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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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Trump Camp Walks Back His Claim That He ‘Never’ Spoke With FL AG Pam Bondi
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
Trump tries to explain away Florida AG controversy
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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Flake fires back at Trump, warns GOP
Flake fires back at Trump, warns GOP
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Dings Clinton For Not Having ‘A Presidential Look’
Trump Dings Clinton For Not Having ‘A Presidential Look’
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The Intercept:
The Unrelenting Pundit-Led Effort to Delegitimize All Negative Reporting About Hillary Clinton
The Unrelenting Pundit-Led Effort to Delegitimize All Negative Reporting About Hillary Clinton
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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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.
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Swing State Polls: All Tied Up in Battlegrounds, Including...Texas? — We'll circle back to the eye-catching CNN poll Katie wrote about earlier, but first, here are the results of a — shall we say — questionable online survey of a slew of swing states (and non-swing states), via the Washington Post and Survey Monkey.
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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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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Fox Settles with Gretchen Carlson for $20 Million—and Is Expected to Offer an Unprecedented Apology — Act II of the Ailes saga may have just begun. — It has been exactly two months since Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, sued her old boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment.
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Even Worse Than Hillary Clinton's Emails — The civil service was missing in action. We learned about the emails from a hacker. — Forget the new dump of Hillary Clinton emails. Forget the phony claims that the missing communications were all about wedding plans and yoga routines.
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Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Defends Not Knowing State Department Classification Markings
Hillary Clinton Defends Not Knowing State Department Classification Markings
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ABC News:
TRANSCRIPT: ABC News Anchor David Muir Interviews Donald Trump and Mike Pence
TRANSCRIPT: ABC News Anchor David Muir Interviews Donald Trump and Mike Pence
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says He'll Release Full Medical Records
Donald Trump Says He'll Release Full Medical Records
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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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Get ready for a wild polling ride — The nine-week, post-Labor Day sprint to Election Day began Tuesday with a muddle of new poll results that confirm only one thing: Hillary Clinton no longer owns the commanding lead she held a month ago. — A CNN/ORC International poll generated the most headlines Tuesday.
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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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CNN:
CHICAGO VS. OTHER CITIES — When you compare Chicago's homicide rate to that of other big cities in the country — New York and Los Angeles, for example — it tops the list. — But Chicago is not the homicide capital of the United States. — New Orleans, St. Louis, Detroit …
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New York Times:
With Koch Brothers Academy, Conservatives Settle In for Long War — ARLINGTON, Va. — The rise of Donald J. Trump, with his hostility toward free trade and vow to protect entitlements, is a sharp rebuke to the free-market principles long championed by the billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump won't talk about being a birther — or many other controversial comments — Donald Trump was the mainstream face of a fringe movement five years ago that questioned Barack Obama's place of birth and qualifications for office, eventually prompting the president to release a long-form certificate proving his birth in Hawaii.
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Naomi Lim / CNN:
Carson: Trump's primary promises on immigration ‘relatively irrelevant’
Carson: Trump's primary promises on immigration ‘relatively irrelevant’
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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 …
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Yes, the race is tightening. But it's still too soon to panic. Here's why. — THE MORNING PLUM: — A batch of new polls suggests the race is tightening, which means the “Trump can really win” dirge is at full blast this morning. We'll get to the details in a moment.
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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.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Democrats Go Nuclear in New Ad Targeting Donald Trump — With a mushroom cloud and at least $5 million worth of TV airtime behind it, the new ad from the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA is sure to stand out in a crowded political landscape. — The spot, “I Love War,” …
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Washington Post:
Poll: Redrawing the electoral map — A Washington Post-SurveyMonkey poll of all 50 states indicates the 2016 campaign could flip several red and blue states from their longtime loyalties. The poll, conducted Aug. 9 through Sept. 1, asked more than 74,000 registered voters who they currently support for president.