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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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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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Raw Story, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Taylor Marsh, New York Magazine, No More Mister Nice Blog and Joe.My.God.
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Enabler or family defender? How Hillary Clinton responded to husband's accusers — Hillary Clinton has wrestled with allegations surrounding her husband's infidelities for much of their 40-year marriage, including a sexual harassment lawsuit, a grand jury investigation and an impeachment vote centered …
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RedState and Betsy's Page
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump says Google proves he's winning — and is trying to make sure he loses
Donald Trump says Google proves he's winning — and is trying to make sure he loses
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump peddles Google conspiracy theory
Trump peddles Google conspiracy theory
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Daily Kos and Business Insider
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Floats Conspiracy Theory That Google Suppresses ‘Bad’ Clinton News
Trump Floats Conspiracy Theory That Google Suppresses ‘Bad’ Clinton News
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump Pushes Debunked Theory That Google Suppressed Rival's Bad News
Donald Trump Pushes Debunked Theory That Google Suppressed Rival's Bad News
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ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America and Mashable
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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Ron Nielson / Facebook:
The Clinton and Trump supporters are at it again. This is gotcha-ism at its finest.
The Clinton and Trump supporters are at it again. This is gotcha-ism at its finest.
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The Daily Caller, Politico, ABC News and twitchy.com
Nikita Vladiirov / The Hill:
Johnson has an ‘Aleppo moment,’ can't name any foreign leader he admires
Johnson has an ‘Aleppo moment,’ can't name any foreign leader he admires
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ThinkProgress, Mother Jones and New York Times
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Obama had a tense exchange with CNN's Jake Tapper over why he won't say ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ — President Barack Obama sparred with CNN host Jake Tapper on Wednesday night in a tense exchange over Obama's refusal to use the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism.”
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's weight problem: He can't stop talking about ‘fat’ people — Donald Trump has a serious weight problem: He can't seem to stop criticizing the girth of others. — For decades, Trump has commented on other peoples' bodies, particularly women whom he believes had gained too much weight or were, in his word, “fat.”
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gingrich on former Miss Universe: 'You're not supposed to gain 60 pounds'
Gingrich on former Miss Universe: 'You're not supposed to gain 60 pounds'
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New York Times:
‘She Has a Name,’ Alicia Machado, and It Is Everywhere
‘She Has a Name,’ Alicia Machado, and It Is Everywhere
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Media Matters for America and Los Angeles Times
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Goes After Machado Again
Trump Goes After Machado Again
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Associated Press, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HOW DONALD TRUMP'S COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA — THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP CUBA — A company controlled by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, secretly conducted business in communist Cuba during Fidel Castro's presidency despite strict American trade bans …
New York Daily News:
More than 100 injured, many critically, after major New Jersey Transit crash at Hoboken station — A train crashed into the terminal of the New Jersey Transit Hoboken station Thursday morning, injuring more than 100 people — many critically, officials said.
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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 …
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Talking Points Memo, Jezebel, Daily Kos, Law News and The Week
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Cover Story: Donald Trump Is Barry Blitt's “Miss Congeniality” — “She was the worst we ever had, the worst, the absolute worst, she was impossible,” Donald Trump told Fox News the morning after his debate with Hillary Clinton, defending his treatment of Alicia Machado …
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Julie Miller / Vanity Fair:
Revisit the Time Donald Trump Said Kim Kardashian Had “Gotten a Bit Large” [Updated]
Revisit the Time Donald Trump Said Kim Kardashian Had “Gotten a Bit Large” [Updated]
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Mediaite, Refinery29, BizPac Review and CNN
WJHL:
VIDEO: ETSU student in gorilla mask handing out bananas during Black Lives Matter event charged — JOHNSON CITY, TN (WJHL) - A peaceful protest on East Tennessee State University's campus Wednesday afternoon was disrupted when a man wearing a gorilla mask showed up and started handing …
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Kevin Castle / WCYB:
ETSU student charged following gorilla mask incident at Black Lives Matter protest
ETSU student charged following gorilla mask incident at Black Lives Matter protest
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USA Today, The Daily Caller, Telegraph and Jezebel
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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Politicus USA
Media Matters for America:
CNN Says Corey Lewandowski Is No Longer Receiving Trump Severance, But He's Still An Ethical Disaster — After months of simultaneously receiving payments from the Trump campaign for his continued involvement and strategic advice while employed as a CNN political commentator …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump campaign pays off Corey Lewandowski contract
Trump campaign pays off Corey Lewandowski contract
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
How Donald Trump Set Off a Civil War Within the Right-Wing Media — Since the candidate clinched the nomination, the green room has become a chilly place. — In recent years, one of the most important events on a prospective Republican presidential candidate's calendar was the RedState Gathering …
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The Resurgent, Media Matters for America and The Daily Caller
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'
Comey on Clinton email probe: 'Don't call us weasels'
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RedState, Althouse and Instapundit
Massimo Calabresi / TIME:
How Russia Wants to Undermine the U.S. Election — What's behind Russia's effort to influence the U.S. election — The leaders of the U.S. government, including the President and his top national-security advisers, face an unprecedented dilemma. Since the spring, U.S. intelligence …
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The Week
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 …
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Washington Monthly, theGrio, Raw Story and Media Matters for America
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November — New recordings from the DMV show how the state is continuing to disenfranchise black voters. — By , — Madison, WI—Zack Moore, a 34-year-old African-American man, moved from Chicago to Madison last year.