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10:15 PM ET, August 31, 2016

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Mexico gamble a huge win for Trump  —  About an hour before Donald Trump made his joint statement with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a strategist in Trump's extended circle saw success on the horizon.  —  “I bet they have a nice meeting where they both explain their positions …
Discussion: Power Line
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Donald Trump and Mexican Leader Clash in Accounts of Meeting  —  Donald J. Trump swept into Mexico City on Wednesday on a politically perilous mission to prove his mettle as a negotiator by facing a nation that he has repeatedly denigrated and has promised to compel to pay for a border wall.
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
Mexicans Accuse President of ‘Historic Error’ in Welcoming Donald Trump  —  MEXICO CITY — If President Enrique Peña Nieto invited Donald J. Trump to visit Mexico for a dialogue in the interest of democracy, the message has fallen on deaf ears.  —  Instead, the predominant feeling here in the Mexican capital is one of betrayal.
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Mexican President Fact Checks Donald Trump To His Face, In Spanish  —  Following a controversial and hastily thrown together bilateral meeting behind closed doors on Wednesday, GOP nominee Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto held a tense press conference …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's Mexico visit ends with Mexico disputing his comments  —  This post has been updated.  —  Over the past 14 months, Donald Trump has been telling anyone within shouting distance that he will not only build a big, beautiful border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but also that Mexico would somehow be made to pay for it.
Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Trump admits wimping out in Mexico: 'We didn't discuss payment of the wall'  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Donald Trump admitted on Wednesday that he did not press Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on paying for a wall between the US and Mexico — one of his signature campaign promises.
Discussion: alan.com
New York Times:
Highlights From Donald Trump's Day: A Visit to Mexico Before an Immigration Speech
Danielle Kantor / Hillary Clinton 2016:
Donald Trump is about to meet the president of Mexico. Which of these tweets might they discuss?
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Hits Trump for ‘Dropping In’ on Mexico
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
Mexicans are angry at their own president for meeting with Trump
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Trump discusses immigration, trade with Mexican President Peña Nieto
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
U.S. High Court Won't Revive North Carolina Photo-ID Law  —  Supreme Court justices divide 4-4 on order in voting dispute  —  Action is win for Obama administration, civil rights groups  —  An evenly divided U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate North Carolina's Republican-backed voting restrictions …
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
The Country's Worst Voting Restrictions Won't Be In Effect This November
Discussion: New York Times and Common Dreams
Kate Hardiman / The College Fix:
Professors tell students: Drop class if you dispute man-made climate change  —  ‘We will not, at any time, debate the science of climate change’  —  Three professors co-teaching an online course called “Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs recently told …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Kentucky Republican to resign from House  —  (R-Ky.) will resign from the House next week instead of serving out the rest of his term, which ends in January.  —  Whitfield's early departure will set in motion a special election for his successor to finish the remaining months of his term.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Associated Press:
GOP Rep. Ed Whitfield to Resign From Congress Next Week
Douglas Ernst / Washington Times:
WikiLeaks' Assange: Reporters ‘erecting a demon’ by protecting Hillary Clinton  —  Whistleblower says Democrat will 'put nooses around everyone's necks as soon as she wins'  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday accused “the American liberal press” of “erecting a demon” by shielding Hillary Clinton from criticism.
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Annie Rees / Talking Points Memo:
In NYT's Hillary Clinton Coverage, An Obsession With ‘Clouds’ And ‘Shadows’
Mark Potok / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Revealed: Conway, Bannon Members of Secretive Group  —  The two political operatives chosen earlier this month to lead Donald Trump's presidential campaign after two former managers departed have been members of the secretive Council for National Policy (CNP), Hatewatch has learned
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Freeman / Bleacher Report - NFL:
1. 'I Can't Stand Him'  —  Across NFL front offices, there are team officials who are not offended, and even embrace, the controversial position of Colin Kaepernick.  They are out there.  Statistically, they have to be.  But they are keeping a low profile.
Brandon Morse / RedState:
That Lyft Driver Showed Us How Every Businesses Should Respond to SJW Bullies  —  For those of you haven't seen it yet, a social justice warrior (SJW) named Annaliese Nielsen got into a Lyft car, spotted a Hawaiian bobblehead doll on his dashboard, and began to berate and threaten the driver unless he took the bobblehead doll down.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump narrows Clinton's lead  —  The race for the White House has narrowed.  A new Fox News Poll finds Donald Trump gaining ground in the head-to-head matchup, despite improvements from Hillary Clinton on top issues.  —  In addition, this is the first time the poll offers …
Bloomberg:
Trump's Florida Ground Game Lags as GOP Rides to His Rescue  —  The Republican presidential nominee has yet to open any of the 24 field offices in the state he promised earlier this month.  —  JenniferJJacobs  —  kevcirilli  —  How many of the 24 field offices that Team Trump …
Discussion: Politicus USA and PBS NewsHour
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Gallup: Life got better for pretty much everyone under Obama  —  How Americans feel about the state of their lives have improved markedly in the eight years since Barack Obama was elected president, according to Gallup data released Tuesday.  —  In 2008, fewer than half of Americans …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo and Vox
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Dan Witters / Gallup:   Americans' Life Evaluations Improve During Obama Era
Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Poll: Clinton Unpopularity at New High, on Par With Trump  —  Hillary Clinton's unpopularity reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, putting her on par with Donald Trump among registered voters.  —  The latest findings solidify their positions as the two most unpopular …
GUCCIFER 2.0:
DCCC Docs from Pelosi's PC  —  As you see I've been gradually posting DCCC docs on different states.  —  But besides that I have a folder from the Nancy Pelosi's PC and I'd like to share some docs from it with you.  They are related to immigration, Hispanics, BLM, Islam and other issues.
Florida Times Union:
Northeast Florida voters kick controversial State Attorney Angela Corey out of office  —  Melissa Nelson, an unknown corporate lawyer and former prosecutor three months ago, cleared her path to become one of the most powerful and influential figures in Northeast Florida on Tuesday night …
Marwa Eltagouri / Chicago Tribune:
Woman sets self on fire in Rep. Danny Davis' West Side office  —  A 43-year-old woman walked into the lobby of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis' West Side office Tuesday afternoon, drank from a bottle of hand sanitizer, poured the sanitizer over herself and set herself on fire with a lighter, according to Davis and police.
Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones Says He “Personally Talked To” Trump And Encouraged Him To Push Rigged Election Conspiracy Theory  —  From the August 31 edition of Genesis Communications Network's The Alex Jones Show:  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): The globalists have made a critical error.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and alan.com
 
 
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Peggy Lee / WNEP-TV:
After Allegedly Shoving 6-Year-Old Son from Car, Man Found Naked in Field Holding Naked One-Year-Old Son
Discussion: New York's PIX11 and KFOR-TV
John Hersey / New Yorker:
Hiroshima  —  At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning …
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Gary Johnson Lays Out Immigration Vision, Objects to Term ‘Illegal Immigrant,’ Defends Executive Amnesty
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Daily Wire
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Joe Cunningham / RedState:
NYT Columnist Nicholas Kristof Says the Holocaust is America's Fault
Steven Nelson / US News:
A Candidate's Death Could Delay or Eliminate the Presidential Election
Discussion: Hot Air
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
'It's outrageous': Clinton's aides had concerns about email setup
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton camp thinks Trump fell for old trick
Richard W. Painter / New York Times:
The Real Clinton Foundation Revelation
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