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Arizona Republic:
Endorsement: Hillary Clinton is the only choice to move America ahead — The Arizona Republic editorial board endorses Hillary Clinton for president. — Since The Arizona Republic began publication in 1890, we have never endorsed a Democrat over a Republican for president. Never.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Clinton to score another GOP endorsement: former senator John Warner of Virginia — Although he has bucked his party before, Warner has never endorsed a Democrat for president. He will appear in Virginia on Wednesday with Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine.
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Politico, The Week and Political Wire
David Martosko / Reuters:
Miss Universe ‘fat-shamed’ by Donald Trump was accused of threatening to kill a judge and being an accomplice to a MURDER bid in her native Venezuela — Alicia Machado, from Venezuela, was Miss Universe in 1996 when Donald Trump bought the franchise for the contest
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Charles C. Johnson / GotNews:
BUILD THE WALL! @HillaryClinton's Mentally Ill #AliciaMachado Is Drug Kingpin's Baby Mama, Had Anchor Baby With Him — Donald Trump wants to make America great again but unfortunately Alicia Machado got right in under the wire thanks to an anchor baby she had with a Mexican drug kingpin.
Prachi Gupta / Cosmopolitan:
Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado Won't Be Defined by Donald Trump's Fat-Shaming — When Hillary Clinton called out her opponent's sexism at the first presidential debate, she highlighted a woman who had experienced it firsthand. — In the final minutes of the first presidential debate …
Neal Broverman / Advocate:
Donald Trump Believes His Decade of Bullying Rosie O'Donnell Is Justified
Donald Trump Believes His Decade of Bullying Rosie O'Donnell Is Justified
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New York Times:
Shamed and Angry: The Beauty Contestant Donald Trump Mocked for Her Weight
Shamed and Angry: The Beauty Contestant Donald Trump Mocked for Her Weight
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Made Alicia Machado the New Khizr Khan
How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Made Alicia Machado the New Khizr Khan
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Mashable, Vox, Washington Post, National Review and NPR
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
On Howard Stern, Trump Called 1996 Miss Universe An “Eating Machine”
On Howard Stern, Trump Called 1996 Miss Universe An “Eating Machine”
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
The Morning After the Debate, Donald Trump Goes on the Attack
The Morning After the Debate, Donald Trump Goes on the Attack
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Debate breaks record as most-watched in U.S. history — Monday night was the most-watched debate in American history. — More than 80 million people tuned in to see Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off, setting a new record in the sixty year history of televised presidential debates.
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Online Trolls Turn on Their ‘God Emperor’
Donald Trump's Online Trolls Turn on Their ‘God Emperor’
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Fox News:
Online polls declare Trump debate winner, despite media consensus for Clinton
Online polls declare Trump debate winner, despite media consensus for Clinton
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Andrew Couts / The Daily Dot:
4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner
4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Giuliani: Clinton ‘too stupid to be president’ — Hillary Clinton's decision to stand by her husband and attack former White House intern Monica Lewinsky when news of a sexual relationship between the two broke in 1998 prove that the former secretary of state is “too stupid to be president,” Rudy Giuliani said Monday night.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton team preps for Trump's Bill attack — NEW YORK — Democrats would love Donald Trump to talk about sex. And it looks as if he will. — As threats emanated from Trump Tower on Tuesday that the Republican nominee was preparing to name-check Bill Clinton's mistresses …
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump campaign says $18 million windfall followed Monday's debate
Trump campaign says $18 million windfall followed Monday's debate
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump points fingers after shaky debate
Trump points fingers after shaky debate
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Fox News:
2003 clip backs up Trump on Iraq War opposition — After all the clamor for moderators to fact-check the candidates during Monday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump flipped the script on Lester Holt by rejecting his assertion Trump backed the war in Iraq - and history backs The Donald.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ranting Bully Donald Trump Came Unglued in First Presidential Debate
Ranting Bully Donald Trump Came Unglued in First Presidential Debate
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM! Neil Cavuto Just Busted MSM - Plays 2003 Interview with Trump Against Iraq War (VIDEO)
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Obama weighs in on the debate
Obama weighs in on the debate
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The real Donald Trump showed up at Hofstra. Republicans must live with it.
The real Donald Trump showed up at Hofstra. Republicans must live with it.
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Politico
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Death of Former Israeli President Shimon Peres — There are few people who we share this world with who change the course of human history, not just through their role in human events, but because they expand our moral imagination and force us to expect more of ourselves.
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New York Times, The Times of Israel and The Week
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Peter Beaumont / Guardian:
Former Israeli leader Shimon Peres dies aged 93
Former Israeli leader Shimon Peres dies aged 93
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Politico, New York Times, The Week and Mediaite
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel — The history of slavery in the United States justifies reparations for African Americans, argues a recent report by a U.N.-affiliated group based in Geneva. — This conclusion was part of a study …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
McConnell, Pelosi, Ryan seek deal on government funding impasse — Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi are trying to hash out an agreement to break an impasse over government funding as the Sept. 30 budget deadline fast approaches.
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
PAYBACK: Obama Admin Sues Peter Thiel's Palantir for Bogus ‘Racial Discrimination’ — Palantir Technologies co-founder Peter Thiel is evidently paying the price for backing Republican nominee Donald Trump, as the Obama administration has slapped his company with a frivolous lawsuit alleging “racial discrimination” against Asians.
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Washington Free Beacon and Occupy Democrats
Business Wire:
FOX News Channel Achieves Milestone by Delivering Its Most Watched Quarter Ever in Total Day Viewership — FNC Ranks #1 in Basic Cable in Q3 Primetime and Total Day Viewers — 'The O'Reilly Factor' Tops Q3 Total Viewers; ‘The Kelly File’ Tops Q3 24-54 Demo
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Trump Beats Expectations — Hempstead, N.Y. — He was better early, she was better late. Better to be better early. — Donald Trump dominated the first few minutes of Monday's debate by casting Hillary Clinton as the embodiment of Washington politics and the failed policies that have led us to this point.
Roger Hagy / University of Tennessee College of Law:
Statement from Dean Melanie Wilson about Professor's Tweet — Following Professor Glenn Reynolds's tweet and my public response last week, I began an investigation that included an examination of the facts, policies in the university's Faculty Handbook, and the law.
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Knoxville News-Sentinel and The Root
Richard Elliot / WSB-TV:
Donald Trump's Georgia campaign executive director resigns — ATLANTA - Channel 2 Action News has learned that Donald Trump's Georgia campaign executive director has resigned. — “Today we accepted the resignation of the Trump-Pence campaign's Georgia State Director Brandon Phillips.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Big League Trouble: Trump Faces New Questions About His Charity Finances — It's not just where the money went from the Donald Trump Foundation that's drawing scrutiny to GOP nominee. It's also how the money came in. — A new Washington Post report this week presented cases …