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NBC News:
What Really Happened at Donald Trump's Intelligence Briefing — What ‘body language’ is Trump talking about? — As U.S. officials cast doubt on Donald Trump's claim he read the “body language” of intelligence officials at a recent briefing, NBC News has learned exclusive details …
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Washington Post, Politico, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Independent Journal Review, Gothamist, alan.com and Hot Air
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Clinton Slams Trump But Blabbed About Briefing in 2008 — Clinton on the offensive following IAVA Forum 5:07 — Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump for talking about an intelligence briefing he received — but she's done it, too. — “I think what he said was totally inappropriate …
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Washington Post, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton campaign warns media to tread carefully
Clinton campaign warns media to tread carefully
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Mike Cernovich Presents …, Instapundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Politico, naked capitalism, Infowars and RedState
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
It's unlikely Trump briefers disparaged Clinton or Obama, ex-intelligence officials say
It's unlikely Trump briefers disparaged Clinton or Obama, ex-intelligence officials say
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ThinkProgress, Raw Story, U.S. Uncut and New York Magazine
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Behind scenes, NBC execs concede Matt Lauer forum performance was “disaster” — NBC News knows the “Commander-in-Chief Forum” was not Matt Lauer's finest hour. — One executive, speaking anonymously, was blunt about it: “Disaster.” — The morning after Lauer's back-to-back interviews …
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The Moderate Voice, Politicus USA, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Little Green Footballs and Taylor Marsh, more at Mediagazer »
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ok, I Admit It: I'm a Lauer Truther — The conventional wisdom has hardened to granite. Matt Lauer was the worst debate moderator in history. He was unprepared. He hammered Hillary and devoted too much time to emails. He let Trump lie like crazy without calling him to account at all.
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The Atlantic and Balloon Juice
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Welcome to the Club, Jonathan Chait: Part II — Last year, New York magazine's Jonathan Chait came to the conclusion that “political correctness” was a problem after all. Why? Because, as Kevin Williamson put it at the time, the tool was “now being used as a cudgel against white liberals …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Monthly and Power Line
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Matt Lauer totally blew it on Trump's blatant lying about Iraq and Libya
Matt Lauer totally blew it on Trump's blatant lying about Iraq and Libya
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Loses the War in a Battle Between the Candidates
Matt Lauer Loses the War in a Battle Between the Candidates
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New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Mashable, Politicus USA, Daily Kos, The Mahablog and Mediaite
William Saletan / Slate:
NBC's Commander in Chief Forum Was an Authoritarian Farce
NBC's Commander in Chief Forum Was an Authoritarian Farce
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NBC News, PolitiFact, The Stranger …, Washington Post and fox8.com
True Pundit:
NYPD: Hillary Clinton Was Wearing “Invisible” Earpiece To Receive Stealth Coaching During Live NBC TV Town Hall — Hillary Clinton was sporting a mini earbud wired to receive stealth communications from her campaign handlers during Wednesday's Commander-in-Chief Forum carried live on NBC from New York City, True Pundit has learned.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Independent Journal Review, Mediaite and ThinkProgress
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Conservative media jumps on Hillary's ‘earpiece’ — Conservative media was dominated on Thursday by claims Hillary Clinton — was wearing an earpiece during a nationally televised presidential forum on veterans affairs the previous evening. — The story originally took off via a tweet …
Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
Was Hillary Wearing an Earpiece During Last Night's Presidential Forum?
Was Hillary Wearing an Earpiece During Last Night's Presidential Forum?
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
‘What Is Aleppo?’ Gary Johnson Asks, in an Interview Stumble — Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor and Libertarian Party presidential nominee, revealed a surprising lack of foreign policy knowledge on Thursday that could rock his insurgent candidacy when he could not answer …
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Politico, Slate, Washington Post, RT, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, Salon, Red Alert Politics, The Concourse, ABC News, The Hill, Common Dreams, FiveThirtyEight, PRI, Hit & Run, New Urban Legends, Bearing Drift, Raw Story, Infowars, Mediaite, twitchy.com, Western Journalism, BizPac Review, The Atlantic, Mashable, Independent Journal Review, Talking Points Memo, Towleroad, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, The American Conservative, Mother Jones, The Week, Shakesville and RedState
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Gary Johnson Stuns ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts By Asking ‘What Is Aleppo?’ (VIDEO)
Gary Johnson Stuns ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts By Asking ‘What Is Aleppo?’ (VIDEO)
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Point, Fox News Insider and Guardian
Donald J. Trump / Esquire:
Donald Trump: How I'd Run the Country (Better) — This is what it felt like to be Donald J. Trump in 2004, when The Apprentice was on the air, and he was bros with Regis, and the Iraq War was still at the top of America's collective consciousness. Funnily enough, what he said 12 years ago helps us understand his (il)logic today.
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Toronto Star, Little Green Footballs, Vox, Mediaite, Guardian, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Would've Captured Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11 Attacks — In a 15-minute effort to set the “terribly dishonest” media straight before a speech on school choice in Cleveland, Donald Trump claimed that with him at the helm, Osama bin Laden would've been captured even before the Sept, 11, 2001 terror attacks.
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alan.com, New Century Times and The Week
RT:
Iraq, Hillary and baseball: Donald Trump talks to Larry King (RT EXCLUSIVE) … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tells RT's Larry King that he doesn't dislike Hillary Clinton, but that she's not the person to make America great again - and that their televised duel Wednesday was more fun than baseball.
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The Hill
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Mike Pence defends Donald Trump comments on Vladimir Putin: ‘inarguable’
Mike Pence defends Donald Trump comments on Vladimir Putin: ‘inarguable’
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The Hill, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Hot Air and New York Magazine
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Presidential forum proves no matter who wins, America loses
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Seahawks Considering National Anthem Protest As A Team — In the fourth week of the preseason, two other NFL players joined Colin Kaepernick in sitting out the playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner”: his 49ers teammate Eric Reid, and Seahawks CB Jeremy Lane.
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Steven Goff / Washington Post:
Megan Rapinoe: 'It's [expletive] unbelievable. Saddened by it'
Megan Rapinoe: 'It's [expletive] unbelievable. Saddened by it'
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Outsports, Associated Press, Slate, Mediaite, DCist, The Gateway Pundit, Towleroad, Independent Journal Review and Washington Free Beacon
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside the collapse of Trump's D.C. policy shop — The Trump campaign built a large policy shop in Washington that has now largely melted away because of neglect, mismanagement and promises of pay that were never honored. Many of the team's former members say the campaign leadership never took …
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Politico, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Resurgent and The New Civil Rights Movement
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired for creating over 2 million phony accounts — Everyone hates paying bank fees. But imagine paying fees on a ghost account you didn't even sign up for. — That's exactly what happened to Wells Fargo customers nationwide.
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USA Today, U.S. Uncut and The Atlantic
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Michael Corkery / New York Times:
Wells Fargo Fined for Fraudulently Opening Accounts for Customers
Wells Fargo Fined for Fraudulently Opening Accounts for Customers
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Mother Jones, KTLA, LawNewz and The Week
Lauren Easton / The Definitive Source:
Statement on why AP deletes Clinton tweet — The Associated Press today is deleting a 2-week-old tweet about Hillary Clinton's meetings as Cabinet secretary after concluding the tweet fell short of AP standards by omitting essential context.
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Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America, Business Insider and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
AP deletes Clinton Foundation tweet
AP deletes Clinton Foundation tweet
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The Point, Media Matters for America and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Prosecutors will drop case against former Va. governor Robert McDonnell — Federal prosecutors will not attempt to retry former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on corruption charges, ending a years long saga that rocked the Commonwealth's political class and cut short the rise of a Republican star.
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Associated Press, NPR, New York Times, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and Bearing Drift
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department dropping corruption case against Bob McDonnell
Justice Department dropping corruption case against Bob McDonnell
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The Hill
PR Newswire:
Hillary's Health Concerns Serious, Say Most Doctors Polled by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) — Concerns about Hillary Clinton's health are “serious—could be disqualifying for the position of President of the U.S.,” say nearly 71% of 250 physicians responding …
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Little Green Footballs, The Gateway Pundit, Western Journalism and Liberty Unyielding
Emily Lane / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
‘Blue lives matter’ law used in arrest of New Orleans man who shouted slurs at police: warrant — Raul Delatoba was arrested Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, and charged with a hate crime and other offenses after New Orleans police say he verbally attacked NOPD officers and a witness who saw him damage a window at the Royal Sonesta Hotel.
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Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Fox News Insider
Tom Wheeler / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed FCC chairman: Here are the new proposed rules for set-top boxes — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler at the FCC in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press) — There's never been a better time to watch television in America.
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Tom Steele / Dallas Morning News:
Watch: San Antonio mattress store's ad for 9/11 sale spoofs towers falling — A San Antonio mattress store has drawn widespread criticism after posting a video on Facebook promoting a “Twin Towers Sale.” — In the video, Miracle Mattress manager Cherise Bonanno says that there's no better …
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New Urban Legends and Talking Points Memo
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Fear of a Female President — Except for her gender, Hillary Clinton is a highly conventional presidential candidate. She's been in public life for decades. Her rhetoric is carefully calibrated. She tailors her views to reflect the mainstream within her party.
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Vox and Hullabaloo
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Is a Flawed But Normal Politician. Why Can't America See That? — In 2009, incoming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked former Secretary of State Colin Powell how to handle her emails. Last month, Powell denied having ever given Clinton this advice.
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Hullabaloo and Guardian