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5:10 PM ET, August 12, 2016

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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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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway  —  Multiple FBI investigations are underway involving potential corruption charges against the Clinton Foundation, according to a former senior law enforcement official.  —  The investigation centers on New York City …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump demanded Obama's records. But he's not releasing his own.
Discussion: ABC News
Reuters:
Clintons earned $10.75 million in 2015, paid 34.2 percent federal tax rate
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and AOL
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Releases 2015 Tax Returns; Paid 34% Effective Federal Rate
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton well ahead in several battlegrounds, new poll shows
Discussion: ABC News
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Widens Lead Over Donald Trump in Battleground States
Discussion: Hit & Run and Joe.My.God.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump warns GOP he could stop fundraising  —  on Thursday issued a threat to stop fundraising for the Republican Party after a report emerged that party officials could focus resources on down-ballot candidates.  —  “I mean, if it is true, that's OK too because all I have to do is stop funding …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump team, RNC to meet at pivotal moment
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
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2007 Radio Hit, Trump Said He Wanted Friend Hillary To Be The Democratic Nominee  —  In a late 2007 interview with Howard Stern, Donald Trump said he was pushing for Hillary Clinton win the 2008 Democratic primary calling her a good friend of his for whom he'd hosted fundraisers.
Discussion: RedState and alan.com
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Donald Trump Explains His Obama-Founded-ISIS Claim as ‘Sarcasm’
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Now Says Claim That Obama Was ‘Founder Of ISIS’ Was ‘Sarcasm’
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.
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 …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump can't win  —  Republican insiders are more convinced than Democrats that Donald Trump is so far behind Hillary Clinton that he can't win in November.  —  Roughly half of Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus — activists, strategists and operatives in 11 swing states …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and The Week
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
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Trump closes up shop in New Jersey  —  Donald Trump and his supporters claimed, once the Republican nomination was wrapped up, that traditionally blue New Jersey could be in play come November.  —  With great fanfare, Trump's campaign opened a New Jersey office on May 3 in Edison …
Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite, alan.com and RedState
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
McConnell: GOP chances to keep Senate are ‘very dicey’  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate after the November elections are “very dicey,” sounding an alarm amid mounting Republican concerns about presidential nominee Donald Trump,
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
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rupert Murdoch announces new leadership for Fox News  —  Rupert Murdoch named Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine co-presidents of Fox News on Friday, while also announcing other leadership changes.  —  Abernethy was Fox Television Stations CEO while Shine was senior executive vice president.
Martin Rogers / USA Today:
American Simone Manuel speaks out on police brutality, race after earning Olympic gold  —  RIO DE JANEIRO - American swimmer Simone Manuel spoke out about the United States' police brutality controversy after claiming a historic gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics on Thursday night.
ThinkProgress:
The NRA's Favorite Gun “Academic” Is A Fraud  —  The journalistic quest for neutrality has led to a sacrifice of intellectual integrity.  —  By Devin Hughes and Evan DeFilippis  —  The United States seems to be in a perpetual cycle mourning mass shootings in the country.
Discussion: Raw Story
Liz Crokin / The New York Observer:
Tech Companies Apple, Twitter, Google, and Instagram Collude to Defeat Trump  —  There is no such thing as Pro-Trump free speech as Clinton corporate allies serve up a carefully curated view of the campaign  —  My dad always told me that conservative candidates have to work twice as hard …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Denies Request To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal  —  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday denied Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's request that the state be allowed to enforce a recently passed anti-LGBT religious exemption law while the state appeals …
 
 
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem accuses Trump of sabotaging own campaign
Discussion: Washington Times
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama facing pressure to rip up his lobbyist rules
Barack Obama / The White House:
Asked and Answered: “This country needs more spunk”
Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite and WKRN-TV
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Obama puts Congress on notice: TPP is coming
CNN:
Boy falls off Pennsylvania roller coaster
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Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
A 6-Year-Old Girl Was Handcuffed At School For Taking Candy
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Brandon George / Dallas Morning News:
NFL won't allow Cowboys to wear decal supporting Dallas police on their helmets
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Gannett and N.Y. Times ask court to unseal 1990 Trump divorce records
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
The Trump we saw: Populist, frustrating, naive, wise, forever on the make
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
NEW NARRATIVE: TRUMP, Republicans concede they could lose election …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Clinton's press problem
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Fred Trump Taught His Son the Essentials of Showboating Self-Promotion
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