memeorandum: Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews (Aaron Blake/Washington Post)

8:00 AM ET, September 9, 2016

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Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews — Rudy Giuliani is the highest-profile Donald Trump supporter to publicly raise questions about Hillary Clinton's health. While Trump himself relies more on innuendo, the former New York mayor prefers to be more direct.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and The Resurgent

RT:

Iraq, Hillary and baseball: Donald Trump talks to Larry King (RT EXCLUSIVE) … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tells RT's Larry King that he doesn't dislike Hillary Clinton, but that she's not the person to make America great again - and that their televised duel Wednesday was more fun than baseball.

Discussion: Washington Times, The Hill and Business Insider

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:

Trump attacks U.S. foreign policy, political press corps on state-owned Russian television network — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized U.S. foreign policy and the American political press corps Thursday during an interview on RT America, a state-owned Russian television network.

Discussion: New Century Times, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign Stands By Embrace of Putin

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Politico and The Week

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Democrats rally around Clinton and paint Trump as unfit for office

Discussion: New York Times, Political Wire, Informed Comment, New York Magazine and Politico

Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Giuliani: ‘Trump believes now that Obama was born in the U.S.’

Discussion: Political Wire

Tal Kopan / CNN:
Mike Pence defends Donald Trump comments on Vladimir Putin: ‘inarguable’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, The Hill, Washington Post, The Week, Hot Air, Daily Kos, CBS Pittsburgh and France 24

NBC News:

What Really Happened at Donald Trump's Intelligence Briefing — What ‘body language’ is Trump talking about? — As U.S. officials cast doubt on Donald Trump's claim he read the “body language” of intelligence officials at a recent briefing, NBC News has learned exclusive details …

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, Gothamist, Daily Kos, Independent Journal Review, Balloon Juice, U.S. Uncut, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, alan.com, Raw Story and Hot Air

Ken Dilanian / NBC News:

Clinton Slams Trump But Blabbed About Briefing in 2008 — Clinton on the offensive following IAVA Forum 5:07 — Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump for talking about an intelligence briefing he received — but she's done it, too. — “I think what he said was totally inappropriate …

Discussion: CNBC, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon and Balloon Juice

Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:

Donald Trump offers nine explanations of his Iraq War stance in 13 minutes — Most of Trump's explanations for his position on the war in 2002 and 2003 were dishonest, contradictory or both. — WASHINGTON—Donald Trump supported the invasion of Iraq. This is a matter of public record.

Discussion: Salon, Raw Story, Business Insider, Mediaite, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, New York Times, New York Magazine, NBC News, Vox, Media Matters for America and Liberty Unyielding

Donald J. Trump / Esquire:
Donald Trump: How I'd Run the Country (Better)

Discussion: CNN, ABC News, Politico, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, Vox, Guardian and Political Wire

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Would've Captured Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11 Attacks

Discussion: New Century Times, Fox News Insider, alan.com and The Week

Washington Post:

The Hillary Clinton email story is out of control — JUDGING BY the amount of time NBC's Matt Lauer spent pressing Hillary Clinton on her emails during Wednesday's national security presidential forum, one would think that her homebrew server was one of the most important issues facing the country this election.

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Week, Balloon Juice, CNN, Hillary Clinton Speeches and Breitbart

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Is a Flawed But Normal Politician. Why Can't America See That?

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Guardian, twitchy.com and Wall Street Journal

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Behind scenes, NBC execs concede Matt Lauer forum performance was “disaster” — NBC News knows the “Commander-in-Chief Forum” was not Matt Lauer's finest hour. — One executive, speaking anonymously, was blunt about it: “Disaster.” — The morning after Lauer's back-to-back interviews …

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Intercept, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Politicus USA, Washington Post, Daily Kos, American Power, Little Green Footballs and Taylor Marsh, more at Mediagazer »

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ok, I Admit It: I'm a Lauer Truther

Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Atlantic and Vox

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Welcome to the Club, Jonathan Chait: Part II

Discussion: alicublog, Washington Examiner, Washington Monthly and Power Line

James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Loses the War in a Battle Between the Candidates

Discussion: The Week, Salon, New Century Times, Daily Kos, Mashable, Mediaite, Towleroad, The Mahablog, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Liberty Unyielding and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Stephen Cohen / KOMO:

Seahawks players may expand national anthem protest Sunday vs Dolphins — RENTON — The Seattle Seahawks hope to make a statement in their season-opening matchup versus the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. — But some of the players might make a statement before the game even starts.

Discussion: Townhall.com, The Federalist, Florida Politics and Associated Press

Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Seahawks Considering National Anthem Protest As A Team

Steven Goff / Washington Post:
Megan Rapinoe: 'It's [expletive] unbelievable. Saddened by it'

Discussion: Outsports, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, Slate, Towleroad, DCist, Mediaite, Independent Journal Review and Washington Free Beacon

Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:

Super-PAC Telegraphs Battleground Strategy to Clinton Campaign — A conservation super-PAC's press release contains a kind of coded message about voters they're targeting to other organization on the left—like the Democratic nominee's campaign. — The League of Conservation Voters' super-PAC …

Dustin Moskovitz:

Compelled to Act — We're committing $20M to help Democrats in the 2016 election — Cari and I have dedicated our lives to figuring out how to do the most good we can with the resources we've been given. Until now, those efforts have not included making endorsements or contributions in presidential elections.

Discussion: Politico and Business Insider

Rachael Bade / Politico:

Hill Republicans: Clinton investigations won't stop if she wins — Top GOP lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol are vowing that their investigations of Hillary Clinton will continue even if she wins the White House in November. — Indeed, the FBI wrapped up its investigation …

Discussion: Political Wire

New York Times:
Justice Dept. Granted Immunity to Specialist Who Deleted Hillary Clinton's Emails

Discussion: Power Line and Fox News

Matt Egan / CNNMoney:

5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired for creating over 2 million phony accounts — Everyone hates paying bank fees. But imagine paying fees on a ghost account you didn't even sign up for. — That's exactly what happened to Wells Fargo customers nationwide.

Discussion: USA Today, Techdirt, U.S. Uncut, The Atlantic and The Resurgent

Michael Corkery / New York Times:
Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million for Fraudulently Opening Accounts

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Verge, KTLA, naked capitalism, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, LawNewz and The Week

Lauren Easton / The Definitive Source:

Statement on why AP deletes Clinton tweet — The Associated Press today is deleting a 2-week-old tweet about Hillary Clinton's meetings as Cabinet secretary after concluding the tweet fell short of AP standards by omitting essential context.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America, Business Insider and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Hadas Gold / Politico:
AP deletes Clinton Foundation tweet

Discussion: The Point and Media Matters for America

Josh Rogin / Washington Post:

Inside the collapse of Trump's D.C. policy shop — The Trump campaign built a large policy shop in Washington that has now largely melted away because of neglect, mismanagement and promises of pay that were never honored. Many of the team's former members say the campaign leadership never took …

Discussion: RedState, Politico, The Resurgent, Ying Ma, Raw Story, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and The New Civil Rights Movement

PR Newswire:

Hillary's Health Concerns Serious, Say Most Doctors Polled by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) — Concerns about Hillary Clinton's health are “serious—could be disqualifying for the position of President of the U.S.,” say nearly 71% of 250 physicians responding …

Discussion: zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml, The Gateway Pundit, Pirate's Cove, Little Green Footballs, Western Journalism, Liberty Unyielding and The Daily Caller

Russ Read / The Daily Caller:

New York Times Mislabels Aleppo Twice While Chastising Gary Johnson's Gaffe — Morning Joe SHOCKED Presidential Candidate Doesn't Know About Aleppo, Syria — 'You're kidding, right?' — This Insanely Popular TV Show Will Have An Episode About Black Lives Matter This Season — ENTERTAINMENT |

Discussion: Jihad Watch, BizPac Review and New York Times

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Gary Johnson Stuns ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts By Asking ‘What Is Aleppo?’ (VIDEO)

Steven Shepard / Politico:

GOP insiders: Maybe Trump can win — Once resigned to a November defeat, swing state Republicans are increasingly optimistic about Donald Trump's chances now that the GOP presidential nominee has closed a once-yawning deficit in the polls against Hillary Clinton.