memeorandum: Trump's Sickening attacks on Clinton's health (Ruth Marcus/Washington Post)

11:25 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’ — 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

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

Discussion: BostonGlobe.com, Reuters, The San Diego Union … and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

CNN:
Road to 270: Electoral College map

Discussion: Opinion Today, WTVR-TV, Washington Times and Townhall.com

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’

Discussion: Daily News Bin, Occupy Democrats, The New Civil Rights Movement, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Mahablog, Washington Post, Associated Press and The Advocate

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

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications and Fox News Insider

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

Discussion: Media Matters for America, RedState, Politico, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly and Washington Times

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

Discussion: Breitbart, AOL, The Gateway Pundit and NOLA River

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.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, whorunsGov, Electoral-vote.com, Business Insider, Gothamist and Slate

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 …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, alan.com and Vanderbilt News

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

Discussion: Politico and Towleroad

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

Discussion: Daily News Bin, Guardian and Mediaite

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

Susanne Craig / New York Times:

In Maze of Trump's Empire, Unknown Ties and $650 Million in Debt — 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 …

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

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

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

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

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 …

Discussion: Daily News Bin, The Atlantic, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Right Scoop, Daily Wire and Hot Air

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Top Firms Lawyer Up In Ukraine-Manafort Lobbying Controversy

Discussion: The Reality-Based Community and RedState

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

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 …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, CNN, The Week, AOL, Daily Kos and Joe.My.God.