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What Drives Donald Trump? Fear of Losing Status, Tapes Show — By any measure, Arsenio Hall was a Hollywood success: He had starred in popular films, packed houses as a stand-up comic and hosted a hit late-night television show bearing his name. — Donald J. Trump saw it differently by the mid-2000s.
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New York Magazine, Vox, Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America and Mediaite


Trump halts big-money fundraising, cutting off cash to the party — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has effectively shut down his high-dollar fundraising operation for the rest of the campaign, a highly unusual move that deals another serious blow to the GOP's effort to finance …
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Hot Air, Politicus USA and The New Civil Rights Movement


Donald Trump has no idea what Obamacare does — Trump spouts the classiest, most luxurious word salad you've ever heard. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's employees are having a “tremendous problem” with health plans they don't actually have.
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Trump bobbles attack on Obamacare — DORAL, Fla. — Standing beside his shimmering green golf course, Donald Trump had the political equivalent of a tap-in putt — news that Obamacare premiums are set to shoot up next year. — He muffed it. — At a campaign event at his Miami-area golf …
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Washington Post, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, CNN and Morning Consult

To work as intended, Obamacare needs a bigger, more unpopular mandate
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Politico, Recode, Washington Post and ASPE


A CITY CLERK OPPOSED AN EARLY-VOTING SITE AT UW-GREEN BAY BECAUSE ‘STUDENTS LEAN MORE TOWARD THE DEMOCRATS’ — New e-mails released to The Nation reveal ongoing GOP attempts to suppress the vote. — By , — Students wait in long lines to register and vote at UW-Eau Claire Davies Center on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.
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REVEALED: Wisconsin clerk limits voting near campus because ‘students lean more toward the Democrats’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A Wisconsin city clerk has been complaining for months that she doesn't have the money or staff to offer early voting …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money


Images of New MacBook Pro With Magic Toolbar Leaked in macOS Sierra 10.12.1 — macOS Sierra 10.12.1, released yesterday, includes hidden Apple Pay images that depict the brand new MacBook Pro with an OLED touch panel that's set to be announced by Apple on Thursday, October 27.
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AppleInsider, The Verge, BGR, Boing Boing, New York Magazine, Engadget, Gizmodo and The Week

Senate Democrats Poised to Pick Up 5-7 Seats — Senate Republicans had been doing a pretty solid job of maintaining their distance from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump by running their own campaign that focused largely on more local issues or those issues that motivate their base.
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NBC News, AOL, Politicus USA, Patterico's Pontifications, Balloon Juice, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Booman Tribune
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GOP candidates give up on Trump and run against Clinton
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Outside the Beltway, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Daily Kos


Donald Trump: ‘I have no interest in Trump TV’ — Donald Trump says he has no interest in setting up “Trump TV” when the election ends. — “No, I have no interest in Trump TV,” Trump said on Cincinnati radio station 700WLW on Tuesday. “I hear it all over the place.
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Trump: ‘I have no interest in Trump TV’
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Poll: Republican Party Fractured As Hillary Clinton Maintains Solid Lead — Hillary Clinton's 5-point lead over Donald Trump remains virtually unchanged since last week—but after prolonged in-fighting among GOP party leaders, a majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters (57 percent) …
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One GOP woman wonders why the men in her party won't defend her
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RedState, Daily Kos and Media Matters for America

Poll: GOP voters trust Trump more than Ryan to lead party
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The Gateway Pundit and The Right Scoop

Florida spirals away from Trump — From polling to early voting trends to TV ad spending to ground game, Donald Trump's Florida fortunes are beginning to look so bleak that some Republicans are steeling themselves for what could be the equivalent of a “landslide” loss in the nation's biggest battleground state.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Magazine, Hullabaloo and The Week
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White Woman Waving ‘Blacks For Trump’ Sign Appears Behind Trump At Rally (PHOTOS) — The colorful, enthusiastic crowd behind Donald Trump at a rally Tuesday in Sanford, Florida drew some attention from the Republican presidential nominee. — “I love those pink signs, ‘Women for Trump.’ I love the signs behind me,” he crowed.


Attempting To Woo Latino Voters, Marco Rubio Gets Booed At Orlando Festival — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio got booed off a stage in Orlando on Sunday, by a crowd that was overwhelmingly Latino. — It happened at Calle Orange, a street festival in downtown Orlando geared toward the city's large Puerto Rican community.
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Daily Kos
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Despite denials of business ties, Democrat Patrick Murphy's dad was pictured with Trump at groundbreaking
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America Rising and Washington Free Beacon


Colin Powell endorses Hillary Clinton for president — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell told a crowd of more than 1,000 Long Island business and political leaders Tuesday that he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, citing her experience, temperament and in a jab at GOP nominee Donald Trump, the “stamina.”
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Occupy Democrats, New York Magazine, Business Insider, The New Civil Rights Movement and Mediaite

Trump: I've Been Endorsed By The Military ‘Conceptually, At Least’ (VIDEO) — Donald Trump's habit of claiming endorsements that do not exist kicked into gear again Tuesday morning, when the Republican nominee claimed to have been endorsed “largely, at least conceptually, by the military.”
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Trump quieter, but makes similar points in one-on-one interview
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The Huffington Post, NBC News, Guardian, Daily Kos and Business Insider


The Right Is Giving Up on Democracy — It's not just Donald Trump and his fans who think the system is rigged. — The single most ominous thing that Donald Trump said in all three presidential debates was a misguided attempt at a quip: “I'll keep you in suspense, okay?”
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Forbes


For GOP, Time To Worry, Not To Panic — Trump's misbegotten candidacy is turning close races to purple or even blue. — For several weeks many Republican candidates and operatives have been fretting that Donald Trump's …

Friday violence as teen mob attacks Temple students, police; four arrested — Four juveniles have been arrested in a series of violent incidents Friday night near Temple University's main campus in North Philadelphia. — According to Temple security, a group of over 150 juveniles coordinated a …
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The Tab, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, New York Post and John Hawkins' Right Wing News


AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit — On Nov. 11, 2013, Victorville, California, sheriff's deputies and a coroner responded to a motorcyclist's report of human remains outside of town. — They identified the partially bleached skull of a child, and later discovered the remains …
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Can't Wait for It to Be Over? Don't Kid Yourself — It's become just about all anybody can say: “I can't wait for this election to be over.” It also is very likely to become a textbook case of: “be careful what you wish for.” If you think this contest has demonstrated fault lines …

Clarence Thomas's Twenty-Five Years Without Footprints — This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court. Conservatives like Thomas have dominated the Court throughout his tenure, and he has been in the majority in all of their victories.
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Althouse


Exclusive: Trump says Clinton policy on Syria would lead to World War Three — U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Democrat Hillary Clinton's plan for Syria would “lead to World War Three,” because of the potential for conflict with military forces from nuclear-armed Russia.
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BuzzFeed, Guardian and Fox News Insider


Oversampling is used to study small groups, not bias poll results — Every election year, questions arise about how polling techniques and practices might skew poll results one way or the other. In the final weeks before this year's election, the practice of “oversampling” …
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The Huffington Post


Police: Homes Near Sen. Pat Toomey's Vandalized With Anti-GOP Messages — UPPER MILFORD Twp., Pa. — A pair of homes were vandalized, with anti-GOP messages in Zionsville, Pa. near the residence of Senator Pat Toomey in Lehigh County, who is currently battling challenger Katie McGinty for his seat.
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Philly.com, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo and Hot Air


WOW! Tim Kaine Holds Rally and ONLY 30 PEOPLE Show Up! — THIS IS JUST EFFING INCREDIBLE! — Hillary's VP pick Tim Kaine Held a Rally today AND NOBODY CAME! — There were literally like 30 people there — in West Palm Beach, Florida. — And that includes journalists and operatives.
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Rush Limbaugh, twitchy.com, Clayton Cramer, TruthFeed and The Week

The Failure Of American Institutions, Not Of Conservatism, Made Donald Trump Possible — The Washington Free Beacon's Matthew Continetti argues at length in an essay published Friday that populism has displaced conservatism in the Republican Party, creating a crisis for the conservative intellectual class …
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Washington Post


Obama Was Right About Republican Extremism All Along — They should've listened to his warnings about the dangers of right-wing rhetoric. Now they're going to pay for it. — It has been a long time since a popular, term-limited president has campaigned vigorously on behalf of his presumptive heir.
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Business Insider

Trump Spent $300K Of Donor Money On Books From ‘Art Of The Deal’ Publisher — It looks like Donald Trump's book sales got a boost from his own presidential campaign. — The Republican nominee directed $300,000 of small donors' money to the publisher of his bestselling business book …
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The Huffington Post, Daily Kos and Politicus USA


Americans' Respect for Police Surges — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three in four Americans (76%) say they have “a great deal” of respect for the police in their area, up 12 percentage points from last year. — In addition to the large majority of Americans expressing “a great deal” …


Justin Timberlake — D.A. Reviewing Voting Selfie ... Punishment Includes Jail (PHOTO) — Justin Timberlake — D.A. Reviewing Voting Selfie Punishment Includes Jail — EXCLUSIVE — Justin Timberlake could go to jail for 30 days for taking a selfie in a voting booth.
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LGBTQ Nation and New York Magazine