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9:35 PM ET, August 11, 2018

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Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald:
Email indicates Florida House candidate may have staged college degree deception  —  Miami University says Melissa Howard never graduated, despite her posting images of a diploma.  —  Facing accusations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University in Ohio …
Discussion: Washington Post
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The Daily Beast:
Florida GOP Candidate Accused of Faking College Diploma  —  Miami University has reportedly called out a Republican candidate running for a Florida legislative seat for allegedly fabricating her college credentials.  Melissa Howard, running for the GOP nomination for a House seat …
David Bishop / FLA News Online:
EXCLUSIVE: Candidate Melissa Howard Faked Her Diploma, University Alleges  —  After FLA News exclusively reported Tuesday that Republican State House candidate Melissa Howard didn't have the college degree from Miami University in Ohio that she claimed to have earned, Mrs. Howard flew to Ohio Friday to prove our report wrong.
Discussion: fox8.com, Joe.My.God. and POLITICUSUSA
Tim Swift / WPLG-TV:   Florida candidate poses with fake diploma after questions about her credentials
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Trump's résumé is rife with mob connections  —  Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas titled their classic group portrait of Harry S. Truman's foreign policy team, “The Wise Men.”  A book about Donald Trump's associations might be called “The Wise Guys.”  —  Mario Puzo would've been just the man to write it.
Politico:
Rep. Chris Collins, fighting prosecution, seeks to end reelection bid  —  Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who was charged this week as part of an insider trading scheme, is suspending his re-election campaign and will attempt to remove his name from the ballot.
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New York Times:
A Congressman, a Financial Deal and an Intricate Web of Conflicts  —  Representative Christopher Collins once said that the success of an obscure Australian company's drug would be carved on his tombstone.  Instead, its failure has upended his congressional career.
Roll Call:   Chris Collins Suspends Campaign Just Days After Criminal Indictment
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
New York congressman facing insider trading charges suspends reelection bid
Discussion: USA Today, IJR and Washington Monthly
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Before ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, Trump Does Not Condemn Supremacists  —  WASHINGTON — As white nationalists planned to gather in front of the White House on Sunday to mark the anniversary of last year's violent rally in Charlottesville, Va., President Trump denounced “all types of racism,” …
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Fortune:
‘On Both Sides’  —  Trump drew condemnation in the days that followed when he appeared to equivocate the actions of white supremacists and those that opposed them.  —  “I think there is blame on both sides,” Trump said during a press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.
Discussion: Instapundit
Washington Post:
Trump condemns ‘all types of racism’ after a week of racially tinged remarks
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump's War With Harley-Davidson Has Divided America's Bikers  —  A move by the company has put one of the country's most iconic brands in the uncomfortable position of clashing with a president who is immensely popular with most of its customers.  —  STURGIS, S.D. — Gary Rathbun rumbled …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
More than 100 seats that backed Brexit now want to stay in EU  —  Major new analysis shows most constituencies now have majority who want to Remain  —  More than 100 Westminster constituencies that voted to leave the EU have now switched their support to Remain, according to a stark new analysis seen by the Observer.
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump fumes at the FBI, Justice Dept. and Sessions in series of tweets  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly castigated the Justice Department, the attorney general and the FBI, amplifying his allies' recent efforts to cast doubt on the Russia probe after remaining largely silent …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:   Trump calls for unity on anniversary of Charlottesville rally
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
When the Tide Comes In  —  From the very beginning, NR has stood against the ‘irresponsible Right.’  —  D  —  “Save Ike from the Kikes.”  —  I'd better explain.  —  This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Nazi troll armies' march on Charlottesville, Va. To commemorate it, there will even be a march in Washington.
Discussion: New York Times and alicublog
John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP corruption scandals may help Democratic candidates, but it's not clear how much  — President Trump and GOP candidates face a plethora of ethical and corruption scandals leading up to the midterms.  — As long as that list is, something larger dominates this election season, too: Trump's uniquely polarizing governing style.
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Associated Press:
Trump, at golf club, intent on projecting he's hard at work
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
Politico:   Trump pivots to border wall, China and ‘Manafort this, Manafort that’
BuzzFeed News:
An Airline Employee Stole A Plane From Seattle Airport And Was Chased By Fighter Jets Before Crashing  —  “I'm just a broken guy.  I've got a few screws loose I guess, I never really knew it until now,” the rogue pilot said to air traffic control.  —  An airline employee stole a plane …
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El Paso Times:
Let's remove Capitol plaque that lies about history: House Speaker Joe Straus  —  It has been a year since a horrific tragedy in Charlottesville, Va., caused a loss of life and painfully reminded us that bigotry still exists and needs to be confronted.  —  It was bigotry also …
Discussion: Raw Story
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Are you still sure there's no need to worry?  —  “Don't worry, the institutions will stop him.”  Or: “Don't worry, he hasn't done any real damage yet, the institutions have stopped him.”  How many times have you heard some version of this analysis since the election of President Trump?
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:   Are there any limits to Paul Manafort's greed?
Chicago Tribune:
2 dead, 18 wounded in Chicago shootings: 'Even I'm scared to walk to the corner store'  —  A police vehicle is parked at a gas station close to the scene of a shooting that injured two teen boys in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard on Aug. 10, 2018.  (Madeline Buckley / Chicago Tribune)
Discussion: Breitbart
Clare Foran / CNN:
GOP lawmaker: Russian meddling fanned the flames in Charlottesville  —  Charlottesville anniversary of deadly rally  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Tom Garrett said Saturday that he was told during a briefing with the FBI director that Russian meddling played in a role in …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
More than 100 newspapers will publish editorials decrying Trump's anti-press rhetoric  —  “The dirty war on the free press must end.”  —  That's the idea behind an unusual editorial-writing initiative that has enlisted scores of newspapers across America.  —  The Boston Globe …
Michael H. Keller / New York Times:
The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views  —  Plays can be bought for pennies and delivered in bulk, inflating videos' popularity and creating an environment ripe for manipulation.  —  Interactive illustration by Adam Ferriss for The New York Times.  Video footage by Scott Dalton, William Widmer, Joshua Lott and Martin Vassilev.
 
 
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NBC News:
Ex-KKK member denounces hate groups one year after rallying in Charlottesville
Michael Walsh / American Greatness:
Farewell to the ‘Conservative Movement’
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Michael Avenatti says Democrats must ‘fight fire with fire’ as he eyes presidential run
New York Times:
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
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