1. Trump ‘assassination’ outrage grows
Donald Trump faces growing backlash to comments that gun owners may be the only ones able to stop Hillary Clinton from implementing a liberal agenda if she is elected in November.
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This is simple – what Trump is saying is dangerous. A person seeking to be the president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way.
- Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager
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Media desperate to distract from Clinton's anti-2A stance. I said pro-2A citizens must organize and get out vote to save our Constitution!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2016
2. New batch of Clinton emails obtained
The state department has turned over 44 previously unreleased email exchanges that Clinton failed to include among the 30,000 private messages she turned over to the government.
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3. Analysis: Trump’s angriest tweets penned by him
The angrier, more negative tweets from Trump’s Twitter account are mostly written by the candidate himself, according to an analysis by a data scientist.
I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2012
4. WikiLeaks founder: DNC staffer murdered was ‘source’
Julian Assange told a Dutch TV station that a DNC staffer who was killed in Washington DC earlier this summer may have been a “source” for the organization.
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Whistleblowers go to significant efforts to get us material and often very significant risks … I’m suggesting that our sources take risks.
– Julian Assange
5. Secret Service rushes Clinton stage
US Secret Service agents rushed onto the stage as Hillary Clinton spoke in Des Moines, Iowa, to prevent an activist from reaching the stage less than a day after Trump’s remarks.
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Some people get a little carried away, but I get a little carried away about all the jobs we’re going to create.
– Hillary Clinton, in a decent segue
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… and another thing:
Trump: "China built a wall 2,000 years ago – 13,000 miles."
— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) August 10, 2016
The Great Wall is 5,500 miles long and was built over a period of 17 centuries.
• This article was amended on 10 August 2016. A previous item referred to Secret Service discussions with the Trump campaign, which the Guardian was not able to independently verify.
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