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Donald Trump Opens New Line of Attack on Hillary Clinton: Her Marriage — Donald J. Trump unleashed a slashing new attack on Hillary Clinton over Bill Clinton's sexual indiscretions on Friday as he sought to put the Clintons' relationship at the center of his political argument against her before their next debate.
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Donald Trump Is Being Outplayed by Women and He's Losing His Mind — The GOP nominee's pathological sexism could be what kills his presidential hopes. Good. — By , — You've heard of the 3 a.m. phone call, the one every presidential nominee must be prepared to answer ably.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: Visibly uncomfortable Arkansas AG offers cringe-inducing defense of Trump's ‘sex tape’ tweet — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Just hours after Donald Trump declared that he and his campaign represented the “bright and clean” future of American politics …
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New York Times:
As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The surprisingly logical reason Donald Trump is bringing up Bill Clinton's sex scandals
The surprisingly logical reason Donald Trump is bringing up Bill Clinton's sex scandals
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Daniel Wagner / BuzzFeed:
Here Is Donald Trump's Newly Released Videotaped Deposition — BuzzFeed News filed court motions seeking the release of the videos. In it, Trump implied he planned to call Mexicans “rapists” when he announced his run for president. — A Washington DC judge on Friday released video depositions of Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump restaurant deposition video released — A video of Donald Trump testifying under oath about his inflammatory rhetoric aimed at Mexicans and other Latinos went public Friday, drawing new attention to those comments just weeks before voters cast their ballots in the presidential race.
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sandiegouniontribune.com:
Endorsement Why Hillary Clinton is the safe choice for president — This paper has not endorsed a Democrat for president in its 148-year history. But we endorse Clinton. She's the safe choice for the U.S. and for the world, for Democrats and Republicans alike.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Libertarian VP: Clinton might be the most qualified to be president — Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld suggested Friday evening that Democrat Hillary Clinton — may be the most qualified person to be president. — “I'm not sure anybody is more qualified than Hillary Clinton …
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Chicago Tribune:
A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian
A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
It turns out Donald Trump was right about his defective microphone. Vindication? — The “Daily Show” excoriated Donald Trump this week for complaining about his microphone after Monday's debate: “Donald Trump sounds like my cousin who never accepts that I kicked his ass in X-box,” Trevor Noah said.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Debate commission admits ‘issues’ with Trump's audio — The Commission on Presidential Debates issued a one-sentence statement Friday admitting “issues” with Donald Trump — 's audio in this cycle's first debate Monday. — “Regarding the first debate, there were issues regarding Donald Trump's audio …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Debate commission says there were ‘issues’ with Trump's audio
Debate commission says there were ‘issues’ with Trump's audio
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Appeared In A 2000 Playboy Softcore Porn — Donald Trump made an appearance in an explicit 2000 Playboy video. — Trump's role in the porn is relatively benign and centers around him breaking a bottle of champagne on a Playboy-branded limo while several of the playmates are visiting New York City.
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New York Daily News:
HEAR IT: Donald Trump said 17-year-old Ivanka made him promise not to date anyone younger than her — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump must not play blackjack, because he wanted to hit on 17. — The casino owner and future Republican nominee told Howard Stern in 1999 that his daughter Ivanka …
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump Campaign Releases First General Election Ad Featuring Ivanka Trump
Trump Campaign Releases First General Election Ad Featuring Ivanka Trump
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The Intercept:
Hacked Audio Reveals Hillary Clinton Sees Herself Occupying “Center-Left to Center-Right” — In the hacked recording of a private conversation with campaign donors in February, Hillary Clinton distanced herself from progressive goals like “free college, free healthcare” …
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Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Admin Strikes ‘Jerusalem’ From Israel — The Obama administration stripped Jerusalem from being located in Israel in its official communication of the president's remarks in the ancient city at a memorial service for recently deceased former Israeli president Shimon Peres.
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Teresa Welsh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House corrects location of Jerusalem on day of Peres' funeral
White House corrects location of Jerusalem on day of Peres' funeral
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Kent Faulk / al.com:
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for rest of term — Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended from the bench for telling probate judges to defy federal orders regarding gay marriage. — It's the second time Moore has been removed …
Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
Eric Trump ‘Charity’ Spent $880K at Family-Owned Golf Resorts — A wine industry association. A plastic surgeon gifting nose jobs to kids. An artist who painted a portrait of Donald Trump and a blue dog. Trump-owned golf resorts. — Those are some of the beneficiaries of the Eric Trump Foundation …
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Newsweek Website Attacked After Report On Trump, Cuban Embargo — The editor-in-chief of Newsweek confirmed Friday that the magazine's website was on the receiving end of a denial-of-service attack Thursday night, following the publication of a story accusing one of Donald Trump's companies of violating the Cuban trade embargo.
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Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:
Risk of big earthquake on San Andreas fault rises after quake swarm at Salton Sea — A view of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain. A valley is deeply eroded along the fault. (U.S. Geological Survey) — Rong-Gong Lin II — The rumbling started Monday morning deep under the Salton Sea.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How the Clinton-Trump Race Got Close — Monday's presidential debate was a blowout, surely the most one-sided confrontation in American political history. Hillary Clinton was knowledgeable, unflappable and — dare we say it? — likable. Donald Trump was ignorant, thin-skinned and boorish.
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Steve Cuozzo / New York Post:
Carnegie Deli will close at end of 2016 — The Carnegie Deli, a New York institution since 1937, will soon serve its last “Woody Allen.” — The iconic home to gigantic Jewish-style sandwiches — like the 4-inch-high, pastrami-and-corned beef “Woody” on rye — will close its doors forever on Dec. 31, The Post has learned.
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Ali Breland / The Hill:
Judge rejects attempt to stop internet oversight transfer — A federal judge ruled Friday that the transfer of internet domain systems oversight to an international governing body can move forward, overruling opposition from several state attorneys general and lawmakers.
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
Duterte: Hitler killed millions of Jews, I will kill millions of drug addicts — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday compared his campaign to kill criminals to the Holocaust, saying he would like to “slaughter” millions of addicts just like Adolf Hitler “massacred” millions of Jewish people.
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Felipe Villamor / New York Times:
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines
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Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary-Hatred Derangement Syndrome — She alone stands between America and the reign of the most unstable, unfit president in U.S. history. — There were cheers when Donald Trump assured his Virginia audience last weekend that the wall will be built and, yes, that Mexico would pay for it.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Support for death penalty lowest in more than four decades — As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the first of two death penalty cases in this year's term, the share of Americans who support the death penalty for people convicted of murder is now at its lowest point in more than four decades.
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