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Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: Half of Trump supporters are in ‘basket of deplorables’ — New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton told an audience of donors Friday night that half of Donald Trump's supporters fall into “the basket of deplorables,” meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton Wouldn't Be Prosecuted Even if She Shot Someone — PENSACOLA, Fla. — Donald J. Trump, in escalating attacks against Hillary Clinton, suggested on Friday that his opponent was so immune to prosecution that she could shoot someone in front of thousands of witnesses and not be prosecuted.
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Daily Kos
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Calls Donald Trump's Interview on Russian TV ‘Unseemly’
Hillary Clinton Calls Donald Trump's Interview on Russian TV ‘Unseemly’
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Associated Press, Breitbart and Politico
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Democrats wonder and worry: Why isn't Clinton far ahead of Trump? — NEW YORK — With Election Day less than two months away, Democrats are increasingly worried that Hillary Clinton has not built a formidable lead against Donald Trump despite his historic weaknesses as a national party candidate.
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The Last Refuge and Althouse
Chicago Tribune:
Why Obamacare failed — President Barack Obama signs his signature health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 23, 2010. With the nation still divided over “Obamacare,” President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law.
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Hot Air and Instapundit
New York Times:
Apple Is Said to Be Rethinking Strategy on Self-Driving Cars — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is rethinking what it plans to do about self-driving cars, just as other big tech companies appear ready to plow ahead with competing efforts. — In a retrenchment of one of its most ambitious initiatives …
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Investor's Business Daily, Engadget and The Verge
U.S. Department of Justice:
Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — The Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior issued …
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To see more from City of East Liverpool, Ohio on Facebook, log in or create an account. … City of East Liverpool, Ohio added 4 new photos. — Warning Graphic Content! — The city Police department recently responded to a call of an incapacitated driver, attached are photos from the scene along with the actual police report.
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New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Bigot tried ripping off two Muslim women's hijabs as they strolled with their babies in Brooklyn attack — A bigoted Brooklyn woman launched a sickening attack on two Muslim women pushing their babies in strollers — punching them in the face and trying to pull off their hijabs, prosecutors said Friday.
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alan.com, Raw Story and U.S. Uncut
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
How one Washington Post reporter uses pen and paper to make his tracking of Trump get noticed — “I think I knew there was going to be a lot of futility to the process. I was looking for a way to make the futility look interesting and give people something to follow.”
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alan.com
The Times of Israel:
Suspicious car with gas canisters found outside Marseille synagogue — After initial alarm, police say vehicle did not contain any detonation trigger, and may not have been booby-trapped as first feared — A car containing gas canisters was found Saturday outside a synagogue …
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Jihad Watch
New York Post:
The worst person in New York has been arrested — The low-life crook who was caught on camera plucking a wad of cash out of an elderly woman's bra has been brought to justice — and the 93-year-old thanked The Post for exposing the heist. — “I feel a little more relieved now.
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BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and New York Magazine
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Congress should impeach the IRS commissioner — or risk becoming obsolete — Republican congressional leaders ardently want conservative members of the House to not force a vote on impeaching the IRS commissioner. The public does not care about John Koskinen's many misdeeds.
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The Daily Caller
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Donald Trump To Speak At Phyllis Schlafly's Funeral — Donald Trump is expected to speak at conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly's funeral Saturday, an anonymous source told CNN. — Trump said he'd attend the funeral for Schlafly, who died Monday at 92, during his Friday speech at the Values Voter Summit.
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
The Curious Case of Susan Estrich — Susan Estrich is known for being first. — A celebrated feminist legal scholar, Ms. Estrich was the first female president of The Harvard Law Review. Working for Michael S. Dukakis in 1988, she was the first woman to manage a presidential campaign.
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Althouse
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Former president Bill Clinton again belittled the “coal people” who oppose Hillary Clinton for president — even though, he says, they voted for him in the 1990s. — “We all know how her opponent's done real well down in West Virginia and eastern Kentucky,” Clinton said during a rally in Pennsylvania.
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Western Journalism, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Bill Clinton Mocks ‘The Coal People’ In West Virginia, Kentucky For Supporting Trump [VIDEO]
Bill Clinton Mocks ‘The Coal People’ In West Virginia, Kentucky For Supporting Trump [VIDEO]
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BizPac Review
Karoli Kuns / Crooks and Liars:
Rudy Giuliani Comes Unglued Under Chris Matthews' Withering Questions — Chris Matthews woke up yesterday morning and decided he wanted some red meat truth-telling on his show this morning, so he invited Rudy Giuliani on to have a few go-rounds about Trump's birtherism.
Joe Mozingo / Los Angeles Times:
‘The worst thing imaginable:’ Bodies and blood everywhere after San Bernardino terrorist attack, DOJ report shows — San Bernardino terror attack (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times) — When a masked, black-clad gunman stormed into a training session and holiday party for San Bernardino county health workers …
Jordan RaananESPN / ESPN:
Giants WRs to honor 9/11 anniversary with patriotic cleats — EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Victor Cruz are preparing to kick off the season in patriotic style. — Beckham and Cruz plan to wear special 9/11 cleats before and during Sunday's season opener …
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USA Today, Independent Journal Review and BizPac Review
David Brooks / New York Times:
Time for a Realignment — There's a good chance many of you will be switching political parties over the next 15 years. You may be a corporate executive who's voted rock-solid Republican for decades, but you may be a consistent Democrat by 2024. You may be an African-American community activist …
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
With each test, N. Korea inches closer to being able to send a nuclear-tipped missile to the U.S. — TOKYO — North Korea has taken a key step toward its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the mainland United States, analysts said Friday after Kim Jong Un ordered yet another nuclear test.
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