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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:
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 …
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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Denver Post:
A fishy story in Platte River Networks' purge of Clinton e-mails — The latest controversy involving Hillary Clinton's decision to run her State Department e-mail through private servers contains a hard-to-believe shocker that ought to give reasonable people pause.
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Hot Air
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hill Republicans: Clinton investigations won't stop if she wins
Hill Republicans: Clinton investigations won't stop if she wins
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Outside the Beltway and Washington Free Beacon
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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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republican insiders plot post-election party overhaul — Republican insiders opposed to Donald Trump have begun discussions to prepare a party overhaul whether its candidate wins the presidency or not. — They regard Trump as the symptom of a disease that afflicts the GOP and fear …
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Washington Post, National Review and The Resurgent
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Suing To Get Donald Trump Booted Off The Ballot In Minnesota — After the Minnesota Republican Party waited until the last minute to get their party's presidential nominee on the ballot, the state's Democrats filed a legal challenge late Thursday arguing that the way Republicans placed Donald Trump …
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Minnesota DFL:
Minnesota DFL Files Legal Challenge to Donald Trump Being Placed on Minnesota Ballot — Clear Republican errors should lead Trump to being removed — St. Paul—Late today the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party filed a legal challenge petitioning the Minnesota Supreme Court …
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Tristan Lejeune / The Hill:
Facebook co-founder pledges $20M to defeat Trump
Facebook co-founder pledges $20M to defeat Trump
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Daily Kos and Western Journalism
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Twin Cities:
DFL sues to get Donald Trump off Minnesota ballots
DFL sues to get Donald Trump off Minnesota ballots
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Capitol View and The Gateway Pundit
Aftenposten:
Dear Mark. I am writing this to inform you that I shall not comply with your requirement to remove this picture. — Dear Mark Zuckerberg. — I follow you on Facebook, but you don't know me. I am editor-in-chief of the Norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten.
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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
New photos show Bill Clinton yukking it up with Trump, Melania, and woman in Playboy shirt — The Clinton Presidential Library has released nearly two dozen photos of Donald Trump socializing with President Bill Clinton — including one that shows the two men with their arms around Trump's then-girlfriend …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Were on 9/11
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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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Aide: Trump didn't know interview would be on Russian TV
Aide: Trump didn't know interview would be on Russian TV
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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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Van Susteren: Fox Execs Failed To Look Into Ailes Sexual Harassment Allegations
Van Susteren: Fox Execs Failed To Look Into Ailes Sexual Harassment Allegations
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New York Magazine, Politico, Mediaite, Washington Post and Praxis, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Poll: Economic outlook best in 9 years — Washington (CNN)Americans are more positive about the nation's economy than they have been in nine years, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. — In a reflection of rising optimism, 53% of Americans say economic conditions in the US are good, up from the 45% who felt that way in June.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't revive Michigan ban on straight-ticket voting — The Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow Michigan to ban voters from casting straight-ticket ballots in the coming election after lower courts found the prohibition was likely to discriminate against African Americans and result in long lines at the polls.
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MLive.com and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Did Obama squander an opportunity by nominating Merrick Garland?
The Daily 202: Did Obama squander an opportunity by nominating Merrick Garland?
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Capitol View and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Bill championed by families of 9/11 victims headed for likely veto showdown with the White House — Congress on Friday is expected to send President Obama a bill that would let families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged ties to terrorism …
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama in Diplomatic Jam as House Sends Him Saudi 9/11 Bill
Obama in Diplomatic Jam as House Sends Him Saudi 9/11 Bill
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New York Times 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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Dell Cameron / The Daily Dot:
WikiLeaks release excludes evidence of €2 billion transfer from Syria to Russia — Dell Cameron and Patrick Howell O'Neill — A trove of hacked emails published by WikiLeaks in 2012 excludes records of a €2 billion transaction between the Syrian regime and a government-owned Russian bank …
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Talking Points Memo and The Verge
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, The Week, Outside the Beltway and Naked Politics
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," …
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Politicus USA
Damon Linker / The Week:
Here's the most powerful (and chilling) case for Trump you'll ever hear — Let me present to you one of the most intellectually radical political essays I've read in a long time. — Penned by the pseudonymous author Publius Decius Mus for the staunchly conservative Claremont Review of Books, it's titled “The Flight 93 Election.”
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The White House:
Statement by the President on North Korea's Nuclear Test — The United States condemns North Korea's September 9 nuclear test in the strongest possible terms as a grave threat to regional security and to international peace and stability. North Korea stands out as the only country to have tested nuclear weapons this century.
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