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2:10 PM ET, August 23, 2016

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept.  —  A sports executive who was a major donor to the Clinton Foundation and whose firm paid Bill Clinton millions of dollars in consulting fees wanted help getting a visa for a British soccer player with a criminal past.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Carville: ‘Somebody is going to hell’ over Clinton Foundation attacks  —  “Somebody is going to hell” over the political attacks on the Clinton Foundation, longtime Clinton confidant James Carville declared Tuesday, denouncing the recent scrutiny and criticism of the charitable organization.
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com and Hot Air
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: The Clinton E-mail Saga Continues  —  NOTABLES  —CLINTON TELLS JIMMY KIMMEL SHE'S ‘EMBARRASSED’ BY ‘BORING’ EMAILS: Hillary Clinton took on two controversial topics in a late-night interview on ABC's ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Monday.  First, Kimmel quizzed the Democratic presidential candidate …
The Intercept:
Consultant Raised Cash for Hillary Clinton, Used Access to Seek Meeting for Coal Giant, Emails Reveal
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's historic free pass on the airwaves
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's 15,000 New Emails to Get Timetable for Release
The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Jacked Up His Campaign's Trump Tower Rent Once Somebody Else Was Paying It  —  Office rent soared in July after Trump's campaign began accepting donor contributions.  —  S.V. Date  —  WASHINGTON After bragging for a year about how cheaply he was running his campaign …
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Alex Thompson / VICE News:
Trump's kids are cashing in on his campaign
Discussion: RedState
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's where the Trump campaign has spent money on Trump brands
Discussion: Daily Kos and FiveThirtyEight
Matea Gold / Washington Post:   Trump campaign takes over two new floors of Trump Tower as it plans staff expansion
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Andrea Tantaros of Fox News Claims Retaliation for Sex Harassment Complaints  —  Andrea Tantaros, a former Fox News host, charged in a lawsuit filed Monday that top executives at the network, including the man who replaced Roger Ailes, punished her for complaining about sexual harassment by Mr. Ailes.
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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 …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Raw Story
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros sues for sexual harassment
Discussion: WWLP-TV and Mediaite
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Appears To Embrace Obama's Deportation Policy  —  During a series of interviews Monday evening, Donald Trump appeared to reverse his mass deportation policy, saying that he will do the “same thing” as President Obama regarding deportation but “perhaps with a lot more energy.”
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New York Times:
The Fake $400 Million Iran ‘Ransom’ Story  —  The first thing to know about the latest controversy over the Iran nuclear deal is that the Obama administration did not pay $400 million in “ransom” to secure the release of three American detainees.  Yet that's the story critics are peddling …
Aaron David Miller / Wall Street Journal:   Why ‘Cash for Prisoners’ May End Up Being Least of U.S. Concerns Over Payment to Iran
Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Clinton opens wide lead over Trump in Va.  —  Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has opened a 16-point lead over Republican Donald Trump among likely voters in Virginia (48%-32%), according to The Roanoke College Poll.  Libertarian Gary Johnson received the support …
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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 …
NBC News:
Clinton Continues to Hold Big Lead Over Donald Trump  —  Hillary Clinton continues to hold a large national lead over Donald Trump, 50 percent to 42 percent, weeks after the Democratic National Convention.  —  Clinton's 8-point advantage is virtually unchanged from her 9-point lead last week …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What Are the Chances That Democrats Retake the House?  —  With less than three months to go until the presidential election, there's still time for Donald J. Trump to make it a closer race.  —  But suppose that he doesn't, and that Hillary Clinton enters the final stretch with a clear and consistent lead?
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly Grills Top Trump Aide About Personal Attacks On ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts (VIDEO)  —  Donald Trump's newly-minted campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, made clear Monday night that while she doesn't support personal attacks, she thinks her boss was only hitting back when he accused the hosts of MSNBC's …
Discussion: The Week
Andrew Bradford / portal.liberalamerica.org:
Trump Lawyers Said Melania Didn't F**k For Money, Forced Us To Apologize, So Here It Is  —  Just so we're being completely transparent here, you should know this:  —  This is being written under duress because I don't have enough money to fight a legal battle against the Trump machine.
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.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Anti-Trump operatives targeted in online ‘catfishing’ scheme  —  Steven Wessel is a convicted con man with a Big Apple flair, feigning connections to Ronald Reagan and pretending to be an Oxford man while bilking rich Manhattanites of $750,000.  But his last scam before heading to prison …
Discussion: RedState
Anthony Fay / WWLP-TV:
2 years probation for East Longmeadow teen in sex assault case  —  David Becker will be able to serve probation while in college  —  PALMER, Mass. (WWLP) - An East Longmeadow High School student who was accused of sexually assaulting two of his classmates following a house party will not serve …
Discussion: New York's PIX11 and KFOR-TV
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Sean Teehan / Union-News:
Former East Longmeadow High School athlete charged with sexually assaulting unconscious classmates …
Discussion: AOL and Raw Story
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Clinton to give speech linking Trump to ‘alt-right’  —  will deliver a speech Thursday linking Donald Trump  —  to the “extremism” of the “alt-right” movement.  —  Clinton's campaign announced Tuesday morning that her Reno, Nev., speech would focus on Trump and his aides' “embrace of the disturbing ‘alt-right’ political philosophy.”
Discussion: Guardian and Vox Popoli
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Unpopular, But Still Heavily Favored in Utah  —  In a year where much has been made of voters not liking their choices for President, there's probably nowhere that's truer than Utah.  Donald Trump has a 31/61 favorability rating in the state.  That makes him the popular candidate there …
Discussion: Hot Air and Guardian
BBC:
The 21st Century's 100 greatest films  —  The best that cinema has had to offer since 2000 as picked by 177 film critics from around the world.  —  “They don't make 'em like they used to.”  —  How often have we all heard that resigned expression?  How often have we said it ourselves?
Discussion: AOL, IndieWire, Deadline, Guardian and Mashable
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Would Stop Crime By Letting ‘Tough’ Cops Take Charge  —  Pushed by Fox News host Bill O'Reilly to provide specifics on curbing violent crime in cities like Chicago, Donald Trump said Monday that he would simply put “tough” cops in charge.  —  “So, specifically, specifically.  How do you do it?
 
 
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