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9:15 AM ET, August 19, 2016

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Told F.B.I. Colin Powell Advised Her to Use Private Email  —  Pressed by the F.B.I. about her email practices at the State Department, Hillary Clinton told investigators that former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell had advised her to use a personal email account
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Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Report: Clinton told FBI Colin Powell advised her to use personal email  —  520 Shares  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told federal investigators that Colin Powell, a former secretary of State, advised her to use a personal email account, the New York Times reports.
Discussion: The Week
Mark Hensch / The Hill:   Clinton to FBI: Powell said to use private email
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Regretful Trump pivots 107 days late  —  Three and a half months after sealing the Republican nomination, Donald Trump pivoted to contest the general election on Thursday night, expressing regret for his past failures to “choose the right words” and delivering one of the most comprehensive …
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Full Replay/Transcript: Donald Trump Gives First Campaign Speech Since Hiring Bannon & Conway  —  Donald Trump will speak at an event at the Charlotte Convention Center Thursday evening.  This is his first campaign event since the hiring of Stephen Bannon as chief executive and Kellyanne Conway as campaign manager.
Discussion: Mickey Kaus
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Steps Out of Character to Voice Unexplained Regrets
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mother Jones
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: Sometimes you say the wrong thing
Discussion: Althouse and Joe.My.God.
The Hill:
FULL SPEECH: Donald Trump in battleground North Carolina
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump, speaking after campaign shake-up, expresses regret over causing ‘personal pain’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
TheDustyRebel / Gothamist:
Here's How NYers React To A Life-Size Naked Donald Trump Statue In Union Square  —  Someone has erected a statue of a naked Donald Trump in Union Square.  You can see it RIGHT NOW in real life.  [Update below, but it's gone now]  —  Anarchist collective INDECLINE appears to be behind the stunt …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in several cities  —  Naked, life-size statues of Donald Trump  —  are being unveiled Thursday in several U.S. cities.  —  The statues were erected by the anarchist collective Indecline and are set to appear in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Seattle.
Discussion: Distractify, BizPac Review and Guardian
Claire Voon / Hyperallergic:
Street Artists Erect Nude Sculpture of Donald Trump in New York's Union Square [UPDATED]
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
These protesters wanted to humiliate ‘Emperor’ Trump. So they took off his clothes.
ABC News:
Former Breitbart Staffer to Powerhouse Politics: Bannon Ran Meetings That Sounded Like White Supremacists Talking  —  A former Breitbart News spokesman slammed Donald Trump's new campaign chief executive, Stephen Bannon, for allegedly using racist rhetoric during editorial meetings at Breitbart …
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Breitbart editor planned secret anti-Trump campaign to take down reporter  —  After former Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields turned against the right-wing news site in May, the site's Washington Political Editor Matt Boyle had an idea.  —  Breitbart has been a major booster …
Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
Ryan Lochte is everything the world hates about Americans  —  MORE FROM:  —  This was late one night — actually, early one morning — in the summer of 2004, at a bustling tavern in Plaka, the social heart of Athens during the Olympics.  We could see the Parthenon from our table …
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
U.S. Swimmers' Disputed Robbery Claim Fuels Tension in Brazil  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Soon after the first news media reports surfaced Sunday morning of an armed assault on four American swimmers, the athletes were interviewed at the United States Olympic team's hospitality house by State Department officials …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
DONALD TRUMP Heads to Louisiana Tomorrow - While Obama Vacations, Hillary Rests  —  Donald Trump is traveling to Louisiana on Friday.  —  Louisiana is suffering through the worst disaster since Hurricane Sandy.  More than 20,000 people were displaced in the flooding.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump adviser accused of making anti-Semitic remarks  —  WASHINGTON  —  Allegations of anti-Semitism have surfaced against one of Donald Trump's foreign policy advisers, raising further questions about the guidance the Republican presidential nominee is receiving.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump spokeswoman claims Clinton has rare brain disease  —  has brain damage that impairs her ability to communicate.  —  Speaking on MSNBC, Katrina Pierson alleged that Clinton has a disorder called dysphasia, a condition brought on by brain trauma that erodes a person's ability to speak or comprehend language.
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Twitter rolls out quality filter setting to all users  —  Twitter is taking another step forward in ensuring that its service is a safe place to be.  The company today announced that it's giving everyone access to its quality filter, which automatically screens out tweets from suspicious accounts …
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Emil Leong / The Twitter Blog:
New Ways to Control Your Experience on Twitter
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Concedes $400 Million Payment to Iran Was Delayed as Prisoner ‘Leverage’  —  The State Department conceded for the first time on Thursday that it delayed making a $400 million payment to Iran for several hours in January “to retain maximum leverage” and assure that three American prisoners were released the same day.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
State Dept. confirms $400 million Iran payment conditioned on hostage release
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Cruz's Image Among Republicans Tanks After GOP Convention  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Republicans' views of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have gotten significantly worse since he refused to endorse Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, with his favorable rating falling from 59% to 43%.
Discussion: Politico
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence builds bridges, alone
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Republicans Worry a Falling Donald Trump Tide Will Lower All Boats  —  Donald J. Trump's struggling candidacy has now become a direct threat to Republican control of Congress, significantly increasing the likelihood that Democrats will take control of the Senate and cut substantially into the House Republican majority next year.
Daily Express:
German asylum seekers refuse to work insisting 'We are Merkel's GUESTS'  —  ASYLUM seekers in Germany are refusing to undertake work to counteract boredom - using Chancellor Angela Merkel's generous hospitality as an excuse.  —  GETTY  —  Angela Merkel seemed tired when she attended an election campaign last night
Discussion: Jihad Watch
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week  —  After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com will be shutting down next week.  The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media's six other websites, and four months after the Silicon …
 
 
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J.D. Gordon / The Hill:
Obama's foreign policy worsened Eastern European chaos
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
GOP preps tough perjury case against Clinton
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Peter D. Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Behind the Polls: The Message in a Longtime Conservative Tilting Away From Trump, Toward Clinton
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
NCGOP leader's brother calls his actions ‘racist’ on Twitter
New York Times:
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Daily Kos
Salvador Rizzo / NorthJersey.com:
Judge in Newark blasts U.S. attorney for seeking light sentences in corruption cases
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
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