memeorandum: America's uninsured rate just dropped to a new low (Sarah Frostenson/Vox)

4:35 PM ET, September 7, 2016

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We recommend Hillary Clinton for U.S. president — There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November. We recommend Hillary Clinton. — We don't come to this decision easily. This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation's highest office since …

The Huffington Post:

Trump Held Fundraiser For Pam Bondi At Mar-a-Lago After She Dropped Investigation — The Republican Party of Florida paid much less for the venue than Trump's own campaign has paid. — National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON In March 2014, Donald Trump opened …

Discussion: ABC News, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Associated Press, Guardian, New York Times, Raw Story, ThinkProgress, RedState, Daily Kos, LawNewz, The New Civil Rights Movement, New York Magazine, The Week, Washington Post and Towleroad

Nick Gass / Politico:

Trump's pay for play scandal intensifies — The swirl of scandal around Donald Trump's donation to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is intensifying, with the Republican nominee and his aides vigorously pushing back against the idea that he bought the decision by Bondi to not pursue an investigation into his Trump University.

Discussion: Dan Gelber, Fox News Insider, Orlando Sentinel, New York Times, Florida Politics, miamiherald, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo

Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bill Clinton accuses Trump of using charity money to ‘pay off’ Pam Bondi

Discussion: Naked Politics

Daniel Strauss / Politico:

Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate — Evan McMullin is running as an independent conservative alternative to Donald Trump. Who McMullin is running with, however, is a bit of a mystery. — In all nine states where he has officially qualified …

Discussion: Washington Post, National Review, Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, Independent Journal Review, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, The Week, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller

Joel Searby / From The Trail: Politico gets it wrong on McMullin VP pick

Evan Vucci / Talking Points Memo:

Trump Outlines Scattershot Plan For Yooooge Military Buildup — Donald Trump laid out a national security plan that would dramatically increase defense spending and troop levels during a Wednesday address at the Union League of Philadelphia. — Calling for a Middle East policy …

Nick Gass / Politico: House Armed Services chairman: 'I've got concerns' about Trump

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump says he would give generals 30 days to present plan to defeat Islamic State

Discussion: RedState and ABC News

Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Wants Plan Within 30 Days to Defeat ISIS if Elected

Discussion: New York Magazine, New Century Times, Daily Kos, Politico, Mother Jones and Drudge Retort

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Presidential Race Up for Grabs in Florida — PPP's newest Florida poll finds a very tight race for President in the state. In the full field Donald Trump gets 44% to 43% for Hillary Clinton, with Gary Johnson at 5%, and Jill Stein and Evan McMullin each at 1%.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Florida Politics and Naked Politics

New York Times:
Senate Democrats Block Zika Bill Over Planned Parenthood Provisions

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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
GOP Congressman Brings Jar Of Mosquitoes To House Floor To Talk About Zika Bill

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

James Hohmann / Washington Post:

The Daily 202: Trump making a play for Virginia, despite long odds — THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump will spend more money this week in Virginia than anywhere else. Of the $3.5 million in advertising time he's booked, $1.9 million will go into the commonwealth. More specifically, $1.4 million will be spent in the D.C. market.

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

Fox News:
Assange says Clinton leaks might come as early as next week

Discussion: The Daily Caller, National Review, Western Journalism and Towleroad

Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Assange: Hillary Clinton Is Lying About Not Knowing (C) Classified Marking, Emails Show She's Used It Before

Discussion: US News, YouTube and AOL

Media Matters for America:
After Once Calling For “Arrest” Of Julian Assange, Now That He's Attacking Clinton, Hannity Hopes For His Release

Discussion: RedState, Politico, ThinkProgress and New York Magazine

Blair Emerson / Bismarck Tribune:

Charges to be filed against presidential candidate — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, center, meets with Dakota Access Pipeline protesters on Tuesday in Morton County. — Buy Now — Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier speaks at a press conference Tuesday afternoon …

Discussion: Hot Air, New Yorker, Democracy Now, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, Politico, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, Western Journalism, Associated Press and Political Wire

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

New trove of Clinton Benghazi emails proves thin — A set of about 30 Benghazi-related messages found by the FBI during their investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email system turns out to contain little fodder for critics or supporters of the Democratic presidential nominee.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, Media Matters for America, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite and The Week

St. Louis American:

Ferguson activist Darren Seals dies at 29 — Darren Seals wearing his signature “Straight Outta Ferguson” t-shirt as he posed with fellow activists Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Bree Newsome and Dr. Cornel West during the “Ferguson is Everywhere” hip-hop concert on August 9, 2015.

Discussion: USA Today, Power Line, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Liberty Unyielding, The Root and Here & Now

Phil Shiver / Conservative Review:

Levin: I'm voting for Trump ... here's why — Mark Levin made the big announcement Tuesday night on his radio show after methodically walking listeners through his rationale. — At the beginning of the program, Levin made sure his real feelings were known.

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Townhall.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, Mediaite, The Right Scoop and The Resurgent

Joe Concha / The Hill:
Radio host Levin reverses: 'I'm gonna vote for Donald Trump'

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Western Journalism and The Last Tradition

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Donald Trump ending press ‘blacklist’ — Donald Trump is ending a practice most journalists think he never should have started: his “blacklisting” of news outlets. — Effective on Thursday, the Trump campaign says it will approve requests for press credentials from The Washington Post …

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Western Journalism, CNBC, Independent Journal Review, Washington Post, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Sarah Frostenson / Vox:

America's uninsured rate just dropped to a new low — Fewer Americans are uninsured than ever before, new federal data shows. — Quarterly numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) show that the uninsured rate fell to 8.6 percent during the first three months of 2016.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Balloon Juice and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Marie Waxel / KSLA-TV:

Bakery refuses to write ‘Trump 2016’ on cake — A Facebook post shared by a Bossier Parish teen is getting a lot of attention. — It reads, “Just left Albertsons. The woman behind the cake counter just refused to make me a birthday cake because I wanted Trump 2016 on it. Did that really just happen.”

Discussion: Mediaite, Peacock Panache, Raw Story, Infowars, WCMH-TV, National Review and The Daily Caller

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:

Trump, committees raise $90M in August, well short of Clinton's total — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and his joint committees raised $90 million in August, a substantial haul for a candidate late to fundraising but one that still significantly trails Hillary Clinton's enormous summer totals.

Discussion: Reuters, Politico and Daily Kos

Shane Goldmacher / Politico:

Hillary Clinton's ‘Invisible Guiding Hand’ — BROOKLYN, N.Y. — There are only a handful of corner offices inside Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters, and they are mostly occupied by familiar names: campaign manager Robby Mook, campaign chairman John Podesta, and Huma Abedin, her ubiquitous confidante.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Week and RedState

The White House:

President Obama Nominates Abid Riaz Qureshi to Serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia — WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Obama nominated Abid Riaz Qureshi to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Discussion: CNN, Western Journalism, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Mashable, LawNewz, AOL, New York Magazine, Liberty Unyielding and Independent Journal Review

Fatima Khan / Muslim Advocates:
Muslim Advocates Heralds President Obama's Historic Judicial Nomination

Discussion: Mother Jones and Religion Clause

Peter Thiel / Washington Post:

Trump has taught us this year's most important political lesson — The writer is an entrepreneur and investor. — Our government used to get things done. The Manhattan Project coordinated the work of more than 130,000 people in over a dozen states. It was difficult, unprecedented — and successful.

Discussion: Hit & Run

Hannah Parry / Daily Mail:

Yoga teacher, 34, who ‘flashed boys and performed sex act on 15-year-old at bar mitzvah’ claims in court she was ‘drugged and raped by teens’ — Lindsey Ann Radomski, 34, of Scottsdale, Arizona faces 18 charges including with sexual indecency with a child

Discussion: LawNewz and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Transferred $1.3 Billion More in Cash to Iran After Initial Payment — First $400 million coincided with Iran's release of American prisoners and was used as leverage, officials have acknowledged — The Obama administration followed up a planeload of $400 million in cash sent to Iran …

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James West / Mother Jones:

Senator Calls for Homeland Security to Investigate Trump's Model Agency — Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is calling on federal authorities to investigate Trump Model Management for alleged labor and immigration violations, in the wake of a Mother Jones investigation of the company.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Barbara Boxer, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Daily Kos and Media Matters for America

Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:

Early voting reduced in 23 NC counties; 9 drop Sunday voting after NCGOP memo — RALEIGH — Voters in 23 North Carolina counties will have fewer opportunities to vote early than they did four years ago under schedules approved by Republican-led election boards.

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

Worse Than the Depression: 1 in 6 Working Age Males Has No Job Under Obama — The numbers are in and after seven years of Obamanomics the economic climate in America is “worse than the depression.” — One in six working age males in America has no job. — Millions of men …

Discussion: NPR

CBS North Carolina / WNCN:

NC man admits shooting ex-wife in Facebook video; son dies talking to 911 — NORLINA, N.C. (WNCN) - A Warren County man is on the run after shooting his ex-wife and then his 15-year-old son in the chest early Tuesday morning, police said. — The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. at a home located at 403 Hyco St. in Norlina.