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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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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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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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The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Politicus USA and Mother Jones
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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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.
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Vox, Politico, Media Matters for America and Daily Kos
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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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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Deadline, Fox News Insider and Washington Post
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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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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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Roy Moore, Alabama Chief Justice, Suspended Over Gay Marriage Order
Roy Moore, Alabama Chief Justice, Suspended Over Gay Marriage Order
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The Daily Caller
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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Talking Points Memo and Friendly Atheist
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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Vox, Associated Press, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Law News
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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Detroit News, CNN, Politicker, Daily Wire, Hot Air, Washington Post, Washington Times, NBC News, National Review and Winthrop University …
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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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
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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The Week and War on the Rocks
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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ABC News, Independent Journal Review and New Urban Legends
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, Political Wire and The Moderate Voice
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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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Daily Caller
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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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New York Magazine and Althouse
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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Gothamist, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Tablet Magazine and West Side Rag
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
What Carmela Soprano Understood About Hillary Clinton — There's a forgotten scene in the third season of “The Sopranos” when the wives of the show's mob crew, sitting inside a local Italian restaurant, turn to the delicate subject of Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, infidelity and marriage.
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The Federalist
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
CNN's Jake Tapper slams Trump's advisors: 'He is surrounded by the Philanderer's club' — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is instructing his surrogates to begin attacking Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for her husband's extra-marital affairs.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Troubles With the Trump Foundation in New York State
The Note: Troubles With the Trump Foundation in New York State
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Louisiana Record
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, the daily howler, Media Matters for America, twitchy.com and New York Magazine
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