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7:40 PM ET, August 31, 2016

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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 …
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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
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.
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 and PBS NewsHour
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.
KXAN-TV:
Trump outlines 5 goals he wants to accomplish with Mexico  —  Related Coverage  —  AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) — In a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump laid out his 5-step plan to improve relations with Mexico, which includes a border wall.
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Hits Trump for ‘Dropping In’ on Mexico
Discussion: Associated Press and alan.com
Nick Gass / Politico:
Mexico rages against Trump visit
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 …
Discussion: Vox, New York Magazine and Joe.My.God.
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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  —  Republican U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield says he will resign from office next week, one year after announcing his retirement amid a House ethics investigation.  —  Whitfield notified Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin on Monday with a letter …
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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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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’
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Newly-Leaked Democratic Memo Calls Black Lives Matter ‘Radical,’ Tells Staff Not To Offer Support
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, Vox and Hullabaloo
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Dan Witters / Gallup:   Americans' Life Evaluations Improve During Obama Era
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 …
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.
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.
Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Awkward: All GOP State Senate Candidates Have Same Kids In Ads  —  It seems all the targeted Republican state senate candidates had a big TV shoot recently, as they've all posted their first ads online in the past few weeks.  The ads themselves are so-so at best, but you rarely see very creative TV spots at the statehouse level.
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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Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones Says He “Personally Talked To” Trump And Encouraged Him To Push Rigged Election Conspiracy Theory
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Justin Worland / TIME:
The Dark Side of Cheap Gas—More Road Deaths
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John Hersey / New Yorker:
Hiroshima  —  At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning …
Politico:
Full transcript: POLITICO's Glenn Thrush interviews Joe Scarborough
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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
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago gangs no longer know or fear the police, and bodies pile up
Discussion: Hot Air and VDARE
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Clinton camp thinks Trump fell for old trick
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