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8:25 PM ET, August 27, 2016

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Steve Wyche / NFL.com:
Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem  —  SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has willingly immersed himself into controversy by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of what he deems are wrongdoings …
John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump Pushes for African American Vote in Iowa  —  Donald Trump returned to Iowa today, yet continued his push for African American votes.  —  “Nothing means more to me than working to make our party the home of the African-American vote once again,” Trump said, speaking to Iowans attending …
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Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Christie refuses to comment on Trump's remarks about Clinton  —  Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a news conference in Toms River on Friday. … TOMS RIVER — Gov. Chris Christie on Friday refused to say whether he agrees with Donald Trump when the the Republican presidential nominee calls Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton a “bigot.
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump After Dwyane Wade's Cousin Is Shot: ‘African Americans Will Vote Trump’  —  NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin Nykea Aldridge was fatally shot Friday pushing a child in a stroller in a Chicago.  —  Less than 24 hours later, Donald Trump said her death was evidence that African-Americans will vote for him in November.
Washington Post:   Republicans can't pretend not to know what fuels the Trump campaign
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Anti-Trump Republicans to launch swing-state ad buy  —  Anti-Trump Republicans are preparing to launch a broadcast TV ad in a handful of swing-state suburbs urging Donald Trump to quit the presidential race so the party can replace him with a more electable nominee.
New York Times:
‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias  —  She seemed like the model tenant.  A 33-year-old nurse who was living at the Y.W.C.A. in Harlem, she had come to rent a one-bedroom at the still-unfinished Wilshire Apartments in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside debate prep: Clinton's careful case vs. Trump's ‘WrestleMania’  —  Hillary Clinton is methodically preparing for the presidential debates as a veteran lawyer would approach her biggest trial.  She pores over briefing books thick with policy arcana and opposition research.
Chris Graham / Telegraph:
Heartbreaking picture of dog who won't leave master's coffin after Italy earthquake  —  I  —  t is a sight reminiscent of the legend of Greyfriars Bobby.  —  Thirty-four caskets lie side by side in a gym in Ascoli Piceno, and beside one a small blond cocker spaniel sits, devoted to the end, unable to leave his master even in death.
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and alan.com
Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
Governor Of Maine Says People Of Color Are ‘The Enemy,’ Implies They Should Be Shot  —  In a Friday press conference following his homophobic remarks about a state lawmaker, Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) called people of color and people of Hispanic origin “the enemy” and implied they should be shot.
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The Portland Press Herald:
Our View: Message to America: Sorry we gave you LePage
Discussion: AOL, Guardian and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Breitbart Rises From Outlier to Potent Voice in Campaign  —  Breitbart News has arrived.  —  The opinion and news site, once a curiosity of the fringe right wing, is now an increasingly powerful voice, and virtual rallying spot, for millions of disaffected conservatives who propelled Donald J. Trump …
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Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
How the Clinton Campaign Is Foiling the Kremlin  —  Staffers are now using a “Snowden-approved” app to hide Trump-related e-mails from hackers, in Russia and elsewhere.  —  On May 17, as dusk was setting over Brooklyn, around a dozen employees from Hillary Clinton's campaign …
Discussion: Washington Times and Motherboard
New York Post:
Viral subway cricket video was an elaborate prank  —  The woman who caused a massive panic on a crowded subway train by releasing a swarm of crickets admitted to The Post on Friday that she orchestrated the disgusting stunt in an attempt to go viral on social media.  —  SEE ALSO  —  :0
Discussion: Gothamist and New York's PIX11
Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
US: Clinton calendars won't be released until after election  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state …
Peter Stone / Guardian:
Turned off by Trump: Republican mega-donors focus on congressional races  —  Some Republicans fear Trump's behavior could threaten party majorities in Congress as ‘irked’ Sheldon Adelson met with the candidate, sources revealed  —  Several leading Republican donors and groups that spent large sums …
Discussion: New York Times
Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Breitbart/Gravis Poll: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Now Neck and Neck Ending August  —  The 2016 presidential race has tightened into a statistical tie between Democratic Hillary Rodham Clinton at 42 percent and Republican Donald J. Trump at 41 percent, in the latest Breitbart …
Discussion: The Week
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Dustin Stockton / Breitbart:
Exclusive: ‘Black Men for Bernie’ …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As Donald Trump Repels Minority Voters, G.O.P. Fears Its Future in the West
 
 
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Smoking ban for public housing sparks backlash
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Sarah Halzack / Washington Post:
Why are sales suffering at so many women's stores? They made bad clothes.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse
Tom C. Korologos / Washington Post:
Memo to GOP: Forget 2016. Start thinking 2018 and 2020.
Larry O'Connor / Hot Air:
This brilliant response to Obama's 'don't discriminate' warning to Louisiana is pure American gold
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Trump's Campaign CEO Ran a Secretive Sci-Fi Project in the Arizona Desert
Discussion: Daily Kos and Guardian
Sky News:
Bomb Disposal Team Called: Five Terror Arrests In West Midlands
Discussion: Jihad Watch
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Receives 1st Classified Briefing as Democratic Nominee
Walter Berry / Associated Press:
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL PROBE METRO PHOENIX SHERIFF ARPAIO
Discussion: alan.com and Infowars
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The strange tale of Donald Trump's doctor letter just got stranger
Discussion: The Week and Guardian
Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
Theresa May will trigger Brexit negotiations without Commons vote
John Lott / New York Post:
Sorry, Hillary: Trump's policies are clearly better for blacks
Louise Boyle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton bombed Saddam to distract from the Monica Lewinsky scandal …