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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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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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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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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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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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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Paul Ryan's treacherous political future
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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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump polls supporters about bringing up Clinton scandals in next debate
Trump polls supporters about bringing up Clinton scandals in next debate
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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 …
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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Dal Kalsi / FOX Carolina 21:
Deputies: Suspect in custody after shooting at Townville Elementary School
Deputies: Suspect in custody after shooting at Townville Elementary School
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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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
OMG!! 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.
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 …
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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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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