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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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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Raw Story and Vox
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Professor, the Cop, and the President — After the “beer summit,” the fallacy of a post-racial America was over—and white citizens never thought of Barack Obama the same way again. — Henry Louis Gates was just trying to get into his house. — It was July 16, 2009 …
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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CANNONFIRE and Hit & Run
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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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Political Wire
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Leads Trump Ahead of First Debate — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by six points among likely voters heading into the first presidential debate on Monday, according to a brand-new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Trump closes the gap significantly in Va., Clinton holds lead but loses ground — Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has cut more than half of Democrat Hillary Clinton's lead in a month, but still trails by seven percent among likely voters in Virginia (44%-37%), according to The Roanoke College Poll.
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Washington Post and Washington Times
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Clinton asks why she isn't beating Trump by 50 points
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Political Wire and Washington Examiner
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 6 Points in Latest WSJ/NBC Poll
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Guardian, The Daily Caller and RedState
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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KTLA, BuzzFeed, New Urban Legends, New York Magazine, WPMT FOX43, USA Today, KFOR-TV, Vox, Mashable, AOL, Guardian, The Week, PerezHilton, The Daily Caller and WKBN-TV
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump cites ‘lack of spirit between the white and the black’ in police shootings … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — says recent police-involved shootings in Charlotte, N.C. and Tulsa, Okla. illustrate the rift between black and white Americans.
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The Daily Caller, CNN, Talking Points Memo and ABC News
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Meet the black Charlotte police officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott
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The Charlotte Observer and The Root
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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Business Insider, Fox News, Larry Brown Sports and New York Magazine
USA Today:
One person fatally shot in second night of protests in Charlotte following shooting — An earlier version of this story misstated the victim's last name. It has since been corrected. — CHARLOTTE — One person was fatally shot Wednesday night as a second night of protests gripped …
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CBS New York, WBTV-TV, RealClearPolitics, RedState, The Atlantic, Infowars, Boing Boing, New York Magazine, Washington Free Beacon, FOX 61, The Right Scoop, Fox News, Fox 59, Mother Jones, The Root, New York's PIX11, WNCN, Al Jazeera English, Hit & Run, Occupy Democrats and Talking Points Memo
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Ben Garbarek / WSYX:
1-on-1 with Donald Trump — TOLEDO — Donald Trump spoke one-on-one with ABC6/FOX28 before his latest campaign stop Wednesday in Toledo. — Trump was running late so he would only answer three questions before taking the stage. — Here is the full transcript of the interview:
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, The Week, Real Clear Politics, Guardian, ThinkProgress and Mother Jones
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump On Why He Stopped Being A Birther: “We Want To Get On With The Campaign”
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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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The Daily Caller, Little Green Footballs, twitchy.com, No More Mister Nice Blog, theGrio and Shakesville
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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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Talking Points Memo, Fortune, WBUR and Wired
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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Business Insider and Fox 59, more at Mediagazer »
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.
Discussion:
The New Civil Rights Movement
Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
The House is not actually up for grabs, for the moment — There has been plenty of chatter recently about the House possibly being “in play.” So it's time to take a look. — But since I'm not sure what “in play” means, I'll ask (and answer) a different, very straightforward question …
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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Knoxville News-Sentinel, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, twitchy.com and Althouse
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘You Wanna Make a F*cking Fabricated Story!’: Charlotte Protester Confronts Fox Reporter — Fox News reporter Steve Harrigan is on the ground in Charlotte tonight covering the protests erupting tonight over a police shooting, and at one point, on live TV, one of the protesters got rather confrontational with him.
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AOL and BizPac Review
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama eyes risky election-year veto — President Obama is poised to take one of the biggest gambles of his final year in office by vetoing a popular proposal empowering the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. — Democrats put on a brave face Wednesday, insisting that Obama's effort …
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Hot Air
Christopher Cadelago / Sacramento Bee:
Kamala Harris expands lead over Loretta Sanchez for U.S. Senate — Kamala Harris has widened her advantage over fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez with seven weeks left in the campaign to succeed Sen. Barbara Boxer, according to a poll released late Tuesday. — Harris, the state attorney general …
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Daily Kos
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
I called the Wells Fargo ethics line and was fired — Millions of phony accounts. Fake bank card PIN numbers. Fictitious email accounts. — Wells Fargo admitted to firing 5,300 employees for engaging in these shocking tactics. The bank earlier this month paid $185 million in penalties and has since apologized.
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The Daily Caller, USA Today, The Week, Hot Air, New York Magazine and Shadowproof
Adam Walinsky / Politico:
I Was RFK's Speechwriter. Now I'm Voting for Trump. Here's Why. — I was a Democrat all my life. I came to Washington to serve President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. When the president was murdered and his brother struck off on his own, I joined his Senate campaign …
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