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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
OPENED UP TWITTER TO SEE THIS: — Can't imagine why they'd do that, except that it seems to be happening to a lot of people for no obvious reason. It's as if, despite assurances to the contrary, Twitter is out to silence voices it disagrees with or something. — UPDATE: Ah, it was about this tweet.
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Ed Mazza / The Huffington Post:
USA Today Columnist Urges Motorists To ‘Run Down’ Protesters On North Carolina Highway — Twitter suspended the account of Glenn Reynolds after the inflammatory comment. — Conservative USA Today columnist and University of Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds caused an uproar on Twitter …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Instapundit Suspended From Twitter After Urging Drivers To Hit NC Protesters
Instapundit Suspended From Twitter After Urging Drivers To Hit NC Protesters
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Sam J. / twitchy.com:
Whoohoo censorship! Free-speech advocate and well-known Conservative @Instapundit suspended on Twitter
Whoohoo censorship! Free-speech advocate and well-known Conservative @Instapundit suspended on Twitter
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Talking Points Memo, WATE-TV, The Jawa Report, The Gateway Pundit, Hit & Run and Vox Popoli
Glenn Reynolds / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
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ThinkProgress and Hot Air
Guardian:
A Trump campaign chair in Ohio says there was ‘no racism’ before Obama — Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and said low African American voter turnout could be due to 'the way they're raised' — Donald Trump's campaign chair in a prominent Ohio county …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Professor, the Cop, and the President
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Clinton and Trump Tied in North Carolina Poll, With Sharp Educational Divides — Greensboro — Raleigh — Asheville — Charlotte — Greensboro — Raleigh — Asheville — Charlotte — Greensboro — Durham — Raleigh — Asheville — Charlotte — Durham — Asheville
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Washington Post, Guardian, CANNONFIRE and Hit & Run
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Rasmussen Reports:
White House Watch: Trump 44%, Clinton 39%, Johnson 8%, Stein 2% — With the first presidential debate coming on Monday, Donald Trump has moved to a five-point lead over Hillary Clinton, his biggest advantage since mid-July. — The latest Rasmussen Reports weekly White House Watch telephone …
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The Gateway Pundit, Business Insider, neo-neocon and Washington Free Beacon
Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Trump closes the gap significantly in Va., Clinton holds lead but loses ground
RC Poll: Trump closes the gap significantly in Va., Clinton holds lead but loses ground
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and Washington Times
TMZ.com:
Brad Pitt — Under Investigation for Child Abuse — EXCLUSIVE — Brad Pitt is under investigation by the LAPD and L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services for allegedly getting verbally abusive and physical with his children, and that's what triggered the divorce ... TMZ has learned.
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump's campaign paid his businesses $8.2 million — Donald Trump's presidential campaign has paid his family's businesses more than $8.2 million, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings, which reveals an integrated business and political operation without precedent in national politics.
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Mediaite and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Analysis: Trump campaign has paid $8 million to his businesses
Analysis: Trump campaign has paid $8 million to his businesses
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alan.com
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Meet the black Charlotte police officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott — We wrote here about Keith Lamont Scott and his long criminal record which includes assault convictions and gun offenses. But what about Brentley Vinson, the black police officer who fatally shot Scott?
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The Charlotte Observer, The Root and The Daily Caller
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The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte police protests: Governor declares state of emergency as violence erupts for second night
Charlotte police protests: Governor declares state of emergency as violence erupts for second night
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Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
WATCH: Keith Lamont Scott's Brother Calls All White People ‘Devils’
WATCH: Keith Lamont Scott's Brother Calls All White People ‘Devils’
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ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, Hit & Run, US News, CNN, Scared Monkeys and Liberty Unyielding
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Yahoo is expected to confirm massive data breach, impacting hundreds of millions of users — A hacker named “Peace” is bringing chaos to the Internet giant just as its sale to Verizon is pending. — Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune — Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach …
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Nick Miller / East Bay Express:
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Hit in Face with Pie at Event, Assaults Protester in ‘Bloody’ Scene — Multiple sources have confirmed that Sacramento Mayor, former NBA star, and UC Berkeley standout Kevin Johnson was hit in the face with a pie tonight at a farm-to-table dinner event …
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The Hill, The Atlantic, Business Insider, Fox News, Larry Brown Sports and New York Magazine
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Tulsa Police Officer Shares Her Side of the Story in Terence Crutcher's Shooting — Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby, identified as the officer who shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Friday night, has offered her side of the story in the fatal encounter.
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The Daily Caller, The Charlotte Observer, Hullabaloo and Business Insider
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump cites ‘lack of spirit between the white and the black’ in police shootings
Trump cites ‘lack of spirit between the white and the black’ in police shootings
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ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, CNN and Talking Points Memo
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Spiritual Healing with Marla Maples, Trump's Ex-Wife — Marla Maples was taking Angelina Jolie's side. — Sitting outside Boulud Sud across from Lincoln Center on Wednesday afternoon, amid news of Brangelina's divorce, the woman who famously broke up Donald Trump's first marriage and went …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Week
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
A conservative intellectual explains why the GOP has fallen to Donald Trump — Samuel Goldman is one of America's most thoughtful conservatives. A professor of political theory at George Washington University and the executive director of its Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom …
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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Clinton gets awkward with Zach Galifianakis on ‘Between Two Ferns’ — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — is kicking her millennial voter outreach into high gear with a campaign stop on “Between Two Ferns” with Zach Galifianakis. — “When you see how well it works for Donald Trump
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Politico
David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:
Tale of Two Charities: Trump's Helps Trump While the Clintons' Is the Real Deal. — Let's do a reality check on the charitable giving of the two major presidential candidates in the hope of showing the reason that, to use my favorite Twitter hashtag, #factsmatter.
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Cory Bennett / Politico:
Powell leakers strike again with alleged White House staffer emails, Michelle Obama passport — The hacker website that leaked Colin Powell's politically embarrassing emails struck again Thursday, this time releasing what appears to be the personal emails of a White House staffer working …
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The Verge and Washington Free Beacon
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's bizarre ad strategy — It's seven weeks before Election Day, five days before the highly anticipated first debate, and Donald Trump's television advertisements have all but vanished. — Trump's ads last ran nearly a week ago in four battleground states: Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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New York Magazine, The Resurgent and The Hill
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Said Obama Was Born In US So I Could ‘Get On With The Campaign’ — In case anyone had doubts, Donald Trump on Wednesday clarified that the only reason he recently disavowed birtherism was that he was tired of being asked about it. — Asked what inspired the Republican nominee …
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Daily Kos
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Ben Garbarek / WSYX:
1-on-1 with Donald Trump
1-on-1 with Donald Trump
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Washington Post, Real Clear Politics, Guardian, The Week, Political Wire, ThinkProgress and Mother Jones
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: ‘I Was Really Referring To Chicago’ With Stop And Frisk Proposal — Donald Trump on Thursday morning said that when he proposed using “stop and frisk” policing techniques to address crime during a town hall with Fox News' Sean Hannity, he was referring specifically to Chicago.
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alan.com, ThinkProgress, New York Daily News, New York Magazine and CNBC
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump calls for nationwide ‘stop-and-frisk’ policy
Trump calls for nationwide ‘stop-and-frisk’ policy
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RedState, Refinery29, Mother Jones and Hot Air