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Where did all those ‘Trump Lies’ articles come from this weekend? The Clinton campaign, of course — Over the weekend, several major American newspapers printed a variation of the same article pointing out instances, ion their view, when Donald Trump has lied to the American people during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Washington Post, CNNMoney, Washington Monthly, Vox, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Balloon Juice, Shot in the Dark and Instapundit
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It's beyond debate that Donald Trump is unfit to be president — DEMOCRAT HILLARY CLINTON and Republican Donald Trump will debate on national television for the first time Monday night, and the stakes could not be higher. The presidency and, by extension, the country's future …

AHEAD OF DEBATE, AMERICA'S ICE OFFICERS ENDORSE DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT — Nation's Immigration And Customs Enforcement Officers (ICE) Make First-Ever Presidential Endorsement — NEW YORK, NY - Today, the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Council …
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Politico, The Daily Caller and Guardian

The Latest: Campaign Head Says Clinton Will Explain Policies — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): — The two presidential campaigns disagree on whether moderators should fact-check the candidates' comments during debates. — Hillary Clinton's campaign manager …


Ahead of debate, Trump endorsed by U.S. immigration officers
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ImmigrationProf Blog

Trump, Netanyahu meet for nearly 90 minutes
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller

Trump Tells Netanyahu: If Elected, U.S. Would Recognize Undivided Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
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The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.


Trump, Clinton Deadlocked in Bloomberg Poll Before Key Debate — The Republican nominee erased the Democrat's advantage in August's two-way contest. — McCormickJohn — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are locked in a tied two-way race for the presidency as they head to Hofstra University …
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Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, theGrio, The Week, Political Wire and Politico
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CNN/ORC polls: Trump, Clinton deadlocked in Colorado, Pennsylvania — Trump: If Clinton wins Pennsylvania, she cheated — (CNN)Just one point separates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in two states that are critical to both candidates' chances of becoming president, according to new CNN/ORC polls in Pennsylvania and Colorado.
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Washington Post, RedState, Washington Times and CBS News

Clinton-Trump Race Narrows on the Doorstep of the Debates (POLL)
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Politico, Mediaite, Hot Air, Washington Post, alan.com, Morning Call and twitchy.com


Trump May Have More To Gain From The First Debate Than Clinton — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are about to face off in one of the most anticipated debates in American political history. Clinton generally got good reviews as a debater in her two runs for the presidency.
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Washington Post
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Clinton vs. Trump: The only 30 minutes that matter — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will debate for 90 minutes on Monday. But the winner likely will be determined in the first half-hour. — That's when Al Gore first sighed, Mitt Romney knocked President Obama on his heels …
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The Daily Beast, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, NBC News and Guardian

Do Presidential Debates Impact Election Outcomes?
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NBC News, CNBC and Washington Monthly


Why Donald Trump Should Not Be President — Donald Trump is a man who dwells in bigotry, bluster and false promises. — When Donald Trump began his improbable run for president 15 months ago, he offered his wealth and television celebrity as credentials, then slyly added a twist …
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Politico, The Resurgent and The Week

Cruz profited off Trump well before endorsing him — It took Ted Cruz four months and three weeks of “careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience” to declare publicly that he would vote for Donald Trump. — He made the decision to profit by selling his supporter list to Trump far faster than that.
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Talking Points Memo, FiveThirtyEight and The Week

Networks reject on-screen fact checking during debate — Despite cries from Clinton allies for more media fact-checking in the wake of Matt Lauer's failure to correct Donald Trump's assertions at NBC's commander-in-chief forum, none of the major networks has publicly committed to doing concurrent …
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Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
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Debate commission chief: Candidates should fact-check each other
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Breitbart, Vox, New York Times, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Joe.My.God., ABC News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and Wall Street Journal

Debate Commission Official Wary of Moderators Fact-Checking: Shouldn't Be ‘Encyclopedia’
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Washington Monthly


HERE WE GO=> TRUMP Set to Drop $140 Million on Ads From Now Until Election — Guest post by Aleister at American Lookout: — Hillary Clinton has already outspent Trump by a massive margin and has nothing to show for it. Now, Donald Trump is going to spend a lot of cash on ads which will run through election day.

Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last — Not that long ago, Alex Caicedo was stuck working a series of odd jobs and watching his 1984 Chevy Nova cough its last breaths. He could make $21 an hour at the Johnny Rockets food stand at FedEx Field when the Washington Redskins were playing, but the work was spotty.
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The Week

Arnold Palmer, the Magnetic Face of Golf in the '60s, Dies at 87 — Arnold Palmer, the champion golfer whose full-bore style of play, dramatic tournament victories and magnetic personality inspired an American golf boom, attracted a following known as Arnie's Army and made him one of the most popular athletes …
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Outside the Beltway and The Atlantic


Asymmetry between the major parties fries the circuits of the mainstream press — And five other ideas I use to interpret campaign coverage this year. — On the eve of the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I thought I would write down some of the precepts and maxims …
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The Week

Democratic hopes of winning Senate fade as Trump proves less toxic for Republicans — Democrats are now facing a tougher road to capturing the Senate majority as the presidential race tightens and Donald Trump is not proving to be the dramatic drag on down-ballot candidates that Republicans once feared.
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Balloon Juice

Hillary Clinton's aides studied Trump's personality to prepare her for the debate — As Hillary Clinton prepared to face the most unconventional candidate of her political career on the debate stage Monday night, her campaign aides engaged in a deep study of Donald Trump's personality …