memeorandum: A Tale Of Two Foundations (Judd Legum/ThinkProgress)

2:40 PM ET, September 4, 2016

Top Items:

A Tale Of Two Foundations — One of these things is not like the other. — Both of the major candidates for president, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are associated with foundations. — Hillary Clinton has faced consistent scrutiny for her role in the Clinton Foundation, which was established after Bill Clinton left office.

Discussion: alan.com, Independent Journal Review and Talking Points Memo

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

TRUMP Leads Hillary Clinton by 3 Points After Latest Revelations of Corruption and Lies — Despite the ceaseless attacks by the liberal media including FOX News elites, Donald Trump maintains a 3 point lead over Hillary Clinton in the latest USC-Dornsife LA Times poll.

New York Daily News:

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump made millions from Saudi Arabia, but trashes Hillary Clinton for Saudi donations to Clinton Foundation — Donald Trump has blasted Hillary Clinton for accepting money from Saudi Arabia through her foundation, but a Daily News investigation reveals he has padded his bank account with cash from the same country.

Discussion: RedState and New Century Times

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Soledad O'Brien eviscerates CNN: ‘You have normalized’ white supremacy with shoddy Trump reporting — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Former CNN host Soledad O'Brien blasted the cable news business over the weekend for profiting off the hate speech that has fueled Donald Trump's political rise.

Discussion: Hullabaloo

William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:

Clinton keeps narrow advantage in battleground states, leads in Pennsylvania and North Carolina — The latest wave of the YouGov/CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker polled likely voters in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, as well as a sample of eleven Battleground states

Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon

Associated Press:

On Road to 270, Arizona Is Home to Best Chance for a Spoiler — If Hillary Clinton carries Arizona in November, there's a good chance it won't be because Democrats on their own have flipped a reliable GOP state they hope to win consistently someday. — Instead, Clinton and Democrats may have Gary Johnson to thank.

Discussion: Politico

Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times: Can Clinton turn Georgia from red to blue? It's a matter of black and white

Tom Phillips / Guardian:

Barack Obama ‘deliberately snubbed’ by Chinese in chaotic arrival at G20 — President was denied a red carpet welcome and made to ‘go out of the ass’ of Air Force One, observers say … China's leaders have been accused of delivering a calculated diplomatic snub to Barack Obama …

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, The White House, MichelleMalkin.com, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Hill, Refinery29, Common Dreams, Hit & Run, Western Journalism and New Century Times

Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Bumpy beginning for Obama in China, starting on the tarmac

Discussion: BizPac Review, twitchy.com and ABC News

Mark Landler / New York Times:
Confrontations Flare as Obama's Traveling Party Reaches China

Discussion: France 24 and Power Line

New York Times:
Rare Harmony as China and U.S. Commit to Climate Deal

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Blog Daily Listings RSS, The Verge, MSNBC and Guardian

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

We've never seen a falling Weiner quite like this before — MORE FROM: — The self-destruction of Anthony Weiner is something entirely new. It is a phenomenon of the social-media age. Weiner has been undone both professionally and personally by a very specific fetish that could not have existed …

NBC News:

‘Model of Holiness’ Mother Teresa Officially Becomes Saint — FROM SATURDAY: Mother Teresa to Receive High Catholic Honor of Sainthood 2:10 — VATICAN CITY — Mother Teresa, the nun who devoted her life to the impoverished and one of the Catholic Church's most iconic figures, was canonized as a saint on Sunday.

Discussion: Vatican Radio English, The Atlantic and Mediaite

BBC:
Mother Teresa declared saint by Pope Francis at Vatican

Discussion: CNN, Guardian, New York Magazine, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller

Richard Johnson / Page Six:

Dr. Drew loses show after discussing Hillary's health — MORE FROM: — Dr. Drew Pinsky is so afraid of Hillary Clinton and her supporters, he won't blame them for the cancellation of his show on HLN, the sister channel of CNN. — “No, no, no. I just want them to go away!” he told one friend.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Telegraph:

Calling Trump names won't stop him becoming US President — Just two months before the free world elects its next leader - if you believe America leads the free world, that is - the world's liberal media seem united on two things. The first is that Donald Trump is a monster.

Louis Nelson / Politico:

Kaine defends Clinton on classified emails — Defending his running mate against news that she was unable to discern classified information in emails during her tenure as secretary of state, vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine said Sunday that identifying government secrets is not always a simple matter.

Discussion: ABC News and Althouse

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Kaine Compares Trump's Encouragement of Russian Hacking to Watergate Break-In

Discussion: Politicus USA

New York Daily News:

Peas in a pod: The long and twisted relationship between Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani — Let's start with the fact that Donald Trump's top surrogate, Rudy Giuliani, is on the payroll. In January, he joined a law firm, Greenberg Traurig, that represents Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Discussion: Politico and TalkLeft

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

Right seeks to kill the lame-duck — Conservative lawmakers and advocacy groups are fighting to prevent a lame-duck session after the November elections, arguing that members of Congress who have been booted from office shouldn't be responsible for major policy decisions.

Discussion: Hot Air

New York Times:

Seeking Support and Invoking Faith, Donald Trump Visits a Black Church for the First Time — DETROIT — Donald J. Trump, who has campaigned for president as a blunt provocateur, dismissing complaints of racial insensitivity as political correctness, took an uncharacteristic step on Saturday …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, Hot Air, Guardian, BuzzFeed and The Times of Israel