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5:15 PM ET, September 8, 2016

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Fields Storm of Criticism Over Clinton-Trump Forum  —  It was a high-stakes political moment, far from the chummier confines of the “Today” show and, for Matt Lauer, NBC's stalwart of the morning, a chance to prove his broadcasting mettle on the presidential stage.  —  The consensus afterward was not kind.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Behind scenes, NBC execs concede Matt Lauer forum performance was “disaster”  —  NBC News knows the “Commander-in-Chief Forum” was not Matt Lauer's finest hour.  —  One executive, speaking anonymously, was blunt about it: “Disaster.”  —  The morning after Lauer's back-to-back interviews …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Matt Lauer's Pathetic Interview of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Is the Scariest Thing I've Seen in This Campaign  —  I had not taken seriously the possibility that Donald Trump could win the presidency until I saw Matt Lauer host an hour-long interview with the two major party candidates.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ok, I Admit It: I'm a Lauer Truther  —  The conventional wisdom has hardened to granite.  Matt Lauer was the worst debate moderator in history.  He was unprepared.  He hammered Hillary and devoted too much time to emails.  He let Trump lie like crazy without calling him to account at all.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Balloon Juice
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Welcome to the Club, Jonathan Chait: Part II  —  Last year, New York magazine's Jonathan Chait came to the conclusion that “political correctness” was a problem after all.  Why?  Because, as Kevin Williamson put it at the time, the tool was “now being used as a cudgel against white liberals …
Matt Olsen / TIME:
Why ISIS Supports Donald Trump
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Matt Lauer Failed The Moderator Test
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Matt Lauer totally blew it on Trump's blatant lying about Iraq and Libya
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Loses the War in a Battle Between the Candidates
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Conservative media jumps on Hillary's ‘earpiece’  —  Conservative media was dominated on Thursday by claims Hillary Clinton  —  was wearing an earpiece during a nationally televised presidential forum on veterans affairs the previous evening.  —  The story originally took off via a tweet …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton campaign warns media to tread carefully  —  's campaign is working the refs hard when it comes to reports about her health.  —  While Clinton responded to a fit of coughing this week with humor, saying she was “allergic” to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump
Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
Was Hillary Wearing an Earpiece During Last Night's Presidential Forum?  —  Conservative actor James Woods: “She can't even lie without help”  —  Was Hillary Clinton wearing an earpiece during last night's presidential forum?  That's the latest question swirling around the Internet …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
‘What Is Aleppo?’  Gary Johnson Asks, in an Interview Stumble  —  Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor and Libertarian Party presidential nominee, revealed a surprising lack of foreign policy knowledge on Thursday that could rock his insurgent candidacy when he could not answer …
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MSNBC:
Gary Johnson asks: What is Aleppo?  —  Mike Barnicle asks Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson how he would handle Aleppo, Syria as president.  Johnson responds. ...  more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Scarborough rips Johnson after MSNBC interview
Discussion: Hit & Run, BizPac Review and The Week
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Gary Johnson Explains Aleppo Mistake
Discussion: Politico, RedState and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
What Really Happened at Donald Trump's Intelligence Briefing  —  What ‘body language’ is Trump talking about?  —  As U.S. officials cast doubt on Donald Trump's claim he read the “body language” of intelligence officials at a recent briefing, NBC News has learned exclusive details …
Donald J. Trump / Esquire:
Donald Trump: How I'd Run the Country (Better)  —  This is what it felt like to be Donald J. Trump in 2004, when The Apprentice was on the air, and he was bros with Regis, and the Iraq War was still at the top of America's collective consciousness.  Funnily enough, what he said 12 years ago helps us understand his (il)logic today.
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ABC News:
Donald Trump Responds to Accusations of Flip-Flopping on Iraq War  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attempted to clarify his original position on the Iraq War during a speech in Cleveland today, a day after inconsistencies in his stance became a centerpiece of a town hall featuring veterans and their families.
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and Mediaite
Suffolk University:
Suffolk University Poll of North Carolina Shows Trump at 44 Percent to Clinton's 41 Percent  —  With two months to go before the November general election, Republican Donald Trump (44 percent) leads Democrat Hillary Clinton (41 percent), by 3 points in North Carolina, according …
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Toni Monkovic / New York Times:   Red States, Blue States: Does This Map Look Familiar?
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside the collapse of Trump's D.C. policy shop  —  The Trump campaign built a large policy shop in Washington that has now largely melted away because of neglect, mismanagement and promises of pay that were never honored.  Many of the team's former members say the campaign leadership never took …
Michael Corkery / New York Times:
Wells Fargo Fined for Years of Harm to Customers  —  Credit cards issued secretly without a customer's consent.  Bank employees creating fake email accounts to sign up customers for online banking services.  Customers accumulating late fees on accounts they never even knew they had.
Discussion: KTLA, LawNewz and The Week
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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired for creating over 2 million phony accounts
Discussion: The Atlantic and USA Today
Eric Fehrnstrom / BostonGlobe.com:
Are Clinton's memory lapses a health issue, or just dishonest dodging?  —  THE STORIES ABOUT Hillary Clinton's failing health at first glance seemed like more vapors from the gaseous swamp of this year's toxic presidential race.  The coughing fits, a photo showing her being assisted in walking …
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Francesca Chambers / Daily Mail:
‘Read the reports’: Hillary Clinton refuses to explain what she told the FBI about how a concussion impaired her memory
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
DOJ decides not to retry former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell  —  Federal prosecutors have decided not to retry former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on corruption charges.  —  The decision comes about three months after the Supreme Court tossed McDonnell's conviction and two-year prison sentence.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Justice Department dropping corruption case against Bob McDonnell
Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times:
Seahawks' Doug Baldwin, Bobby Wagner considering expanding national-anthem protest  —  Seahawk receiver Doug Baldwin said Wednesday he is considering sitting during the national anthem while linebacker Bobby Wagner said the Seahawks could take an action as a team.
Emily Lane / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
‘Blue lives matter’ law used in arrest of New Orleans man who shouted slurs at police: warrant  —  Raul Delatoba was arrested Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, and charged with a hate crime and other offenses after New Orleans police say he verbally attacked NOPD officers and a witness who saw him damage a window at the Royal Sonesta Hotel.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Fox News Insider
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump accuses Clinton of running a ‘criminal enterprise’  —  unleashed a new barrage of attacks against Hillary Clinton  —  in a blistering speech on Thursday, accusing his Democratic presidential rival of running a “criminal enterprise” and saying her policies have spread terrorism around the world.
Daily Mail:
Summer haze!  Malia Obama is pictured ‘near a large bong at UPenn frat house’ wearing her ‘Smoking Kills’ T-shirt... weeks after she puffed on a suspicious cigarette at Lollapalooza  —  A picture circulating on social media appears to show Malia Obama near an item that resembles a large bong.
 
 
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
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The Hill:
Media doesn't ask Clinton about emails
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Associated Press:
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Trump's shrinking swing state map
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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