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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.
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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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RedState, New Yorker, NPR, heave-ho.org, Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America, AOL and CNBC
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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LawNewz, heave-ho.org, The Gateway Pundit, Infowars, Politico, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mediaite and Maggie's Farm
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Clung to ‘Birther’ Lie for Years, and Still Isn't Apologetic
Donald Trump Clung to ‘Birther’ Lie for Years, and Still Isn't Apologetic
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
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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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Power Line and Breitbart
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, The Concourse and Vox, 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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Althouse, heave-ho.org, The Atlantic, Macleans.ca, Joe.My.God., ABC News, Politico, CNN and The Hill
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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Clayton Cramer and Infowars
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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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Politico
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?
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 …
Michael Klare / Mother Jones:
Why a Donald Trump Victory Could Make Climate Catastrophe Inevitable — This story first appeared at TomDispatch.com. — In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice caps, and fast-rising sea levels, ratification of the December 2015 …
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TomDispatch and Informed Comment
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders: ‘This is not the time for a protest vote’ — NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Anyone driving into Bernie Sanders's rally here, anyone with a radio tuned to ABC News, could hear the low-key voice of Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson. In 60-second radio spots …
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Business Insider and AOL
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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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CNN, RT, Liberal Values, Washington Monthly, Politico and The Week
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
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
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
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Conflicting Policy From Trump: To Keep, and Remove, Tax Cut — WASHINGTON — A few hours after Donald J. Trump publicly backed away from a $1 trillion tax cut for small businesses, campaign aides on Thursday privately assured a leading small-business group that Mr. Trump in fact remained committed …
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heave-ho.org, Forbes and Investor's Business Daily
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, The Daily Caller and ThinkProgress
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Christopher Balding / Bloomberg:
China's Housing Gets Scarily Expensive — For many years, China's authorities took a Goldilocks approach to housing prices: They wanted a market that was neither too hot nor too cold, and took measures as needed to control prices. Although an explicit asset-price target was never announced …
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Balding's World
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.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Nation's largest police union endorses Trump — The nation's largest police union on Friday endorsed Donald Trump — for president, lauding his commitment to police officers. — The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) gave the GOP presidential nominee its endorsement after he received support …
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BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Root, Hot Air and Fox News Insider
Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
School District: Betsy Ross Flag Symbolizes “Hate” — A Michigan school district called the historic “Betsy Ross” flag a symbol of hate and profusely apologized after students displayed the flag at a recent high school football game. — “To wave a historical version of our flag …