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2:00 PM ET, August 31, 2016

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump to meet in Mexico with the country's president  —  Donald Trump will travel to Mexico City on Wednesday for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, just hours before he delivers a high-stakes speech in Arizona to clarify his views on immigration policy.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Can Trump Be This Stupid?  (Not a Trick Question)  —  We have news tonight that tomorrow, in advance of his big immigration speech in Arizona, Donald Trump will travel to Mexico City to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.  This is such an outlandish idea it is not easy to make sense of it or predict its outcome.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Mexico rages against Trump visit  —  Donald Trump may have accepted the invitation of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for a Wednesday meeting in Mexico City, but the Republican presidential nominee is getting the cold shoulder in a country where public views of its own president are already abysmally low.
Danielle Kantor / Hillary Clinton 2016:
Donald Trump is about to meet the president of Mexico.  Which of these tweets might they discuss?  —  A big, beautiful list of tweets.  —  Donald Trump is headed to Mexico to meet with the country's president, Enrique Peña Nieto.  If you're surprised by that news—well, you're not alone.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Traveling media will not accompany Trump to Mexico  —  Just one day after a traveling print pool was put in place for Donald Trump's campaign, the campaign is leaving the press behind on its big trip to Mexico on Wednesday.  —  The last-minute trip to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was announced on Tuesday.
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Donald Trump and Mexico's Former President Vicente Fox Spar on Twitter Ahead of Visit  —  Donald Trump and Mexico's former President Vicente Fox are engaged in a bitter back-and-forth just hours before the Republican presidential nominee is scheduled to visit the country.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton camp blasts Trump's Mexico visit
Discussion: Guardian and Daily Kos
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Why Is Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto So Unpopular?
Discussion: Vox, Guardian and Hot Air
New York Times:
Donald Trump to Visit Mexico After More Than a Year of Mocking It
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 …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A record number of Americans now dislike Hillary Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton hit her stride after the Democratic National Convention, riding to a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in some national and swing-state polls — her highest of the year.  —  As of today, though, Americans' views of her just hit a record low.
Richard W. Painter / New York Times:
The Real Clinton Foundation Revelation  —  When I was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, I asked many prospective administration officials if they would sell stock in companies, give up stock options, step down from nonprofit boards or make other painful choices to enter public service.
Discussion: LawNewz and Politico
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Win, Lose, but No Compromise  —  Anyone who says it doesn't matter whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton wins this election needs their head examined.  The damage that Trump could do to our nation with his blend of intellectual laziness, towering policy ignorance and reckless impulsiveness is in a league of its own.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
LePage demands apology from reporter, vows to never speak to press again  —  Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday blamed a reporter in part for his fiery outburst to a state lawmaker last week and vowed never to speak with the press again.  —  LePage last Thursday left an obscenity-laced voicemail …
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Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Paul LePage insists he's staying put
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Not Resigning Over Voicemail Rant
Discussion: RedState and Associated Press
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
'It's outrageous': Clinton's aides had concerns about email setup  —  Hillary Clinton continued sending classified information even after leaving the State Department, The Post has exclusively learned.  —  On May 28, 2013, months after stepping down as secretary of state …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton camp thinks Trump fell for old trick  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign feels confident.  So confident that behind closed doors her team is taking some credit for forcing Donald Trump to seemingly defend territory that Republicans almost never lose.  —  After weeks of Brooklyn telegraphing …
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
How the Political Revolution Failed Tim Canova  —  The political revolution has let Tim Canova down.  Bernie Sanders hasn't shown up to campaign for his chosen primary challenger to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee.
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Daniel J. Flynn / Breitbart:
Chargers to Greet Colin Kaepernick with a ‘Salute to the Military’ on Thursday Night  —  Colin Kaepernick's first time on the field since sitting for the national anthem comes in the NFL's #1 military town on a night dubbed a “Salute to the Military.”  —  The optics promise a startling contrast if nothing else.
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NBC News:
Prosecutor Probes Trump Campaign CEO Stephen Bannon's Voter Record  —  Trump Shakes Up Campaign Less Than 3 Months From Election Day 2:14  —  Florida prosecutors are investigating the voter registration of Donald Trump's campaign chief, NBC News has learned.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and LawNewz
Eryn Rogers / WSPA-TV:
Student claims teacher trashed her shoes at Greenville Co. school  —  SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) - Two Upstate parents are looking for answers after they said a teacher threw away their first-grader's shoes at Bryson Elementary in Simpsonville last week.  —  Six-year-old Taraji Edward's mother …
Discussion: The Root, Raw Story and 6
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
NYT Columnist Nicholas Kristof Says the Holocaust is America's Fault  —  Nicholas Kristof is your stereotypical elite liberal media guy.  He has an absolute disdain for America and he has a grasp of history that rivals a five year old holding a 500-page college textbook …
Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner bragged about using his kid as a ‘chick magnet’  —  When Weiner's sext partner jokingly told him to put his kid to work, he replied, “Already at work.  Being a chick magnet.”  —  Anthony Weiner didn't just send his latest sexting partner a crotch shot selfie with his young son curled …
 
 
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Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:
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Josh Earnest / New York Times:
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Georgia Diebelius / Metro.co.uk:
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Discussion: AOL and UK
James West / Mother Jones:
Former Models for Donald Trump's Agency Say They Violated Immigration Rules and Worked Illegally
Washington Post:
The U.S. has more third-party candidates than it's seen in a century. Why?
Discussion: ballot-access.org
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats' Edge in Voter Registration Is Declining, but Looks Can Be Deceiving
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
IRS doesn't tell 1 million taxpayers that illegals stole their Social Security numbers
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and VDARE
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Donald Trump to show up, but not speak out at Detroit church
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
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