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New York Times:
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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The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, Daily Wire, Mashable, Politico, Washington Post, Salon, USA Today, BostonGlobe.com and The Mahablog
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: Visibly uncomfortable Arkansas AG offers cringe-inducing defense of Trump's ‘sex tape’ tweet
WATCH: Visibly uncomfortable Arkansas AG offers cringe-inducing defense of Trump's ‘sex tape’ tweet
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Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
New York Times:
As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
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The Atlantic, Guardian, Mashable, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog, GotNews, Infowars and Instapundit
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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Washington Post, Politicus USA, Wall Street Journal and Mother Jones
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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Raw Story, New York Times, AOL, Guardian, Jezebel, The New Civil Rights Movement, Towleroad, Independent Journal Review, Slate, Business Insider and alan.com
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New Republic:
Jeet Heer — The “Scholars and Writers for Trump” include a historian who thinks the Nazi perspective isn't getting its due. — The website American Greatness has compiled a list of “Scholars and Writers for Trump” and there are some very odd names on it, including the historian Christiana Jeffreys.
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The Daily Caller, Politico and American Greatness
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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CNN, Talking Points Memo, Deadline, TheStreet.com, AOL, The Atlantic, Vox, New York Times, Mediaite, RedState, The Week, Liberty Unyielding, Washington Times, Heat Street, Washington Free Beacon and TVNewser
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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The Daily Caller, Vox, The Week, Daily Wire, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones
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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The Gateway Pundit
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Clinton gives her take on Sanders supporters in leaked fundraising recording — Hacked audio of a conversation between Hillary Clinton and donors during a February fundraising event shows the Democrat nominee describing Bernie Sanders supporters as “children of the Great Recession” who are “living in their parents' basement.”
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Weasel Zippers, New York Magazine, Mediaite and Occidental Dissent
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.
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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New Century Times and Friendly Atheist
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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Hullabaloo, New Century Times, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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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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Politico
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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RedState
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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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Political Wire, Towleroad and fox5sandiego.com
Teresa Welsh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House corrects location of Jerusalem on day of Peres' funeral — The White House forgot its own policy on Jerusalem Friday — at least temporarily. — The administration initially sent out a copy of President Barack Obama's remarks at former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres' funeral in Jerusalem …
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Admin Strikes ‘Jerusalem’ From Israel
Obama Admin Strikes ‘Jerusalem’ From Israel
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Front Page Magazine, Jihad Watch, RedState, Weasel Zippers, twitchy.com and Liberty Unyielding
The Daily Beast:
Racist Trump Troll in a Gorilla Mask Is Exposed — JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee — Hours after leaving jail on $10,000 bail, Tristan Rettke—the 19-year-old student who allegedly donned a gorilla mask while handing out noose-tied bananas to Black Lives Matter demonstrators on his East Tennessee …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The College Fix
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump aide resigns over campaign direction — 's presidential campaign in Florida has resigned over the direction of his bid, according to a new report. — Healy Baumgardner resigned on Monday. — “It is clear the campaign is now going in a direction that I am no longer comfortable …
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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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Townhall.com, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton ahead of Trump after debate, fear motivating both sides — Hillary Clinton has gained ground on Donald Trump, who has slipped in key measures of the presidential race after the first debate. — First, the horserace. Clinton is ahead of Trump by three percentage points …
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Politicus USA, Fox News Insider, Politico and Political Wire
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 …
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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Eater NY - All, Gothamist, New York Times, NPR, Tablet Magazine and West Side Rag
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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Daily Kos
Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:
How a Combat Photographer Named a Phenomenon to Honor Soldiers — While embedded with troops in Afghanistan in the late 2000s, war photographer and writer Michael Yon captured numerous photos of the sparkling halo that can appear when a helicopter's rotors hit sand and dust.
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Washington Free Beacon
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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bradford-delong.com, twitchy.com, the daily howler, Media Matters for America and New York Magazine
Felipe Villamor / New York Times:
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines — MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday that he would like to kill millions of drug addicts in the Philippines, defying international criticism of his country's bloody war on narcotics and escalating …
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Daily Kos, New York Magazine and Althouse
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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
Duterte: Hitler killed millions of Jews, I will kill millions of drug addicts
Duterte: Hitler killed millions of Jews, I will kill millions of drug addicts
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Daily Caller and Liberty Unyielding
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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Washington Post, National Review, The New Civil Rights Movement and Political Wire