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Talking Points Memo reports: NBA star Dwayne Wade’s cousin Nykea Aldridge was fatally shot Friday pushing a child in a stroller in a Chicago. Less than 24 hours later, Donald Trump said her death was evidence that African-Americans will vote for him in November. The tweet Saturday morning is just the latest tone deaf comment by Trump as he attempts …

NBC News reports: 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. Dr. Harold Bornstein, who has been the GOP nominee’s doctor for 35 years, told NBC News on Friday that he stands by his …

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton picked up a major union endorsement Friday from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Teamsters’ executive board voted unanimously to support the Democrat for president, the union said. “We are proud to endorse Hillary Clinton for President of the United States,” Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa said in a statement. “She is the right …

NJ.com reports: Donald Trump’s pivot away from his calls for mass deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants is the result of prodding by Gov. Chris Christie, according to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. And, Giuliani says, even more Christie-sourced changes to Trump’s immigration stance will be forthcoming, like his call for tracking immigrant visas like Fedex packages, and using …

Whoa. Politico reports: A Russian-born, mafia-linked businessman whose ties to both Donald Trump and loyalists of Russian President Vladimir Putin have sparked scrutiny, visited Trump Tower last month for undisclosed business, he told POLITICO. The businessman, Felix Sater, also donated the maximum allowable contribution to Trump’s presidential campaign, according to the campaign’s most recent FEC filing. Sater, whose firm co-developed …

Via Media Matters: CNN political commentator Corey Lewandowski announced in an August 25 tweet that he is with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his campaign in New Hampshire. Lewandowski was hired by CNN as a political commentator in June, just days after he was fired from Trump’s campaign. The move drew sharp criticism from media experts, who questioned the …

Right wing sites are screaming that CNN has canceled Dr. Drew Pinsky’s HLN show in reprisal for his taking part in the rumor campaign about Hillary Clinton’s health. Deadline reports: Days after CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield announced on air she’s moving to HLN in the fall, HLN quietly confirmed Dr. Drew Pinsky’s program will end next month, though he will remain …

ITV News reports: Church leaders have held crisis talks over fears that trainee Catholic priests in Ireland are using the gay dating app Grindr. Ireland’s Catholic Church hierarchy admitted concerns about an “unhealthy atmosphere” at the country’s main seminary. As a result Church leaders have ordered a review of the “appropriate use of the internet and social media” at a …

Via Politico: Stephen K. Bannon, the new CEO of the Donald Trump campaign, was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness following an incident in early January 1996, though the case was ultimately dismissed, according to a police report and court documents. The Santa Monica, Calif., police report says that Bannon’s then-wife claimed he pulled at her …

TMZ reports: The FBI is now on the hunt for the hackers who violated SNL’s Leslie Jones … TMZ has learned. Sources familiar with the situation tell us, the FBI is developing a strategy for tracking down the person or people who hacked into her iCloud and cell phone and posted nude photos and personal information on her website. It’s …

Just in from Quinnipiac: In the battle of the unloved presidential candidates, Democrat Hillary Clinton tops the magical 50 percent mark among American likely voters, leading Republican Donald Trump 51 – 41 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released today. When third party candidates are added to the mix, Clinton gets 45 percent with Trump at 38 percent, …

Via Politico: WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange on Wednesday night promised to leak “thousands” of document pages pertaining to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and the presidential election. Speaking to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, the mysterious Assange claimed an upcoming leak would have a “significant” impact on the coming general election. “We have a lot of material, thousands of pages …

The Washington Post reports: Bernie Sanders launched his long-awaited post-primary movement, Our Revolution, with the fanfare of a presidential campaign. He was introduced by the environmentalist Bill McKibben, who described Sanders as “the most popular politician in America” with plenty of unfinished tasks. For a full hour, Sanders told an audience in Burlington, Vt. — and tens of thousands of …

From the New York Daily News: There may be a crack in Donald Trump’s wall. The anti-immigrant GOP presidential candidate said in a TV interview that aired Wednesday night that his time on the campaign trail has made him sympathetic to the plight of many undocumented people who have been in the U.S. for a long time. That position veers …

Glenn Beck and two of his staffers face jailing for contempt after refusing today to name the alleged sources that led them to wrongly accuse a Saudi man of being behind the Boston Marathon bombing. Via Law Newz: In a letter delivered Wednesday, Beck’s attorney, Michael J. Grygiel, said that Beck and his colleague Joe Weasel, would refuse to reveal …

Via Buzzfeed: Ed Rollins, chairman of a pro-Donald Trump super PAC, says the Republican nominee would lose badly if the election was held today. “If we’re sitting here three weeks from now after Labor Day and it’s in the same position, we’re gonna have a hard uphill battle,” Rollins said on the Laura Ingraham Show on Wednesday. “He’d lose badly …

The Guardian reports: The search for life outside our solar system has been brought to our cosmic doorstep with the discovery of an apparently rocky planet orbiting the nearest star to our sun. Thought to be at least 1.3 times the mass of the Earth, the planet lies within the so-called “habitable zone” of the star Proxima Centauri, meaning that …

Today the Liberal Redneck (real-life comedian Trae Crowder) rips into the right wing’s empty pro-military rhetoric and takes part in a 22-pushup challenge meant to publicize a recent statistic showing that 22 US military veterans are taking their lives every day. Watch below.

And this guy supports Trump. Via Politico: Not only should Hillary Clinton release a new health report confirming her fitness to be commander in chief, so should Donald Trump, Ben Carson said Wednesday. Carson, a retired world-renowned neurosurgeon who supports Trump, called it “common sense” for those running for the White House to “disclose their medical history,” “particularly if they’re …

Via Fox News: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday he is open to “softening” laws dealing with illegal immigrants in a “Hannity” town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. His remarks were the latest sign he is considering softening a position he has taken since the onset of his campaign. Trump was asked by Hannity if he would change …