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Washington Post:
The Hillary Clinton email story is out of control — JUDGING BY the amount of time NBC's Matt Lauer spent pressing Hillary Clinton on her emails during Wednesday's national security presidential forum, one would think that her homebrew server was one of the most important issues facing the country this election.
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New York Times:
A Debate Disaster Waiting to Happen — There was not much of a contest in Wednesday night's forum with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Mrs. Clinton answered the questions of the moderator, Matt Lauer, in coherent sentences, often with specific details. Mr. Trump alternated between …
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Vox, The Hill, Washington Post, Ghosts of Tom Joad, Louder With Crowder, Mashable and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Granted Immunity to Specialist Who Deleted Hillary Clinton's Emails — WASHINGTON — A computer specialist who deleted Hillary Clinton's emails despite orders from Congress to preserve them was given immunity by the Justice Department during its investigation into her personal email account …
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Politico, Page Two, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, Power Line, Denver Post and JONATHAN TURLEY
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hill Republicans: Clinton investigations won't stop if she wins — Top GOP lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol are vowing that their investigations of Hillary Clinton will continue even if she wins the White House in November. — Indeed, the FBI wrapped up its investigation …
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Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump attacks U.S. foreign policy, political press corps on state-owned Russian television network — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized U.S. foreign policy and the American political press corps Thursday during an interview on RT America, a state-owned Russian television network.
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CBS News, The Hill, RT, Hot Air, Daily Kos, The Week, New Century Times and Instapundit, more at Mediagazer »
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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, Political Wire, The Week, Washington Times and Business Insider
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews — Rudy Giuliani is the highest-profile Donald Trump supporter to publicly raise questions about Hillary Clinton's health. While Trump himself relies more on innuendo, the former New York mayor prefers to be more direct.
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CANNONFIRE and The Resurgent
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign Stands By Embrace of Putin
Donald Trump's Campaign Stands By Embrace of Putin
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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Week, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
On Russian TV, Trump says it's ‘unlikely’ Putin trying to sway election
On Russian TV, Trump says it's ‘unlikely’ Putin trying to sway election
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The New Civil Rights Movement, New York Magazine and Bloomberg
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Democrats rally around Clinton and paint Trump as unfit for office
Democrats rally around Clinton and paint Trump as unfit for office
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Politico, Political Wire, Informed Comment, New York Magazine and Hillary Clinton Speeches
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Giuliani: ‘Trump believes now that Obama was born in the U.S.’
Giuliani: ‘Trump believes now that Obama was born in the U.S.’
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Political Wire
Dustin Moskovitz:
Compelled to Act — We're committing $20M to help Democrats in the 2016 election — Cari and I have dedicated our lives to figuring out how to do the most good we can with the resources we've been given. Until now, those efforts have not included making endorsements or contributions in presidential elections.
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CNN, Washington Post, Politico, Joe.My.God., Business Insider, The Daily Caller and The Week
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Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:
Super-PAC Telegraphs Battleground Strategy to Clinton Campaign
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
'We're the Only Plane in the Sky' — Nearly every American above a certain age remembers precisely where they were on September 11, 2001. But for a tiny handful of people, those memories touch American presidential history. Shortly after the attacks began, the most powerful man in the world …
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Political Insider blog, Outside the Beltway and The Week
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea conducts fifth nuclear test, claims it has made warheads with ‘higher strike power’ — TOKYO — North Korea defiantly celebrated its fifth nuclear test Friday, claiming that it can now make warheads small enough to fit onto a missile and warning its “enemies” …
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Politico:
President Obama condemns North Korean nuclear test — President Barack Obama on Friday denounced North Korea's latest test of a nuclear weapon, condemning the move “in the strongest possible terms as a grave threat to regional security and to international peace and stability.
Julia Carrie Wong / Guardian:
Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes ‘napalm girl’ post — Norway's largest newspaper published a front-page letter to the Facebook CEO lambasting the company's decision to censor a photograph of the Vietnam war — Norway's largest newspaper has published …
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The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Politico, Boing Boing, Al Jazeera English, Mashable, Bloomberg and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
Josh Peter / USA Today:
NAACP president: ‘Not a stretch’ to compare Colin Kaepernick to Rosa Parks — The president of the NAACP on Thursday compared Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand during the national anthem to Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955.
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Bleacher Report
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Stephen Cohen / KOMO:
Seahawks players may expand national anthem protest Sunday vs Dolphins
Seahawks players may expand national anthem protest Sunday vs Dolphins
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Townhall.com, Washington Post, The Federalist, Florida Politics and TheBlaze.com
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, FiveThirtyEight, The Week, Techdirt, U.S. Uncut, The Atlantic and The Resurgent
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Wells Fargo $100 Million for Widespread Illegal Practice …
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Wells Fargo $100 Million for Widespread Illegal Practice …
Michael Corkery / New York Times:
Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million for Fraudulently Opening Accounts
Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million for Fraudulently Opening Accounts
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ThinkProgress, Bloomberg, BillMoyers.com, naked capitalism, The Daily Caller, KTLA, Unfogged, Mother Jones, LawNewz and The Week
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Bill Clinton: “If You're A White Southerner,” You Know What ‘Make America Great Again’ Really Means — Former President Bill Clinton stumps for his wife in Orlando, FL. He says that Donald Trump's promise to “Make America Great Again” is a racist codeword.
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Scared Monkeys and Independent Journal Review
Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:
Donald Trump offers nine explanations of his Iraq War stance in 13 minutes — Most of Trump's explanations for his position on the war in 2002 and 2003 were dishonest, contradictory or both. — WASHINGTON—Donald Trump supported the invasion of Iraq. This is a matter of public record.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Would've Captured Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11 Attacks
Trump: I Would've Captured Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11 Attacks
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Salon, New Century Times, alan.com, Fox News Insider, Towleroad, The Week and Vox
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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CNBC, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Post and Washington Free Beacon
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
David Brock to Commission on Presidential Debates: Drop Chris Wallace — Media Matters founder David Brock is demanding that the Commission on Presidential Debates remove Fox News anchor Chris Wallace as moderator of the final presidential debate in October.
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RedState, BuzzFeed, Media Matters for America, The Week and CNNMoney
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Maybe Trump can win — Once resigned to a November defeat, swing state Republicans are increasingly optimistic about Donald Trump's chances now that the GOP presidential nominee has closed a once-yawning deficit in the polls against Hillary Clinton.
Tampa Bay Times:
Feds should investigate Bondi-Trump connection — Federal prosecutors should investigate whether there is any connection between the decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi's office not to pursue fraud allegations against Trump University and a $25,000 campaign contribution he gave her.
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The Atlantic, Daily Kos, Business Insider and Washington Post
Catherine Reid / Mirror.co.uk:
Police may let Muslims wear burka as uniform in effort to boost diversity — Senior officers at West Midlands Police revealed they would discuss allowing the traditional Islamic dress to become part of Muslim female officers' uniform — Police have said they may let Muslim officers wear …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
'There's Nothing Better Than a Scared, Rich Candidate' — This past April, the American Association of Political Consultants gathered for its annual conference, known as the Pollies, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During breaks between sessions ("Buying Votes in a Presidential Election," …