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USA Today:
USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Trump is ‘unfit for the presidency’ — The Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race. We're doing it now. — In the 34-year history of USA TODAY, the Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race.
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Mike Pence / USA Today:
Donald Trump is ready to lead — Between the candidates, the choice could not be more clear. — In fewer than 40 days, the American people will choose a new president who will set the course of this nation not only for the next four years, but for a generation to come.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump Foundation lacks the certification required for charities that solicit money — Donald Trump's charitable foundation — which has been sustained for years by donors outside the Trump family — has never obtained the certification that New York requires before charities can solicit money …
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Daily Wire, Raw Story, The Week, Occupy Democrats and American Prospect
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: NY Attorney General's Probe Of Trump Foundation Appears To Widen
EXCLUSIVE: NY Attorney General's Probe Of Trump Foundation Appears To Widen
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Washington Post, CANNONFIRE, Politico, The New Civil Rights Movement, The Mahablog and CNBC
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump ignores advice and launches Bill Clinton attack — Everyone but Donald Trump and his most ardent supporters recognize that Donald Trump lost Monday night's debate. And because of the candidate's stubborn disbelief in his ability to do anything but win, Trump lost the post-debate period too.
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RedState, The Daily Caller, Washington Post and The Week
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump and allies digging into attacks on beauty queen
Trump and allies digging into attacks on beauty queen
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alan.com, Hot Air and Political Wire
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Trump Campaign Manager on Bill Clinton's Past: 'I'm Not Advising Him to Go There'
Trump Campaign Manager on Bill Clinton's Past: 'I'm Not Advising Him to Go There'
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Washington Post, Politico and Weasel Zippers
Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Newt Gingrich: Trump ‘a gentleman’ for not bringing up Bill Clinton's affairs
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Eric Trump: Bill Clinton Is “Maybe The Worst” Sexist “That's Ever Lived”
Eric Trump: Bill Clinton Is “Maybe The Worst” Sexist “That's Ever Lived”
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New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Slate and Fox News
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Newt Gingrich: Trump Is “A Gentleman” For Not Mentioning Bill Clinton's Infidelity
Newt Gingrich: Trump Is “A Gentleman” For Not Mentioning Bill Clinton's Infidelity
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Politico
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Slams First Presidential Debate: ‘What A Rigged Deal’ (VIDEO) — Donald Trump complained about every part of the first presidential debate, from his opponent to the moderator to the subsequent poll results, during a Thursday campaign appearance. — “I had to put up with the anchor …
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New Century Times and The Atlantic
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump starts looking to second debate, claims first one was ‘rigged’ — Donald Trump linked President Bill Clinton's impeachment to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, saying the Clintons have a “sordid past.” He told supporters in New Hampshire Thursday that he represents a “bright and very clean future.”
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Can't Let Donald Trump Win the Corruption Issue — Donald Trump's campaign is signaling that its new, post-first-debate message will be an attack on Hillary Clinton's finances, under the catchphrase “Follow the money.” This is probably Trump's most fruitful avenue of attack.
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Washington Post, Liberal Values, Hullabaloo, Politico and Public Policy Polling
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
In swipe at Trump, Clinton names Merkel as her favorite world leader — Hillary Clinton trolled two White House opponents with a single response, dinging Gary Johnson and Donald Trump by naming Angela Merkel as her favorite world leader. — The Democratic presidential nominee on Thursday joined …
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The Daily Caller and Vox Popoli
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Stein trolls Johnson on world leaders gaffe, also fails to name world leaders
Stein trolls Johnson on world leaders gaffe, also fails to name world leaders
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The Times of Israel, Daily Wire, The Hill and Mediaite
In Other Words:
F**k Portlandia — Several months ago the In Other Words community agreed to discontinue our relationship with Portlandia. This was a direct response to a particular egregious filming of the show in our space which saw our store left a mess, our staff mistreated, our neighbors forced …
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Jezebel, Splitsider, Heat Street, Mashable and Refinery29
anonymousconservative.com/blog:
William F Buckley - A Case Study In Narcissistic Personality Disorder — Was William F Buckley a Malignant Narcissist? Well, you can never be sure at a distance, but I long suspected it. His face had a slightly shocked, frozen aspect, with glassy eyes, and an uncertainty at what he was seeing …
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Vox Popoli
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Signed Secret Document to Lift U.N. Sanctions on Iranian Banks — Administration backed measures on the same day Tehran released four American citizens from prison — WASHINGTON—The Obama administration agreed to back the lifting of United Nations sanctions on two Iranian state banks blacklisted …
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The Gateway Pundit
Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
Marco Rubio ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Possible Donald Trump Cuba Business — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Donald Trump will have to “answer some questions” about a Newsweek story reporting that a Trump-owned company allegedly violated the United States' trade embargo with Cuba in the late 1990s.
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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HOW DONALD TRUMP'S COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA
HOW DONALD TRUMP'S COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA
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Sam Levine / The Huffington Post:
People Actually Stopped Watching Porn During The First Presidential Debate — Fascinating. — Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post — As a record number of Americans tuned in to Monday night's presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, one major pornographic website saw its traffic sharply drop.
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New York Magazine
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
He fought in World War II. He died in 2014. And he just registered to vote in Va. — RICHMOND — The FBI and local police are investigating how at least 19 dead Virginians were recently re-registered to vote in this critical swing state. — One case came to light after relatives …
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twitchy.com and electionlawblog.org
Don Babwin / Associated Press:
Why is Chicago a murder capital? Clues from a bloody month — CHICAGO (AP) — Fourteen-year-old Malik Causey loved the way gangs took what they wanted from people on the street, the way members fought for each other, the way they could turn drugs into cash and cash into $400 jeans.
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Hot Air
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
‘Missing’ White Voters Could Elect Trump. But First They Need To Register. — Here's a scary stat for Democrats: In 2012, President Obama won re-election by almost 5 million votes, but about 47 million eligible white voters without a college degree — including 24 million men — didn't bother to vote.
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Hot Air and Booman Tribune
Brendan McGarry / Military.com:
US Army Accidentally Tweets ‘Trump Lies’ — The U.S. Army called the Republican presidential candidate a liar in an errant tweet. — The service issued an apology after accidentally tweeting, “Trump Lies Once Every 3 Minutes, 15 Seconds.” The message linked to an article …
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The Moderate Voice, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Washington Times
Media Matters for America:
Trump Surrogate: Obama Was Given Everything “Because Of The Color Of His Skin” — HOWIE CARR (HOST): The most catastrophic decision though, I think, as we look back on it in 20 or 50 years, as the history books record it, is the Iranian nuclear deal. Because that could end up killing tens …
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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Fox News:
More than 100 reported hurt, passengers trapped after train crash at Hoboken, NJ station
More than 100 reported hurt, passengers trapped after train crash at Hoboken, NJ station
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Daily Mail, ABC News, CNBC, Fox News Insider, Gothamist, The Times of Israel, LifeZette, Mashable, CityLab, WRIC-TV, New York Magazine, CBS Chicago, The Daily Caller, Q13 FOX News, CBS New York, WREG-TV, WJTV, Mediaite, Fox 59, WNEP-TV, BizPac Review, FOX2now.com and The Week
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton Leads by 4 Nationally; Trump Hurt Himself in Debate — PPP's new national poll finds Hillary Clinton leading by 4 points both in the full field of candidates, and in a head to head match up with Donald Trump. In the full field she gets 44% to 40% for Trump, 6% for Gary Johnson, 2% for Evan McMullin, and 1% for Jill Stein.
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Rasmussen Reports, FiveThirtyEight, Mother Jones, Washingtonian and Business Insider
York Dispatch:
Officials: West York mayor should resign after racist posts — Several West York borough council members have called on Mayor Charles Wasko to step down in light of racist posts he has made on Facebook. — Wasko, who was elected mayor in 2013, has posted several pictures on Facebook …
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York Daily Record, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story and Law News
Comicosity:
Exclusive Interview: Greg Rucka on Queer Narrative and WONDER WOMAN — There is a tension that cannot be denied between the above two references to LGBT representation — and among dozens of other nuances of expectation — when it comes to seeing queer narratives validated on the comic book page.
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Guardian, Refinery29, Gizmodo and Mashable
Peter Van Voorhis / The College Fix:
Student officially changes his personal pronoun to ‘His Majesty’ on campus roster — ‘I henceforth shall be referred to as: His Majesty, Grant Strobl. I encourage all U-M students to go onto Wolverine Access, and insert the identity of their dreams’ — On Tuesday, top administrators …
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Daily Wire, Hit & Run, Liberty Unyielding and Heat Street
New York Post:
90-year-old badass stands ground against purse snatcher — A tough-as-nails 90-year-old West Village woman stood her ground against a broad-daylight mugger on Tuesday — getting a nasty gash in her arm but keeping hold of her bag. — “No woman is going to attack me!” …
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Law News, The Times of Israel and Gothamist
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Ohio, Long a Bellwether, Is Fading on the Electoral Map — ATHENS, Ohio — After decades as one of America's most reliable political bellwethers, an inevitable presidential battleground that closely mirrored the mood and makeup of the country, Ohio is suddenly fading in importance this year.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell: Saudi 9/11 law could have ‘unintended ramifications’ — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that a new law allowing U.S. victims of terrorism to sue foreign governments may have “unintended ramifications,” despite Congress's overwhelming vote this week …
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ABC News and Washington Monthly
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Is your dog's Halloween costume sexist? — Young girls may be discarding their princess wands for superhero capes this Halloween, but not so in the canine world. — The glass ceiling appears to be firmly in place at PetSmart, where career costumes labeled “male” include firefighter and police officer …
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Daily Wire, RedState, Heat Street, Mediaite, twitchy.com, Gothamist and Instapundit