memeorandum: Election forecasters try to bring some order to a chaotic political year (Dan Balz/Washington Post)

11:05 AM ET, September 4, 2016

Top Items:

Tom Phillips / Guardian:

Barack Obama ‘deliberately snubbed’ by Chinese in chaotic arrival at G20 — President was denied a red carpet welcome and made to ‘go out of the ass’ of Air Force One, observers say … China's leaders have been accused of delivering a calculated diplomatic snub to Barack Obama …

Discussion: The White House, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, twitchy.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Western Journalism, Refinery29, Hit & Run, Common Dreams and New Century Times

Josh Lederman / Associated Press:

Bumpy beginning for Obama in China, starting on the tarmac — HANGZHOU, China (AP) — If President Barack Obama was hoping for a graceful start to his final trip to Asia as commander in chief, this wasn't it. — Confrontations between Chinese officials and White House staff …

Discussion: BizPac Review, twitchy.com, ABC News and Associated Press

Mark Landler / New York Times:

Confrontations Flare as Obama's Traveling Party Reaches China — HANGZHOU, China — Air Force One had a bumpy landing in Hangzhou on Saturday, but it was nothing compared with what happened after the plane rolled to a stop. — As the reporters who traveled to the Group of 20 summit meeting …

Discussion: Power Line, France 24 and Guardian

Telegraph:

Calling Trump names won't stop him becoming US President — Just two months before the free world elects its next leader - if you believe America leads the free world, that is - the world's liberal media seem united on two things. The first is that Donald Trump is a monster.

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

We've never seen a falling Weiner quite like this before — MORE FROM: — The self-destruction of Anthony Weiner is something entirely new. It is a phenomenon of the social-media age. Weiner has been undone both professionally and personally by a very specific fetish that could not have existed …

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:

Kaine Compares Trump's Encouragement of Russian Hacking to Watergate Break-In — Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine attacked Donald Trump as a danger to national security for his seeming to encourage Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails, and sought to compare …

Discussion: Politicus USA

Louis Nelson / Politico:

Kaine defends Clinton on classified emails — Defending his running mate against news that she was unable to discern classified information in emails during her tenure as secretary of state, vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine said Sunday that identifying government secrets is not always a simple matter.

Discussion: ABC News

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:

Detroit mayor slams Trump's visit to black church — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D) lambasted Donald Trump — 's visit to one of the city's black churches Saturday, calling the Republican presidential nominee “phony.” — “I feel like I'm watching the next season of ‘The Apprentice,’” …

Discussion: alan.com, MLive.com and Detroit Free Press

Associated Press:
Trump Tells Black Congregation He Wants to Fix ‘Many Wrongs’

Discussion: The Hill

Detroit Free Press:
Duggan blasts Trump as phony candidate without solutions

Discussion: Raw Story

Sara Gonzales / RedState:
Donald Trump Flashes His Awesome Dance Moves In Detroit Church (VIDEO)

Discussion: Breitbart, The Right Scoop and Althouse

John Wisely / Detroit Free Press:
Trump to parishioners at black Detroit church: 'I'm here to listen'

Discussion: Detroit News, The Root, The New Civil Rights Movement, NPR, Fox News, New York Magazine, Politics News, Western Journalism, Washington Monthly, MSNBC and Talking Points Memo

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
MORE MEDIA LIES=> Lib Media Mocked Trump for Attending Detroit Black Church - Said He Wouldn't Speak

Discussion: Western Journalism

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Pence dodges on deportation — in an interview Sunday dodged a question about whether a Donald Trump — administration would deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. — Instead, Pence said the Republican nominee is focused on the “more than 300 million people …

Discussion: alan.com

Sally Bronston / NBC News:
Pence on Clinton: ‘Most Dishonest Candidate ... Since Richard Nixon’

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, AOL, Western Journalism and Mediaite

New York Times:

Where Has Hillary Clinton Been? Ask the Ultrarich — At a private fund-raiser Tuesday night at a waterfront Hamptons estate, Hillary Clinton danced alongside Jimmy Buffett, Jon Bon Jovi and Paul McCartney, and joined in a singalong finale to “Hey Jude.” — “I stand between you and the apocalypse …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Independent Journal Review, Politico, twitchy.com, Mediaite and Althouse

Nicholas Casey / New York Times:

Venezuelan President Is Chased by Angry Protesters — CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro was chased at a routine political event by a crowd of angry protesters banging on pots and yelling that they were hungry, just days after thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets …

Fawn Johnson / Morning Consult:

Trump's Immigration Stance Isn't Hurting Him — A week that saw Donald Trump solidly embrace his well-known harsh rhetoric on immigration has done little to change his standing among the public. After flirting with, but ultimately rejecting, a “softening” of his previous statements …

Discussion: Hot Air

NBC News:

‘Model of Holiness’ Mother Teresa Officially Becomes Saint — FROM SATURDAY: Mother Teresa to Receive High Catholic Honor of Sainthood 2:10 — VATICAN CITY — Mother Teresa, the nun who devoted her life to the impoverished and one of the Catholic Church's most iconic figures, was canonized as a saint on Sunday.

Discussion: Vatican Radio English, Mediaite and RedState

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

Clinton losing support among Hispanics — Will Donald Trump's pivot on immigration and his trip to Mexico change the way Hispanic voters view him? I don't know. But quite apart from anything Trump is doing, Hispanics view Hillary Clinton less favorably than they did earlier this year.