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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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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump Pleaded The Fifth 97 Times To Avoid Admitting To Adultery
Trump Pleaded The Fifth 97 Times To Avoid Admitting To Adultery
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Donald Trump Is Being Outplayed by Women and He's Losing His Mind
Donald Trump Is Being Outplayed by Women and He's Losing His Mind
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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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Daily Mail:
Send for Nigel! Trump flies in Farage to help sharpen up his debating skills for his next clash with Hillary Clinton
Send for Nigel! Trump flies in Farage to help sharpen up his debating skills for his next clash with Hillary Clinton
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Talking Points Memo and The Sun
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Debate commission admits ‘issues’ with Trump's audio
Debate commission admits ‘issues’ with Trump's audio
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Townhall.com
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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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, The American Mirror and True Pundit
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton's strategy: Get under Trump's skin — 's campaign is doing everything it can to get under Donald Trump — 's skin. — The Democratic presidential nominee tore into Trump in a series of tweets on Friday that ripped the Republican nominee for saying that people should check out a former Miss Universe's sex tape.
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Washington Post:
Trump's bad week is a ‘nightmare’ for the GOP … Republican leaders and strategists are unnerved by Donald Trump's erratic attacks on a Latina beauty queen and other outbursts this week, increasingly fearful that the GOP nominee is damaging his White House hopes and doing lasting harm to the party in the campaign's final stretch.
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Balloon Juice
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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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Clinton camp on Trump cameo in Playboy film: ‘a strange turn of events’
Clinton camp on Trump cameo in Playboy film: ‘a strange turn of events’
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Independent Journal Review
Jillian Jorgensen / The New York Observer:
Group Apologizes for Giuliani's ‘Unscripted’ Remarks at Awards Dinner — Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was invited to a financial services trade group's award dinner last week to speak about leadership—but instead delivered a political speech that strayed so far from that topic the group felt it necessary to apologize to its guests.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rudy Stumbles Outside the Race War Bubble
Rudy Stumbles Outside the Race War Bubble
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Bloomberg:
Secret Alpine Gold Vaults Are the New Swiss Bank Accounts — “There has been a real interest in alternatives to bank deposits.” — Subscribe Reprints — Deep in the Swiss Alps, next to an old airstrip suitable for landing Gulfstream and Falcon jets, is a vast bunker that holds …
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
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump hones attacks on big corporations, donors and media — NOVI, Michigan — As Donald Trump's campaign works to drive a sharper message down the home stretch, the GOP nominee is increasingly invoking the specter of a conspiracy by big corporations, media companies and donors to elect Hillary Clinton.
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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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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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Hillary Clinton:
Building on what makes America great — This race comes down to two questions: What kind of future do we want for ourselves, our kids, and our grandkids? And how do we make it a reality? — My opponent and I have very different views—not just about what makes America great …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Young Virginia Democrat Registers 19 Dead People to Vote for Hillary — Young Virginia Democrat Andrew Spieles confessed this week to registering 19 dead people to vote for Hillary. — Maybe someday young Andrew will run for governor or president. — Zero Hedge reported:
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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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Western Free Press 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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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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