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What Democrats Don’t Get About Donald Trump, and Republicans

What President Barack Obama and the Democrats have attempted to do for eight years has gone beyond the boundaries of the the Constitution; beyond the previous limits of what both parties considered possible; and, often, beyond what they themselves promised voters that they would do.

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Politifact: ‘Mostly False’ That Clinton Wanted ‘Open Borders’

Politifact, which purports to be a fact-checking website, gave Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a “mostly false” rating for claiming that his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, wants “open borders” — even though she said she did.

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Woman Backtracks on Assault Claim After O’Keefe Video

A woman who accused a Donald Trump supporter of punching her outside a Trump rally in North Carolina is backtracking after James O’Keefe and Project Veritas released video showing Democrat operatives claiming she was a trained activist.

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Wikileaks Releases Barack Obama’s ‘Binders of Women,’ Minorities

Wikileaks released a new batch of emails on Thursday that were sent by then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to Leon Podesta when he was preparing for his transition to the presidency. One email, from senior Citigroup executive Michael Froman, included lists of candidates for presidential appointment, evidently prepared at Obama’s request, focusing on women and minorities.

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As Trump Surged, Democrats Claimed Russia Was ‘Rigging’ Election

Democrats and the media are professing outrage that Republican Donald Trump has raised the possibility that the election may be “rigged.” But in August, as he surged in the polls, they warned that Russia was rigging the election in Trump’s favor.

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Video: James O’Keefe Confronts Journalists in Spin Room After Debate

Conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe of Project Veritas defended his recent exposé of Democratic operatives inciting violence at Trump rallies — “bird-dogging” — as he spoke to reporters in the spin room after the third presidential debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening.

James O'Keefe spin room (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

5 Times Democrats Claimed U.S. Elections Are ‘Rigged’

Democrats are aghast that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would declare our election system “rigged,” and that he declined to state in the third presidential debate whether he would accept the result if he loses in November.

DNC Protest Sign (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

Patricia Smith: Debate ‘Stunk,’ No Mention of Benghazi

Patricia Smith, one of the bereaved mothers who lost a son in the Benghazi terror attack of Sep. 11, 2012, told Breitbart News that the third presidential debate on Wednesday “stunk.” “They didn’t even mention Benghazi,” she said with evident disgust.

Patricia Smith (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

Donald Trump Wins Third Debate — Finally, a Fair Fight

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton each delivered impressive performances on Wednesday night, but the night belonged to the Republican challenger, who stuck to a repeated theme: that Clinton is to blame for the very problems she promises to fix.

Donald Trump points at debate (John Locher / Associated Press)

Document: George Soros Group Paid Activists to Disrupt Trump Event

The Democracy Alliance, a George Soros-backed umbrella group of wealthy left-wing political donors, paid activists to disrupt at least one event for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to a document from the group’s conference in Santa Monica in April 2016.

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Debate: Wall of Taco Trucks to Besiege Trump Tower

A wall of taco trucks is set to lay siege to the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on Wednesday as a protest against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump before the third and final presidential debate.

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POLLAK: Bret Stephens and the Imaginary Nazis of NeverTrump

Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal used his Tuesday column to accuse Donald Trump of spinning antisemitic conspiracy theories. It was Stephens’s latest, and most offensive, attempt to shame Trump supporters.

Bret Stephens (Richard Drew / Associated Press)

Attorney for ‘Bird-Dogging’ Victim: Assault Charges a ‘Hoax’

An attorney for Richard L. Campbell, the man accused of punching a protester outside a Donald Trump rally in Asheville, North Carolina, last month tells Breitbart News that a new video produced by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas showing a Democratic consultant claiming responsibility for the incident should exonerate her client.

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How the Election Is ‘Rigged’ — And How it is Not

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has aroused new controversy by declaring that the 2016 presidential election is “rigged.” On the one hand, that is both an irresponsible statement, and also a potentially self-destructive one. On the other hand, it may be true.

DNC Protest Sign (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

L.A. Times Accuses Donald Trump of Dividing America

The Los Angeles Times published an article Sunday accusing Republican presidential nominee of dividing America with what it called “scorched-earth campaign,” objecting to Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail.

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Clinton Foundation Internal Audit: We May Have Misled the IRS

An internal audit commissioned by the Clinton Foundation in 2011 revealed that the Clinton’s family charity may have misled the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) when it claimed, under penalty of perjury, that it was enforcing a policy against conflicts of interest.

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Gloria Allred Was Hillary Clinton Delegate at Democratic Convention

Gloria Allred, the lawyer who appeared Friday with Summer Zervos, the newest woman to claim she was the victim of inappropriate sexual conduct by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, was also a Hillary Clinton delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July.

Gloria Allred at Democratic National Convention (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

Wikileaks: Jerry Brown Planned to Back Hillary Clinton All Along

A Wikileaks email release this week suggests that California Gov. Jerry Brown planned to endorse Hillary Clinton all along, despite remaining publicly neutral between Clinton and rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) throughout most of the primary election, until it was almost over.

Jerry Brown (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Clinton, in California, Slams Trump for ‘Sexually Predatory’ Behavior

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton slammed Republican rival Donald Trump for what she called “sexually predatory” behavior during a fundraising trip to California, which included events in Los Angeles and San Francisco on Thursday, as well as a surprise visit to a San Francisco campaign office, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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Washington Post: Hillary for President, Benghazi ‘No Scandal at All’

The Washington Post endorsed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president on Thursday. That was predictable. What was less predictable was the incredibly weak, and misleading, case the Post editorial board attempted to make as it argued that she is not the lesser of two evils, but will make an “excellent” president.

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