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11:51 PM ET, August 26, 2016

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Chris Francescani / NBC News:
Trump Doctor Wrote Health Letter in Just 5 Minutes as Limo Waited  —  Donald Trump's personal physician said he wrote a letter declaring Trump would be the healthiest president in history in just five minutes while a limo sent by the candidate waited outside his Manhattan office.
New York Daily News:
Anti-Semitic Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon not a big fan of ‘whiny brat’ Jews, ex-wife says  —  Donald Trump's campaign CEO Stephen Bannon was branded an anti-Semite by the same ex-wife who claimed he choked her, court documents reveal.  —  Mary Louise Piccard said in a 2007 court declaration …
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Guardian:
Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon is registered voter at vacant Florida home
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Ben Carson to Donald Trump: Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a ‘Bigot’  —  Ben Carson, the former presidential candidate and adviser to Donald Trump, wants the GOP nominee to stop calling his opponent a racist.  —  “I don't generally get into the name-calling thing,” Carson said in a phone interview with The Daily Beast on Friday morning.
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Eric DuVall / UPI:
UPI/CVoter poll: Donald Trump maintains slim lead over Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Scott Thistle / The Portland Press Herald:
'Prove I'm a racist': LePage challenges Westbrook lawmaker in obscenity-laced voice mail  —  The governor later says he wishes he and Rep. Drew Gattine could have a duel and ‘I would point (my gun) right between his eyes.’  —  Gov. Paul LePage left a state lawmaker from Westbrook …
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The Portland Press Herald:
LePage asked to resign over threatening voice mail to legislator  —  Rep. Sara Gideon says that if the governor won't step down, Republicans should intervene to get him ‘the help he needs.’ … A top Democrat has called on Gov. Paul LePage to resign over the profanity-laced and threatening voicemail …
Arizona Republic:
Donald Trump cancels Phoenix event … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has canceled his visit to Phoenix next week, his campaign said Friday.  —  Trump was scheduled to deliver a speech at a downtown Phoenix hotel on Wednesday.  But Brian Seitchik, Trump's Arizona state director said …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump says cancelled Arizona event moving to larger venue  —  's campaign has cancelled a planned speech in Arizona that was previously expected to clarify his immigration policies, according to reports.  —  Trump said in a tweet that he would still be in Phoenix next Wednesday but is looking for a larger venue.
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's ‘Apprentices’ Had to Agree to Go Nude  —  Appearing on The Apprentice with Donald Trump required agreeing to a series of odd and invasive demands regarding sex, nudity, and food consumption.  According to a copy of an NBC contract reviewed by The Daily Beast …
Discussion: Washington Times
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Revealed: Fox News' 400-page oppo file on Gabriel Sherman  —  The memo is dated January 5, 2012.  “To: Interested Parties.”  “Re: Gabriel Sherman.”  —  Two full years before Sherman published a book about Roger Ailes, this book-length memo made the rounds inside Fox News.
Annie Karni / Politico:
GOP plots early wake-up call for Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton has managed to win support from Republicans without conceding any part of the progressive economic agenda she outlined during the Democratic primary.  —  But with fall approaching and momentum on Clinton's side …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump and advisers remain split on how far to move toward the middle  —  Ten days after he appointed new campaign leadership, Donald Trump and many of his closest aides and allies remain divided on whether to adopt more mainstream stances or stick with the hard-line conservative positions …
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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Gowdy: Clinton Erased Emails So Meticulously 'Even God Can't Read Them'
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Eric Trump Claims Dad Running Because Of Nonexistent National ‘Holiday’ Tree  —  The War on Christmas is back, and it's more strained than ever!  —  While listing the reasons why his father ran for president in an interview published Thursday, Eric Trump pointed to the tree on the White House lawn …
Discussion: alan.com and Drudge Retort
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Spiegel Online:
Bush Advisor Wolfowitz Says He'll Likely Vote for Clinton  —  In an interview, Paul Wolfowitz, 72, an advisor to former President Bush, discusses the dangers of a Donald Trump presidency, why he will likely vote for the Democrat's candidate this year and mistakes made during the Iraq war.
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Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
Former Bush adviser Wolfowitz to vote for Clinton: Spiegel
Discussion: AOL and Talking Points Memo
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Who Made America Hate Again?  —  I don't think we have said much about Hillary Clinton's speech in which she denounced Donald Trump as a racist of the “alt-right,” thereby confusing, no doubt, most of her audience.  Much could be said about Hillary's smears-a Republican racist running for president?
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Can President Hillary Survive the Media's Fake Scandals?  —  With Donald Trump's campaign continuing to careen into incoherence, it's becoming increasingly clear that barring some unforeseen circumstance (or low non-white voter turnout) Hillary Clinton will likely win the presidency.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Andrew Breitbart would have been proud: on Thursday, his website became Hillary Clinton's number one target.  —  In his book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!, Andrew recalled how he warned the Tea Party what lay ahead for them: “I said that they'd be labeled racists …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Denounces the ‘Alt-Right,’ and the Alt-Right Is Thrilled
CBS Boston:
McDonald's Worker With Down Syndrome Retiring After 32 Years  —  NEEDHAM - A woman with Down syndrome who has worked at the same McDonald's for over three decades is retiring.  —  Freia David has spent 32 years working at the french fry station at the McDonald's on Chestnut Street in Needham.
Discussion: KFOR-TV and KTLA
BBC:
France burkini: Highest court suspends ban  —  France's highest administrative court has suspended a ban on full-body “burkini” swimsuits that was imposed in a town on the Mediterranean coast.  —  The ban in Villeneuve-Loubet “seriously and clearly illegally breached fundamental freedoms”, it found.
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Donald Trump broke the conservative media  —  Sean Hannity, sitting comfortably in his air-conditioned New York studios on a hot August afternoon, was on a fiery rant.  —  “Honestly, I am tempted to just say I don't support any of you people ever,” he barked.
Discussion: Guardian
Joyce Lupiani / KTNV:
Las Vegas man facing charges after posting threatening YouTube video  —  LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - A 24-year-old Las Vegas man has been charged for making terrorist threats in a video that was posted on YouTube.  —  Las Vegas police say they were notified on July 2 by Interpol via Google about a suspicious/threatening YouTube video.
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Black 15-year-old was unarmed and surrendering when cops shot at him 16 times in Brooklyn  —  It may not have been a justified shooting after all.  —  The police shooting of a Brooklyn teen nearly three years ago is now being compared with that of Tamir Rice …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bearing Arms
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As Donald Trump Repels Minority Voters, G.O.P. Fears Its Future in the West  —  PHOENIX — Republicans in Western states fear that Donald J. Trump could imperil their party for years to come in the country's fastest-growing region as he repels a generation of Hispanics, Asians and younger voters who have been altering the electoral map.
Discussion: Washington Post
USCIS:
USCIS Proposes Rule to Welcome International Entrepreneurs  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a new rule, which would allow certain international entrepreneurs to be considered for parole (temporary permission to be in the United States) …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
No, Donald Trump, America Isn't a Hellhole  —  Donald Trump has taken a strange turn lately.  O.K., he has taken a lot of strange turns — that's what happens when you nominate a short-attention-span candidate who knows nothing about policy and refuses to sit still for more than three minutes.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Trump immigration waffle reflects voter confusion on issue
Discussion: Daily Kos
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Libertarian candidate Johnson focuses on battleground states in ad blitz
Chicago Tribune:
92 deaths, 2,623 bullets: Tracking every Chicago police shooting over 6 years
Discussion: NOLA River and Guns.com
New York Daily News:
Father of slain TV reporter Alison Parker rips NRA, vows to continue fight for gun reform …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Mediaite
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Wounded Boy's Silence, and the Candidates'
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‘Dr. Drew’ show canceled days after host's negative speculation about Hillary Clinton's health
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Breaking: Trump Has No Campaign Manager
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Assange: WikiLeaks's Trump info no worse than him
Discussion: RedState
Bill Allison / Bloomberg.com:
Millions From Maxed-Out Clinton Donors Flowed Through Loophole
Discussion: Zero Hedge and New York Magazine
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
DOJ asks Supreme Court to let NC voter ID ruling stand
Discussion: RedState and NBC News
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