memeorandum: A tale of two Louisiana disasters and media bias (Joe Concha/The Hill)

11:40 AM ET, August 20, 2016

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Trump's Sickening attacks on Clinton's health — Donald Trump — he who likes to fly home at night in the comfort of his own plane to sleep in the comfort of his own bed — is at it again on the question of Hillary Clinton's stamina, or alleged lack thereof.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Hullabaloo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, STAT and Raw Story

Yahoo: Bill Clinton at 70: possibly America's ‘first gentleman’

Charlie Spiering / Breitbart: Obama Announces Plans to Visit Louisiana After Donald Trump Leads the Way

Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Clinton Foundation Already Set to Break Promise to Ban Foreign Donations

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CNN:
Road to 270: Electoral College map

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Bill Palmer / Daily News Bin:

Donald Trump goes to Louisiana flooding site, spends a minute handing out Play-Doh, leaves — The Governor of Louisiana warned Donald Trump not to visit the flooded disaster area of the state if he was only coming for a photo op, which would have created a traffic jam and diverted law enforcement away …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, 24Ahead, Guardian, CANNONFIRE and ABC News

Nick Gass / Politico:
Louisiana governor warns against Trump ‘photo-op’

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Fox News:
Trump tours La. flood damage, draws cheers as he says region will rebuild

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Elizabeth Crisp / The Advocate:
Gov. John Bel Edwards: 'I'm not complaining in any way about our federal partnership'

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cbs8.com:
Clinton calls La. governor to discuss floods

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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Win or lose, Trumpism may be here to stay in the GOP — The latest shake-up in Donald Trump's presidential campaign has jolted the Republican establishment out of denial to a new realization: Whatever happens to their nominee in November, Trumpism may well endure as a source of foment in their party.

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The Christian / Christian Science Monitor:

Trump hands his campaign to the ‘alt-right’ movement — The appointment of Breitbart news chief Stephen Bannon to head Donald Trump's presidential campaign this week marks the official entree of the so-called “alt-right” into the Republicans' top campaign. — For the Trump campaign …

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager On Manafort: “He Was Asked” To Resign

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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's New Chief Steve Bannon Called Republican Leaders ‘C**ts’

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Susanne Craig / New York Times:

Trump's Empire: a Maze of Debts and Opaque Ties — On the campaign trail, Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has sold himself as a businessman who has made billions of dollars and is beholden to no one. — But an investigation by The New York Times into the financial maze …

Discussion: Politicus USA and Political Wire

Joe Concha / The Hill:

A tale of two Louisiana disasters and media bias — If ever there was a contrast to make around “then-and-now” media coverage of a Republican and Democratic president put in similar situations and their respective reactions to it, this one definitely makes the Top 5.

Discussion: NewsBusters and The Daily Caller

Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Trump Visits Louisiana, Hillary Goes to Martha's Vineyard for Bill's Birthday Party

Discussion: Daily News Bin, The San Diego Union …, NPR and Independent Journal Review

Fox News:

Judge orders Clinton to provide written answers to questions on private email use — A federal judge Friday ordered Hillary Clinton to answer questions from a conservative watchdog group about her use of a private email server when she served as secretary of state.

Discussion: Judicial Watch, MichelleMalkin.com, BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller

Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Judge Orders Written Testimony From Hillary Clinton on Emails

Discussion: Liberal Values

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Republicans prep ‘break glass’ emergency plan as Trump tumbles — Republicans, worried about preserving their House and Senate majorities in the face of fierce headwinds, are accelerating their plans to distance themselves from Donald Trump - and may soon concede, if only implicitly, his defeat.

Discussion: The New Civil Rights Movement and Political Wire

Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:

Federal judge refers Sheriff Joe Arpaio for criminal contempt — A federal judge said Friday that he will refer Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the U.S. Attorney's Office to be charged with criminal contempt of court. — The decision comes after U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow found …

Discussion: CNN, AOL, alan.com and ImmigrationProf Blog

Richard Yeselson / Vox:

The all-American Donald Trump: why Trump's rise could only happen here — Many smart analysts across the political spectrum have rightly situated Donald Trump's run for president in the international context of the ethno-nationalist parties found throughout Western Europe.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:

‘Idiocracy’ Director Mike Judge: Fox Killed Our Anti-Trump Camacho Ads — Back in February, screenwriter Etan Cohen (not to be confused with Ethan Cohen), who's written the celebrated comedy offerings King of the Hill, Idiocracy, and Tropic Thunder, fired off a tweet in reference …

Discussion: Mediaite, Althouse, Joe.My.God. and Business Insider

Scot J. Paltrow / Reuters:

U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds — The United States Army's finances are so jumbled it had to make trillions of dollars of improper accounting adjustments to create an illusion that its books are balanced. — The Defense Department's Inspector General …

Discussion: Western Rifle Shooters … and Washington Free Beacon

Seth Barrett Tillman / THE NEW REFORM CLUB:

Trump, Academia, and Hyperbole — I have written about 30 academic publications, and I guess there are 100s, if not 1000s, of citations to the Constitution in them. It is possible that somewhere amongst them, I miscited the Constitution. Mistakes happen.

Discussion: Chicago Boyz

Tim Graham / NewsBusters:

WashPost Buries Iran-Ransom Admission in Middle of Page A-10 — Despite Ransom Paid for Post Reporter! — Friday's New York Times put Iran on the top of front page, left corner: “U.S. Concedes It Postponed Iran Payment: GOP Cites ‘Ransom’ to Free 3 Americans.”

Discussion: Fox News, Liberty Unyielding, Washington Post and The Daily Caller

Evan Perez / CNN:

First on CNN: Feds investigate Manafort firm as part of Ukraine probe — Washington (CNN)FBI and Justice Department prosecutors are conducting an investigation into possible US ties to alleged corruption of the former pro-Russian president of Ukraine, including the work of Paul Manafort's firm …