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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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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Baffled Republicans Wonder: Who Was Trump's Immigration Speech For?  —  In the wake of Donald Trump's hardline immigration speech Wednesday night, Republicans throughout the party largely abandoned discussion of a late push to win over Latinos, and seemed instead to focus on a new question …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump promises ‘quite a bit of softening’ on immigration  —  Just hours after reviving his harsh rhetoric on immigration, Donald Trump on Thursday morning insisted that there is actually “quite a bit of softening” in how he's approaching his signature campaign issue.
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Corey Lewandowski: Trump's Immigration Speech Was For White Men
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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Jon Conradi / LifeZette:   Exclusive: Trump Camp Mulls Using Seized Cartel Assets to Pay for Wall
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Fear, not excitement, driving Clinton and Trump supporters  —  SOURCE USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of 1,000 likely voters, taken Aug. 24-29.  Margin of error ±3 percentage points.  By Ramon Padilla and George Petras, USA TODAY  —  Not even their own supporters are all that excited about winning.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
7 percent of Donald Trump supporters think he's racist
Discussion: Mediaite
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton campaign raises $143 million in August  —  Hillary Clinton raised $143 million in August, a total that includes her own campaign's collections as well as money for joint fundraising committees with the national and state parties.  —  Her campaign hailed the monthly fundraising haul Thursday as its best of the campaign cycle.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton camp smashes fundraising record: $143 million in August
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Campaign Says It Raised $5 Million on Wednesday
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.
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: alan.com and Raw Story
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 …
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: Politicus USA
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Voters Don't Split Tickets Anymore
Discussion: New York Magazine
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 …
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 …
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.
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Daily Mail:
Muslim refugee, 20, who raped a boy, 10, in his Sydney home says what he did ‘is not a crime because it is acceptable in his homeland’  —  A refugee who raped a ten-year-old boy has claimed he did not know sexually assaulting the child was wrong as it was ‘culturally acceptable’ in his homeland.
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 …
Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S., others agreed to ‘secret’ exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal - report  —  The United States and its negotiating partners agreed “in secret” to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Melania Trump sues Daily Mail for libel  —  Melania Trump has filed a $150 million lawsuit against The Daily Mail and Tarpley, a U.S.-based blog, claiming that the two outlets made false and defamatory statements about her involvement in an escort service.  —  “These defendants …
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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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
CDC: More people are using marijuana, but fewer are abusing it
Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Magazine
Jeremy Fugleberg / Cincinnati.com:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Wire
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
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Daily Wire
Joe Concha / The Hill:
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