memeorandum: NIGEL FARAGE: Trump was MY warm-up man... but I gave him a bounce - and he'll be new Ronald Reagan (Nigel Farage/Daily Mail)

8:45 AM ET, August 28, 2016

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Justen Charters / Independent Journal Review:

Army Ranger Vet Tells Colin Kaepernick What He Should Be Doing Instead of Sitting Out Nat'l Anthem — 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick caused a huge controversy after choosing to sit down during the National Anthem on Friday night. — When Kaepernick was asked about why he did it, he responded:

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and RedState

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 …

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 …

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: RedState, The Hill and Talking Points Memo

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

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

Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:

Rock Star Welcome for Donald Trump in Iowa: Hillary Clinton ‘Will Sell You Out’ — DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump received a rockstar welcome from roughly two-thousand people when he took the stage as “I'm Proud to Be an American” played from the speakers at Sen. Joni Ernst's second annual Roast …

Discussion: twitchy.com and Mediaite

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

Nigel Farage / Daily Mail:

NIGEL FARAGE: Trump was MY warm-up man... but I gave him a bounce - and he'll be new Ronald Reagan — Since I announced that I was going to stand aside as Ukip leader in the wake of the successful Brexit campaign, I've had more time to do other things. — This included a trip to Cleveland …

Discussion: The Last Refuge and Politico

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.

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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:

Katrina Pierson goes on Fox News to blame Obama for Trump's immigration flip-flop — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A spokeswoman for Donald Trump said Saturday that the Republican presidential candidate had appeared to change his hardline views on immigration because he didn't want to be like President Barack Obama.

Grace Wong / Chicago Tribune:

Dwyane Wade's cousin shot dead while pushing her baby in stroller on South Side — Police investigate the scene where a 32-year-old woman was shot in the head while walking in the 6300 block of South Calumet Avenue near an elementary school on Aug. 26, 2016.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, New York Magazine, Mashable, Washington Post, BizPac Review, ThinkProgress, The Daily Beast and twitchy.com

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

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

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: Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA and RedState