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Trump Surrogate: Obama Was Given Everything 'Because Of The Color Of His Skin'

Trump's Threats Show Him To Be A Hypocritical Bully
Houston Taco Trucks Register Voters As Latinos Flex Political Muscle
Aleppo, Arrests, And The Danger Of Third Parties
Trump Continues Attacks On Former Miss Universe With Middle-Of-The-Night Tweets
10 Times Police Killed The People They Were Called To Save
Trump Becomes Latest GOP Nominee To Get Lost Inside The Fox News Bubble
The Decline And Likely Fall Of Donald Trump
New Jersey Train Crash Injures Over 100
Meet Gary Johnson’s Money Men
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Conservative Newspapers Explain Why They Refused To Endorse 'Frightening' Trump

By Joe Strupp
Clinton Says Trump May Have Violated U.S. Law On Cuba

By Reuters
Debate Helps Clinton Gain Among Key Voting Blocs

By Newsweek
A Day After Veto Override, Congress Has Second Thoughts And May Fix Sept. 11 Bill

By Tribune News Service

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Conservative Newspapers Explain Why They Refused To Endorse 'Frightening' Trump

Opinion editors at three major newspapers that have routinely endorsed Republicans for president -- dating back more than a century in some cases -- tell Media Matters they endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton because Republican nominee Donald Trump is “frightening” and potentially “dangerous.”
By Joe Strupp

Clinton Says Trump May Have Violated U.S. Law On Cuba

"The efforts that Trump is making to get into the Cuba market, putting his business interests ahead of the laws of the United States ... shows that he puts his personal and business interests ahead of the laws and the values and the policies of the United States of America," Clinton said.
By Reuters

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Booty Call Rudy: When Giuliani Attacks The Clintons, Remember His Scandals

By Joe Conason

Debate Helps Clinton Gain Among Key Voting Blocs

The Democratic polling firm Democracy Corps conducted live dial meter testing that found she made significant leaps with unmarried white women and white working-class voters in terms of both favorability and voter preference.
By Newsweek
A Day After Veto Override, Congress Has Second Thoughts And May Fix Sept. 11 Bill

Less than a day after Congress overrode President Barack Obama's veto of a bill that would let 9/11 victims' families sue Saudi Arabia, top GOP leaders said they might need to fix the new law to protect U.S. national security interests.
By Tribune News Service
'Don't Vote For Trump,' Says USA Today In First Presidential Endorsement In Its History

USA Today broke its 34-year tradition of not endorsing in a presidential race, publishing a scathing argument against voting for Donald Trump.
By Los Angeles Times
New Jersey Train Crash Injures Over 100

Three people were killed and more than 100 injured, some critically, when a commuter train derailed and plowed through Hoboken station in New Jersey during the morning rush hour on Thursday, U.S. media and a transit official said.
By Reuters
Most Americans Say Clinton Won First Debate

A majority of Americans say Democrat Hillary Clinton won Monday night's presidential debate, but her performance doesn't appear to have boosted her level of support among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll released on Wednesday.
By Chris Kahn
Early Polls Show Clinton Bump After First Debate

A CNN poll of verified individuals showed that 62 percent believe Clinton won the debate, compared to just 27 percent for Trump. Another poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling, showed 51 percent of debate watchers believing Clinton won, compared to 42 percent for Trump.
By Anjali Sareen

Money

If Elected, Clinton Under Pressure To Appoint Tough Wall Street Sheriffs

Progressive groups meeting with Hillary Clinton have urged her to break with the bank-friendly economic advisors who served her husband and President Obama.
By Amanda Becker
Hillary Clinton Proposes 65 Percent Tax On Billionaire Estates

Hillary Clinton proposed raising taxes on inherited property to 65 percent for the estates of billionaires as she bolstered plans for tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans.
By Emily Stephenson
Regulators Danced With Wells Fargo For Years Before Penalties

Federal regulators were aware of wrongdoing at banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. as early as March 2012 and issued a string of supervisory letters ordering changes over the next three years, holding off on penalties while the creation of phony bank accounts and falsely issued credit cards to pad employee bonuses continued.
By Kevin G. Hall

Health

Obama Power Plant Rules Face Key Test In U.S. Court

The centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate change strategy, federal rules curbing greenhouse gas emissions mainly from coal-fired power plants, faces a key test on Tuesday when opponents try to convince a U.S. appeals court to throw out the regulations.
By Valerie Volcovici
Sunoco, Behind Protested Dakota Pipeline, Tops U.S. Crude Spill Charts

Sunoco Logistics , the future operator of the oil pipeline delayed this month after Native American protests in North Dakota, spills crude more often than any of its competitors with more than 200 leaks since 2010, according to a Reuters analysis of government data.
By Liz Hampton
Opioid Epidemic Costs Health Care System Billions

Fatalities related to opioids are rising drastically — in 2014, about 18,893 overdose deaths in the U.S. were related to prescription pain relievers, and 10,574 deaths were related to heroin. A new study reported that prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence in the U.S. has cost more than lives; it has added up to an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion.
By Newsweek

Lifestyle

Ditch The Trump Double Standard For The Debates

Like cigarette smokers who have admitted they have a nicotine problem but can’t stop puffing, can journalists who have already admitted they use a weaker standard to score Republican nominee Donald Trump make a clean break while grading the Republican’s debate performance next week?
By Eric Boehlert
Jay-Z Narrates Video About Decades-Long 'Epic Fail' Drug War

The New York Times released a collaboration Thursday between hip-hop icon Jay-Z and illustrator Molly Crabapple about the effects of decades of a failed drug war on black and brown youth in cities.
By Matt Shuham
Samantha Bee Hilariously Warns Clinton Camp Not to Alienate the 'Basket of Deplorables'

"Don't alienate the deplorables," Bee warned, reflecting on Clinton's very true message about "half of Trump supporters" in a campaign speech last Friday. "You can't win a four-way-race with just 'plorables.'"
By Alexandra Rosenmann

Endorse This

#EndorseThis: Trump Campaign Manager Flubs Defense Of His Cuba Scheme

The Trump campaign's Kellyanne Conway couldn't deny what was obviously true: Her candidate had "paid money" in a Cuba scheme that doesn't look so good.

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: Gary Johnson Can't Name Favorite Foreign Leader, Calls It Another 'Aleppo Moment'

Whenever Gary Johnson can't answer a reasonable question from now, we guess that he'll just call it another 'Aleppo moment.'

By Anjali Sareen

#EndorseThis: Colbert Says Trump 'Had Some Problems With The Truth' At Debate

“A lot of people are saying Trump didn’t seem prepared—possibly because he was not. Apparently Trump’s advisers said it was a waste of time to try to fill his head with facts and figures."

By Anjali Sareen

THIS WEEK IN CRAZY

This Week In Crazy: Hear A White Supremacist's Advice For Trump

The Religious Right civil war, the devil's in the "no-fly" list, and a white supremacist tells Trump exactly how to "Make America Great Again." Welcome to “This Week In Crazy."

By Sam Reisman

This Week In Crazy: Or, How Not To Respond To A Tragedy

When 49 people were massacred in a gay nightclub in Orlando last weekend, the vast majority of Americans responded with outrage, sympathy, and resolve to do better. And then there were these people. Welcome to “This Week In Crazy."

By Sam Reisman

This Week In Crazy: GOP Makes Its Bed With Trump

The satanic Switzerland tunnel, the classic it's-not-Trump-it's-you racism feint, and the Republicans' devils bargain with the Donald. Welcome to “This Week In Crazy."

By Sam Reisman

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POLITICS

Trump Surrogate: Obama Was Given Everything 'Because Of The Color Of His Skin'

By Media Matters

#EndorseThis: Trump Campaign Manager Flubs Defense Of His Cuba Scheme
Conservative Newspapers Explain Why They Refused To Endorse 'Frightening' Trump
OPINION

Israel's Elder Statesman Shimon Peres, Dead At 93

By Reuters

Obama Avoids Pipeline Comment But Urges Tribal Sovereignty
Reuters/Ipsos States Of The Nation: Clinton Leads In Florida
BOOKS

'Hillbilly Elegy': The Forgotten Americans Who Love Trump

By Leonard Pitts Jr.

EXCERPT: 'The Girl Who Escaped ISIS'
EXCERPT: 'Liking Ike: Eisenhower, Advertising, and The Rise of Celebrity Politics'

NATIONAL

Trump Surrogate: Obama Was Given Everything 'Because Of The Color Of His Skin'

By Media Matters

#EndorseThis: Trump Campaign Manager Flubs Defense Of His Cuba Scheme
Conservative Newspapers Explain Why They Refused To Endorse 'Frightening' Trump
MONEY

If Elected, Clinton Under Pressure To Appoint Tough Wall Street Sheriffs

By Amanda Becker

Hillary Clinton Proposes 65 Percent Tax On Billionaire Estates
Regulators Danced With Wells Fargo For Years Before Penalties
LIFESTYLE

Ditch The Trump Double Standard For The Debates

By Eric Boehlert

Jay-Z Narrates Video About Decades-Long 'Epic Fail' Drug War
Samantha Bee Hilariously Warns Clinton Camp Not to Alienate the 'Basket of Deplorables'

WORLD

#EndorseThis: Trump Campaign Manager Flubs Defense Of His Cuba Scheme

By National Memo

Aleppo, Arrests, And The Danger Of Third Parties
Senate Approves Funding Bill To Avert Government Shutdown
HEALTH

Obama Power Plant Rules Face Key Test In U.S. Court

By Valerie Volcovici

Sunoco, Behind Protested Dakota Pipeline, Tops U.S. Crude Spill Charts
Opioid Epidemic Costs Health Care System Billions
VIDEO

#EndorseThis: Trump Campaign Manager Flubs Defense Of His Cuba Scheme

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: Gary Johnson Can't Name Favorite Foreign Leader, Calls It Another 'Aleppo Moment'
#EndorseThis: Colbert Says Trump 'Had Some Problems With The Truth' At Debate

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