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Tara Golshan / Vox:
How the Clinton campaign is making #ThatMexicanThing a thing, explained — Sen. Tim Kaine made a point during the vice presidential debate of reminding the American public of that time Donald Trump called Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers. — “He started his campaign with a speech …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Veep Debate Sinks From Past Highs, Pulls Under 40 Million Viewers — Tim Kaine and Mike Pence draw nowhere near the audience of Joe Biden and Sarah Palin — or even Biden and Paul Ryan four years ago. — The heated showdown between vice presidential hopefuls Tim Kaine and Mike Pence naturally topped Tuesday ratings.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
‘That Mexican Thing’ Takes On Life After the Debate
‘That Mexican Thing’ Takes On Life After the Debate
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CNN:
Pence edges Kaine in VP debate instant poll
Pence edges Kaine in VP debate instant poll
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LeftOfCenter / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
He-Men Of Fox News: Emasculated Because Kaine Said ‘Person’
He-Men Of Fox News: Emasculated Because Kaine Said ‘Person’
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Mike Freeman / Bleacher Report Media Lab:
Donald Trump Is Tearing the NFL Apart … Six months ago, Rex Ryan stood before a roaring crowd in Buffalo and gave a pep talk. This was not an unfamiliar scene for the Bills head coach, except for maybe the suit and tie. Well, that and the subject of his four-minute speech: Donald J. Trump.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Slams Trump for Only Sitting Down With Hannity and Avoiding ‘Unsafe Spaces’ — UPDATE — Hannity has now hit back on Twitter over this in a BIG way. More here and here. — Megyn Kelly threw some shade at Sean Hannity after the debate last week, but tonight she took a far …
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Trump took Polaroids, interviewed models in 1994 Playboy video — One video depicts Trump photographing fully clothed models with a Polaroid camera and conducting an interview with a potential Playmate — One of the models Trump interviewed told CNN: “I thought he was thoughtful.
Luke O'Neil / Esquire:
This Racist Fox News Video Is, Uh, Pretty Racist — Are we still perpetuating Asian stereotypes in 2016? — Last night, CBS' Elaine Quijano became the first Asian-American journalist to moderate a national debate. The journalist's ethnicity might not be newsworthy …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Fox News not commenting on Jesse Watters' controversial Chinatown segment
Fox News not commenting on Jesse Watters' controversial Chinatown segment
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The Atlantic:
Against Donald Trump … In october of 1860, James Russell Lowell, the founding editor of The Atlantic, warned in these pages about the perishability of the great American democratic experiment if citizens (at the time, white, male citizens) were to cease taking seriously their franchise:
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Slip in Polls Has G.O.P. Worried About Congress — Donald J. Trump's support has plunged across the swing-state map over the last 10 days, wiping out his political recovery from September and threatening to undo weeks of Republican gains in the battle for control of Congress.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Momentum shifts in battle for Senate
Momentum shifts in battle for Senate
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Theranos Newsroom:
An Open Letter From Elizabeth Holmes — After many months spent assessing our strengths and addressing our weaknesses, we have moved to structure our company around the model best aligned with our core values and mission. — We have decided to close our clinical labs and Theranos Wellness Centers …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Leaked memo shows Clinton was provided questions ahead of interview — was provided the exact questions she would be asked by daytime talk show host Steve Harvey, according to a report. — The Washington Free Beacon reports that according to a leaked memo it obtained …
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Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Campaign Helped Script Steve Harvey Interview
Clinton Campaign Helped Script Steve Harvey Interview
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New York Times:
Gary Johnson Equates Syria Deaths Caused by Assad and West — Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, drew a parallel on Wednesday between the Syrian government's targeting of noncombatants in that nation's civil war and the accidental bombing of civilians by United States-backed forces.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
QUEER FASCISTS SHUT DOWN NATION'S FIRST CONSERVATIVE ART SHOW — QUEER FASCISTS SHUT DOWN THE NATION'S FIRST CONSERVATIVE ART SHOW- — At least 6 Conservative artists were preparing for Saturday's historic opening. — But Brooklyn gallery cancels after online threats and harassment by gay fascist mob.
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New York Times:
N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. secretly arrested a National Security Agency contractor in recent weeks and is investigating whether he stole and disclosed highly classified computer codes developed to hack into the networks of foreign governments …
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Here's the best theory we've seen of how Trump paid so little tax — At a rally Tuesday in Arizona, Donald Trump sought to blame Hillary Clinton for his own low tax bills. He asked: — “After years of failure, she complains about how I've used tax laws of this country to my benefit.
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
A 90-Year-Old Woman Who's Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin's Voter-ID Law — Voting rights groups are asking a federal court to block the law before the November election. — By , — Christine Krucki was born in Lublin, Wisconsin, in 1925.
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Sally Mamdooh / TheDenverChannel.com:
7-year-old girl with disabilities escorted from Trump rally — LOVELAND, Colo. — A Colorado woman says she was disappointed to be escorted away from Donald Trump's rally in Loveland Monday by U.S. Secret Service. — Jennifer Mau and her 7-year-old daughter, who has disabilities …
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Indianapolis Star:
State Police raid Indy office in growing voter fraud case — Indiana State Police investigators on Tuesday searched a voter registration agency on Indianapolis' north side as they look into a voter fraud case that spans nine counties. — The investigation began in late August when police learned …
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Jana Kasperkevic / Guardian:
Workers to protest at McDonald's stores across US over sexual harassment claims — The action will take place in more than 30 cities after a month in which 15 sexual complaints have been filed against the fast-food company and its franchisees — Workers in more than 30 US cities are planning …
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
McDonald's accused of ignoring rampant sexual harassment in its restaurants
McDonald's accused of ignoring rampant sexual harassment in its restaurants
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
This Saudi Teen Is Probably Behind The Hacks Of Dozens Of Tech CEOs And Celebrities — OurMine, scourge of Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Travis Kalanick and others, looks like the brainchild of a soccer-obsessed high school student. — Over the past six months, the hacking group OurMine …
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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's tax records: A tale of business failures — THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP 2016 ELECTION — It wasn't just 1995. — Five years of tax information from the 1970s that Donald Trump provided to the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety show mismanagement and losses …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump's Doing Worse Than Romney Did Among White Voters — Donald Trump's strategy in this campaign has been fairly clear from the beginning: Drive up Republican support among white voters in order to compensate for the GOP's shrinking share among the growing nonwhite portion of the electorate.
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Jason Chulack / The College Fix:
Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’ — Students involved in a fraternity or sorority at the University of California Merced have been instructed not to use the terms “Greek,” “rush” or “pledge” because they are “appropriating Greek culture” and are …
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The Hill:
GOP seeks to block ObamaCare settlements with insurers — Republicans in Congress are plotting ways to block the Obama administration from paying insurance companies hundreds of millions of dollars as part of an ObamaCare program. — GOP lawmakers say they are looking at “a dozen” …
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