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2:50 PM ET, September 8, 2016

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Fields Storm of Criticism Over Clinton-Trump Forum  —  It was a high-stakes political moment, far from the chummier confines of the “Today” show and, for Matt Lauer, NBC's stalwart of the morning, a chance to prove his broadcasting mettle on the presidential stage.  —  The consensus afterward was not kind.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Matt Lauer's Pathetic Interview of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Is the Scariest Thing I've Seen in This Campaign  —  I had not taken seriously the possibility that Donald Trump could win the presidency until I saw Matt Lauer host an hour-long interview with the two major party candidates.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Matt Lauer totally blew it on Trump's blatant lying about Iraq and Libya  —  “I heard Hillary Clinton say I was not against the war in Iraq,” Donald Trump told Matt Lauer during Wednesday night's Commander-in-Chief Forum.  “I was totally against the war in Iraq.  You can look at Esquire magazine from 2004.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Matt Lauer Failed The Moderator Test  —  At NBC's “Commander-in-Chief Forum,” the host let Donald Trump slide on false Iraq and Libya claims he's made all campaign.  —  NEW YORK Wednesday night's “Commander-in-Chief Forum” on NBC should have gone down as the first time the two 2016 presidential candidate shared a stage.
Matt Olsen / TIME:
Why ISIS Supports Donald Trump
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Media turn on Lauer for not fact-checking Trump
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
‘What Is Aleppo?’  Gary Johnson Asks, in an Interview Stumble  —  Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor and Libertarian Party presidential nominee, revealed a surprising lack of foreign policy knowledge on Thursday that could rock his insurgent candidacy when he could not answer …
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MSNBC:
Gary Johnson asks: What is Aleppo?  —  Mike Barnicle asks Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson how he would handle Aleppo, Syria as president.  Johnson responds. ...  more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson: ‘What is Aleppo?’  —  Asked what he would do about the Syrian city of Aleppo, the region at the center of that nation's civil war and refugee crisis, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson responded by asking, “what is Aleppo?”
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Gary Johnson Explains Aleppo Mistake
Discussion: Politico
Ryan Lovelace / Washington Examiner:
Veteran confronts Clinton on handling of classified info  —  A veteran confronted Hillary Clinton about her handling of classified information as secretary of state during a presidential forum on Wednesday.  —  An Air Force and Navy veteran, who said he held “the top secret sensitive …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
As debates near, forum shows potential Trump advantage  —  NBC's “Commander in Chief Forum,” held Wednesday night aboard the USS Intrepid in New York, was the closest thing to a debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton until the real thing on Sept. 26.
Discussion: Townhall.com, Politico and Instapundit
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's thoroughly strange claim about his Mexico visit
MJ Lee / CNN:   Clinton unleashes on Trump over national security
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Clinton laments how Trump ‘trash talked’ generals
Discussion: ABC News and New Century Times
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton campaign warns media to tread carefully  —  's campaign is working the refs hard when it comes to reports about her health.  —  While Clinton responded to a fit of coughing this week with humor, saying she was “allergic” to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump
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The Hill:
Media doesn't ask Clinton about emails  —  was never asked about her controversial private email server or her family's foundation during her first formal press conference in 278 days on Thursday.  —  Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, addressed reporters on the tarmac in White Plains …
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH LIVE: Clinton To Hold Press Conference On NY Tarmac At 9:15 AM ET
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Suffolk University:
Suffolk University Poll of North Carolina Shows Trump at 44 Percent to Clinton's 41 Percent  —  With two months to go before the November general election, Republican Donald Trump (44 percent) leads Democrat Hillary Clinton (41 percent), by 3 points in North Carolina, according …
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New York Times:
Voter Suppression in North Carolina  —  North Carolina Republicans are at it again.  Barely one month after a federal appeals court struck down the state's anti-voter law for suppressing African-American voter turnout “with almost surgical precision,” election officials in dozens of counties …
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Toni Monkovic / New York Times:   Red States, Blue States: Does This Map Look Familiar?
Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
Was Hillary Wearing an Earpiece During Last Night's Presidential Forum?  —  Conservative actor James Woods: “She can't even lie without help”  —  Was Hillary Clinton wearing an earpiece during last night's presidential forum?  That's the latest question swirling around the Internet …
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 …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's shrinking swing state map  —  Two months from Election Day, Donald Trump's swing state map is shrinking.  —  Interviews with more than two dozen Republican operatives, state party officials and elected leaders suggest three of the 11 battleground states identified by POLITICO …
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: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Hawaiian seafood caught by foreign crews confined on boats  —  HONOLULU (AP) — Pier 17 doesn't even show up on most Honolulu maps.  Cars whiz past it on their way to Waikiki's famous white sand beaches.  Yet few locals, let alone passing tourists, are aware that just behind a guarded gate …
Discussion: NPR and Guardian
Eric Fehrnstrom / BostonGlobe.com:
Are Clinton's memory lapses a health issue, or just dishonest dodging?  —  THE STORIES ABOUT Hillary Clinton's failing health at first glance seemed like more vapors from the gaseous swamp of this year's toxic presidential race.  The coughing fits, a photo showing her being assisted in walking …
CNN:
Texas high school shooting: 1 shot; 2 on loose, police say  —  (CNN)One person has been shot at Alpine High School in western Texas, and two shooters are believed to be on the loose, the Brewster County Sheriff's office said Thursday.  —  CNN Map  —  The school has been placed on lockdown, the school district said.
Discussion: ABC News and Business Insider
Daily Mail:
Summer haze!  Malia Obama is pictured ‘near a large bong at UPenn frat house’ wearing her ‘Smoking Kills’ T-shirt... weeks after she puffed on a suspicious cigarette at Lollapalooza  —  A picture circulating on social media appears to show Malia Obama near an item that resembles a large bong.
 
 
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