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Julie Miller / Vanity Fair:
Revisit the Time Donald Trump Said Kim Kardashian Had “Gotten a Bit Large” [Updated] — The presidential candidate has a history of body shaming women. … Just two days after Hillary Clinton called out Donald Trump for the reprehensible way he discusses women during their televised debate …
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CNN:
Trump campaign talking points: Bring up Monica — Trump polls audience of Christian conservatives — (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign is instructing its supporters to use figures like Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers to beat back concerns about how Trump described a former winner of …
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NBC News:
Trump Campaign Quietly Shouts About Clinton Sex Scandals
Trump Campaign Quietly Shouts About Clinton Sex Scandals
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BuzzFeed, Guardian, Talking Points Memo and BizPac Review
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Eric Trump: It Took “Courage” For My Dad To Not Mention Bill Clinton's Infidelity
Eric Trump: It Took “Courage” For My Dad To Not Mention Bill Clinton's Infidelity
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans in Denial That the Debate Exposed Donald Trump As Unfit for Office — If you're a Republican who has been clinging to the wan hope that Donald Trump might somehow, in his eighth decade on Earth, develop into a plausibly competent president of the United States, the first debate should have been your moment to abandon ship.
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Jennifer Wang / Forbes:
Donald Trump's Fortune Falls $800 Million To $3.7 Billion — Despite decades of precedent among presidential candidates, Donald Trump has been steadfast in his refusal to release his tax returns. “You don't learn that much from tax returns,” he said at the first presidential debate on Monday …
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Occupy Democrats and Mediaite
Carla Field / WYFF-TV:
Child airlifted after shooting at Townville Elementary School — At least one child was injured and airlifted after a shooting at Townville Elementary School. — Anderson County Sheriff's Office Lt. Sheila Cole said the shooting shortly after 1 p.m. was at Townville Elementary School …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Goes After Machado Again — In the situation Donald Trump is in with former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, any media professional or really anyone with a conscience would say this: “We quarreled many years ago. It's in the past. I truly wish her the best.” Done and done.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate overrides Obama 9/11 veto in overwhelming vote — The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override President Obama's veto of a bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. — The 97-1 vote marks the first time the Senate has mustered enough support to overrule Obama's veto pen.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House lashes out at ‘embarrassing’ Senate veto override
White House lashes out at ‘embarrassing’ Senate veto override
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Townhall.com, JP Updates and Politico
USA Today:
Senate overwhelmingly votes to override Obama veto on 9/11 bill
Senate overwhelmingly votes to override Obama veto on 9/11 bill
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LawNewz, Mediaite, The Hill, Common Dreams, Bloomberg, New York Times, The Week, New York Magazine and Washington Post
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Congress Votes to Override Obama Veto on 9/11 Victims Bill
Congress Votes to Override Obama Veto on 9/11 Victims Bill
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MichelleMalkin.com, The Week and Fox News Insider
J. Michael Diehl / Washington Post:
I sold Trump $100,000 worth of pianos. Then he stiffed me. — The Republican nominee is a callous businessman. — At Monday night's debate, Donald Trump was called out for stiffing the people who work for him. Trump has been accused of failing to pay hundreds of contractors.
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Occupy Democrats, Washington Monthly, The Week and Jezebel
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama faces tough questions from military and veterans — FORT LEE, Va. — Military personnel and veterans challenged President Obama, often aggressively, on his refusal to use the phrase “Islamic terrorism,” his decision to open combat jobs up to women and the performance of the Department …
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Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Trump and the Truth: The “Lying” Media — This essay is part of a series The New Yorker will be running through the election titled “Trump and the Truth.” — The irony of Donald Trump's relationship with the press is that, while he has spent his entire campaign complaining bitterly about it …
NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Voters Say Clinton Won First Presidential Debate — Trump Spins Debate as Win, But Polls Show Most Voters Think He Lost 1:33 — A majority of likely voters (52 percent) who either watched the debate or said they followed debate coverage in the news said Hillary Clinton won …
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Bloomberg:
The Clinton Campaign Has a Millennial Math Problem — In New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and other northern states, the Democratic nominee still has to close the deal with Bernie Sanders holdouts. — stevenyaccino — It is understandable if Hillary Clinton's team is traumatized by having to fight once again for New Hampshire.
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Why Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders Are Key to Hillary Clinton's Chances
ANALYSIS: Why Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders Are Key to Hillary Clinton's Chances
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Washington Post, Politico, Liberal Values, Politicus USA and Jezebel
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Wow! Obama Administration Admits It Does Not Screen Refugees For Radical Views (VIDEO) — The Obama administration admitted today at the Senate Judiciary Committee they do not scree refugees for radical views. — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) grilled Principal Debuty Assistant Secretary of Population …
David Caplan / ABC News:
Gary Johnson Has Another ‘Aleppo Moment’ After Failing to Immediately Identity His Favorite World Leader — Gary Johnson has once again demonstrated that foreign policy may not be his strong point. — On Wednesday night — just three weeks after the Libertarian presidential candidate curiously asked …
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Ron Nielson, New York Times, Occupy Democrats and Politico
Los Angeles Times:
‘You killed my brother!’: Unarmed man killed by El Cajon police was ‘mentally sick,’ sister says — An image from cellphone video of a deadly confrontation between two El Cajon police officers and a man whose sister says she told them he was mentally ill. (El Cajon Police Department)
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Paul Ryan's treacherous political future — Paul Ryan and those in his close-knit political orbit have long shunned prognosticating about the speaker's political ambitions. Young kids. Unpredictable political climate. And the speakership is a tough job.
Wil S. Hylton / New York Times:
Baltimore vs. Marilyn Mosby — In the midst of a national crisis of police violence, Baltimore's state's attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case. — A little before 7 the other night …
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Jezebel, The Atlantic, CBS Baltimore and Althouse
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
FCC Commissioner on Internet Oversight Switch: ‘If You Cherish Free Expression,’ ‘You Should Be Worried,’ This Is ‘Irreversible’ — On Wednesday's “Sean Hannity Show,” FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai (R) stated that the plan to “essentially give up the US oversight role...of the Internet” …
Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
U.S. warns Samsung washing machine owners after explosion reports — Samsung, maker of the troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, has another problem on its hands. — U.S. regulators on Wednesday warned owners of certain top-loading Samsung washing machines of “safety issues” following reports that some have exploded.
True Pundit:
RIGGED: Damning Video Busts Hillary Using Hand Signals To Trigger Lester Holt — A comprehensive video has surfaced that rather convincingly shows Hillary Clinton using hand signals like a third base baseball coach to prompt moderator Lester Holt to quickly call on her to counter comments …
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The Gateway Pundit, Infowars, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, alan.com and Long Island News …
New York Times:
California Suspends Ties With Wells Fargo — Citing Wells Fargo's “venal abuse of its customers,” the California treasurer took the unusual step on Wednesday of suspending many of its ties with the San Francisco bank as it continues to reel from the scandal over the creation …
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The Atlantic
Patrick Gillespie / CNNMoney:
Venezuela crisis: I flew to U.S. to buy toilet paper — Carmen Mendoza came to New York to visit her daughter Anabella — and also to buy toilet paper, soap, toothpaste, beans, corn flour, tuna fish, mayonnaise and aspirin. — Mendoza, 66, can't find these basic goods in her home country: Venezuela.
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Hot Air and Power Line