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3:45 PM ET, August 15, 2016

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New York Times:
Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump's Campaign Chief  —  KIEV, Ukraine — On a leafy side street off Independence Square in Kiev is an office used for years by Donald J. Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, when he consulted for Ukraine's ruling political party.
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Clinton Surges / NBC News:
Clinton Surges Past 270 Electoral Votes in NBC News Battleground Map  —  Wall Street Journal to GOP: Dump Donald Trump if he doesn't change (which he says he won't) 2:50  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
Politico:
Manafort blasts NYT, denies he accepted Ukraine cash payments  —  Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, slammed the New York Times Monday morning after the newspaper published a story reporting that secret ledgers in Ukraine show more than $12 million in cash earmarked for him.
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump looking to institute political tests for immigrants  —  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as “foreign policy realism” focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other extremist organizations.
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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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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Larry Wilmore's ‘Nightly Show’ Cancelled at Comedy Central … “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” will call it a day after Thursday's episode.  —  Comedy Central has canceled the half-hour series that replaced “The Colbert Report” on Jan. 19, 2015, making “Nightly” the first of the recent wave of late-night newcomers to shutter.
Simon Maloy / Salon:
The Trump vote: New data reveals hints as to who is most likely to pull the lever for Trump  —  A new Gallup analysis undermines some assumptions about Trump voters, and confirms that race plays a huge role  —  “Who are Donald Trump's supporters?”  It's a question that pundits …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why I don't think it makes sense to attribute Trump's support to economic anxiety  —  One of the most popular ideas about Donald Trump this election cycle is that he has awakened a deep sense of “economic anxiety” from the white working class.  This idea is often said to be supported by his poll numbers …
Tara Golshan / Vox:   The 40 top Republicans (and counting) who won't support Donald Trump for president
Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Pals Ivanka Trump and Wendi Deng Murdoch Go Sightseeing in Croatia  —  Ivanka Trump is taking a break from the campaign trail to vacation with friends.  —  The daughter of GOP nominee Donald Trump shared a scenic snap with Wendi Deng Murdoch, the ex-wife of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, from Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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Lizzie Widdicombe / New Yorker:
Ivanka and Jared's Power Play
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ivanka Trump / New York Daily News:
Ivanka Trump spends day during Croatia family vacation with rumored Putin love interest Wendi Deng Murdoch
Discussion: Shakesville
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton Leads In Breitbart Poll Conducted As Rebuke To MSM Surveys  —  Aiming to address a recent slew of “mainstream media” polls showing Hillary Clinton holding a decisive lead over of Donald Trump, Breitbart News conducted its own survey.  But the conservative news site came up with similar results.
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
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Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Poll shows Trump losing support among home-state Republicans
Discussion: RedState
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Biden on Trump: ‘He would have loved Stalin’  —  Vice President Joe Biden on Monday ripped into Donald Trump for his overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin, declaring that the Republican nominee “would have loved Stalin.”  —  At a rally in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania …
Discussion: ABC News
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Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Clinton: Trump ‘All Over the Place on ISIS’
Discussion: Associated Press
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ukrainian CASH for Manafort — What BIDEN will say today with CLINTON — New jobs for Lis Smith …
Discussion: Mediaite
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Trump Spokeswoman Katrina Pierson: We All Make Mistakes … WASHINGTON — Just about the only person on Donald Trump's presidential campaign who can overshadow the boss and keep her job is Katrina Pierson — the Texan and Trump spokeswoman who has made waves over a pair of embarrassing on-air flubs.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Katrina Pierson claims reporters ‘literally beat’ Trump's supporters
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: KFOR-TV, Refinery29 and Balloon Juice
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump In 2008 Interview: “I Support Hillary, I Think She's Fantastic”  —  In a previously unreported exchange from 2008, Donald Trump threw his support behind then-Senator Hillary Clinton's bid for the Democratic nomination, calling her “fantastic.”  —  BuzzFeed News found a transcript …
Discussion: alan.com
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
CNN anchor to Manafort: 'These things, just because you say them, they're not true'
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Right now polls show Donald Trump losing every single swing state  —  Donald Trump's post-convention collapse has hurt him in the polls across the country.  But it's really hurt his numbers in some crucial swing states in particular — states that would be enough to give Hillary Clinton an Electoral College majority.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Self-Reckoning  —  The GOP nominee and his supporters face a moment of truth.  —  Donald Trump lashed out at the media on Sunday after more stories describing dysfunction inside his presidential campaign.  “If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning …
Heat Street:
HEALTH WATCH: Hillary Clinton's ‘Erratic’ Behavior Raises Eyebrows  —  EXCLUSIVE: Heat Street has compiled evidence of the media's growing willingness to touch the forbidden question of the Democratic nominee's health.  Does she need to release those medical records to be straight with the public?
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Reince Priebus mulling RNC re-election bid  —  Reince Priebus may not have had enough.  —  The longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee in history is weighing a return engagement as head of the GOP, POLITICO has learned.  —  It's a move that would come as a surprise to many.
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
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Bill McKibben / New Republic:
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Daniel Libit / CNBC:
Transcribers' agony: Frustrated not by what Trump says but how he says it
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
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Sheriff David Clarke / The Hill:
Liberal politics and media fueled Milwaukee riots
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Michelle Dockery interview: ‘Downton may not be over quite yet’
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 Earlier Items: 
Grist / Raw Story:
Chief NC scientist resigns, accuses GOP administration of misleading the public about water quality
Charlie Cook / The Cook Political Report:
New August Electoral College Ratings
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Daily News:
Suspected shooter in Queens slaying of Imam and friend taken into police custody, may have been …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump hires the B team
Discussion: Washington Post
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Pollsters: Trump approaching zero hour
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Daily Wire
Manu Raju / CNN:
Records contradict Bayh's assertion over staying in Indiana
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Examiner:
Once more into the Supreme Court breach
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Brace for More Leaks From Hackers
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Daily Caller