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7:05 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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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.
Reuters:
In attacking Clinton foundation, Trump seeks a Republican rallying cry
Discussion: The Mahablog and Daily Kos
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 …
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 …
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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Andrea Tantaros of Fox News Claims Retaliation for Sex Harassment Complaints
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.
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
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Anthony Fay / WWLP-TV:
2 years probation for East Longmeadow teen in sex assault case
NLRB:
Board: Student Assistants Covered by the NLRA  —  3-1 Columbia Decision Overrules Brown University  —  Washington, D.C. — The National Labor Relations Board issued a 3-1 decision in Columbia University that student assistants working at private colleges and universities are statutory employees covered …
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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
NLRB: Graduate Students at Private Universities May Unionize
Discussion: The Atlantic and Common Dreams
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.
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.
New York Times:
Think the Clinton-Trump Race Will Be a Landslide?  Hold Your Horses  —  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 …
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 …
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.
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.”
Vic Ryckaert / Indianapolis Star:
IMPD officers shoot homeowner in robbery confusion  —  Metropolitan police officers shot and wounded an armed homeowner trying to protect his wife during a robbery on the far east side early Tuesday, IMPD officials said.  —  Police were sent to 3600 block of Foxtail Drive about 4:34 a.m …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bearing Arms
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: NPR and 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 …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Daily Kos
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 …
Joe Perticone / Independent Journal Review:
Indiana Senate Candidate Evan Bayh Gets His Own Address Wrong  —  Evan Bayh, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Indiana, incorrectly stated his own address Saturday, lending further credence to accusations he is disconnected from the Hoosier state.
Discussion: Politico
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: RedState, Refinery29 and Mashable
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 …
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Roanoke stabbings being investigated by FBI after man allegedly shouted ‘Allah Akbar’  —  A man in Roanoke allegedly shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ while attacking a man and woman with a knife Saturday, an incident being investigated by the FBI.  —  Roanoke County police said that the attack occurred Saturday evening …
YouTube:
Hillary Clinton Proves She's in Good Health … Secretary Hillary Clinton demonstrates her good health.  —  Connect with Jimmy Kimmel Live Online:  —  About Jimmy Kimmel Live:  —  Jimmy Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of Emmy-winning “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC's late-night talk show.
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.
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
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Bill Nye Calls Out CNN ‘Climate Change Denier’ Meteorologist Live On-Air: ‘Knock Yourselves Out’  —  The Science Guy himself Bill Nye was brought in to CNN's New Day this morning to examine some of the devastating effects of the flooding in Louisiana that has left over 60,000 homes badly damaged.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and US Uncut
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?
Discussion: Washington Post and Booman Tribune
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: KFOR-TV
 
 
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Daniel Wagner / BuzzFeed:
Where Are Trump's “Made In The USA” Suits Made? (Hint: Not The USA)
Discussion: RedState
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Corey Lewandowski: Trump avoids speaking to black voters because he's not safe in their communities
Discussion: Daily Kos and New Century Times
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Russian meddling in U.S. election backfiring on Putin, hurting Trump
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Turtles and BS All The Way Down  —  As I noted in my earlier post …
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016: Jennifer Lawrence Banks $46 Million Payday Ahead Of Melissa McCarthy
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump gets more serious about battleground states
Discussion: Political Wire
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Ronald Kessler / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Missing: FBI files linking Hillary Clinton to the ‘suicide’ …
Discussion: The Point
The Sun:
NEW WORLD REVEALED ‘Secret second Earth’ that could be home to ALIENS will be exposed tomorrow
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Steven Hill, Who Starred on ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Mission: Impossible,’ Dies at 94
Discussion: AOL and Outside the Beltway
Alana Abramson / ABC News:
Major Mitt Romney 2012 Donors Shun Donald Trump in Favor of Down-Ballot Races
Discussion: Associated Press
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly Grills Top Trump Aide About Personal Attacks On ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Week
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Nine Lives of Donald J. Trump
Discussion: The Atlantic