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Donald Trump Jr tweet: 'I'm a refugee' says Skittles photographer — Donald Trump Jr's tweet comparing Skittles to refugees has caused a furore on social media. In a new development, the man who took the photo of the Skittles has revealed himself to be a former refugee.
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Nazi Who Originated Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Analogy Was Hanged at Nuremberg — Donald Trump Jr.'s tweet comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles has deep roots. The concept dates back at least to 1938 and a children's book called Der Giftpilz, or The Toadstool, in which a mother explains …


Trump Jr's ‘Skittles’ tweet is based on two different white supremacist memes — and Nazi propaganda — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Donald Trump Jr. drew widespread condemnation for comparing Syrian refugees to poisoned candy — but his analogy isn't a new one …
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Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Tweet Highlights His Key Campaign Role
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Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems — Donald Trump spent more than a quarter-million dollars from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits that involved the billionaire's for-profit businesses, according to interviews and a review of legal documents.
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Angelina Jolie — Files for Divorce from Brad Pitt Allegations of Substance Abuse, Anger — EXCLUSIVE — Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt and the trigger was a conflict over the kids, substance abuse and anger ... TMZ has learned. — Jolie filed legal docs Monday citing irreconcilable differences.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to divorce — Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt after learning he was cheating on her with his sexy co-star — and Russian hookers, a well-placed source told The Post on Tuesday. — “He's in the throes of some insane midlife crisis, and Angie is fed up,” the source said.
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Hillary Clinton Regains Momentum Against Donald Trump: Poll — Clinton, Trump Rehash Stark Differences on ISIS Following Bombings 1:19 — Back on the campaign trail after being diagnosed with pneumonia and a subsequent break from campaigning, Hillary Clinton plugged her leaking lead against Donald Trump …
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GOP megadonor pledges $2M to register Florida Latinos to help beat Trump
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Reid accuses Trump of overstating wealth
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A new Clinton campaign memo charts the path to victory. But big questions remain unanswered.
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Hillary Clinton Slated to Spend 52 Times as Much as Donald Trump on Florida TV Ads
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Donald Trump Called Debate Moderator Lester Holt a Democrat. He's Actually a Republican. — Holt is a registered Republican voter — Republican nominee Donald Trump called first presidential debate moderator, NBC News anchor Lester Holt, “a Democrat” Monday, despite public records that indicate otherwise.
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‘Sleep well Hillary!’: Trump Comments on Hillary's Campaign Break
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New Trump ad: 'It's a movement, not a campaign'
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Ahmad Khan Rahami's Father Told Police in 2014 His Son Was a Terrorist, Officials Say — Two years before Ahmad Khan Rahami went on a bombing rampage in New York and New Jersey, his father told the police that the son was a terrorist, prompting a review by federal agents, according to two senior law enforcement officials.
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MYSTERY: What was going on with Hillary's eyes during Philly speech? — During a speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appeared to have something quite off about her appearance. — Check it out here:
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Megyn Kelly to Produce Comedy Series Set on Presidential Campaign Trail (EXCLUSIVE) — Fox News star Megyn Kelly is attached to produce a new scripted series with “Fifty Shades of Grey” producer Michael De Luca following a presidential campaign trail and the embedded journalists who cover it.
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Minnesota Restaurant Posts ‘Muslims Get Out’ Sign — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota restaurant owner upset over what happened in St. Cloud posted a controversial sign Monday morning. — The sign outside Treats Family Restaurant in Lonsdale, Minnesota, reads “Muslims Get Out.”
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Lonsdale, Minn. restaurant posts ‘Muslims get out’ sign
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Colin Kaepernick shakes off death threats, seeks justice in Terence Crutcher killing — While Colin Kaepernick says he's seen positives emerge from a racial-equality movement sparked by his national-anthem protests, he's also received death threats as a result.
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Suburban Mattress Seller No Fan Of Defiant QB Colin Kaepernick
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The Conservative Answer to Thomas Piketty That You've All Been Waiting For — Edward Conard's new book is a rousing defense of conservative beliefs about how markets and incentives drive prosperity. … I — t's been a rough few years for conservative economics.

Fox News's Sean Hannity stars in Trump promotion — Fox News host Sean Hannity appears committed to checking off all the boxes for pro-Donald Trump advocacy. He routinely has Trump on his Fox News program and feeds him easy questions. He has advised the candidate on an informal basis.
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George H.W. Bush to vote for Hillary Clinton — Former President George H.W. Bush is bucking his party's presidential nominee and plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a member of another famous political family, the Kennedys. — Bush, 92, had intended to stay silent …
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We Gave Four Good Pollsters the Same Raw Data. They Reached Very Different Conclusions. — How four pollsters, and The Upshot, interpreted 867 poll responses: … You've heard of the “margin of error” in polling. Just about every article on a new poll dutifully notes that the margin …


Never NeverTrump — The Republican dilemma — Any Republican has a difficult pathway to the presidency. On the electoral map, expanding blue blobs in coastal and big-city America swamp the conservative geographical sea of red. Big-electoral-vote states such as California, Illinois …
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McConnell: Senate will delay vacation to override Obama veto — (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that the Senate will take up an expected veto override of legislation that lets families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts before breaking for the elections. — “Both of those we'll have to deal …
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Number of those wrongly given citizenship higher than initially reported — Washington (CNN)The number of individuals who were supposed to have been deported but were instead granted citizenship is far higher than was initially reported by media covering the Department of Homeland Security …
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Mylan CEO's mother used position with education group to boost EpiPen sales nationwide — It wasn't just the CEO of Mylan, Heather Bresch, who got a huge pay raise after the massive EpiPen price hike scandal. Jose Sepulveda (@josesepulveda87) has more. Time
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Statement from Sunlight Foundation's board chairman — The board of directors of the Sunlight Foundation has reached some important conclusions about our future. We want to share them with our friends, funders, employees, partners, and everyone who has been a part of our work over the last decade.
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Why I'm Investing $500 Million in Migrants — I will invest in startups, established companies, social-impact initiatives and businesses founded by migrants and refugees. — By — The world has been unsettled by a surge in forced migration. Tens of millions of people are on the move …


Police Accidentally Record Themselves Conspiring to Fabricate Criminal Charges Against Protester — The ACLU of Connecticut is suing state police for fabricating retaliatory criminal charges against a protester after troopers were recorded discussing how to trump up charges against him.
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The fight isn't going Clinton's way — This fight isn't going as planned. The conventional wisdom, as August drew to a close, was that Donald Trump's campaign was in free-fall. Some of Hillary Clinton's supporters had even begun to anticipate a landslide like 1964, when Lyndon Johnson crushed Barry Goldwater by 61-to-38 percent.