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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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Fox News Insider and Politico
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Former Secretary of Defense: Trump ‘unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief’ — Robert Gates had strong words for both candidates in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. — Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates is not a big fan of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton's ideas about foreign policy.
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Hullabaloo
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
‘Mr. Trump Is Beyond Repair’ — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates writing in the Wall Street Journal: — Mrs. Clinton has time before the election to address forthrightly her trustworthiness, to reassure people about her judgment, to demonstrate her willingness to stake out one or more positions …
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Politicus USA
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Dem senator to Trump: ‘Blood will be on your hands’ if Clinton killed — of suggesting his supporters kill Hillary Clinton — , tweeting furiously that “blood will be on your hands.” — “Hey @realDonaldTrump, if you keep suggesting your supporters kill @HillaryClinton, someone will listen.
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The New Civil Rights Movement, Joe.My.God., BizPac Review, heave-ho.org, TheStreet.com, CBS Philly and Mediaite
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Dem Senator To Trump: If Someone Kills Clinton The Blood Is ‘On Your Hands’ — A Democratic senator sent a warning to Donald Trump Saturday: if Hillary Clinton is killed “the blood will be on your hands.” — Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) took to Twitter to condemn Trump's comments …
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alan.com, Mike Cernovich Presents …, Hillary Clinton Speeches, gopthedailydose.com and BizPac Review
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump: Clinton's bodyguards should ‘disarm immediately’ and ‘see what happens to her’
Trump: Clinton's bodyguards should ‘disarm immediately’ and ‘see what happens to her’
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Guardian, Jihad Watch and New York Magazine
Mike Allen / Politico:
Exclusive: Here's who's playing Tim Kaine in GOP debate prep — In Mike Pence's prep sessions for the vice-presidential debate, the role of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is being played by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a top GOP source told POLITICO on Saturday. — The first mock debate has already been held.
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Talking Points Memo, alan.com and Joe.My.God.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Exclusive: Robert Barnett to play Mike Pence in Tim Kaine debate prep — He's traded in his role as a wild-haired Jewish Socialist from Vermont for a buttoned-up evangelical Christian from Indiana. — Washington super lawyer Robert Barnett, who played Sen. Bernie Sanders …
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alan.com
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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Fox News, Sputnik International, Hot Air, BizPac Review, neo-neocon, Mother Jones, Independent Journal Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CANNONFIRE, Da Tech Guy Blog, Weekly Standard, Talking Points Memo, The Last Refuge, Viking Pundit, Mediaite, Slate, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and twitchy.com
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Last Gasp of Birther-Mania — Donald Trump is going around …
Last Gasp of Birther-Mania — Donald Trump is going around …
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Washington Times, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America and The Daily Caller
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
DSCC shifts dollars out of Florida and Ohio — The top group helping Democrats win Senate seats is canceling advertising in Florida and Ohio to invest more heavily in Missouri and North Carolina. — The financial rejiggering by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spells …
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Hot Air
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
As Trump rises in battleground states, Clinton moves to block his path to 270 — EXETER, N.H. — Tiny New Hampshire has just four votes in the Electoral College, but Tim Kaine was back here for his third visit in five weeks. At back-to-back campaign appearances, Hillary Clinton's vice …
Logan Churchwell / Breitbart:
Black Dallas Cop Sues Black Lives Matter, Soros for Inciting Race War — The head of a Dallas police organization is suing a collection of Black Lives Matter figureheads and other prominent individuals for allegedly inciting racial violence against American police officers.
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Police officers shot in Philly, Fort Worth — Police officers were shot in separate incidents Friday night in Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas. — Two officers were injured — one critically — and the suspect was killed in Fort Worth, while two officers and four civilians were hit in Philadelphia before the suspect was killed.
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Hot Air, AOL and The Gateway Pundit
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Robert Moran / Philly.com:
2 cops shot, suspect and bystander killed in West Philly rampage
2 cops shot, suspect and bystander killed in West Philly rampage
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USA Today, Washington Post, The Week and Fox News Insider
Chris Kahn / Yahoo:
Race tightens in projected U.S. Electoral College vote: Reuters/Ipsos — NEW YORK (Reuters) - An election analysis conducted in the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project shows that the race has tightened considerably over the past few weeks, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump projected …
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The Week
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, more at Mediagazer »
Nassim Nicholas Taleb:
The Intellectual Yet Idiot — What we have been seeing worldwide, from India to the UK to the US, is the rebellion against the inner circle of no-skin-in-the-game policymaking “clerks” and journalists-insiders, that class of paternalistic semi-intellectual experts with some Ivy league …
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AMERICAN DIGEST
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
New York Daily News:
Meat cleaver madman, a Palestinian, was in Midtown to appeal deportation order before he sliced cop — The meat cleaver maniac who hacked an off-duty cop is a Palestinian busted two months ago while screaming in Arabic outside a Brooklyn synagogue. — Suspect Akram Joudeh was only in New York …
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Jihad Watch, Gothamist, twitchy.com, Independent Journal Review and The Daily Caller
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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Infowars and Clayton Cramer
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?
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
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump — Donald Trump said “Jump,” and TV news said “How high?” — It happened again on Friday morning when the Republican presidential candidate held the media hostage for nearly an hour after promising a major news announcement.
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Althouse, Daily Kos, twitchy.com, heave-ho.org, MichelleMalkin.com, The Concourse, Guardian and Vox, more at Mediagazer »