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1:25 PM ET, August 19, 2016

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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Paul Manafort resigns from Trump campaign  —  Donald Trump's campaign is still trembling from its shakeup this week.  —  Trump on Friday announced that campaign chairman Paul Manafort had resigned, two days after the Republican nominee put in place a new leadership structure that appeared to minimize Manafort's role.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns  —  Trump campaign chairman and chief strategist Paul Manafort resigned on Friday, following a staff shake-up this week that reduced his role in the campaign.  —  GOP nominee Donald Trump confirmed the resignation in a statement Friday morning …
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 …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Paul Manafort Quits Donald Trump's Campaign After Tumultuous Run  —  Paul Manafort, installed as the chief strategist for Donald J. Trump's campaign after the firing of his original campaign manager, handed in his resignation on Friday morning.  —  Mr. Manafort left after a major shake …
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Paul Manafort Resigns From Donald Trump's Campaign
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
The Latest: Manafort Resigns From Trump Campaign
Discussion: Politico
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Half-Indian man escorted out of Trump rally  —  Charlotte (CNN)A man who identified himself as half-Indian was escorted out of a Donald Trump rally on Thursday out of concern that he was a protester, but the man insisted he was a Trump supporter and said he feels that he was racially profiled.
Discussion: Mediaite
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump releases first general election ad … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  's first campaign ad of the general election says Hillary Clinton  —  's immigration policies stack the deck against voters.  —  “In Hillary Clinton's America, the system stays rigged against Americans …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump blasts ‘rigged’ Clinton system in first general election TV ad  —  Donald Trump's campaign rolled out its first general election ad Friday, part of a buy totaling nearly $5 million in battleground states where he is currently trailing Hillary Clinton.  Its message: Trump will keep …
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Steps Out of Character to Voice Unexplained Regrets
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Full Replay/Transcript: Donald Trump Gives First Campaign Speech Since Hiring Bannon & Conway
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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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How One Family's Deep Pockets Helped Reshape Donald Trump's Campaign
Discussion: ThinkProgress and WNYC News
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Breitbart editor planned secret anti-Trump campaign to take down reporter
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly and dishonest new TV ad shows he isn't changing a thing  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Last night, Donald Trump delivered a speech in which he spoke in soothing tones about the need to unify the country and expressed “regret” about any remarks that have caused “personal pain,” …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and Politico
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Republicans Worry a Falling Donald Trump Tide Will Lower All Boats
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Kai Reed / WBALTV:
Dog dies after shielding infant from fire  —  Firefighters rescue child from second floor of home  —  An 8-month-old infant is in serious condition after a fire late Sunday in Baltimore.  —  The girl is alive today thanks to an act of heroism and a heart-breaking loss for her family.
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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The Daily Beast:
Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos Takes $100,000 for Charity, Gives $0  —  The alt-right icon promised to give scholarships to white men, but almost a year later he still hasn't filed with the IRS or handed out a penny.  —  Months after he was supposed to give away more than $100,000 …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Mediaite
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Smoking Gun Memo Could Bolster Voting Rights Case Against North Carolina  —  North Carolina's Republican Party has had an interesting response to a recent appeals court ruling that said a number of voting restrictions passed by the state's GOP legislature were enacted with the intent …
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Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
NCGOP leader's brother calls his actions ‘racist’ on Twitter
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: The Atlantic, 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
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: Infowars, Political Wire and AFF
 
 
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
D.C. post office allegedly doubled as weed distribution center
Discussion: The Daily Caller
EurActiv.com:
US moves nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romania
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Infowars and RT
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
As Gawker Learned, Media Corporations Aren't Above the Law
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Erica Tempesta / Daily Mail:
Jewelry designers are branded ‘trashy’ …
Reuters:
Hackers targeted Trump campaign, Republican Party groups: sources
Discussion: AOL and Talking Points Memo
 Earlier Items: 
Nicole Brown / AM New York:
DNC launches ‘Donald Ducks’ mascot to make Trump release his tax returns
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Frank Ocean Unveils Contemplative ‘Endless’ Visual Album Stream
Peter D. Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Behind the Polls: The Message in a Longtime Conservative Tilting Away From Trump, Toward Clinton
Daily Express:
German asylum seekers refuse to work insisting 'We are Merkel's GUESTS'
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump spokeswoman claims Clinton has rare brain disease
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.