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4:45 PM ET, September 1, 2016

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Several Hispanic Trump surrogates reconsider support  —  Several major Latino surrogates for Donald Trump are reconsidering their support for him following the Republican nominee's hardline speech on immigration Wednesday night.  —  Jacob Monty, a member of Trump's National Hispanic Advisory Council, quickly resigned after the speech.
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Corey Lewandowski: Trump's Immigration Speech Was For White Men  —  Trump wanted to make sure he has white guys “locked in,” Lewandowski said on CNN.  —  Making another one of his paid appearances as a CNN contributor late Wednesday night, former Trump campaign manager made no bones …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Baffled Republicans Wonder: Who Was Trump's Immigration Speech For?
Discussion: alan.com, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis In immigration speech, Donald Trump spurns softened tone and threatens Republican future
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Duplicity of Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump is the internet troll of presidential politics.  When he's securely removed from the objects of his scorn, he's tough as nails; when he's in their presence, he quivers like a bowl of Jell-O.  —  Such is the way of a bully.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Kaine mocks Trump's ‘diplomatic amateur hour’
Discussion: Daily Kos and ABC News
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Bill Clinton aides used tax dollars to subsidize foundation, private email support  —  Bill Clinton's staff used a decades-old federal government program, originally created to keep former presidents out of the poorhouse, to subsidize his family's foundation and an associated business …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: As The Race Tightens, Don't Assume The Electoral College Will Save Clinton  —  Want these election updates emailed to you right when they're published?  Sign up here.  —  The race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has tightened.  Clinton, whose lead …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In fiery speech, a hard-to-spot change in Trump immigration plan  —  Donald Trump and his top aides have spent the last two weeks sowing confusion about what the status of the country's 12 million illegal immigrants would be under a Trump administration.  Would they all be deported, as Trump argued last year?
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Senate 2016: Flip Flop  —  As we head into Labor Day, Democrats are slight favorites to win a slim Senate majority  —  It seems like only yesterday when the Republicans took over the U.S. Senate.  Actually, nearly two years have passed since that big moment, when the GOP gained nine seats …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politicus USA
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Voters Don't Split Tickets Anymore
Discussion: New York Magazine
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Democratic Senate Might Need to Curtail Filibuster, Harry Reid Says
Wall Street Journal:
Take the Pledge: No More Indulging Porn  —  Anthony Weiner isn't alone.  We need an honest dialogue on the dangers of pornography.  —  If anyone still had doubts about the addictive dangers of pornography, Anthony Weiner should have put paid to them with his repeated, self-sabotaging sexting.
John Breech / CBSSports.com:
LOOK: Colin Kaepernick's practice socks appear to disrespect the police  —  The 49ers QB has been wearing an interesting pair of socks during practice  —  Colin Kaepernick's popularity with police officers has slowly been decreasing ever since Sunday when he revealed that a big reason he's protesting …
Mike Fernandez / miamiherald:
I'm a Republican, and I'm with Hillary Clinton  —  I am a firm believer in the fundamental tenets of the Republican Party: individual freedom, small government, local control of issues, free speech, strong national defense and the broad vision that America is an exceptional country that gives exceptional opportunities to everyone.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Naked Politics
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:   Top Jeb Bush donor says he's with Clinton
CBS News:
Romanian hacker “Guccifer” sentenced  —  Alexandria, VIRGINIA — Forty-four year-old Marcel Lehel Lazar, a Romanian hacker who calls himself “Guccifer,” has been sentenced to 52 months in prison.  Lazar focused primarily on high-profile political figures — he is credited …
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New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: JetBlue puts child on wrong flight, sends him to Boston as horrified mom waits at JFK; ‘I thought he was kidnapped’  —  It was JetBlue's plane stupidity that got a Manhattan boy lost.  —  A 5-year-old returning home alone from a family visit in the Dominican Republic was placed …
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Georgetown University Plans Steps to Atone for Slave Past  —  Nearly two centuries after Georgetown University profited from the sale of 272 slaves, it will embark on a series of steps to atone for the past, including awarding preferential status in the admissions process to descendants of the enslaved, officials said on Wednesday.
Suffolk University:
Suffolk University/USA Today Poll Shows Clinton Leading Trump by 7 Points  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 7 points nationwide, according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll of voters likely to cast ballots in the November presidential election.
Garrison Keillor / Chicago Tribune:
Column: When this is over, you will have nothing that you want  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at Joni's Roast and Ride at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016.  —  Garrison Keillor
Discussion: Raw Story
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump pays IRS a penalty for his foundation violating rules with gift to aid Florida attorney general  —  Donald Trump paid the IRS a $2,500 penalty this year, an official at Trump's company said, after it was revealed that Trump's charitable foundation had violated tax laws by giving …
Doug Brown / Portland Mercury:
A Black Teen Was Run Down in Gresham  —  His Killer Is in a Notorious Oregon White Supremacist Prison Gang  —  Russell Courtier, 38, and his girlfriend Colleen Hunt, 35, pulled their red Jeep Wrangler up to the 7-Eleven on the corner of East Burnside and 188th just before midnight on August 10.
 
 
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Campaign Says It Raised $5 Million on Wednesday
William Petroski / Des Moines Register:
30 arrested in bid to disrupt Iowa pipeline project
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Words Don't Matter: Trump Claims There Was ‘Softening’ In Immigration Plan!
Discussion: Raw Story
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
How Trump charms wealthy donors in private — by seeking their advice
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Little Evidence Of The Type Of Voter Fraud Targeted By ID Laws
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Dealt With a Series of People Who Had Mob Ties
Discussion: Raw Story
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
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Blood and Race and Trump
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