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2:40 PM ET, August 28, 2016

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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump might already be out of time  —  Donald Trump and his new team think they have 71 days to turn this campaign around.  They're wrong.  —  The Republican nominee — three months after clinching the nomination — has begun frantically trying to reposition himself in the past week …
Discussion: Fox News Insider
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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Welcome to Iowa, where Trump's purple patch could turn a blue state red  —  In rare harmony, party bigwigs loved him just as much as grass-roots voters  —  In November 2015 Donald Trump proclaimed to a crowd of Iowans: “How stupid are the people of Iowa?”  Two months later he lost the Iowa Republican caucus.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Chris Christie and DNC Chair Donna Brazile  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON August 28, 2016 and it will be updated.  —  MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC HOST: I'm joined now by Governor Chris Christie, a former presidential candidate and one-time Trump opponent, now the chair of Trump's transition team.
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Fawn Johnson / Morning Consult:
Trump Gains Ground on Clinton; Black Voters Still Wary  —  Donald Trump trails Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by only 3 percentage points in a new national poll from Morning Consult, shrinking a deficit that has alarmed GOP operatives who fear their unconventional nominee may harm the prospects …
Discussion: Guardian, Washington Times and Hot Air
Raw Story:   Trump relying more on a teleprompter as Clinton pummels him with his own off-the-cuff remarks
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump has a massive Catholic problem  —  Much has been made of Donald Trump's problems with a few voting groups — female voters, blacks and Hispanics, and young voters, in particular.  And, to be sure, they are all problems.  —  But relatively speaking, his biggest problem actually appears …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Jarrett Bell / USA Today:
More power to 49ers' Colin Kaepernick for taking a stand against social injustice  —  Now isn't the time to throw Colin Kaepernick under the bus as some sort of demon just because he listened to his conscience.  —  The San Francisco 49ers quarterback refused to stand during the national anthem …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Conway shies away from Trump message on deportations  —  Donald Trump's new campaign manager on Sunday moved to clarify his new immigration policy, focusing on “being fair and humane” instead of deporting all undocumented immigrants.  —  The new plan is, “if you want to be here legally …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump on undocumented immigrants: ‘We are going to get rid of the criminals’
Discussion: alan.com and Talking Points Memo
James Dunn / Daily Mail:
Terror in Indonesia: Axe-wielding ISIS jihadi, 18, stabs Catholic priest, 60, before trying to blow up hundreds of worshippers during Sunday Mass  — JIhadi, 18, tried to set off homemade backpack bomb in the church on Indonesian island of Sumatra today  — Priest Albert Pandiangan …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Jawa Report
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Clinton Foundation Official Requests State Lunch Invitation, Special Seating for Foundation Allies, Emails Show  —  A series of newly released State Department emails obtained by ABC News offers fresh insight on direct contact between the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton's inner circle while she was Secretary of State.
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico and BizPac Review
Dustin Stockton / Breitbart:
Facebook Censors Video Exposing PBS Cutting Hillary/TPP Criticism From Jill Stein Interview  —  Facebook is censoring a video created by Green candidate Dr. Jill Stein supporter Matt Orfalea that exposes PBS Newshour cutting Stein's criticism of Hillary Clinton, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and Obamacare.
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Johnson: ‘Game over’ if I don't make it to debate stage  —  Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson said it's “game over” on any chance of winning the White House if he does not make it to the debate stage.  —  “Winning the election, yes, I would say game over,” Johnson said on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace.
Discussion: Political Wire
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
 
 
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Joseph Tanfani / Los Angeles Times:
He was a billionaire who donated to the Clinton Foundation.  Last year, he was denied entry into the U.S.
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Clinton's speech on the ‘alt-right’ fits a familiar pattern
Discussion: Infowars
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
DCLeaks Website Down, Twitter Suspended After Releasing Soros Docs
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Where's Hillary?  Secretary Clinton Has No Scheduled Events Until Sept. 26th Debate - All Events are Surrogates...
The Intercept:
Obamacare's Faltering for One Simple Reason: Profit
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
A fortress against fear  —  In the rural Pacific Northwest …
Discussion: Unfogged
New York Post:
Team Obama's new low in the name of ‘trans rights’
Michelle Martin / Reuters:
Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term: poll
Discussion: RedState
Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker:
The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Katrina Pierson goes on Fox News to blame Obama for Trump's immigration flip-flop