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CNN:
Trump angry at allies conceding he lost debate — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is angry that his aides and advisers have conceded to reporters — largely without attribution — that the Republican nominee struggled in his first presidential debate. — In a conference call …
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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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No More Mister Nice Blog and New York Magazine
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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BBC:
Obama: Congress veto override of 9/11 lawsuits bill ‘a mistake’ — US President Barack Obama has said Congress made a “mistake” by overriding his veto and pushing through a bill that allows legal action against Saudi Arabia over the 9/11 attacks. — He said the bill would set a …
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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 …
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Obama had a tense exchange with CNN's Jake Tapper over why he won't say ‘radical Islamic terrorism’
Obama had a tense exchange with CNN's Jake Tapper over why he won't say ‘radical Islamic terrorism’
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USA Today and Front Page Magazine
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, Front Page Magazine and Politico
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. to Send 600 More Troops to Iraq to Help Retake Mosul From ISIS
U.S. to Send 600 More Troops to Iraq to Help Retake Mosul From ISIS
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alan.com, Los Angeles Times, NBC News and New York Magazine
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Employees at Trump's California golf course say he wanted to fire women who weren't pretty enough — D — onald Trump wanted only the pretty ones, his employees said. — After the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes opened for play in 2005, its world-famous owner didn't stop …
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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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gingrich on former Miss Universe: 'You're not supposed to gain 60 pounds' — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed up Donald Trump's weight-based attacks against a former pageant winner, telling an audience Wednesday night that “you're not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you're Miss Universe.”
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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The Hill:
House approves stopgap funding, averting costly shutdown — The House on Wednesday approved a bill to fund the federal government through December 9, averting a costly shutdown two days ahead of the deadline. — The 10-week bill, which passed comfortably 342 to 85, now heads to the president's desk …
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Paul Ryan's treacherous political future
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton Leads in Key Battlegrounds; Seen As Big Debate Winner — New Public Policy Polling surveys in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, conducted on behalf of VoteVets Action Fund, find Hillary Clinton leading in each state. Voters in all five states see Clinton …
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Keeps Citing Online Votes Even As Polls Show He Lost The Debate
Trump Keeps Citing Online Votes Even As Polls Show He Lost The Debate
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Detroit News:
Endorsement: Libertarian Gary Johnson for president — Today this newspaper does something it has never done in its 143-year history: endorse someone other than the Republican candidate in a presidential contest. — Since its founding in 1873, The Detroit News has backed a Republican every …
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Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA:
Current Findings — ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Donald Trump has a lead among South Carolina voters, but his numbers still lag the performance of previous Republican presidential candidates in the state. — A majority of South Carolina residents surveyed in the latest Winthrop Poll …
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Paul Sperry / New York Post:
The FBI's Hillary email probe is looking even more like a coverup — MORE FROM: — It's bad enough that FBI Director James Comey agreed to pass out immunity deals like candy to material witnesses and potential targets of his investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's illegal private e-mail server.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Comey on Clinton email probe: 'Don't call us weasels'
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Trump's new brain trust — Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's preparations for taking over the federal government are as wildly different as their campaigns for the White House — and for once, Trump's operation is the more elaborate one. — While the Republican's campaign is marked by light staffing …
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's rise draws white supremacists into political mainstream: ‘I am winning,’ says David Duke — David Duke, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, at home in Louisiana. (Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times) — David Duke worked the Louisiana gun show like a preacher pursuing souls …
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Leans on Bernie Sanders to Gain Support Among Young Voters — Democratic candidate appears with primary rival at University of New Hampshire — DURHAM, N.H— Hillary Clinton made a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Wednesday alongside her one-time primary opponent Bernie Sanders …
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Bloomberg:
The Clinton Campaign Has a Millennial Math Problem
The Clinton Campaign Has a Millennial Math Problem
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Horror! LEFTIST MOB Beats, Kicks, Pummels TRUMP Supporter for Wearing #MAGA Hat - SAVED by Police -VIDEO — Author and conservative activist Mike Cernovich passed this along tonight.... A Trump supporter in El Cajon, California was attacked, beaten, thrown to the ground and kicked on live Periscope.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton Saved the Bombshells for Round 2 — Come along with me, people, because it's already time to look ahead to the second debate. Consider this thought: Hillary Clinton took Donald Trump to the house Monday night without even playing some of the heaviest cards against him.
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The Week
NBC News:
Trump Campaign Quietly Shouts About Clinton Sex Scandals — Donald Trump doesn't think he's gotten enough credit for not talking about Bill Clinton's history of sexual misconduct in Monday's debate. — Just ask his son, Eric Trump, who said it took “a lot of courage” for the Republican nominee not to attack the former president.
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Media Matters for America, BuzzFeed, MSNBC, Guardian and Talking Points Memo
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
Robert Holland / Townhall.com:
Trump's Education Plan of Choice: Worth the Wait? — In finally rolling out his education plan September 8, Donald Trump once again proved to be the most unorthodox of presidential candidates. While his style frequently flummoxes political foes and friends alike, this time he appears …
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Politics K-12
Tegna / KING-TV:
Investigators may probe Cascade Mall suspect's citizenship status, voting record … The Cascade Mall shooting suspect, Arcan Cetin, may face an additional investigation related to his voting record and citizenship status. — Federal sources confirm to KING 5 that Cetin was not a U.S. citizen, meaning legally he cannot vote.
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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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Washington Post, NBC News, Hot Air, Politicus USA and The Atlantic
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 …