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10:40 AM ET, August 20, 2016

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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
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.
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Yahoo:
Bill Clinton at 70: possibly America's ‘first gentleman’  —  New York (AFP) - Former president Bill Clinton celebrates his 70th birthday Friday poised to make history as America's inaugural “first gentleman” should his wife win the election and propel the couple back into the White House, roles reversed.
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Obama Announces Plans to Visit Louisiana After Donald Trump Leads the Way  —  President Barack Obama announced plans to visit flood victims in Baton Rouge, Louisiana just hours after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited the state on Friday.
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: 24Ahead and CANNONFIRE
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager On Manafort: “He Was Asked” To Resign
Discussion: Politico and Towleroad
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 …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's New Chief Steve Bannon Called Republican Leaders ‘C**ts’
Discussion: Daily News Bin, Guardian and Mediaite
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
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Judge Orders Written Testimony From Hillary Clinton on Emails
Discussion: Liberal Values
Ethan Barton / The Daily Caller:   Clinton's State Department Blew $6 Billion In Contracts, And We're About To Learn Why
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.”
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 …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Top Firms Lawyer Up In Ukraine-Manafort Lobbying Controversy
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump predicts he can win 95 percent of the black vote  —  Donald Trump promised Friday night that if elected president, he will win 95 percent of the African-American vote in his reelection bid.  —  Renewing his effort to reach out to black voters at a rally Friday evening …
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
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 and ImmigrationProf Blog
Ann Doss Helms / Raleigh News & Observer:
Teen Trump fan, ejected from Charlotte rally, says he was profiled  —  An 18-year-old Charlotte college student who was ejected from Thursday's Donald Trump rally says he went from avid backer to disillusioned opponent after Trump's security staff accused him of being a known protester.
Discussion: Hit & Run
New York Times:
Pregnant Women Advised to Avoid Travel to Active Zika Zone in Miami Beach  —  MIAMI — Federal health authorities suggested Friday that pregnant women and their partners consider postponing travel to all of Miami-Dade County after Florida identified a second zone of local Zika transmission …
Discussion: NBC News and Common Dreams
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 …
 
 
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
‘Idiocracy’ Director Mike Judge: Fox Killed Our Anti-Trump Camacho Ads
Discussion: Althouse, Mediaite and Business Insider
Jennifer Jones / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton talks more like a man than she used to
Steven Nelson / US News:
Sailor Denied ‘Clinton Deal’, Gets 1 Year in Prison for 6 Photos of Sub
Chris White / LawNewz:
In ‘Dumbest’ Move, Well-Known Harvard Prof Apparently Broke Ethics Rules in Apparent Shot at Trump
Discussion: Mediaite
Richard Clarke / ABC News:
Yes, It's Possible to Hack the Election
 Earlier Items: 
Phillip Ericksen / Waco Tribune-Herald:
Starr out as Baylor law professor
Discussion: Above the Law and Mediaite
Max Read / New York Magazine:
Did I Kill Gawker?  —  Or was it Nick Denton?  Hulk Hogan?  Peter Thiel?
Yael T. Abouhalkah / Kansas City Star:
New jobs report is an utter disaster for Kansas and Brownback
Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
‘Rachel Maddow Show’ Catches ‘Kelly File’ in Key Demo as MSNBC Surges
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton leads Trump by eight points: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: The Week
Media Matters for America:
Joe Scarborough Tries To Convince His Panel That The “Screaming, Racially Insensitive” …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Politicus USA
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Bloomberg:
A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime
 
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