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10:40 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: LawNewz, The Week and twitchy.com
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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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Steps Out of Character to Voice Unexplained Regrets  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Donald J. Trump on Thursday expressed regret for making statements that have “caused personal pain,” a rare display of contrition that followed the shake-up of his campaign's leadership this week.
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 and Althouse
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump, speaking after campaign shake-up, expresses regret over causing ‘personal pain’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Breitbart editor planned secret anti-Trump campaign to take down reporter
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm  —  On Monday, a hacking group calling itself the “ShadowBrokers” announced an auction for what it claimed were “cyber weapons” made by the NSA.  Based on never-before-published documents provided by the whistleblower Edward Snowden …
Discussion: Forbes, The Verge and Mashable
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.
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TheDustyRebel / Gothamist:
Here's How NYers React To A Life-Size Naked Donald Trump Statue In Union Square
Nicole Brown / AM New York:
DNC launches ‘Donald Ducks’ mascot to make Trump release his tax returns  —  The DNC on Thursday introduced a mascot for the 2016 campaign in front of Trump Tower.  —  In an effort to force Donald Trump to release his tax returns, the Democratic National Committee has created “Donald Ducks.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Cruz's Image Among Republicans Tanks After GOP Convention
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Hackers targeted Trump campaign, Republican Party groups: sources
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and AOL
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
U.S. Swimmers' Disputed Robbery Claim Fuels Tension in Brazil
Associated Press:
Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump's campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine's ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor …
Peter D. Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Behind the Polls: The Message in a Longtime Conservative Tilting Away From Trump, Toward Clinton  —  Peter D. Hart, founder of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, helps conduct the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.  —  In this election cycle, polls have been the least reliable guide …
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Louis Nelson / Politico:
State Dept. confirms $400 million Iran payment conditioned on hostage release  —  Republicans are claiming vindication after the State Department confirmed on Thursday that the United States conditioned the release of a $400 million cash payment to Iran on the departure of American prisoners from Tehran.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Concedes $400 Million Payment to Iran Was Delayed as Prisoner ‘Leverage’
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
U.S. Federal Election Commission:
FEC Adopts Interim Verification Procedure for Filings Containing Possibly False or Fictitious Information  —  WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission today announced an interim procedure staff will follow to verify information in filings from the 2016 election cycle that appear to be unlawfully false or fictitious.
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Here's why President Obama isn't stopping his vacation to visit the Louisiana flooding  —  Two important things happened today in the political world of President Obama.  —  The first was that the Advocate, a Louisiana newspaper chain, published an editorial calling on the president to come …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
DONALD TRUMP Heads to Louisiana Tomorrow - While Obama Vacations, Hillary Rests
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
GOP preps tough perjury case against Clinton  —  House Republicans are doubling down in their effort to bring perjury charges against Hillary Clinton  —  over her testimony last year to the House Select Committee on Benghazi.  —  GOP lawmakers have claimed that the Democratic presidential nominee broke …
Discussion: AFF
 
 
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