memeorandum: NEW SCHOOL CHOICE POLICIES TO BE UNVEILED BY DONALD J. TRUMP TODAY (Donald J Trump for President)

3:45 AM ET, September 9, 2016

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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 …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Gothamist, Independent Journal Review, Balloon Juice, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, alan.com and Hot Air

Ken Dilanian / NBC News:

Clinton Slams Trump But Blabbed About Briefing in 2008 — Clinton on the offensive following IAVA Forum 5:07 — Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump for talking about an intelligence briefing he received — but she's done it, too. — “I think what he said was totally inappropriate …

Discussion: CNBC, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Balloon Juice

Greg Miller / Washington Post:
It's unlikely Trump briefers disparaged Clinton or Obama, ex-intelligence officials say

Discussion: ThinkProgress, U.S. Uncut, New York Magazine and Raw Story

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews — Rudy Giuliani is the highest-profile Donald Trump supporter to publicly raise questions about Hillary Clinton's health. While Trump himself relies more on innuendo, the former New York mayor prefers to be more direct.

Discussion: Politico and The Resurgent

RT:

Iraq, Hillary and baseball: Donald Trump talks to Larry King (RT EXCLUSIVE) … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tells RT's Larry King that he doesn't dislike Hillary Clinton, but that she's not the person to make America great again - and that their televised duel Wednesday was more fun than baseball.

Discussion: The Hill and Business Insider

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:

Trump attacks U.S. foreign policy, political press corps on state-owned Russian television network — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized U.S. foreign policy and the American political press corps Thursday during an interview on RT America, a state-owned Russian television network.

Discussion: New Century Times, more at Mediagazer »

Tal Kopan / CNN:
Mike Pence defends Donald Trump comments on Vladimir Putin: ‘inarguable’

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill, Washington Post, The Week, Hot Air, Daily Kos and New York Magazine

Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:

Donald Trump offers nine explanations of his Iraq War stance in 13 minutes — Most of Trump's explanations for his position on the war in 2002 and 2003 were dishonest, contradictory or both. — WASHINGTON—Donald Trump supported the invasion of Iraq. This is a matter of public record.

Discussion: Salon, Business Insider, Raw Story, Mediaite, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, NBC News, New York Times, New York Magazine and Vox, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, Vox, Guardian and Political Wire

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Would've Captured Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11 Attacks

Discussion: New Century Times, Fox News Insider, alan.com and The Week

ABC News:
Donald Trump Responds to Accusations of Flip-Flopping on Iraq War

Discussion: Politico

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 …

Discussion: The Intercept, The Moderate Voice, Liberal Values, Mediaite, Politicus USA, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Little Green Footballs and American Power, more at Mediagazer »

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ok, I Admit It: I'm a Lauer Truther

Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Atlantic

James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Loses the War in a Battle Between the Candidates

Discussion: Salon, New Century Times, Daily Kos, Mashable, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Towleroad, The Mahablog and New York Magazine

Washington Post:

The Hillary Clinton email story is out of control — JUDGING BY the amount of time NBC's Matt Lauer spent pressing Hillary Clinton on her emails during Wednesday's national security presidential forum, one would think that her homebrew server was one of the most important issues facing the country this election.

Discussion: Mother Jones, New York Times, Balloon Juice, The Week and CNN

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Is a Flawed But Normal Politician. Why Can't America See That?

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Guardian

Francesca Chambers / Daily Mail:
‘Read the reports’: Hillary Clinton refuses to explain what she told the FBI about how a concussion impaired her memory

Discussion: Infowars, Washington Free Beacon, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller

Matt Egan / CNNMoney:

5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired for creating over 2 million phony accounts — Everyone hates paying bank fees. But imagine paying fees on a ghost account you didn't even sign up for. — That's exactly what happened to Wells Fargo customers nationwide.

Discussion: USA Today, U.S. Uncut, The Atlantic and The Resurgent

Michael Corkery / New York Times:

Wells Fargo Fined for Fraudulently Opening Accounts for Customers — For years, Wells Fargo employees secretly issued credit cards without a customer's consent. They created fake email accounts to sign up customers for online banking services. They set up sham accounts that customers learned …

Discussion: Bloomberg, naked capitalism, KTLA, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, LawNewz and The Week

Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:

Seahawks Considering National Anthem Protest As A Team — In the fourth week of the preseason, two other NFL players joined Colin Kaepernick in sitting out the playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner”: his 49ers teammate Eric Reid, and Seahawks CB Jeremy Lane.

Discussion: Western Journalism, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Independent Journal Review, The Daily Caller and Bleacher Report

Steven Goff / Washington Post:
Megan Rapinoe: 'It's [expletive] unbelievable. Saddened by it'

Discussion: Townhall.com, Outsports, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, Slate, Towleroad, DCist, TheBlaze.com, Mediaite, Independent Journal Review and Washington Free Beacon

Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times:
Seahawks' Doug Baldwin, Bobby Wagner considering expanding national-anthem protest

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 …

Russ Read / The Daily Caller:
New York Times Mislabels Aleppo Twice While Chastising Gary Johnson's Gaffe

Discussion: Jihad Watch

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Gary Johnson Stuns ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts By Asking ‘What Is Aleppo?’ (VIDEO)

Lauren Easton / The Definitive Source:

Statement on why AP deletes Clinton tweet — The Associated Press today is deleting a 2-week-old tweet about Hillary Clinton's meetings as Cabinet secretary after concluding the tweet fell short of AP standards by omitting essential context.

Discussion: Business Insider, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

Hadas Gold / Politico:
AP deletes Clinton Foundation tweet

Discussion: The Point and Media Matters for America

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 …

Discussion: RedState, Politico, The Resurgent, Raw Story, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Ying Ma and The New Civil Rights Movement

Anneta Konstantinides / Daily Mail:

Mother who married her daughter faces prison for incestuous marriage - eight years after she married her son — An Oklahoma mother and daughter are behind bars after it was revealed they had an incestuous marriage. — Patricia Ann Spann, 43, and Misty Velvet Dawn Spann, 25, were married in March 2016 in Comanche County.

Discussion: Telegraph, Associated Press, Louder With Crowder, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, WREG-TV, LawNewz and KFOR-TV

True Pundit:

NYPD: Hillary Clinton Was Wearing “Invisible” Earpiece To Receive Stealth Coaching During Live NBC TV Town Hall — Hillary Clinton was sporting a mini earbud wired to receive stealth communications from her campaign handlers during Wednesday's Commander-in-Chief Forum carried live on NBC from New York City, True Pundit has learned.

Discussion: Western Journalism, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Fox News, Media Matters for America, Infowars, Little Green Footballs, New Century Times, Mediaite, Independent Journal Review, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit and The Week

Joe Concha / The Hill:
Conservative media jumps on Hillary's ‘earpiece’

Discussion: Mediaite, Western Journalism, ABC News, New Century Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Independent Journal Review, Raw Story, Infowars and Althouse

PR Newswire:

Hillary's Health Concerns Serious, Say Most Doctors Polled by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) — Concerns about Hillary Clinton's health are “serious—could be disqualifying for the position of President of the U.S.,” say nearly 71% of 250 physicians responding …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Western Journalism, Liberty Unyielding and Little Green Footballs

Hannah Seligson / The Huffington Post:

One of the greatest enigmas of 2016, explained. — Not long after her parents' very public, very mortifying divorce, an adolescent Ivanka Trump sat with her father in the back of his private plane, waiting to leave New York for Palm Beach. The doors were closed and the engines were on, but they were still missing Marla Maples.

Discussion: The Times of Israel

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:

Iran May Have Received as Much as $33.6 Billion in Cash, Gold Payments From U.S. — Iran may have received an additional $33.6 billion in secret cash and gold payments facilitated by the Obama administration between 2014 and 2016, according to testimony provided before Congress by an expert on last summer's nuclear agreement with Iran.

Discussion: The Right Scoop

Donald J Trump for President:

NEW SCHOOL CHOICE POLICIES TO BE UNVEILED BY DONALD J. TRUMP TODAY — Today Donald J. Trump Unveiled Four Proposals To Increase School Choice, Which Will Lead To Increased Student Performance — PROPOSAL: Mr. Trump's first budget will immediately add an additional federal investment of $20 billion towards school choice.

Discussion: EveryJoe, Politico and The Daily Caller