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4:05 PM ET, August 26, 2016

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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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Spiegel Online:
Bush Advisor Wolfowitz Says He'll Likely Vote for Clinton  —  In an interview, Paul Wolfowitz, 72, an advisor to former President Bush, discusses the dangers of a Donald Trump presidency, why he will likely vote for the Democrat's candidate this year and mistakes made during the Iraq war.
Discussion: Politico, US Uncut and Hit & Run
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Hillary Clinton Hits Trump With New Ad on Race
Discussion: Daily Kos and Guardian
Beatrice Peterson / Politico:
Ann Coulter promotes Trump's ‘fraud’ narrative
Discussion: alan.com and Mediaite
ABC News:
The Note: Clinton, Trump Tangle Over Racism
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Rejects Donald Trump's ‘Bigot’ Comments
Eric DuVall / UPI:
UPI/CVoter poll: Donald Trump maintains slim lead over Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
Former Bush adviser Wolfowitz to vote for Clinton: Spiegel
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and AOL
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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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 …
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  —  As Hillary Clinton assailed Donald J. Trump on Thursday for fanning the flames of racism embraced by the “alt-right,” the community of activists that tends to lurk anonymously in the internet's dark corners could hardly contain its glee.
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
6 Things You Need To Know About Hillary's Speech Slamming The Alt-Right
Discussion: Instapundit
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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James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
President Obama Broke Promise for Charity Donation, ISIS Hostage Family Says  —  As President Barack Obama tried to console the parents of Kayla Mueller after she was killed in ISIS captivity last year, they say he offered to make a contribution to a foundation they had established in her name.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Eric Trump: My Dad Ran Because The White House Christmas Tree Is Now A “Holiday Tree”  —  Eric Trump, listing off reasons his father is running for president, said in an interview this week that one of the motivations was the renaming of the White House Christmas tree to “holiday tree.”
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   Eric Trump Claims Dad Running Because Of Nonexistent National ‘Holiday’ Tree
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
The White House:
Presidential Proclamation — Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Expansion  —  PAPAHĀNAUMOKUĀKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT EXPANSION  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  Through Proclamation 8031 of June 15, 2006, as amended by Proclamation 8112 of February 28 …
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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
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Breaking: Trump Has No Campaign Manager  —  This is far from the biggest problem plaguing Donald Trump's campaign.  But as we get into the thick of the fall campaign, it's worth noting.  Kellyanne Conway now carries the label campaign manager.  But that does not appear to be what she's doing.
Discussion: Daily Kos
BBC:
France burkini: Highest court suspends ban  —  France's highest administrative court has suspended a ban on full-body “burkini” swimsuits that was imposed in a town on the Mediterranean coast.  —  The ban in Villeneuve-Loubet “seriously and clearly illegally breached fundamental freedoms”, it found.
Discussion: Guardian, Daily Kos, LawNewz, The Week and UK
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James McAuley / Washington Post:
France's top administrative court overturns burkini ban
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
Boston Herald:
Cozying up to Clintons  —  The steady drip, drip drip about Hillary Clinton's too-cozy relationships with big-time donors to the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state continued unabated this week.  —  The most astonishing figure came from Clinton's State Department calendars released …
Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:
GEORGIA: Pastor Who Said Pulse Victims “Got What They Deserved” Arrested For Child Molestation  —  From Jacksonsville's ABC affiliate:  —  A Georgia pastor and and conservative political activist was arrested Friday morning on charges of child molestation and aggravated child molestation.
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
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
 
 
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign Hires Ex-Christie Aide to Bolster Political Operation
Discussion: LawNewz, CNN and twitchy.com
Emily Bazelon / Slate:
The “Meet the New Trump” Edition
Bill Allison / Bloomberg.com:
Millions From Maxed-Out Clinton Donors Flowed Through Loophole
Discussion: New York Magazine
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
 Earlier Items: 
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Trumpocrats Say Clinton ‘Alt-Right’ Speech Backfires, Turns Democrats Toward Donald …
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Man Jailed For Oral Activity On Boardwalk
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's mob-linked ex-associate gives $5,400 to campaign
Discussion: Occupy Democrats, RedState and The Week
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
After Ailes, Fox News Has a New Crisis: Can It Keep Megyn Kelly?