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2:00 PM ET, August 21, 2016

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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump paid dearly to boost fundraising  —  The Donald Trump campaign's boasts of a formidable fundraising month in July spooked Democrats who feared their financial advantage could be slipping.  —  But a closer inspection of the campaign finance report filed just before Saturday's midnight deadline indicates …
Discussion: Politicus USA
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump campaign has biggest spending month yet, but Clinton dominates financially  —  Hillary Clinton outspent Donald Trump by a wide margin in July, funding a costly television blitz and deploying hundreds of staffers across the country — traditional campaign investments that her Republican presidential rival has largely forgone.
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
New Trump campaign manager called on him to release tax returns in April  —  By Nikita Vladimirov And here's Donald Trump's new campaign manager in April call for Trump to release his tax returns pic.twitter.com/pIxCCm39xj  —  's new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump aide: Plans for deportation force ‘to be determined’ … 's new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, on Sunday declined to say whether or not the Republican presidential nominee still backs a deportation force to remove the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country.
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, The Week, CNN and twitchy.com
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
In Reversal, Trump Indicates To Hispanic Leaders Openness To Legalization For Immigrants
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump campaign manager: A deportation force TBD
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says African-Americans Have ‘No Education, No Anything’
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
David Duke Show Celebrates Trump's Breitbart Hire: We've ‘Taken Over the Republican Party!’  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rocked the political media world this week by hiring Breitbart.com honcho Stephen K. Bannon to be his campaign CEO, and while the move …
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CNN:
Trump wants GOP to court black voters — then slams voting rights for felons  —  Fredericksburg, Virginia (CNN)Donald Trump acknowledged Saturday that the Republican Party “must do better” in appealing to African-Americans.  —  But in the same speech here, he again slammed an order …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and LawNewz
William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:   Clinton expands lead over Trump in Ohio, Iowa still neck-and-neck
CNN:
Turkish wedding suicide bomber was 12-14 years old, Erdogan says  —  Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN)The suicide bomber who killed 51 people at a wedding party in southern Turkey was between 12 and 14 years old, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, according to state-run news agency Andadolu.
Discussion: Fox News, Guardian, Daily Wire and The Week
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Ceylan Yeginsu / New York Times:
Bombing at Wedding in Turkey Kills More Than 50
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
American journalism is collapsing before our eyes  —  MORE FROM:  —  Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, and Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president.  But something else happening before our eyes is almost as important: the complete collapse of American journalism as we know it.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Kellyanne Conway, Robby Mook, Reince Priebus, and Dr. Jill Stein  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON August 21, 2016 and it will be updated.  —  UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Starting right now on THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos: Trump shakeup.
Discussion: Politico
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Austin Wright / Politico:   Has Trump caused you pain? He regrets it.
Jeremy Roebuck / Philly.com:
Roommate drama lands Penn State sorority sisters in federal court  —  Molly Brownstein, a Pennsylvania State University senior, and her family describe her roommate Rachel Lader as a classic mean girl - a “monster” and an “expert bully, with a Ph.D. in intimidation.”
Discussion: Simple Justice and Guardian
Tim Rogers / Fusion:
Whole families are fleeing this tiny country and entering the U.S. in massive numbers  —  In 2014, a wave of unaccompanied kids from Central America caught the U.S. government off-guard when they flooded into Texas in record numbers, triggering what President Obama called an “urgent humanitarian situation.”
Discussion: Creeping Sharia
New York Times:
How Can America Recover From Donald Trump?  —  Donald Trump is heading to November like a certain zeppelin heading to New Jersey, in a darkening sky that crackles with electricity.  He is fighting crosswinds and trying new tacks — hiring the head of Breitbart News to run his campaign …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
It Begins... Seizure Drug Makers Are Targeting Hillary Clinton Articles  —  It was only a matter of time.  —  Although this was ignored by the liberal media Hillary Clinton appeared to have suffered a seizure after her DNC Convention speech in Philadelphia-  —  It was not the first time Hillary displayed seizure-like symptoms.
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Writer of Melania Trump's controversial speech listed on campaign payroll  —  The writer of Melania Trump's controversial Republican National Convention speech was paid by Donald Trump's presidential campaign in July, which may clear up lingering questions about her involvement with the campaign.
Discussion: NBC News
Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Sheriff Glenn Palmer makes his own rules in Grant County  —  The sheriff's office in rural Grant County consists of the sheriff, an undersheriff, two deputies and a small cadre of jail staff.  —  Then there's the army of volunteers.  —  In the past six years, Sheriff Glenn Palmer …
Discussion: alan.com and Raw Story
 
 
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Damien Walter / Guardian:
Hugo awards: reading the Sad Puppies' pets
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
David Weigel / Washington Post:
‘Racialists’ are cheered by Trump's latest strategy
Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and Washington Times
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
More of Kremlin's Opponents Are Ending Up Dead
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
His campaign tells OPB it's a scheduling conflict.
Discussion: Daily News Bin
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump's Campaign Shakeup Is Likely Too Little, Too Late
Discussion: Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
Christal Hayes / Orlando Sentinel:
Lou Pearlman, Orlando boy-band mogul, dies in prison
Larry Elliott / Guardian:
Brexit Armageddon was a terrifying vision - but it simply hasn't happened
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
With a comfortable lead, Clinton begins laying plans for her White House agenda
Discussion: Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans say party can't afford to cut ties to Trump
Fox News:
Clinton's health continues to spur controversy and conspiracy
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Trump's false claim that undocumented immigrants collect Social Security benefits
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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