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11:55 PM ET, August 23, 2016

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Associated Press:
MANY DONORS TO CLINTON FOUNDATION MET WITH HER AT STATE  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money - either personally or through companies or groups - to the Clinton Foundation.
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CNN Politics:
Republican vice presidential nominee Governor Mike Pence gets a haircut in Norristown, Pennsylvania  —  Donald J. Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, reiterates Trump's call for a special prosecutor to investigate possible corruption.  —  Her role in Hillary Clinton's career …
Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Experts: New Clinton State Dept. emails show donor ‘access,’ not ‘favors’
Nick Gass / Politico:
Carville: ‘Somebody is going to hell’ over Clinton Foundation attacks
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton leads Trump by 12 points in Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 12 percentage points among likely voters, her strongest showing this month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Missouri  —  Neck and Neck for Prez; Blunt Has Small Senate Lead  —  Democrat leads in governor's race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The presidential race in Missouri couldn't be closer according to the Monmouth University Poll …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! Monmouth Refigures Poll After Trump Comes Out With Lead Over Hillary Clinton
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Donald Trump's new strategy to counter the view of many that he is ‘racist’  —  Donald Trump is rapidly trying to turn around his presidential campaign with a vigorous and at times strained effort to shed a label applied to him by a substantial portion of the electorate: racist.
Esther Yu Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
If Trump's New Immigration Plan Sounds Familiar, That's Because Obama Is Already Enforcing It  —  Donald Trump has built his presidential campaign around harsh rhetoric toward immigrants—referring to people who cross the border as “rapists,” pledging to build a wall between the United States and Mexico …
Discussion: NPR
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mass Lesbian Farm Infiltration Is Obama's Best Scheme Yet  —  Barack Obama is nearing the finish line of a presidency filled with accomplishments ranging from death panels to FEMA camps to the importation of Sharia law.  Year eight is a natural time for Obama to unveil the most deviously brilliant plot …
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Emails Show Huma Used To Put Hillary Down For Nap Time  —  An email in WikiLeaks' Hillary Clinton archive shows Huma Abedin served as the Director of Nap Time while working at the State Department.  —  Abedin sent the email in question to Clinton on January 11, 2013, ahead of a meeting with the French Foreign Minister.
CBS News:
Second-grade teacher's unique homework policy goes viral  —  Every school year, elementary school students are faced with new challenges.  —  They have to make new friends, get to know new teachers and learn how to juggle more complex courses.  —  But there's at least one stressful thing second-graders …
Associated Press:
Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets  —  CAIRO (AP) — WikiLeaks' global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick children and the mentally ill, The Associated Press has found.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
2M people off food stamp benefits in last year  —  The number of Americans who receive food stamps has dropped by more than 2 million over the last year, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as states begin to reintroduce work rules relaxed during the recession.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The Explosive New Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O'Reilly, Detailed  —  After complaining, a former Fox News host was banned from his show.  —  Roger Ailes is out at Fox News but the troubles for the network might just be getting started.  —  In a new lawsuit filed …
Emma Dumain / Post and Courier:
S.C. Democrats tout new poll showing Clinton, Trump in dead heat  —  WASHINGTON — A new poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied in the presidential contest in the Palmetto State.  —  The poll, paid for by the South Carolina Democratic Party and conducted by the Feldman Group …
Discussion: The Week
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Trump Open to ‘Softening’ in Immigration Laws … Editor's note: This story has been updated.  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he is open to a “softening” in laws dealing with people who are in the country illegally, offering a pivot away from the hardline immigration views he espoused throughout the primaries.
Jeremy B. Merrill / New York Times:
Liberal, Moderate or Conservative?  See How Facebook Labels You  —  You may think you are discreet about your political views.  But Facebook, the world's largest social media network, has come up with its own determination of your political leanings, based on your activity on the site.
Discussion: alan.com, RedState, Refinery29 and Mashable
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
'I wasn't crazy.' A homeless woman's long war to prove the feds owe her $100,000.  —  If you've spent any time in downtown Washington, you've probably seen 80-year-old Wanda Witter.  —  Shock white hair, a determined, unsmiling set to her mouth, jeans.  She may have asked you for some change …
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Steven Hill, Who Starred on ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Mission: Impossible,’ Dies at 94  —  Steven Hill, who originated imposing lead roles on two notable television series, “Mission: Impossible” in the 1960s and “Law & Order” in the 1990s, died on Tuesday in Manhattan.  He was 94.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Did Donald Trump make donations for flood relief in Louisiana?  Here's what we know.  —  Last week, Donald Trump toured areas of Louisiana that had been devastated by flooding.  During his visit, news outlets reported that he had made at least two donations to flood-relief efforts there.
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Hillary Clinton's ‘Fight Song’ is driving some people nuts  —  It's Hillary Clinton's fight song, but some listeners don't have a lot of fight left in them.  —  Before and after the Democratic nominee takes the stage at rallies, her campaign inevitably plays the 2015 pop hit “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten.
WNEP-TV:
Angered over Sap, Man Cuts Down Tree, Sending It onto His Own Apartment House … PITTSTON TOWNSHIP — A man in Luzerne County cut down his neighbor's tree over the weekend because he thought it was ruining his car.  The tree ended up hitting his own apartment house.
Discussion: Associated Press and KFOR-TV
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution  —  Taking advantage of almost a decade of political victories in state legislatures across the country, conservative advocacy groups are quietly marshaling support for an event unprecedented in the nation's history …
CNN:
FBI investigating Russian hack of New York Times reporters, others  —  Hackers thought to be working for Russian intelligence have carried out a series of cyber breaches targeting reporters at the New York Times and other US news organizations, according to US officials briefed on the matter.
Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
Pence Stops for Haircut From Barber Who Doesn't Recognize Him  —  During a visit to Norristown, Pennsylvania, today in the midst of his campaign schedule, Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence stopped for a haircut at Jones Barber and Hairstyles.
Discussion: Politico
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
How the first liberal Supreme Court in a generation could reshape America  —  Odds are that very soon, the Supreme Court will become something it hasn't been in nearly 50 years: made up of a majority of Democratic-appointed justices.  —  Ever since Abe Fortas's resignation in 1969 …
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Michelle Obama Interview: How FLOTUS Used Pop Culture Stardom to Make an Impact  —  That was Carpool Karaoke, the insanely popular segment on CBS' “Late Late Show,” in which she sat in the passenger seat with host James Corden and belted out renditions of Stevie Wonder's “Signed, Sealed …
New York Times:
Think Hillary Clinton Will Win in a Landslide?  Don't Bet on It  —  Donald J. Trump, after weeks of self-inflicted damage, has seen support for his candidacy in national polls dip into the 30s — Barry Goldwater and Walter F. Mondale territory — while Hillary Clinton has extended her lead …
Daniel Wagner / BuzzFeed:
Where Are Trump's “Made In The USA” Suits Made?  (Hint: Not The USA)  —  Amazon lists suits from Trump's clothing line as both “Imported” and “Made in the USA.”  BuzzFeed News found out how the claims measure up.  —  Made in...where, exactly?  —  No matter what hat Donald J. Trump is wearing …
Discussion: RedState
Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016: Jennifer Lawrence Banks $46 Million Payday Ahead Of Melissa McCarthy  —  For the second year in a row, the odds are in her favor: Jennifer Lawrence is once again the world's highest-paid actress, notching $46 million pretax over 12 months-$13 million …
Florida Times Union:
Police identify victim, 83, in fatal Jacksonville dog attack; neighbors hope dogs will not return  —  Police identified an 83-year-old man who was fatally mauled by four dogs in an attack Friday on Jacksonville's Eastside, and people who live in a nearby apartment complex are hopeful the dogs are gone for good.
Discussion: CBS New York
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Turtles and BS All The Way Down  —  As I noted in my earlier post …
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
New York Daily News:
Massachusetts student accused of raping two 18-year-old women only receives probation
Daily Mail:
Prostitutes dancing on the sidewalk, fires in the street and a man being run-down by a car …
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Roanoke stabbings being investigated by FBI after man allegedly shouted ‘Allah Akbar’
The Sun:
NEW WORLD REVEALED ‘Secret second Earth’ that could be home to ALIENS will be exposed tomorrow
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Vic Ryckaert / Indianapolis Star:
IMPD officers shoot homeowner in robbery confusion
Discussion: Raw Story and Bearing Arms
Holly Fletcher / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee insurance commissioner: Obamacare exchange ‘very near collapse’
Discussion: Hot Air and Hit & Run
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Bill Nye Calls Out CNN ‘Climate Change Denier’ Meteorologist Live On-Air: ‘Knock Yourselves Out’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and US Uncut
Andrew Bradford / portal.liberalamerica.org:
Trump Lawyers Said Melania Didn't F**k For Money, Forced Us To Apologize, So Here It Is