texas?
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In every state, pessimism about Trump, Clinton and the impact of the election — The presidential campaign has intensified long-standing political divisions, but there is one area of broad agreement among voters in both red states and blue states — a pervasive pessimism that no matter the outcome …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump would turn to generals for Islamic State plan — On his first day in office, Donald Trump would order the military to formulate a plan within one month for defeating ISIL, he said on Tuesday. — Previously, Trump has maintained he has a plan to defeat ISIL (also referred to as ISIS) …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump won't talk about being a birther — or many other controversial comments
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Naomi Lim / CNN:
Carson: Trump's primary promises on immigration ‘relatively irrelevant’
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Daily Kos, New York Magazine, Washington Post and Mediaite
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate — Evan McMullin is running as an independent conservative alternative to Donald Trump. Who McMullin is running with, however, is a bit of a mystery. — In all nine states where he has officially qualified …
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Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
MRC Study: Challengers to Clinton and Trump Get Just 0.03% of TV News Airtime
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Press, lies and Hillary's campaign: Years of smears have created a fictional version of Clinton. They're also a disservice to voters. — Many Americans think Clinton is a congenital liar — that's because of the right and the media, not her … That tweet from Chris Cilizza …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Good news: Greta Van Susteren out at Fox News — Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is leaving the network. In the middle of a campaign season. After 14 years of service. — That's news. — In a statement on the matter, Fox News used the sort of language that comes with distressing departures.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Libertarian Johnson Makes Western Advertising Push Ahead of First Debate — To be included, Johnson needs an average score of 15 percent or higher in national polls leading up to the Sept. 26 event. — McCormickJohn — In a bid to propel his candidacy onto the presidential debate stage later …
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Clinton's campaign manager kept blacklist of potential hires — More On: — Hillary Clinton's current campaign manager kept a list of people who were not to receive State Department jobs being doled out — just as the new secretary of state entered the Obama administration — The Post has exclusively learned.
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ABC News:
TRANSCRIPT: ABC News Anchor David Muir Interviews Donald Trump and Mike Pence — ABC News “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir interviewed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and running mate Mike Pence. The following is a transcript of the interview:
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Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Defends Not Knowing State Department Classification Markings
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Richard Deitsch / SI.com:
Media Circus: Troy Aikman sounds off on Fox Sports signing Skip Bayless — “I believe success is achieved by acquiring and developing talented, respected and credible individuals,” Aikman said, “none of which applies to Skip Bayless.” — Troy Aikman has worked for Fox Sports for 15 years …
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Camila Domonoske / NPR:
Video Appears To Show Tourists Destroying Popular Oregon Rock Formation — When the iconic sandstone formation known as “the duckbill” collapsed, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department wasn't suspicious. — Erosion happens. Rocks fall. The stretch of cliff where the formation was located …
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Alaska Dispatch News:
Joe Miller to run as Libertarian in hopes of unseating US Sen. Lisa Murkowski — Two-time U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller said Tuesday he will try again to unseat U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski by replacing Cean Stevens as the Libertarian candidate on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
USA Freedom Girls Sue Trump Campaign for Stiffing Them — The pre-teen dance troupe that briefly became a national sensation after they performed for Donald Trump are suing the self-proclaimed billionaire's presidential campaign for stiffing them. — The USA Freedom Kids went viral …
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Moody's economic model finds Clinton pulling away from Trump — Low gas prices and President Obama's rising popularity are bolstering Hillary Clinton — 's chances of winning the White House, according to a closely followed economic election model from Moody's Analytics.
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