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10:55 PM ET, August 12, 2016

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Bob Burnett / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Missing Money  —  Berkeley writer, retired Silicon Valley executive  —  If you're watching the Olympic games, you may have noticed “Hillary for President” ads.  She's bought $13.6 million worth, while Donald Trump has bought none.  In fact, since garnering the Republican nomination, he's spent $0 on TV.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Priebus on Trump: 'Don't believe the garbage you read'
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump can't win
Discussion: RedState, The Week and Raw Story
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Clinton Running the Table in Key Battlegrounds  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in some of the most diverse battleground states - including by double digits in two of them - according to four brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
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Tyler Pager / Politico:
Trump: Clinton will only win Pennsylvania if ‘they cheat’  —  Donald Trump again raised the specter of election fraud Friday, saying that the only way he would lose Pennsylvania is to Hillary Clinton is if “they cheat.”  —  The Republican nominee, speaking at a rally in Altoona, Pennsylvania …
Discussion: ABC News
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll only lose Pennsylvania ‘if cheating goes on’  —  says only voter fraud can prevent him from winning the swing state of Pennsylvania this November.  —  “The only way we can lose, in my opinion, I really mean this, Pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on.
Discussion: Politico and electionlawblog.org
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Hacker Publishes List Of Cell Phone Numbers, Private E-Mails For Most House Democrats  —  After disappearing for a couple of weeks, the hacker “Guccifer 2.0” returned late this afternoon to provide a new headache for Democrats.  —  In a post to his WordPress blog, the vandal …
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GUCCIFER 2.0:
Guccifer 2.0 hacked DCCC  —  Hi all!  —  It's time for new revelations now.  All of you may have heard about the DCCC hack.  As you see I wasn't wasting my time!  It was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach.  —  As you see the U.S. presidential elections are becoming a farce …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING=> TOP PHYSICIAN: Hillary Clinton Has Parkinson's Disease  —  PHYSICIAN— HILLARY CLINTON HAS PARKINSON'S DISEASE!  —  Mike Cernovich and Danger and Play come through AGAIN— … INTRODUCTION—  Hillary Clinton (HRC) has suffered a variety of health issues.
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Mike Cernovich / Mike Cernovich Presents Danger & Play:
Hillary Clinton Has Parkinson's Disease, Physician Confirms  —  Hillary's health is declining, as anyone who has looked at her can see.  The question is: What condition does she have?  A board certified Anesthesiologist has written a memo of Hillary's health.
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump NY Co-Chair: Khan Doesn't Deserve Gold Star Title  —  Carl Paladino, the co-chair for Donald Trump's campaign in New York, defended the Republican nominee's attacks on Khizr Khan, whose son died in Iraq in 2004, saying Khan doesn't deserve the title of a Gold Star parent because he's shown himself to be …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate Declares Obama Is a Muslim: ‘If It Acts Like a Duck...’
Discussion: alan.com and Balloon Juice
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
96 Percent Of Hillary's Charitable Donations In 2015 Went To Clinton Foundation  —  Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill deducted $1,042,000 in charitable contributions last year — $1 million of which went to their own family non-profit, the Clinton Foundation.
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Ivan Levingston / CNBC:
Clintons made $10.6 million in 2015, paid federal rate of 34%
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Site connected to Russian hackers posts Republican emails  —  The emails on the site, known as DCLeaks, appear to be from state party officials and former Republican presidential candidates, including Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  (R-S.C.).  The messages range from June to October of 2015.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A massive new study debunks a widespread theory for Donald Trump's success  —  Economic distress and anxiety across working-class white America have become a widely discussed explanation for the success of Donald Trump.  It seems to make sense.  Trump's most fervent supporters tend to be white men without college degrees.
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Jonathan T. Rothwell / SSRN:   Explaining Nationalist Political Views: The Case of Donald Trump
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FIRST WOMAN to Medal in SIX Olympics Ignored By Media Because She is Pro-Second Amendment  —  So this happened.  —  A US shooter Kim Rhode became the first woman to medal in Olympics today.  —  But it didn't make many headlines.  —  She's pro Second Amendment.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Buchanan: If Trump Loses, There Could Be A Revolution  —  In a column yesterday, Pat Buchanan warned that if Donald Trump loses the election in November, America could experience a revolution.  —  Buchanan, citing Trump's recent suggestion that the election could be “rigged,” …
Discussion: WND and Joe.My.God.
CBS News:
Egyptian judo fighter refuses to shake Israeli opponent's hand  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Egyptian judo fighter Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss to Israel's fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when El Shehaby refused to shake Sasson's hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette.
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Illinois Governor Vetoes Law That Would Have Registered 2 Million Voters  —  Late Friday afternoon, Illinois' Republican Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill that would have made the state the sixth in the nation to automatically register millions of voters.
Discussion: alan.com
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Ilhan Omar: Her back pages  —  Somali American Ilhan Omar defeated 22-term incumbent Phyllis Kahn for the nomination of the DFL to serve as the representative of House District 60B in the state legislature.  Omar came in first in a three-way primary race for the nomination in Tuesday's primary.
Discussion: Star Tribune
Hannah Jeffrey / Tampa Bay Times:
Pinellas sheriff: 2-week-old infant beaten to death by 6-year-old brother (w/video)  —  Kathleen Steele, 62, loaded her three young children into a minivan on Monday afternoon and drove to a cellphone repair shop in St. Petersburg.  —  3 Months Ago 2 Months Ago
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Warns Christian Conservatives of the Costs of Gay Intolerance  —  Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has faced widespread condemnation for agreeing to speak at a conference alongside Christian conservatives who have denounced homosexuality and gay rights, used his speech to the group …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pieces of Silver  —  By now, it's obvious to everyone with open eyes that Donald Trump is an ignorant, wildly dishonest, erratic, immature, bullying egomaniac.  On the other hand, he's a terrible person.  But despite some high-profile defections, most senior figures in the Republican Party …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
E. Alex Jung / Vulture:
RuPaul on His First Emmy Nomination, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton  —  “Do you want a pompous braggart who doesn't know anything about diplomacy?  Or do you want a badass bitch who knows how to get s**t done?”  —  For the first time in his career, RuPaul is getting some mainstream recognition: an Emmy nomination.
Discussion: Vox
The Daily Beast:
A Note From the Editors  —  Today, The Daily Beast took an unprecedented but necessary step: We are removing an article from our site, “The Other Olympic Sport In Rio: Swiping.”  —  The Daily Beast does not do this lightly.  As shared in our editor's note earlier today …
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Hillary Clinton Vows To Do What Obama Hasn't — Reschedule Marijuana  —  She's expressing strong support for loosening restrictions.  —  On Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced it won't reschedule marijuana from a Scheduled I controlled substance, meaning that in the eyes …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem accuses Trump of sabotaging own campaign  —  Facing friendly fire from GOP critics and lagging in the polls, Donald Trump  —  is trying to sink his own campaign, Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) contended Thursday.  —  “It appears as if he knows he will not be the next president of the United States …
Discussion: Washington Times
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Obamacare loses its fire on campaign trail  —  A handful of moderate House Republicans in tight reelection contests have done something that most Republicans would consider unthinkable — renounce the GOP catechism on repealing Obamacare as they fight for their political lives.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
6 Problems With Media's Hysterical Reaction To Trump's ISIS Comments  —  Back in February, candidates for the Republican nomination for president debated each other in South Carolina.  The Saturday evening discussion was raucous.  Donald Trump did something downright shocking for a debate …
 
 
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Gun control goes on the ballot
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The Election Won't Be Rigged. But It Could Be Hacked.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Denies Request To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal
Barack Obama / The White House:
Asked and Answered: “This country needs more spunk”
Discussion: Mediaite, ABC News and WKRN-TV
ThinkProgress:
The NRA's Favorite Gun “Academic” Is A Fraud
Discussion: Raw Story
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Trump closes up shop in New Jersey
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Paul Singer / USA Today:
Gannett and N.Y. Times ask court to unseal 1990 Trump divorce records
Martin Rogers / USA Today:
American Simone Manuel speaks out on police brutality, race after earning Olympic gold
Liz Crokin / The New York Observer:
Tech Companies Apple, Twitter, Google, and Instagram Collude to Defeat Trump
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