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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
This is the worst fact check ever — Make it stop. — Over the weekend, various major media outlets discovered that Donald Trump lies a lot. — “Never in modern presidential politics has a major candidate made false statements as routinely as Trump has,” the LA Times reported.
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Larry O'Connor / Hot Air:
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, in their view, when Donald Trump has lied to the American people during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan said Donald Trump should ‘over-prepare’ for the debate. Trump opted for the opposite approach. — Hours before a potentially make-or-break event for his party's nominee, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) finds himself in a familiar position: Giving advice to Donald Trump that it seems Trump has no intention of following.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Adviser Who Said Clinton Should Be Shot For Treason: Secret Service Called Me
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Priebus: 14 ‘Season Finales’ Of ‘The Apprentice’ Prepared Trump For Debates
Priebus: 14 ‘Season Finales’ Of ‘The Apprentice’ Prepared Trump For Debates
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Daily Kos
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Falsity of False Equivalence
The Falsity of False Equivalence
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and the daily howler
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Ahead of debate, Trump endorsed by U.S. immigration officers
Ahead of debate, Trump endorsed by U.S. immigration officers
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Hot Air, WayneDupree.com and ImmigrationProf Blog
Breitbart:
Report: Lester Holt May Pull a Candy Crowley at First Presidential Debate — CNN's Brian Stelter says Lester Holt is signaling to his NBC colleagues that he may enter the fray in Monday night's presidential debate as a participant rather than a moderator — thanks to intense left-wing backlash …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Bloomberg TV to fact check debate on-screen — Bloomberg TV will conduct on-screen fact checks of statements made by both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during Monday night's debate, POLITICO has confirmed. — The channel's decision to conduct an on-screen fact-check sets Bloomberg apart …
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Common Dreams, Occupy Democrats, New Century Times, Guardian, Mediaite and Politicus USA, more at Mediagazer »
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Networks reject on-screen fact checking during debate
Networks reject on-screen fact checking during debate
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Guardian, Politicus USA, Talking Points Memo and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump wins the debate expectations game
The Daily 202: Trump wins the debate expectations game
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ThinkProgress, TIME, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic and NPR
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Prez Race Narrows on Debate Eve … - Hillary Clinton has a 4 point lead over Donald Trump among voters likely to cast ballots in November. — While this is down from a 7 point lead last month, Clinton continues to have an advantage on the question of presidential temperament.
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Media Matters for America and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama's campaign guru: Don't fret about polls. Clinton is winning, and she can finish the job tonight.
Obama's campaign guru: Don't fret about polls. Clinton is winning, and she can finish the job tonight.
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Click2Houston.com:
Gunman who wounded 9 was wearing Nazi clothing, sources say — Several weapons found inside gunman's vehicle, police say — HOUSTON - The gunman who carried out Monday morning's shooting that wounded nine people was wearing what appeared to be a Nazi uniform, two law enforcement sources told KPRC2 Investigates' Robert Arnold.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
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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Phillip Stucky / The Daily Caller:
Silver: Trump Would Win If Election Were Held Today
Silver: Trump Would Win If Election Were Held Today
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump directed $2.3 million owed to him to his tax-exempt foundation instead — Donald Trump's charitable foundation has received approximately $2.3 million from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses but were instructed to pay Trump's tax-exempt foundation instead …
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Politicus USA, Talking Points Memo and Guardian
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Glenn Beck Breaks Up With Ted Cruz Over His Donald Trump Endorsement — Glenn Beck nervously paced back and forth through his TV studio designed to look like the Oval Office. — “He's gonna call?” the conservative stalwart sheepishly asked. Beck was a lovesick puppy questioning whether …
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Mediaite, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Week and Occidental Dissent
Christal Hayes / Orlando Sentinel:
Parents killed, daughters injured in crash while on Disney vacation — A vehicle drifted into their lane on Interstate 4 near DeLand and caused them to veer off the road and hit a tree about 12:30 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Both parents died. … Privacy Policy
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
The Myth Of “Trump-Whisperer” Kellyanne Conway — No one has gotten more credit (or blame) for the recent turnaround at the Trump campaign than Kellyanne Conway, the always-on-TV Republican pollster who was promoted last month to campaign manager. — In the five weeks since Conway took the job …
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National Review and Media Matters for America
Elizabeth Koh / Macon Telegraph:
Walmart apologizes for refusing to make police officer's cake — Walmart is apologizing for refusing to make a police officer's retirement cake last week after an employee told the cop's daughter that her “thin blue line” cake design might be considered racist.
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Caleb Ecarma / Campus Reform:
Clemson bans Harambe memes for promoting ‘rape culture,’ ‘racism’ — A Clemson administrator sent an email to Resident Advisors (RAs) Friday instructing them to demand that freshman remove all Harambe references from dorm hallways and windows. — The administrator claimed Harambe's death has been used to …
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Hit & Run, The Federalist and The Daily Caller
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Supreme Court After Scalia — There has not been a liberal majority of Justices since Nixon was President. If Hillary Clinton is elected, that will change. — History, as a rule, unfolds slowly at the Supreme Court. The Justices serve for decades. The cases take years.
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
Mylan's EpiPen Profit 60% Higher Than Told to Congress — Company applied 37.5% tax rate onto the profits it revealed to a House committee hearing last week — When Mylan NV's chief executive testified before a congressional committee last week about steep price increases on its lifesaving EpiPen drug …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Harry Reid: ‘Donald Trump is a racist’ — Donald Trump is a racist, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor Monday afternoon, and the media has been negligent by refusing to label him as such. — “Virtually every time Donald Trump says or does something discriminatory …