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8:20 PM ET, September 13, 2016

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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Republicans Privately Panic At “Terrifying” Prospect Of Trump Win  —  The Clinton campaign's wobbly performance over the past 72 hours has set off a rash of behind-the-scenes handwringing among professional Republicans as they confront an unnerving new possibility: What if their nominee actually wins the White House?
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Teresa Welsh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
TV anchor accidentally reports Hillary Clinton died  —  A TV anchor started his broadcast Sunday with a startling statement.  —  “Good evening,” said WABC weekend anchor Joe Torres.  “We begin with Hillary Clinton's death.”  —  Torres didn't correct himself, but the broadcast continued …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘This is badgering’: Trump campaign manager comes unglued when CNN asks for proof of charity claims  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway lashed out at CNN host Alisyn Camerota on Tuesday and accused the media of “badgering” …
Discussion: alan.com
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Kimmel: Clinton Conspiracy Theories Would Be Harder to Believe If They Didn't Actually Come True
Discussion: Infowars
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
The man who discovered CTE thinks Hillary Clinton may have been poisoned
Louis Nelson / Politico:
New York attorney general opens ‘inquiry’ into Trump Foundation  —  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation “to make sure it's complying with the laws governing charities in New York,” he said Tuesday.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The brilliance of Hillary Clinton's ‘deplorables’  —  Could there be a clunkier phrase than “basket of deplorables”?  Hillary Clinton's assertion that half — or maybe something less than half — of Donald Trump's supporters are “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic …
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Democrats Push for Federal Look Into Donald Trump's Donation in Florida
Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and The Week
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Pence tries to douse David Duke fire
Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN and ABC News
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
New poll shows competitive 2016 race in Maine  —  Of all the states once seen as clearly in Hillary Clinton's column, a new survey identifies the one perhaps most likely to tip to Donald Trump — and that state is Maine.  —  A Colby College-Boston Globe poll released Tuesday shows …
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Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
THE GEORGE W. BUSH WHITE HOUSE ‘LOST’ 22 MILLION EMAILS  —  IN THE MAGAZINE  —  Like Clinton, the Bush White House used a private email server—its was owned by the Republican National Committee.  And the Bush administration failed to store its emails, as required by law …
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CNN:
Obama steps in as Clinton recovers
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Coulter: ‘I would die’ for Trump  —  Ann Coulter, whose support of Donald Trump  —  at one point appeared to falter with his shifting immigration stance, is standing by the Republican nominee no matter what.  —  “I worship him like the North Koreans worship the ‘Dear Leaders’ — yes …
Discussion: RedState
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
CBS News Edits Out Embarrassing Verbal Slip in Bill Clinton Interview  —  When airing an interview with former president and would-be First Husband Bill Clinton, CBS News edited out a verbal slip that would have reflected poorly on his wife Hillary Clinton.  —  Clinton sat down with Charlie …
World Anti-Doping Agency:
WADA Confirms Attack by Russian Cyber Espionage Group  —  The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that a Russian cyber espionage group operator by the name of Tsar Team (APT28), also known as Fancy Bear, illegally gained access to WADA's Anti-Doping Administration and Management System …
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J. Weston Phippen / The Atlantic:
The Hack on U.S. Olympians' Medical Records
Discussion: The Root, NBC News and Mashable
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Democrat apologizes for remarks about Clinton and sex  —  (D-Fla.) apologized Tuesday for “poorly worded” comments he made over the weekend, when he said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  “is under no illusions that you want to have sex with her.”
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Daniel Desrochers / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Bevin says physical fight may be needed to preserve conservative values  —  Gov. Matt Bevin said Saturday that America is at a fork in the road and if something isn't done soon to protect religious and conservative values, people might have to physically fight for them.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Kentucky's governor said something really scary over the weekend
Discussion: Washington Post
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Donald Trump unveils child-care policy influenced by Ivanka Trump  —  ASTON, Pa. — Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled several policy proposals for lowering child-care costs that were crafted in part by his eldest daughter, Ivanka, including a plan to guarantee six weeks of paid maternity leave …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump to call for six weeks paid maternity leave
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why Are The Media Objectively Pro-Trump?  —  Because they are, at this point.  It's not even false equivalence: compare the amount of attention given to the Clinton Foundation despite absence of any evidence of wrongdoing, and attention given to Trump Foundation, which engaged in more or less open bribery …
US Census / News Releases:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015  —  SEPT. 13, 2016 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income increased by 5.2 percent between 2014 and 2015 while the official poverty rate decreased 1.2 percentage points.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Liberal groups frustrate Democrats with GOP endorsements  —  Two major liberal outside groups have endorsed Republicans in Senate races, frustrating Democrats who see the majority as within their grasp.  —  The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), which advocates for LGBT rights …
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Democrats brace against potential 2018 Senate ‘disaster’
Discussion: Daily Kos, RedState and Washington Post
Aaron Adelson / WLOS-TV:
69-year-old woman punched in face outside rally by Trump supporter  —  ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Police say they arrested five people at Trump's Monday night rally in Asheville, and as of publishing have warrants out for two more people.  Police plan to arrest Richard Campbell of Edisto Island, South Carolina for assault on a female.
Ethan Barton / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: John Kerry's State Department Funneled MILLIONS To His Daughter's Nonprofit  —  More than $9 million of Department of State money has been funneled through the Peace Corps to a nonprofit foundation started and run by Secretary of State John Kerry's daughter, documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation show.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Crisis at The Times And That Public Editor Piece  —  I had a chance to read New York Times public editor Liz Spayd's much discussed column on “false balance.”  I've seen many ‘false balance’ critics attacking it and countless national news reporters embracing it.
Discussion: Politico and Drudge Retort
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
The Parties on the Eve of the 2016 Election: Two Coalitions, Moving Further Apart  —  Trends in voter party identification 1992-2016  —  Ahead of the presidential election, the demographic profiles of the Republican and Democratic parties are strikingly different.
Salena Zito / The Atlantic:
Why Democrats in Western Pennsylvania Are Voting Trump  —  CHARLEROI, Pa.—Angela LeJohn is 49, has worked at a local energy company for nine years, and loves it.  A registered Democrat, she never once voted for a Republican and never expected to entertain such a thought—not even in a local election—until this year.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Sen. Menendez loses in appeals court  —  Sen. Robert Menendez has lost another round in federal court in seeking to have the bribery and corruption charges against him dismissed, and the New Jersey Democrat will now ask the Supreme Court to get involved in his case.
 
 
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Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
ISIS ‘celebrate Eid’ by hanging ‘US spies’ from meat hooks and butcher them 'like sheep …
Daily Mail:
Did Clinton bring her personal DOCTOR to 9/11 memorial where she collapsed? …
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Founder Of “Black Men For Bernie” Launching Pro-Trump Effort
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
School found in violation of Title IX for using ‘common sense’ to investigate accusations
Discussion: Hot Air
Fox News:
Republicans submit resolution to impeach IRS commissioner
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Obama blasts Trump as a phony champion of the working class
 Earlier Items: 
Charles Boustany / Associated Press:
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany's wife calls prostitution claims ‘false attacks’
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Obama is Clinton's trump card
Media Matters for America:
Bill O'Reilly Whitewashes Previous Comments Defending Roger Ailes From Sexual Harassment Allegations
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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