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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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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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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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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Matt Lauer totally blew it on Trump's blatant lying about Iraq and Libya — “I heard Hillary Clinton say I was not against the war in Iraq,” Donald Trump told Matt Lauer during Wednesday night's Commander-in-Chief Forum. “I was totally against the war in Iraq. You can look at Esquire magazine from 2004.
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Loses the War in a Battle Between the Candidates — The NBC presidential forum on Wednesday night in Manhattan brought together the candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump to try to determine who has the strength, preparation and presence of mind to lead during a time of crisis.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Fields Storm of Criticism Over Clinton-Trump Forum
Matt Lauer Fields Storm of Criticism Over Clinton-Trump Forum
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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:
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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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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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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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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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 …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton campaign warns media to tread carefully — 's campaign is working the refs hard when it comes to reports about her health. — While Clinton responded to a fit of coughing this week with humor, saying she was “allergic” to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump
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Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
Was Hillary Wearing an Earpiece During Last Night's Presidential Forum? — Conservative actor James Woods: “She can't even lie without help” — Was Hillary Clinton wearing an earpiece during last night's presidential forum? That's the latest question swirling around the Internet …
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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Gary Johnson asks: What is Aleppo?
Gary Johnson asks: What is Aleppo?
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson: ‘What is Aleppo?’
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson: ‘What is Aleppo?’
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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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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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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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Michael Corkery / New York Times:
Wells Fargo Fined for Years of Harm to Customers
Wells Fargo Fined for Years of Harm to Customers
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Steven Goff / Washington Post:
Megan Rapinoe: 'It's [expletive] unbelievable. Saddened by it' — Following the Seattle Reign's 2-1 defeat to the Washington Spirit on Wednesday, Megan Rapinoe responded to the Spirit's decision to play the national anthem while the teams were in the locker room.
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Mike Pence defends Donald Trump comments on Vladimir Putin: ‘inarguable’ — Washington (CNN)Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday defended his running mate's statement that Vladimir Putin is a stronger leader than President Barack Obama, calling it “inarguable.”
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence agrees with Trump: Calls Putin stronger than Obama
Pence agrees with Trump: Calls Putin stronger than Obama
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
AP deletes Clinton Foundation tweet — The Associated Press announced on Thursday that it is deleting a two-week old tweet about the Clinton Foundation. — “The Associated Press today is deleting a 2-week-old tweet about Hillary Clinton's meetings as Cabinet secretary after concluding …
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Lauren Easton / The Definitive Source:
Statement on why AP deletes Clinton tweet
Statement on why AP deletes Clinton tweet
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Associated Press:
Hawaiian seafood caught by foreign crews confined on boats — HONOLULU (AP) — Pier 17 doesn't even show up on most Honolulu maps. Cars whiz past it on their way to Waikiki's famous white sand beaches. Yet few locals, let alone passing tourists, are aware that just behind a guarded gate …