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Bloomberg:
Trump Tweets About Sex Tape as Campaign Struggles to Regroup — The salvos are part of an ongoing struggle between Trump and his aides about how to coordinate a cohesive strategy against Clinton. — JenniferJJacobs — kevcirilli — With the urgency of a presidential election 38 days away …
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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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Tristan Lejeune / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Check out sex tape’ of former Miss Universe — went after a former Miss Universe in a string of early-morning tweets Friday, encouraging voters to “check out” an alleged “sex tape” of Alicia Machado, who has been on the offensive against the GOP presidential nominee all week.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Newt Gingrich: Alicia Machado Is “The New Benghazi Lie” — Newt Gingrich on Thursday called Hillary Clinton's attack on Donald Trump for mocking former Miss Universe Alicia Machado's weight “as false as Benghazi” and “the new Benghazi lie.” — In an interview on Sean Hannity's radio show on Thursday …
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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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The surprisingly logical reason Donald Trump is bringing up Bill Clinton's sex scandals — Let's be clear: Donald Trump is not making an issue of Bill Clinton's past infidelities. And, frankly, he feels he's owed a little bit of congratulations for his restraint.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘disgusting’ tweet about Alicia Machado got one thing right. It isn't what he thinks.
Trump's ‘disgusting’ tweet about Alicia Machado got one thing right. It isn't what he thinks.
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Donald Trump Bashes Alicia Machado Again, Alleging a ‘Sex Tape’ (Without Evidence)
Donald Trump Bashes Alicia Machado Again, Alleging a ‘Sex Tape’ (Without Evidence)
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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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CBS News:
Commentary: The curious case of Alicia Machado
Commentary: The curious case of Alicia Machado
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Howard Dean Won't Apologize To Donald Trump For Cocaine Allegations (VIDEO)
Howard Dean Won't Apologize To Donald Trump For Cocaine Allegations (VIDEO)
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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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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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Chicago Tribune:
A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian — Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and vice presidential candidate Bill Weld explain why they're running as Libertarians on July 19, 2016, in a meeting with the Tribune Editorial Board. — Editorial Board
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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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Suffolk University:
Suffolk University Nevada Poll Shows Clinton Leading by 6 Points — A Suffolk University poll of likely voters in Nevada shows Democrat Hillary Clinton opening up a 6-point lead over Republican businessman Donald Trump, 44 percent to 38 percent, in the aftermath of the first presidential debate.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Don't Trust Media Fact-Checking
Voters Don't Trust Media Fact-Checking
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Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Clinton Leads Trump In New Hampshire
WBUR Poll: Clinton Leads Trump In New Hampshire
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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Poll: Clinton holds 7-point lead in Michigan
Poll: Clinton holds 7-point lead in Michigan
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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 …
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Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
Alabama justice off bench for defying feds on gay marriage
Alabama justice off bench for defying feds on gay marriage
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Lauren Walsh / WBMA-TV:
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for remainder of his term
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for remainder of his term
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New York Times:
How Democrats Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Big Donor Money — Democrats denounced it as an assault on democracy and a sop to billionaires when the Supreme Court issued a ruling two years ago that loosened limits on campaign giving. — But Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party leaders …
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
GOP Blocks Probes Into Trump-Russia Ties
GOP Blocks Probes Into Trump-Russia Ties
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Let's dispel with this notion that Donald Trump knows what he's doing — Donald Trump is an unusual candidate who does a lot of unusual things. For example, after flubbing a debate performance in which he appeared volatile, irritable, and uninformed about key issues, he did not attempt …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton launches final-stage turnout plan
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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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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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
The New Yorker's Topical Comedy Is a Disgrace — For a few years now, the New Yorker's website has been posting daily cartoons. A few weeks ago they started doing two a day. Here are two of the most recent New Yorker daily cartoons. They are [Italian guy voice] not-ah so good-ah.
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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Paul Steinhauser / NH1:
Donald Trump to NH1 News in NH: I have a very good marital history — NH1 News Political Director — BEDFORD - Donald Trump took aim at Hillary and Bill Clinton at a rally Thursday. — And in a one-on-one interview with NH1 News the Republican presidential nominee said “we'll see what happens” …
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Kevin Robinson / Pensacola News Journal:
Apology cake: ‘Sorry I Tased You’ — A local woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a former Escambia County deputy who allegedly discharged a stun gun into her chest and neck without provocation, tried to cover up the incident, then apologized with an off-color cake.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump's Hotel Guests Wake Up To USA Today's Historic Anti-Trump Editorial — Guests at several of Republican nominee Donald Trump's hotels woke up to a complimentary copy of USA Today's blistering editorial that concluded Trump was “unfit” to be president. — The newspaper's editorial board weighed …
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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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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Debate commission says there were ‘issues’ with Trump's audio — Donald Trump's microphone during Monday's presidential debate against Hillary Clinton had audio issues, the Commission on Presidential Debates said Friday, providing a measure of vindication for the Republican nominee.
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