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2:15 AM ET, August 15, 2016

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New York Times:
Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump's Campaign Chief  —  KIEV, Ukraine — On a leafy side street off Independence Square in Kiev is an office used for years by Donald J. Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, when he consulted for Ukraine's ruling political party.
USA Today:
Young voters flee Donald Trump in what may be historic trouncing, poll shows  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is consolidating the support of the Millennials who fueled Bernie Sanders' challenge during the primaries, a new USA TODAY/Rock the Vote Poll finds …
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CBS News:
Poll: Clinton up in Florida, New Hampshire; extends lead on electoral map  —  Hillary Clinton has extended her lead in Florida and is now up five points over Donald Trump, 45 percent to 40 percent; she led by three points in June.  —  And Clinton now has a dominant nine-point lead in New Hampshire …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, AOL and Hot Air
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
For millennial voters, the Clinton vs. Trump choice ‘feels like a joke’
Discussion: Mother Jones and Opinion Today
Fox News:
Milwaukee man shot by police seen with gun in body camera footage, officials say  —  The man who was shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer on Saturday - an incident which sparked a night of violet protests - is seen on body camera footage with a loaded gun in his hand, officials said at a Sunday news conference.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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JS Edbeat / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sources: Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot suspect is black
Katie DeLong / FOX6Now.com:   Gov. Walker activates Wisconsin National Guard in wake of officer-involved shooting, subsequent violence
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Self-Reckoning  —  The GOP nominee and his supporters face a moment of truth.  —  Donald Trump lashed out at the media on Sunday after more stories describing dysfunction inside his presidential campaign.  “If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning …
Discussion: National Review and Politico
Brian Snyder / National Review:
Never Trumpniks Pave Hillary's Path to Power  —  Anti-Trump conservatives who say they're standing on principle are chauffeuring Hillary Clinton to the White House.  —  Short of diving head-first from atop his eponymous tower, Donald J. Trump seems unable to satisfy the Never Trump crowd.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Carville: Trump is ‘pretty stupid when it comes to politics’  —  Democratic strategist James Carville said on Sunday that Donald Trump  —  is losing the fight against Hillary Clinton  —  and that the Republican presidential nominee is “pretty stupid when it comes to politics.”
Hasani Gittens / NBC News:
U.S. Swimmer Ryan Lochte Robbed at Gunpoint in Brazil  —  Ryan Lochte robbed at gunpoint in Rio 6:41  —  U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte was robbed at gunpoint while in Rio de Janeiro overnight Saturday, NBC News has confirmed.  —  Following conflicting reports — including the IOC denying …
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Washington Post:
Ryan Lochte, three other U.S. swimmers robbed in Rio, USOC confirms
Discussion: Mashable and The Big Lead
Jeré Longman / New York Times:
Usain Bolt Is Still the World's Fastest Man  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — As befit the king of sprinting and the biggest global star at the Rio Olympics, Usain Bolt of Jamaica prepared theatrically on Sunday night for the 9.81 seconds that it would take to insure another coronation.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Is Apparently Ignorant About What Freedom of the Press Means  —  We knew all along Donald Trump hated the media.  We knew he wanted to loosen those libel laws.  But we didn't have confirmation until today just how ignorant he is about freedom of the press.
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump blames ‘disgusting’ media: ‘I would be beating Hillary by 20%’
Simon Osborne / Daily Express:
Fears of ‘Sharia Police’ and Islamic State support in German city after wave of refugees  —  OFFICIALS in the German port of Hamburg are monitoring reports that Muslims posing as ‘Sharia Police’ are carrying out patrols in the city.  —  Sharia police on patrol in the German city of Wuppertal
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Hezbollah Leader Echoes Trump That Obama, Clinton Founded ISIS  —  The leader of Hezbollah this weekend quoted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's accusation that President Obama and Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton founded ISIS.  —  Hassan Nasrallah, leader …
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Hezbollah leader backs Trump's claim that Obama started ISIS
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Leon Panetta Says Americans Should ‘Move On’ From Clinton Emails
Washington Post:
Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’  —  Apple's CEO talks iPhones, AI, privacy, civil rights, missteps, China, taxes, Steve Jobs — and steers right past the car rumors  —  On a sleek white coffee table in Apple CEO Tim Cook's fourth-floor office in late July …
Discussion: CNBC, The Verge and Mashable
 
 
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
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Ross Kaminsky / Denver Post:
Trashing free trade isn't economics — it's pandering
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Cafe Hayek
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
In Key States, The Trump Campaign Still Lags Badly
Discussion: Daily Wire, RedState and Politico
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Milwaukee Rioter: Rich People Got All This Money... 'Don't Give Us None' - So We Burn Gas Stations (Video)
Discussion: BizPac Review and twitchy.com
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Former Bush official: Clinton would make a ‘darn good’ president
Discussion: Politico
Carey Purcell / Politico:
I Survived ‘Trump’ Magazine—Barely
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:
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Financial Times:
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