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12:55 AM ET, August 16, 2016

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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump proposes ideological test for Muslim immigrants and visitors to the U.S.  —  Donald Trump proposed on Monday a new ideological test for all Muslim immigrants and visitors to this country, allowing entry only to “those who support our values.”  —  “Those who support bigotry and hatred” …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Atlantic
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Terrorism Plan Mixes Cold War Concepts and Limits on Immigrants  —  Donald J. Trump on Monday will lay out what aides described as a broad framework for combating global Islamic terrorism, invoking the Cold War era to try new approaches to limiting the influx of immigrants into the country.
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump looking to institute political tests for immigrants
Austin Wright / Politico:
Trump's Islamic State address: Fact or fiction?
Discussion: NBC News and Politicus USA
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump to lay out plan for combating radical Islamic terrorism
Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani didn't forget about 9/11 today.  He conveniently omitted it.  —  There was a time in his political career when Rudy Giuliani talked about 9/11 so much that Joe Biden famously said of him that there were “only three things he mentions in a sentence: A noun, a verb and 9/11.”
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Giuliani: No successful terrorist attacks in US in 8 years before Obama
Discussion: ABC News and Mediaite
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
GOP lays out case for charging Clinton with perjury  —  A pair of leading House Republicans on Monday laid out detailed instructions for the Justice Department to file perjury charges against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  More than a month after first requesting …
Lizzie Widdicombe / New Yorker:
Ivanka and Jared's Power Play  —  How the patrician couple came to have an outsized influence on a populist Presidential campaign.  —  The modern Presidential campaign may be the world's most sophisticated pop-up operation, a billion-dollar multilayered organization that, if it hopes to succeed …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Althouse
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Ivanka Trump / New York Daily News:
Ivanka Trump spends day during Croatia family vacation with rumored Putin love interest Wendi Deng Murdoch
Discussion: Shakesville
Peter Thiel / New York Times:
The Online Privacy Debate Won't End With Gawker  —  Last month, I spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland because I believe our country is on the wrong track, and we need to solve real problems instead of fighting fake culture wars.  I'm glad that an arena full of Republicans stood …
Philly.com:
Jury: A.G. Kane guilty of perjury, obstruction, all other charges  —  Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction and other crimes after squandering her once bright political future on an illegal vendetta against an enemy.  —  KATHLEEN KANE TRIAL
CBS New York:
Man Charged With Shooting, Killing Queens Imam, Associate  —  NEW YORK — A man was arrested and charged late Monday with the shooting that killed an imam and his associate in Queens this past weekend.  —  Oscar Morel, 35, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one of criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
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Lori Chung / NY1 News:   Funeral Held for Queens Imam and His Assistant; Police Question Man Over Shooting
New York Daily News:
Suspected shooter in Queens slaying of Imam and friend taken into police custody, may have been …
Liz Clarke / Washington Post:
Gabby Douglas, her Olympics over, tearfully responds to social media critics  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — As younger U.S. teammates added to their medal haul Sunday, Gabby Douglas, the Virginia Beach native who captivated the gymnastics world in winning all-around gold at the 2012 Olympics …
Discussion: Refinery29, KFOR-TV and Balloon Juice
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Team Trump is a disaster: It's not just the candidate — his entire staff is ill-equipped for a presidential campaign  —  Trump has filled out his economic policy team with a long list of wealthy donors and female right-wing cranks  —  Donald Trump says he isn't running …
Donald Trump / Deseret News:
Exclusive: Donald Trump: Utah can help make America great again  —  Editor's note: The Deseret News has asked the major presidential candidates to share their views with our readers.  We've published exclusive op-eds from Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Nightly Show’ Canceled; Larry Wilmore “Saddened” By “Unblackening” at Comedy Central  —  The late-night talk show will end its run Thursday, with Chris Hardwick's ‘@Midnight’ serving as its temporary replacement.  —  It's the end of the road for Larry Wilmore's Comedy Central series The Nightly Show.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Obama ‘Tired’ of Talking About Donald Trump  —  President Obama took a brief break from his 16-day vacation on Martha's Vineyard to attend a Democratic National Committee fundraiser on the island, where he made a strong case for Hillary Clinton as he seemed to brush off Donald Trump.
Discussion: Mediaite and Associated Press
Daily Mail:
ISIS executes six people by BOILING them in TAR after Iraqi Sharia court accuses the men of being spies  —  By , TED THORNHILL FOR MAILONLINE and MARK NICOL FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY  —  Six people have been put to death by Isis - by being immersed in boiling vats of tar, it's been reported.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Katrina Pierson claims reporters ‘literally beat’ Trump's supporters  —  The Donald Trump campaign's verbal assault on the media has given “beat reporters” a new meaning.  —  Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson on Monday accused “left-wing reporters” of “literally” beating Trump supporters.
Discussion: RedState and Talking Points Memo
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The State of the Clinton-Trump Race: Is It Over?  —  It has been three weeks since Democrats gathered for their convention, and Hillary Clinton still holds a large and consistent lead in national and battleground state polls.  —  Her national lead over Donald J. Trump of seven …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Tim Kaine's Southern night: Barbecue, beer and bluegrass on the harmonica  —  ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine went all in during his North Carolina visit Monday night, busting out his harmonica for an impromptu jam session with a local bluegrass band.
Discussion: ABC News
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Troll So Hard: Harry Reid Demands That Trump Take The Naturalization Test  —  Donald Trump will announce Monday that he wants individuals entering the U.S. to take some kind of “ideological test” before they are admitted into the country.  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Increase in minority voters poses problem for Trump in Florida  —  The complexion of Florida's electorate is becoming browner by the day, and that spells trouble for Donald Trump's presidential campaign as he struggles to attract minority voters.  —  Since the 2012 presidential election …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Caroline Kelly / Politico:
Never Trump conservative misses California ballot deadline, plans lawsuit
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Commission on Presidential Debates:
Commission on Presidential Debates Announces Polls to be used in 2016 Candidate Selection Criteria
Donna Rachel Edmunds / Breitbart:
Calais Locals Warned to Stay Away from Main Roads As Migrants Smash Vehicles
GUCCIFER 2.0:
DCCC Internal Docs on Primaries in Florida
Discussion: Naked Politics and Politico
Mark Sanford / New York Times:
I Support You, Donald Trump. Now Release Your Tax Returns.
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Rachel Petty / New York Post:
New York is getting really trashy
Discussion: CBS New York and Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
‘You have right to be believed’ edited out of Clinton website
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Reince Priebus mulling RNC re-election bid
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
John Oliver Takes on ‘Feeding Frenzy’ of Subprime Car Loans: ‘It Almost Feels Criminal’
Discussion: Towleroad
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Right now polls show Donald Trump losing every single swing state
Heat Street:
HEALTH WATCH: Hillary Clinton's ‘Erratic’ Behavior Raises Eyebrows
Daniel Libit / CNBC:
Transcribers' agony: Frustrated not by what Trump says but how he says it
Simon Maloy / Salon:
The Trump vote: New data reveals hints as to who is most likely to pull the lever for Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Booman Tribune