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9:15 PM ET, August 12, 2016

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Bob Burnett / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Missing Money  —  Berkeley writer, retired Silicon Valley executive  —  If you're watching the Olympic games, you may have noticed “Hillary for President” ads.  She's bought $13.6 million worth, while Donald Trump has bought none.  In fact, since garnering the Republican nomination, he's spent $0 on TV.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Priebus on Trump: 'Don't believe the garbage you read'
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump can't win
Discussion: RedState, The Week and Raw Story
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Hacker Publishes List Of Cell Phone Numbers, Private E-Mails For Most House Democrats  —  After disappearing for a couple of weeks, the hacker “Guccifer 2.0” returned late this afternoon to provide a new headache for Democrats.  —  In a post to his WordPress blog, the vandal …
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GUCCIFER 2.0:
Guccifer 2.0 hacked DCCC  —  Hi all!  —  It's time for new revelations now.  All of you may have heard about the DCCC hack.  As you see I wasn't wasting my time!  It was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach.  —  As you see the U.S. presidential elections are becoming a farce …
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A massive new study debunks a widespread theory for Donald Trump's success  —  Economic distress and anxiety across working-class white America have become a widely discussed explanation for the success of Donald Trump.  It seems to make sense.  Trump's most fervent supporters tend to be white men without college degrees.
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Jonathan T. Rothwell / SSRN:
Explaining Nationalist Political Views: The Case of Donald Trump  —  Abstract:  —  The 2016 US presidential nominee Donald Trump has broken with the policies of previous Republican Party presidents on trade, immigration, and war, in favor of a more nationalist and populist platform.
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump NY Co-Chair: Khan Doesn't Deserve Gold Star Title  —  Carl Paladino, the co-chair for Donald Trump's campaign in New York, defended the Republican nominee's attacks on Khizr Khan, whose son died in Iraq in 2004, saying Khan doesn't deserve the title of a Gold Star parent because he's shown himself to be …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate Declares Obama Is a Muslim: ‘If It Acts Like a Duck...’
Discussion: alan.com and Balloon Juice
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
96 Percent Of Hillary's Charitable Donations In 2015 Went To Clinton Foundation  —  Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill deducted $1,042,000 in charitable contributions last year — $1 million of which went to their own family non-profit, the Clinton Foundation.
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Clinton Running the Table in Key Battlegrounds  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in some of the most diverse battleground states - including by double digits in two of them - according to four brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump demanded Obama's records.  But he's not releasing his own.  —  Donald Trump's unflinching antagonism toward illegal immigration has galvanized activists who have grown to mistrust politicians on the issue, even those who have claimed to be as committed to the cause as they are.
Discussion: ABC News
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Ivan Levingston / CNBC:
Clintons made $10.6 million in 2015, paid federal rate of 34%
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING=> TOP PHYSICIAN: Hillary Clinton Has Parkinson's Disease  —  PHYSICIAN— HILLARY CLINTON HAS PARKINSON'S DISEASE!  —  Mike Cernovich and Danger and Play come through AGAIN— … INTRODUCTION—  Hillary Clinton (HRC) has suffered a variety of health issues.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Buchanan: If Trump Loses, There Could Be A Revolution  —  In a column yesterday, Pat Buchanan warned that if Donald Trump loses the election in November, America could experience a revolution.  —  Buchanan, citing Trump's recent suggestion that the election could be “rigged,” …
Discussion: WND and Joe.My.God.
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Site connected to Russian hackers posts Republican emails  —  The emails on the site, known as DCLeaks, appear to be from state party officials and former Republican presidential candidates, including Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  (R-S.C.).  The messages range from June to October of 2015.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
CBS News:
Egyptian judo fighter refuses to shake Israeli opponent's hand  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Egyptian judo fighter Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss to Israel's fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when El Shehaby refused to shake Sasson's hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette.
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Illinois Governor Vetoes Law That Would Have Registered 2 Million Voters  —  Late Friday afternoon, Illinois' Republican Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill that would have made the state the sixth in the nation to automatically register millions of voters.
Discussion: alan.com
Reuters:
U.S. drone kills Islamic State leader for Afghanistan, Pakistan: officials  —  The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pieces of Silver  —  By now, it's obvious to everyone with open eyes that Donald Trump is an ignorant, wildly dishonest, erratic, immature, bullying egomaniac.  On the other hand, he's a terrible person.  But despite some high-profile defections, most senior figures in the Republican Party …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Hannah Jeffrey / Tampa Bay Times:
Pinellas sheriff: 2-week-old infant beaten to death by 6-year-old brother (w/video)  —  Kathleen Steele, 62, loaded her three young children into a minivan on Monday afternoon and drove to a cellphone repair shop in St. Petersburg.  —  3 Months Ago 2 Months Ago
Tyler Pager / Politico:
Trump: Clinton will only win Pennsylvania if ‘they cheat’  —  Donald Trump again raised the specter of election fraud Friday, saying that the only way he would lose Pennsylvania is to Hillary Clinton is if “they cheat.”  —  The Republican nominee, speaking at a rally in Altoona, Pennsylvania …
Discussion: ABC News
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Hillary Clinton Vows To Do What Obama Hasn't — Reschedule Marijuana  —  She's expressing strong support for loosening restrictions.  —  On Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced it won't reschedule marijuana from a Scheduled I controlled substance, meaning that in the eyes …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Ilhan Omar: Her back pages  —  Somali American Ilhan Omar defeated 22-term incumbent Phyllis Kahn for the nomination of the DFL to serve as the representative of House District 60B in the state legislature.  Omar came in first in a three-way primary race for the nomination in Tuesday's primary.
Discussion: Star Tribune
The Daily Beast:
A Note From the Editors  —  Today, The Daily Beast took an unprecedented but necessary step: We are removing an article from our site, “The Other Olympic Sport In Rio: Swiping.”  —  The Daily Beast does not do this lightly.  As shared in our editor's note earlier today …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Warns Christian Conservatives of the Costs of Gay Intolerance  —  Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has faced widespread condemnation for agreeing to speak at a conference alongside Christian conservatives who have denounced homosexuality and gay rights, used his speech to the group …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem accuses Trump of sabotaging own campaign  —  Facing friendly fire from GOP critics and lagging in the polls, Donald Trump  —  is trying to sink his own campaign, Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) contended Thursday.  —  “It appears as if he knows he will not be the next president of the United States …
Discussion: Washington Times
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Gun control goes on the ballot  —  Stymied on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures, supporters of stricter gun control measures are taking their cause to the ballot box.  —  Voters in four states will decide ballot measures relating to gun control this November.
Liz Crokin / The New York Observer:
Tech Companies Apple, Twitter, Google, and Instagram Collude to Defeat Trump  —  There is no such thing as Pro-Trump free speech as Clinton corporate allies serve up a carefully curated view of the campaign  —  My dad always told me that conservative candidates have to work twice as hard …
Discussion: FOX News Radio and BizPac Review
WBNS-TV:
Family of Columbus woman killed call it a hate crime  —  A Columbus mother who watched her daughter get shot in southwest Columbus says police need to investigate her killing as a hate crime.  —  Columbus Police say Rae'Lynn was shot and killed by a man who lived with her family.
 
 
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Obamacare loses its fire on campaign trail
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Judge overturns Dassey conviction in Halbach murder
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
The Election Won't Be Rigged. But It Could Be Hacked.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
6 Problems With Media's Hysterical Reaction To Trump's ISIS Comments
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Denies Request To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal
Barack Obama / The White House:
Asked and Answered: “This country needs more spunk”
Discussion: Mediaite, ABC News and WKRN-TV
ThinkProgress:
The NRA's Favorite Gun “Academic” Is A Fraud
Discussion: Raw Story
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rupert Murdoch announces new leadership for Fox News
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Trump closes up shop in New Jersey
Discussion: Mediaite, alan.com, RedState and Guardian
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Gannett and N.Y. Times ask court to unseal 1990 Trump divorce records
Martin Rogers / USA Today:
American Simone Manuel speaks out on police brutality, race after earning Olympic gold
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

 
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