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2:45 PM ET, August 26, 2016

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Guardian:
Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon is registered voter at vacant Florida home  —  Exclusive: Bannon's enrollment is apparent violation of crucial swing state's election law requiring voters to be legal residents of county they register in  —  Donald Trump's new presidential campaign chief …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump campaign CEO once charged in domestic violence case  —  Stephen K. Bannon, the new CEO of the Donald Trump campaign, was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness following an incident in early January 1996, though the case was ultimately dismissed …
New York Post:
Trump campaign CEO accused in divorce papers of attacking wife
Scott Thistle / The Portland Press Herald:
'Prove I'm a racist': LePage challenges Westbrook lawmaker in obscenity-laced voice mail  —  The governor later says he wishes he and Rep. Drew Gattine could have a duel and ‘I would point (my gun) right between his eyes.’  —  Gov. Paul LePage left a state lawmaker from Westbrook …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
GOP plots early wake-up call for Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton has managed to win support from Republicans without conceding any part of the progressive economic agenda she outlined during the Democratic primary.  —  But with fall approaching and momentum on Clinton's side …
Discussion: Raw Story, Politicus USA and ABC News
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Hillary Clinton Hits Trump With New Ad on Race  —  In recent days, Donald Trump, who has faced charges (even from Republicans) that he has made racist remarks during this presidential race, has mounted what his campaign considers an outreach effort toward African American voters, with Trump …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Guardian
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
6 Things You Need To Know About Hillary's Speech Slamming The Alt-Right  —  On Thursday, Hillary Clinton gave one of the most cynical, hypocritical, pandering and clever political speeches in recent memory.  Targeting the so-called alt-right, a conglomeration of disaffected paleoconservatives …
Discussion: Instapundit
Spiegel Online:
Bush Advisor Wolfowitz Says He'll Likely Vote for Clinton
Discussion: Politico and US Uncut
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump resurrects 2008 primary to brand Clinton as racist
Discussion: Hot Air
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Rejects Donald Trump's ‘Bigot’ Comments
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Trump's big immigration reversal shaped by Christie, Giuliani says  —  TRENTON — Donald Trump's apparent pivot away from his calls for mass deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants is partially the result of prodding by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, according to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
No, Donald Trump, America Isn't a Hellhole  —  Donald Trump has taken a strange turn lately.  O.K., he has taken a lot of strange turns — that's what happens when you nominate a short-attention-span candidate who knows nothing about policy and refuses to sit still for more than three minutes.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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ABC News:
The Note: Clinton, Trump Tangle Over Racism
Discussion: Politico
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Top Aide: Trump Better At Talking To Black Voters Than Most GOPers
Discussion: Guardian and The Week
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump When Asked About Alt-Right: ‘Nobody Even Knows What It Is’  —  Donald Trump on Thursday night claimed that he doesn't know what the alt-right is when asked about Hillary Clinton's charges in a Thursday speech that Trump has embraced those who push white nationalist, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim beliefs.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Denounces the ‘Alt-Right,’ and the Alt-Right Is Thrilled
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Assange: WikiLeaks's Trump info no worse than him  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his group's intel on Donald Trump  —  pales in comparison to the billionaire's own rhetoric.  —  Assange, whose organization has released embarrassing Democratic National Committee emails believed …
Discussion: RedState
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Assange: ‘Unexpected’ Clinton campaign leaks coming
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Yahoo
CBS Sacramento:
Ken Doll Cake Orders Flooding Freeport Bakery After Photo Goes Viral  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Overwhelming support is pouring in for a Sacramento bakery after it set off a firestorm of Facebook comments over a picture of a custom cake.  Freeport Bakery's Ken Doll cake has garnered national attention …
Discussion: WFLA-TV and Consumerist
Paul Demko / Politico:
Obamacare sticker shock hits key Senate races  —  As insurers push large premium increases for 2017 Obamacare plans, some of the steepest hikes have been requested by insurers in crucial swing states that could determine control of the Senate.  —  In nine of 11 states with competitive Senate races …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
DOJ asks Supreme Court to let NC voter ID ruling stand  —  The Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to leave in place a lower court ruling that struck down one of the nation's toughest voter ID laws.  —  A federal appeals court in July ruled North Carolina's voter ID law …
Discussion: RedState and NBC News
Angie Schmitt / Streetsblog.net:
Cheap Gas, More Driving Make 2016 an Especially Deadly Year on U.S. Streets  —  The number of traffic deaths in America each year is so staggering, it almost defies comprehension — about 35,000 lives lost is the norm.  But 2016 is shaping up to be even worse.
Discussion: Unfogged and Eschaton
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
After Ailes, Fox News Has a New Crisis: Can It Keep Megyn Kelly?  —  Within its subterranean newsroom, staffers and executives have a new fear: Will they be able to convince Megyn Kelly to re-sign with the network and stave off a potential post-Ailes ratings decline?  And does that mean the end of Bill O'Reilly?
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here are the leading Republicans who rushed to defend Donald Trump on race: ______  —  On Dec. 29, 2014, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) admitted that he'd attended an event hosted by white supremacist leaders a decade earlier.  The timing was awkward for Republicans, since Scalise had recently moved …
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Man Jailed For Oral Activity On Boardwalk  —  Police: Floridian, 50, serviced woman in front of beachgoers  —  A man spotted yesterday afternoon performing oral sex on a woman lying down on a Florida beach boardwalk told cops that he was an “emergency responder and had to assist the female …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
CBS Boston:
New Concerns Arise About Mental Health Of College Students  —  BOSTON - New concerns arise about the mental health of students on college campuses all across the country.  —  Dr. Gene Beresin, a psychiatrist and Executive Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital …
Discussion: National Review and JustOneMinute
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Breaking: Trump Has No Campaign Manager
Discussion: Daily Kos
Bill Allison / Bloomberg.com:
Millions From Maxed-Out Clinton Donors Flowed Through Loophole
Discussion: New York Magazine
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Gary Johnson Isn't Fading
Discussion: Hit & Run and VTDigger
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
The Alt-Right Has Its Own Comedy TV Show On A Time Warner Network
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
A bleak choice between a ‘liar’ and your ‘drunk uncle’ for one Wisconsin focus group
Discussion: The Week
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Trumpocrats Say Clinton ‘Alt-Right’ Speech Backfires, Turns Democrats Toward Donald …
Telegraph:
Lifelike baby dolls designed to deter teenage pregnancies actually have opposite effect, scientists find
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's mob-linked ex-associate gives $5,400 to campaign
Discussion: RedState and The Week