memeorandum: Trump Pushes for African American Vote in Iowa (John Santucci/ABC News)

9:40 PM ET, August 27, 2016

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Anti-Trump Republicans to launch swing-state ad buy — Anti-Trump Republicans are preparing to launch a broadcast TV ad in a handful of swing-state suburbs urging Donald Trump to quit the presidential race so the party can replace him with a more electable nominee.

Discussion: The Hill, The Right Scoop, Talking Points Memo and RedState

John Santucci / ABC News:

Trump Pushes for African American Vote in Iowa — Donald Trump returned to Iowa today, yet continued his push for African American votes. — “Nothing means more to me than working to make our party the home of the African-American vote once again,” Trump said, speaking to Iowans attending …

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, New Century Times and Associated Press

Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:

Christie refuses to comment on Trump's remarks about Clinton — Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a news conference in Toms River on Friday. … TOMS RIVER — Gov. Chris Christie on Friday refused to say whether he agrees with Donald Trump when the the Republican presidential nominee calls Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton a “bigot.

Discussion: New York Times, Daily News Bin and dcclothesline.com

Raw Story:

Trump relying more on a teleprompter as Clinton pummels him with his own off-the-cuff remarks — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The tone of the US presidential campaign turned darker, with Hillary Clinton skewering Donald Trump as a man who flirts with racism and paranoid ideas …

Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump After Dwyane Wade's Cousin Is Shot: ‘African Americans Will Vote Trump’

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, ThinkProgress, NBC News, USA Today, Guardian, Vox, RedState, Lawyers, Guns & Money, alan.com and Joe.My.God.

Grace Wong / Chicago Tribune:
Dwyane Wade's cousin shot dead while pushing her baby in stroller on South Side

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Washington Post: Republicans can't pretend not to know what fuels the Trump campaign

Steve Wyche / NFL.com:

Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem — SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has willingly immersed himself into controversy by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of what he deems are wrongdoings …

New York Times:

‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias — She seemed like the model tenant. A 33-year-old nurse who was living at the Y.W.C.A. in Harlem, she had come to rent a one-bedroom at the still-unfinished Wilshire Apartments in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens.

Discussion: New Century Times, Business Insider and alan.com

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Inside debate prep: Clinton's careful case vs. Trump's ‘WrestleMania’ — Hillary Clinton is methodically preparing for the presidential debates as a veteran lawyer would approach her biggest trial. She pores over briefing books thick with policy arcana and opposition research.

Discussion: Politicus USA, RedState and Balloon Juice

New York Times:

Breitbart Rises From Outlier to Potent Voice in Campaign — Breitbart News has arrived. — The opinion and news site, once a curiosity of the fringe right wing, is now an increasingly powerful voice, and virtual rallying spot, for millions of disaffected conservatives who propelled Donald J. Trump …

Discussion: Althouse and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »

Simon Maloy / Salon:
Hillary and the alt-right: The toxic endurance of political extremism

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Chris Graham / Telegraph:

Heartbreaking picture of dog who won't leave master's coffin after Italy earthquake — I — t is a sight reminiscent of the legend of Greyfriars Bobby. — Thirty-four caskets lie side by side in a gym in Ascoli Piceno, and beside one a small blond cocker spaniel sits, devoted to the end, unable to leave his master even in death.

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and alan.com

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:

Trump on undocumented immigrants: ‘We are going to get rid of the criminals’ — DES MOINES — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sounded off forcefully on immigration policy and deportations Saturday, vowing to start removing undocumented criminals “within one hour” of taking office …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:

How the Clinton Campaign Is Foiling the Kremlin — Staffers are now using a “Snowden-approved” app to hide Trump-related e-mails from hackers, in Russia and elsewhere. — On May 17, as dusk was setting over Brooklyn, around a dozen employees from Hillary Clinton's campaign …

Discussion: Motherboard and Washington Times

New York Post:

Viral subway cricket video was an elaborate prank — The woman who caused a massive panic on a crowded subway train by releasing a swarm of crickets admitted to The Post on Friday that she orchestrated the disgusting stunt in an attempt to go viral on social media. — SEE ALSO — :0

Discussion: Gothamist and New York's PIX11

Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:

Governor Of Maine Says People Of Color Are ‘The Enemy,’ Implies They Should Be Shot — In a Friday press conference following his homophobic remarks about a state lawmaker, Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) called people of color and people of Hispanic origin “the enemy” and implied they should be shot.

Discussion: RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog and NationofChange

Peter Stone / Guardian:

Turned off by Trump: Republican mega-donors focus on congressional races — Some Republicans fear Trump's behavior could threaten party majorities in Congress as ‘irked’ Sheldon Adelson met with the candidate, sources revealed — Several leading Republican donors and groups that spent large sums …

Discussion: New York Times