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David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
2 Clinton supporters in '08 reportedly shared Obama ‘birther’ story — WASHINGTON — Two supporters of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign reportedly shared the claim that then-rival Barack Obama was not born in the United States and thus was not eligible to be president.
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Trump Trolling Master Class: ‘Obama Was Born In The United States. Period.’ — On Friday, Donald Trump trolled the media, then crushed them over the birther issue. He told the media that he'd be speaking about his comments on Thursday, when he said he didn't want to talk about whether President Obama was born in the United States.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump said he'd give away $5 million — or maybe $50 million — for proof Obama was born in the U.S. Will he pay it? — Back when Donald Trump was a “birther” — an era that lasted from early 2011 until Thursday — he offered to give huge donations to charity in exchange for hard evidence …
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton Campaign Manager Admits 2008 Birther Link — Patti Solis Doyle, who was Hillary Clinton's campaign manager in 2008 until the Iowa caucuses, admitted on Friday that a Clinton campaign staffer had, in fact, circulated the Birther conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was born outside …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Clung to ‘Birther’ Lie for Years, and Still Isn't Apologetic — It was not true in 2011, when Donald J. Trump mischievously began to question President Obama's birthplace aloud in television interviews. “I'm starting to think that he was not born here,” he said at the time.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's birther event is the greatest trick he's ever pulled
Donald Trump's birther event is the greatest trick he's ever pulled
Talking Points Memo:
In Sudden About Face, Trump Admits Obama Was Born In US
In Sudden About Face, Trump Admits Obama Was Born In US
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump
It's time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump
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Political Wire, Daily Kos, MichelleMalkin.com, Vox and The Concourse, more at Mediagazer »
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump: Never wrong, never sorry, never responsible
Trump: Never wrong, never sorry, never responsible
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Introduced By A Birther At Event Where He Walked Back Birtherism
Trump Introduced By A Birther At Event Where He Walked Back Birtherism
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Commission on Presidential Debates:
CPD Invites Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump to Debate — Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2016) - The nonpartisan, non-profit Commission on Presidential Debates ("CPD") announced today that it has applied its Nonpartisan Candidate Selection Criteria for 2016 General Election Debate participation …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders: ‘This is not the time for a protest vote’
Bernie Sanders: ‘This is not the time for a protest vote’
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Third-party candidates miss cut for first debate
Third-party candidates miss cut for first debate
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Gary Johnson, Jill Stein Fail to Qualify for First Presidential Debate
Gary Johnson, Jill Stein Fail to Qualify for First Presidential Debate
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National Review and The Atlantic
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Just 5.7 Percent Of Clinton Foundation Budget Actually Went To Charitable Grants — Just 5.7 Percent Of Clinton Foundation Budget Actually Went To Charity — Media Outraged After Trump Tricks Them Into Covering Endorsements From Military Heroes — Clinton Campaign Event Erupts Into ‘FOUR MORE YEARS’ Chant For Obama
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Man arrested for allegedly threatening Hawaii Dems — A man was arrested in Tennessee Friday for allegedly threatening to kill two members of Congress, according to the Department of Justice. — FBI agents and Capitol Police officers arrested 36-year-old Keahiokahouna Stewart at his home in Murfreesboro on Friday morning.
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Daily Mail:
‘LES DEPLORABLES!’ Trump floors cheering Miami crowd as he enters to Broadway anthem and speaks in front of giant ‘Les Mis’ video screen art — It read ‘Les Deplorables’ - and replaced French revolutionary flags with the Stars and Stripes - and a ‘TRUMP’ flag
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BizPac Review, Vox Popoli, The Gateway Pundit and AOL
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Travel Back to an Early Clinton Scandal — Voters have the impression Hillary isn't trustworthy. She's been reinforcing it since 1993. — The question came up this week at a political panel: Why don't people like Hillary Clinton? — Why do they always believe the worst?
Robert M. Gates / Wall Street Journal:
Sizing Up the Next Commander-in-Chief — Neither candidate has seriously addressed how he or she thinks about the military or the use of force. — You wouldn't know it from the presidential campaigns, but the first serious crisis to face our new president most likely will be international.
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David Sims / The Atlantic:
The Embarrassment of Jimmy Fallon — The Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, went on NBC's Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon yesterday. Here, in chronological order, is every question Fallon asked his guest. —This is getting real. You still have time, do you still want to do this?
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Hollywood Reporter, ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller
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Elizabeth Roberts / CNN:
History made in New York as one designer shows the first-ever collection to feature hijabs in every look — (CNN)A Muslim designer made history at New York Fashion Week by showing the first-ever collection to feature hijabs in every outfit. — Anniesa Hasibuan, an Indonesian designer …
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Breitbart and American Thinker
Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
How Internet Trolls Won the 2016 Presidential Election — Last weekend, the Hillary Clinton campaign did something extremely controversial: It published an explainer devoted entirely to Pepe the frog. Pepe, a popular cartoon frog who first showed up in a web comic by Matt Furie back in 2005 …
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Infowars and Hullabaloo
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How Roger Ailes used ‘key man clauses’ for his stars to protect himself — Contracts with most of the biggest stars on Fox News contain something unusual: A “key man clause” giving them an escape hatch if the company's “key man,” CEO Roger Ailes, exited. — In July, Ailes resigned under pressure amid sexual harassment allegations.
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Liberty Unyielding and BizPac Review
KSNT-TV:
Black mask photo and caption leaves K-State students in an uproar — Related Coverage — MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) — Students at Kansas State University are in an uproar with a photo one K-State student posted on Snapchat on Tuesday. One student said seeing actions like this sets the time back 150 years.
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Edward Albee, Playwright of a Desperate Generation, Dies at 88 — Edward Albee, widely considered the foremost American playwright of his generation, whose psychologically astute and piercing dramas explored the contentiousness of intimacy, the gap between self-delusion and truth …
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Althouse, The New Civil Rights Movement and Joe.My.God.
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Media Outraged After Trump Tricks Them To Cover Endorsements From Military Heroes — Media Outraged After Trump Tricks Them Into Covering Endorsements From Military Heroes — EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Foundation Donors Pay $216 Million And Get 205 White House State Dinner Seats — DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION |
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Outsmarts the Press
Trump Outsmarts the Press
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twitchy.com, BizPac Review, Infowars, Liberty Unyielding and The American Spectator