memeorandum: Watchdogs warn of ‘serious’ conflicts of interest for Clinton Foundation (Mike Lillis/The Hill)

8:30 AM ET, August 27, 2016

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Donald Trump cancels Phoenix event … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has canceled his visit to Phoenix next week, his campaign said Friday. — Trump was scheduled to deliver a speech at a downtown Phoenix hotel on Wednesday. But Brian Seitchik, Trump's Arizona state director said …

Discussion: Daily News Bin and Washington Post

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

As Donald Trump Repels Minority Voters, G.O.P. Fears Its Future in the West — PHOENIX — Republicans in Western states fear that Donald J. Trump could imperil their party for years to come in the country's fastest-growing region as he repels a generation of Hispanics, Asians and younger voters who have been altering the electoral map.

Discussion: Washington Post

Dustin Stockton / Breitbart:

Exclusive: ‘Black Men for Bernie’ Founder to End Democrat ‘Political Slavery’ of Minority Voters... by Campaigning for Trump — Black Men for Bernie founder Bruce Carter's mission to restore black communities didn't end when Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Trump says cancelled Arizona event moving to larger venue — 's campaign has cancelled a planned speech in Arizona that was previously expected to clarify his immigration policies, according to reports. — Trump said in a tweet that he would still be in Phoenix next Wednesday but is looking for a larger venue.

Discussion: Daily News Bin and The Right Scoop

Chris Francescani / NBC News:

Trump Doctor Wrote Health Letter in Just 5 Minutes as Limo Waited — Donald Trump's personal physician said he wrote a letter declaring Trump would be the healthiest president in history in just five minutes while a limo sent by the candidate waited outside his Manhattan office.

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New York Daily News:

Anti-Semitic Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon not a big fan of ‘whiny brat’ Jews, ex-wife says — Donald Trump's campaign CEO Stephen Bannon was branded an anti-Semite by the same ex-wife who claimed he choked her, court documents reveal. — Mary Louise Piccard said in a 2007 court declaration …

Discussion: alan.com, BuzzFeed, Raw Story, Little Green Footballs, Mediaite and Washington Post

Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:

Donald Trump's ‘Apprentices’ Had to Agree to Go Nude — Appearing on The Apprentice with Donald Trump required agreeing to a series of odd and invasive demands regarding sex, nudity, and food consumption. According to a copy of an NBC contract reviewed by The Daily Beast …

Discussion: Washington Times

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:

Ben Carson to Donald Trump: Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a ‘Bigot’ — Ben Carson, the former presidential candidate and adviser to Donald Trump, wants the GOP nominee to stop calling his opponent a racist. — “I don't generally get into the name-calling thing,” Carson said in a phone interview with The Daily Beast on Friday morning.

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, New Century Times, Politico, Talking Points Memo, RedState, New York Magazine, Infowars, The Week, CNN and Guns.com

Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton leads Trump by 5 points in Reuters/Ipsos poll

Discussion: The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and New York Magazine

Eric DuVall / UPI:
UPI/CVoter poll: Donald Trump maintains slim lead over Hillary Clinton

Discussion: Breitbart and Infowars

Beatrice Peterson / Politico:
Ann Coulter promotes Trump's ‘fraud’ narrative

Discussion: Kansas City Star, ABC News, Mediaite, alan.com and The Week

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 …

Discussion: BizPac Review, twitchy.com, Breitbart and Associated Press

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Watchdogs warn of ‘serious’ conflicts of interest for Clinton Foundation

Discussion: TheStreet.com and Politico

Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Gowdy: Clinton Erased Emails So Meticulously 'Even God Can't Read Them'

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, RedState, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Independent Journal Review, The Gateway Pundit, Zero Hedge, Mediaite, Daily Wire, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and MichelleMalkin.com

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Revealed: Fox News' 400-page oppo file on Gabriel Sherman — The memo is dated January 5, 2012. “To: Interested Parties.” “Re: Gabriel Sherman.” — Two full years before Sherman published a book about Roger Ailes, this book-length memo made the rounds inside Fox News.

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Vanity Fair, more at Mediagazer »

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

Trump and advisers remain split on how far to move toward the middle — Ten days after he appointed new campaign leadership, Donald Trump and many of his closest aides and allies remain divided on whether to adopt more mainstream stances or stick with the hard-line conservative positions …

Louise Boyle / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton bombed Saddam to distract from the Monica Lewinsky scandal - what Huma Abedin's Muslim journal claimed about her boss's husband — Huma Abedin, Clinton's right-hand woman, was for 12 years the assistant editor of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs

Spiegel Online:
Bush Advisor Wolfowitz Says He'll Likely Vote for Clinton

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Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
Former Bush adviser Wolfowitz to vote for Clinton: Spiegel

Discussion: AOL and Talking Points Memo

The Portland Press Herald:

LePage asked to resign over threatening voice mail to legislator — Rep. Sara Gideon says that if the governor won't step down, Republicans should intervene to get him ‘the help he needs.’ … A top Democrat has called on Gov. Paul LePage to resign over the profanity-laced and threatening voicemail …

Discussion: Salon, WMTW-TV, Washington Post, New York Times, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, The Point, Common Dreams, Fox News, The CT Mirror, ThinkProgress, Business Insider, Daily Kos and Raw Story

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Who Made America Hate Again? — I don't think we have said much about Hillary Clinton's speech in which she denounced Donald Trump as a racist of the “alt-right,” thereby confusing, no doubt, most of her audience. Much could be said about Hillary's smears-a Republican racist running for president?

Discussion: Rasmussen Reports and Associated Press

Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:

Can President Hillary Survive the Media's Fake Scandals? — With Donald Trump's campaign continuing to careen into incoherence, it's becoming increasingly clear that barring some unforeseen circumstance (or low non-white voter turnout) Hillary Clinton will likely win the presidency.

Discussion: Infowars, The Daily Caller, Independent Journal Review and Media Matters for America

CBS Boston:

McDonald's Worker With Down Syndrome Retiring After 32 Years — NEEDHAM - A woman with Down syndrome who has worked at the same McDonald's for over three decades is retiring. — Freia David has spent 32 years working at the french fry station at the McDonald's on Chestnut Street in Needham.

Discussion: UK, WGN-TV and KTLA

John Lott / New York Post:

Sorry, Hillary: Trump's policies are clearly better for blacks — Hillary Clinton claims that some of Donald Trump's appeal is “xenophobic, racist, misogynistic.” On Thursday she asked, “If he doesn't respect all Americans, how can he serve all Americans?” — But who actually cares more about blacks, in particular poor blacks?

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Joyce Lupiani / KTNV:

Las Vegas man facing charges after posting threatening YouTube video — LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - A 24-year-old Las Vegas man has been charged for making terrorist threats in a video that was posted on YouTube. — Las Vegas police say they were notified on July 2 by Interpol via Google about a suspicious/threatening YouTube video.

Discussion: Towleroad, LawNewz, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and The Bob and Chez Show

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: New York Times, ABC News, Raw Story and Politicus USA

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: UK, The Independent, New York Times, Pamela Geller, Canada Blog …, Common Dreams, Balloon Juice, Guardian, LawNewz, Daily Kos and The Week

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

Andrew Breitbart would have been proud: on Thursday, his website became Hillary Clinton's number one target. — In his book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!, Andrew recalled how he warned the Tea Party what lay ahead for them: “I said that they'd be labeled racists …

Discussion: New York Times, Outside the Beltway, Hullabaloo, The Atlantic and Radix Journal, more at Mediagazer »

USCIS:

USCIS Proposes Rule to Welcome International Entrepreneurs — WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a new rule, which would allow certain international entrepreneurs to be considered for parole (temporary permission to be in the United States) …

Discussion: New York Times, Techdirt, Morning Consult, Washington Post and Business Insider

Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:

Donald Trump broke the conservative media — Sean Hannity, sitting comfortably in his air-conditioned New York studios on a hot August afternoon, was on a fiery rant. — “Honestly, I am tempted to just say I don't support any of you people ever,” he barked.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Arizona Daily Star and Guardian