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11:20 AM ET, August 24, 2016

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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's run-out-the-clock strategy  —  She is not planning on sitting for another televised armchair confessional to rehash regrets about a private email server.  Nor is the campaign setting up the kind of war room employed last year to discredit a book that aimed to expose …
Discussion: Hot Air, Instapundit and Political Wire
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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.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Now Hillary has a big Clinton Foundation problem, too  —  Hillary Clinton has never been great at understanding that, in politics, perception almost always equals reality.  Witness this story that just broke from the Associated Press: … So, er, okay.  —  Let's stipulate two things here before I go any further:
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Emails Show Huma Used To Put Hillary Down For Nap Time
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Emails threaten to shadow Clinton through Election Day
Discussion: Politico
Peter Overby / NPR:
Clinton Foundation To Drastically Shrink If Hillary Clinton Is Elected
Discussion: Politico, US Uncut and Capitol View
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book  —  Donald Trump used his campaign funds to buy thousands of copies of his own book at retail cost, simultaneously diverting donor money back into his pockets while artificially boosting his sales figures.
Discussion: RedState, The Week and Raw Story
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Campaign Manager: We're Actually Winning Right Now, Because of ‘Undercover Trump Voters’  —  Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the UK's Channel 4 that Donald Trump is actually winning the election, but every poll is wrong because Trump voters are undercover.
Discussion: RedState, Political Wire and alan.com
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
RNC chief: Trump could lead Clinton by Labor Day  —  Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus predicted on Tuesday that Donald Trump  —  in the polls by Labor Day.  —  “I think what you are seeing on the campaign is a continuation of a good couple of weeks that Donald Trump has had …
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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
There's Just One Flaw in Donald Trump's New Plan to Show He's Not Racist
Discussion: alan.com, Washington Post and NBC News
Daily Mail:
Get 'em off!  Armed police order Muslim woman to remove her burkini on packed Nice beach - as mother, 34, wearing Islamic headscarf is threatened with pepper spray and fined in Cannes  —  The French ban on the burkini is threatening to turn into a farce as police officers armed with pepper spray …
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Ben Quinn / Guardian:
French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini ban
Discussion: Samizdata and Coffee House
New York Times:
6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Italy, Killing at Least 10  —  ROME — Strong earthquakes struck central Italy early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, trapping many others under debris and setting off tremors that awakened residents in Rome nearly 100 miles to the southwest.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
In North Carolina, Republicans Try To Fend Off Political ‘Tsunami’  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans in North Carolina, once a solidly red state in presidential elections, are gearing up to avoid what they believe could be their worst election year in decades.
Joshua Robertson / Guardian:
French man allegedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ in fatal stabbing of British woman at Australian hostel  —  A British man is in a critical condition and a woman is dead after attack witnessed by up to 30 people in Home Hill, in Queensland's north  —  A French man allegedly cried “Allahu Akbar” …
Discussion: Pamela Geller
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Jonathan Pearlman / Telegraph:
Frenchman in Australia kills British backpacker and injures man while ‘shouting Allahu Akbar’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Horrified by Trump, Democrats getting nostalgic about Romney  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama ran for re-election, Democrats made no secret of their disdain for Mitt Romney.  That was all before Donald Trump.  —  Horrified by the prospect of Trump in the White House …
Media Matters for America:
Citing InfoWars, Fox News Complains Google Is Covering Up “Clinton Body Count” Stories  —  HEATHER CHILDERS (CO-HOST): Is the internet's number one search engine trying to sway the presidential election?  —  ABBY HUNTSMAN (CO-HOST): Cheryl Casone from our sister network, Fox Business, here with what Google is now being accused of.
Alexa Ashwell / WSOC-TV:
Vigil held for deaf driver killed in trooper-involved shooting  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Friends and neighbors gathered Monday evening with the family of a deaf man who was killed last week in a trooper-involved shooting.  —  Daniel Harris, 29, was shot and killed by a Highway Patrol trooper …
John Sides / Washington Post:
Republicans currently have just a 38% chance of keeping their Senate majority  —  Every day seems to bring another story about nervous Republican House and Senate candidates, wondering if Donald Trump is going to cost them their seats.  Here's the interesting thing: Yes …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
The return of ‘Straight Talk’ McCain  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The dour John McCain of Capitol Hill is on hiatus.  In his place, at least for a day: The loose, accessible, happy warrior of Straight Talk Express yesteryear.  —  McCain is deadly serious about winning reelection and continuing …
New York Times:
More Attacks on Transgender Rights  —  Just days after the federal Department of Education in May issued sensible antidiscrimination guidelines for accommodating transgender students, Texas' attorney general, Ken Paxton, set out to challenge them.  —  His team reached out to tiny school districts …
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
A Judge Blocked North Carolina's Plan To Target Black Voters.  The GOP Found A Way To Do It Anyway.  —  A Judge Blocked North Carolina's Plan To Suppress Black Voters.  The GOP Found A Way To Do It Anyway.  —  A federal court recently struck down North Carolina's attempt to …
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders's New Political Group Is Met by Staff Revolt  —  Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, his presidential campaign now behind him, will look to advance the movement he built during the Democratic primary race, with the public unveiling on Wednesday of a political organization focused …
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 …
 
 
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Inside the exclusive events helping to fund Clinton and the Democratic Party
Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
Climate change as an economic issue will hurt Clinton and the Democrats in 2016
Melissa Hogenboom / BBC:
Why bullying is such a successful evolutionary strategy
Discussion: The Atlantic and Instapundit
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
We Have Been Warned  —  Here in the flood zone of south Louisiana …
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Change is not your friend this year: Jill Lawrence
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's challenge: How to sell deportations to suburban swing voters
Discussion: New Century Times and Bloomberg
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
A terrorist attack in Roanoke
Ben Popken / NBC News:
Drug Company Exec Pay Jumped as EpiPen Prices Hiked
Esther Yu Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
If Trump's New Immigration Plan Sounds Familiar, That's Because Obama Is Already Enforcing It
Emma Dumain / Post and Courier:
S.C. Democrats tout new poll showing Clinton, Trump in dead heat
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
2M people off food stamp benefits in last year
Daniel Wagner / BuzzFeed:
Where Are Trump's “Made In The USA” Suits Made? (Hint: Not The USA)
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