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Think Castro was ‘mean’ to Biden? Get ready for an absolute bloodbath. — Joe Biden's Democratic rivals have now begun to raise questions about his age and mental competence. But they are doing so ever so gingerly, and even apologetically. — President Trump is not being nearly as cautious or circumspect.
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Rolling Stone, PJ Media Home, The Federalist, Vox and Mother Jones
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Analysis: Biden looks like a front-runner, until he doesn't — WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is the Democratic front-runner. And there were moments in Thursday night's debate when he looked the part. — Standing between a pair of liberal senators offering radical change …
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Victory Girls Blog, Fortune, FOX40, Deseret News and CBS Boston
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Winners and losers from the third Democratic debate — The Democrats met in Houston on Thursday night for the third Democratic debate of 2019, this time all on one night. After nearly three hours of sparring between the 10 candidates who qualified, here's who won, who lost, and what it means moving forward.
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Politico, BizPac Review, Breitbart, YouTube, New York Times, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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There's Only 1 Democrat Talking About the Constitution, and It's (Shudder) Joe Biden — Let us not now pretend that Joe Biden brought anything like coherence to Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate in Houston. — At some point near the exhausted end of the nearly three-hour affair …
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The Daily 202: Castro's kamikaze mission makes Biden more sympathetic - and six other debate takeaways — THE BIG IDEA: When you come at the former vice president, you best not miss. — Julián Castro finally took his shot at Joe Biden last night in Houston, but he got his facts wrong.
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U.S. Political News …, Townhall and Mercury News
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Jorge Ramos Was the Best Debate Moderator Yet
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New Yorker, The Federalist, Washington Post, Politico and Michigan Advance
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
For most of the night, Biden weathers a volley of attacks
For most of the night, Biden weathers a volley of attacks
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Jacobin, Politico, The Nation, Business Insider, New York Times, Breitbart, Vox, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, Hullabaloo, Politifact.com Truth … and The Concourse
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
How Warren Won Without Having a Big Moment
How Warren Won Without Having a Big Moment
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ABC News, U.S. Political News … and The Week
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Up, Up, Up With Elizabeth Warren
Up, Up, Up With Elizabeth Warren
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National Review, CNN, Fox News and Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Who talked the most during the third Democratic debate
Who talked the most during the third Democratic debate
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Politico, PJ Media Home and Vox
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Democratic debate live updates: Candidates take their messages to the spin room
Democratic debate live updates: Candidates take their messages to the spin room
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FiveThirtyEight, Axios, U.S. Political News …, Politico, BuzzFeed News, Washington Post, Salon, WayneDupree.com, The Federalist, The Week, Bleeding Heartland, Raw Story, One America News Network, The Guardian, Deadline, IJR, TVNewser, Reason, The Gateway Pundit, PJ Media Home, Slate, twitchy.com, Deseret News and ABC7
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden's debate performance was either ‘presidential’ or ‘disqualifying’ — depending on your media source
Biden's debate performance was either ‘presidential’ or ‘disqualifying’ — depending on your media source
BuzzFeed News:
The Real Democratic Primary Starts Now. And It's All About Elizabeth Warren.
The Real Democratic Primary Starts Now. And It's All About Elizabeth Warren.
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PJ Media Home, CNN and Politico
CBS News:
Democrats trade barbs on health care and immigration in third debate
Democrats trade barbs on health care and immigration in third debate
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Washington Monthly
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In debate, Democrats steer clear of economy
In debate, Democrats steer clear of economy
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
What was going on between Biden and Castro on health care?
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Andrew Yang announces $120,000 giveaway during debate
Andrew Yang announces $120,000 giveaway during debate
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New Republic, TIME, The Atlantic, U.S. Political News …, Deadline, Breitbart, Splinter, Washington Times and Deseret News
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Ivanka tells donors she got her moral compass from her dad — At a mid-August fundraiser in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Ivanka Trump was asked to name the personality traits she inherited most from her parents. — Without much of a pause, Trump told the crowd of roughly 120 high-end donors …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Raw Story, Political Flare, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Week
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Trump Gives A Rambling Mess Of A Speech At The GOP's Baltimore Retreat — And He's A Hit — The takeover of the Republican Party is complete. — BALTIMORE ― In disjointed, jumbled remarks delivered in a city that he proclaimed in July was “a disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
As Democrats Debate, Trump Offers Alternative: A Rambling Speech
As Democrats Debate, Trump Offers Alternative: A Rambling Speech
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Mother Jones
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Trump Finances Closer to Scrutiny as U.S. Court Revives Suit — Emoluments lawsuit is reinstated by New York appeals court — Trump says his family now manages his business empire — President Donald Trump was ordered by a federal appeals court to defend a lawsuit accusing him of profiting from his presidency.
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Washington Post, Politico, Political Wire, Axios, The Week and Raw Story
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Fox Must Face Suit by Rich's Parents Over Stories on Death — Parents of murdered DNC staffer claim emotional distress — Lower court tossed case last year; appeals court reinstates it — Fox News must face a lawsuit by the parents of a Democratic Party staffer whose unsolved …
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Political Wire and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
U.S. Court of Appeals Brings Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump Back to Life
U.S. Court of Appeals Brings Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump Back to Life
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The Hill, Washington Post and Breitbart
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Among the Moderate Chic at Bari Weiss's Book Party The embattled Establishment assembles to celebrate the Times Op-Ed columnist's book on antisemitism. — Bari Weiss — editor, Times columnist, Twitter piñata, extrovert, and now author — began the launch party for her first book …
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Splinter
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Trump's plan to pay for border wall with Air Force funds risks national security, report says — The report, compiled by the U.S. Air Force and obtained by NBC News, details the importance of each of the 51 military projects chosen by the Trump administration to lose their funding.
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Politico, Axios, Political Wire, Shareblue Media, Raw Story and Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »
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O'Rourke responds to ‘death threat’ from Texas lawmaker — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke early Friday morning characterized an incendiary tweet from a Texas state representative as “a death threat” against him, and charged that the Republican lawmaker should be stripped of his assault weapon.
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RedState, VICE, Washington Post and Political Wire
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Beto O'Rourke Is Mortgaging His Future
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The Verge, Big League Politics and Occupy Democrats
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Giuliani Divorce: It's Ugly, It's Operatic. What Did You Expect? — The marriage of Rudolph and Judith Giuliani is coming to an end, and despite a judge's urging, the wreckage is being laid bare for all to see. — On a spring afternoon in 2000, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani used a news conference …
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Splinter
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Andrew McCabe's legal team asks Justice Dept. if grand jury rejected charges in his case — The legal team for Andrew McCabe has asked federal prosecutors in D.C. whether a grand jury had rejected their bid to indict the FBI's former acting director on charges of lying to investigators …
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Power Line, CNN, New York Times, Salon and Hullabaloo
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Trump: I look orange, but so do you because of energy-efficient light bulbs — “The light is the worst,” Trump said. His administration earlier this month announced it would roll back regulations for increased energy efficiency. — On a night that featured the Democratic debate …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Breitbart, Raw Story, The Root and Political Wire
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Rep. Max Rose: Why I oppose Trump impeachment — For the past decade, the American people have been sending a clear and unmistakable message: End the hyper-partisanship and do your jobs. Yet, both parties have taken electoral victories as mandates to ignore that message to do what they want.
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CNN and New York Post
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At UNLV panel, Reid, Heller say don't count on Trump losing in 2020 — Dean Heller and Harry Reid didn't agree on much during their time together in the U.S. Senate. But in Las Vegas on Thursday, they agreed on one thing: Don't count out President Trump. — “I think you would be misguided …
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One in Four of New York's New Luxury Apartments Are Unsold — A quarter of the new condos built since 2013 in New York City have not yet found buyers, according to a new analysis of closed sales. — Picture an empty apartment — there are thousands in Manhattan's new towers …
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Curbed NY