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12:35 AM ET, August 17, 2016

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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Pow: It's just a 2-point race, Clinton 38%, Trump 36%  —  The convention polling bumps for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are over, and they are practically even, according to a new poll of likely voters.  —  A Zogby Analytics survey provided to Secrets Tuesday shows:
Discussion: Washington Post
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Air First TV Ads of General Election Campaign  —  As he continues to slip in the polls, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is poised to begin airing his first television ads of the general election starting Friday in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, according to a campaign adviser.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Leads By Only 6 in Texas  —  PPP's new Texas poll finds a relatively tight race, at least on the curve of recent Presidential election results in the state.  Donald Trump leads with 44% to 38% for Hillary Clinton, 6% for Gary Johnson, 2% for Jill Stein, and less than half a percent (0) for Evan McMullin.
Clinton Leads / Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Florida  — Hillary Clinton holds a 9 point lead over Donald Trump in the crucial swing state of Florida.  —  The Monmouth University Poll also finds incumbent Marco Rubio leading either of his two main Democratic challengers to retain his U.S. Senate seat, although by varying margins.
Washington Post:
Trump unpopularity fuels wide lead for Clinton in new Virginia poll
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Adviser Clarifies: Clinton Should Be Executed, Not Assassinated  —  Trump adviser Al Baldasaro clarified for the record Tuesday that he doesn't think Hillary Clinton should be assassinated, but rather thinks she should be shot by firing squad for “treason.”
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump accuses Clinton of ‘bigotry’ toward African-Americans  —  Donald Trump made a new and explicit plea for the support of black voters on Tuesday, saying the Democratic Party had “failed and betrayed” them and accusing Hillary Clinton of “bigotry” in the pursuit of minority voters.
Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and Balloon Juice
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
A GOP Congressman Thinks Trump Is Trying To Lose To Help Clinton
Discussion: The Hill, Townhall.com and RedState
Politico:
Trump issues ‘pledge to the American people’
Discussion: ABC News and NBC News
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham: I Think Trump Is Going To Lose
Discussion: Politico and Washington Times
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: 'I don't want to pivot'  —  on Tuesday said he is not interested in moderating his tone for the general presidential election.  —  “Well, possibly I do, but you know, I am who I am,” he told News 8 reporter Brittany Schmidt when asked whether he needs to change tactics before November …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: 'I don't wanna change'
New York Times:
Rogers Ailes to Advise Donald Trump Ahead of Presidential Debates  —  Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman ousted last month over charges of sexual harassment, is advising Donald J. Trump as he begins to prepare for the all-important presidential debates this fall.
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Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Trump Casinos' Tax Debt Was $30 Million.  Then Christie Took Office.  —  By the time Chris Christie became governor of New Jersey, the state's auditors and lawyers had been battling for several years to collect long-overdue taxes owed by the casinos founded by his friend Donald J. Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Univision is buying Gawker Media for $135 million  —  Sold!  —  Asa Mathat  —  Univision has won the auction for Gawker Media.  —  The TV network and digital publisher has agreed to pay $135 million for the bankrupt blog network, according to a person familiar with the deal.
Nicholas Weaver / Lawfare:
NSA and the No Good, Very Bad Monday  —  Monday was a tough day for those in the business of computer espionage.  Russia, still using the alias Guccifer2.0, dumped even more DNC documents.  And on Twitter, Mikko Hypponen noted an announcement on Github that had gone overlooked for two days …
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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Aetna decision exposes weaknesses in Obama's health-care law  —  Insurance giant Aetna's decision to stop offering much of its individual coverage through the Affordable Care Act is exposing a problem in President Obama's signature health-care law that could lead to another fraught political battle in Congress.
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Insurer exit darkens ObamaCare picture
Discussion: Power Line and Liberal Values
Dan Elsom / New York Post:
Penis crushes pole vaulter's Olympic dream  —  Originally Published By:  —  Never before has a member of the male species wished for a smaller manhood.  —  Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita will be ruing the size of his phallus after it caused him to foul during the qualifying rounds at the Rio Olympics.
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Please share and spread the word .  This is our family's official statement.  Thank you.  —  Jabara Family Statement on the Murder of Khalid Jabara  —  August 15, 2016  —  On Friday night, our world was shattered when our brother, Khalid Jabara, was murdered on the front porch of our family home.
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Man's ‘unusual fixation’ with Lebanese neighbors led to killing, Tulsa police say
Discussion: Raw Story, Walid Shoebat and KFOR-TV
Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Rick Perry Says Khizr Khan ‘Struck the First Blow’ in Trump Feud: ‘Shame on You’  —  F ormer Texas governor and former Republican presidential contender Rick Perry said on CNN Tuesday afternoon that the father of a soldier killed in Iraq “struck the first blow” against Donald Trump.
Discussion: alan.com
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Perry Continues Trump Camp Attacks Against Khan Family (VIDEO)
Discussion: Hullabaloo and BuzzFeed
Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Yachting with the enemy: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner take the jet skis out and relax on Democratic Hollywood billionaire David Geffen's $200m mega-yacht off the coast of Croatia  — The pair are vacationing on the Rising Sun, the $200million yacht belonging to billionaire Hollywood executive David Geffen
Kristine Marsh / NewsBusters:
CNN Selectively Edits Police Shooting Victim's Sister's Words to Protesters  —  In a classic case of media bias by omission, CNN took extra care Monday to leave out a crucial part of their reports on the Milwaukee police shooting.  After a black police officer fatally shot Sylville Smith Sunday …
New York Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani blames his use of ‘abbreviated’ language for 9/11-forgetting gaffe, claim no terror attacks happened ‘before Obama came along’  —  OMG, Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday he obvs hasn't forgotten about 9/11 and claimed that his remark was totes “misinterpreted” because he simply likes to speak in “abbreviated” language.
Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine:
John McLaughlin, The McLaughlin Group Host Since 1982, Dead at 89  —  John McLaughlin, the host of TV's The McLaughlin Group since its debut in January 1982, died on Tuesday at age 89.  —  The political commentator's passing comes just days after he missed his first hosting …
The Portland Press Herald:
Documents: Freeport man died fighting for Islamic State  —  Adnan Fazeli became radicalized after moving to Maine in 2009.  Four years later, he left his wife and three kids, and never returned, according to court records unsealed Monday.  —  An Iranian man who came to Maine as a refugee …
Emily Smith / Page Six:
NBC boss blasts Trump as ‘toxic’  —  Bob Greenblatt, the chairman of NBC Entertainment, which produces “The Apprentice,” has declared war on Donald Trump, blasting him as “pompous” and “toxic.”  —  Greenblatt — who took his NBC role in 2011 when “The Celebrity Apprentice” was already running …
Discussion: AFF, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump's Post Advocating For Intervention In Libya Is Still On His Facebook  —  If you are looking for evidence that Donald Trump initially supported an intervention in Libya despite now calling the U.S. action there a “disaster,” look no further than Trump's own Facebook page …
Roger Stone / The Hill:
Can the 2016 election be rigged?  You bet  —  has said publicly that he fears the next election will be rigged.  Based both on technical capability and recent history, Trump's concerns are not unfounded.  —  A recent study by Stanford University proved that Hillary Clinton
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
What You Need to Know About Hillary Clinton Interview Notes FBI Gave to Congress  —  The FBI provided Congress today with notes from the investigation of Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information over her private email server.  —  Republican lawmakers have pushed for the FBI …
James Rosen / Fox News:
State Department sought land deal with Nigerian firm tied to Clinton Foundation  —  EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after Hillary Clinton left the Obama administration, the State Department quietly took steps to purchase real estate in Nigeria from a firm whose parent company is owned by a major donor …
 
 
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Emily Chan / Daily Mail:
‘This is war’: Black Panther leader says ‘black people are being murdered’ …
Media Matters for America:
Fox Host Cites The Alien And Sedition Acts And Anti-Communist Acts To Defend Trump's Anti-Muslim Immigration Plan
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politicus USA
Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Feds Holding Summits forLesbian Farmers
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Nearly half of refugees entering the U.S. this year are Muslim
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Jason Nichols / The Hill:
Would racism exist if there had been no US slavery?
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