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1:55 PM ET, September 9, 2016

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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.
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Granted Immunity to Specialist Who Deleted Hillary Clinton's Emails  —  WASHINGTON — A computer specialist who deleted Hillary Clinton's emails despite orders from Congress to preserve them was given immunity by the Justice Department during its investigation into her personal email account …
New York Times:
A Debate Disaster Waiting to Happen  —  There was not much of a contest in Wednesday night's forum with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.  Mrs. Clinton answered the questions of the moderator, Matt Lauer, in coherent sentences, often with specific details.  Mr. Trump alternated between …
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 …
Denver Post:
A fishy story in Platte River Networks' purge of Clinton e-mails
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
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Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:   Super-PAC Telegraphs Battleground Strategy to Clinton Campaign
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:   Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz commits $20M to help beat Trump
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.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Aide: Trump didn't know interview would be on Russian TV
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and The Resurgent
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
On Russian TV, Trump says it's ‘unlikely’ Putin trying to sway election
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Giuliani: ‘Trump believes now that Obama was born in the U.S.’
Discussion: ThinkProgress and alan.com
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republican insiders plot post-election party overhaul  —  Republican insiders opposed to Donald Trump have begun discussions to prepare a party overhaul whether its candidate wins the presidency or not.  —  They regard Trump as the symptom of a disease that afflicts the GOP and fear …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Resurgent
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Suing To Get Donald Trump Booted Off The Ballot In Minnesota  —  After the Minnesota Republican Party waited until the last minute to get their party's presidential nominee on the ballot, the state's Democrats filed a legal challenge late Thursday arguing that the way Republicans placed Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Week
Minnesota DFL:
Minnesota DFL Files Legal Challenge to Donald Trump Being Placed on Minnesota Ballot
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Twin Cities:
DFL sues to get Donald Trump off Minnesota ballots
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
New photos show Bill Clinton yukking it up with Trump, Melania, and woman in Playboy shirt  —  The Clinton Presidential Library has released nearly two dozen photos of Donald Trump socializing with President Bill Clinton — including one that shows the two men with their arms around Trump's then-girlfriend …
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:   Where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Were on 9/11
Aftenposten:
Dear Mark.  I am writing this to inform you that I shall not comply with your requirement to remove this picture.  —  Dear Mark Zuckerberg.  —  I follow you on Facebook, but you don't know me.  I am editor-in-chief of the Norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten.
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Julia Carrie Wong / Guardian:
Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes ‘napalm girl’ post  —  Norway's largest newspaper published a front-page letter to the Facebook CEO lambasting the company's decision to censor a photograph of the Vietnam war  —  Norway's largest newspaper has published …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't revive Michigan ban on straight-ticket voting  —  The Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow Michigan to ban voters from casting straight-ticket ballots in the coming election after lower courts found the prohibition was likely to discriminate against African Americans and result in long lines at the polls.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Did Obama squander an opportunity by nominating Merrick Garland?
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
'We're the Only Plane in the Sky'  —  Nearly every American above a certain age remembers precisely where they were on September 11, 2001.  But for a tiny handful of people, those memories touch American presidential history.  Shortly after the attacks began, the most powerful man in the world …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
David Brock to Commission on Presidential Debates: Drop Chris Wallace  —  Media Matters founder David Brock is demanding that the Commission on Presidential Debates remove Fox News anchor Chris Wallace as moderator of the final presidential debate in October.
The White House:
Statement by the President on North Korea's Nuclear Test  —  The United States condemns North Korea's September 9 nuclear test in the strongest possible terms as a grave threat to regional security and to international peace and stability.  North Korea stands out as the only country to have tested nuclear weapons this century.
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Politico:
President Obama condemns North Korean nuclear test
Discussion: Guardian and The Week
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
Leaked Memo: George Soros Foundation Seeking to Expand U.S. Online Voting  —  NEW YORK - George Soros's Open Society Foundations is seeking to expand the use of electronic and online voting systems nationwide, according to a leaked Foundations document reviewed by Breitbart News.
Discussion: Guardian and Sense of Events
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.
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
'There's Nothing Better Than a Scared, Rich Candidate'  —  This past April, the American Association of Political Consultants gathered for its annual conference, known as the Pollies, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  During breaks between sessions ("Buying Votes in a Presidential Election," …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Trump charity gave $100,000 to David Bossie's Citizens United that helped fund lawsuit against mogul's foe  —  Donald Trump's charitable foundation gave $100,000 in 2014 to a conservative activist group that was used to help finance a federal lawsuit against New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama in Diplomatic Jam as House Sends Him Saudi 9/11 Bill
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Sian Cain / Guardian:
Alan Moore confirms he is retiring from creating comic books
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
A Whistle-Blower Accuses the Kochs of “Poisoning” an Arkansas Town
Sam Levin / Guardian:
A beauty contest was judged by AI and the robots didn't like dark skin
Discussion: Daily Mail
Hillary Clinton / YouTube:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress
CNN:
With new leadership, Trump campaign tackles ground game in earnest
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Clinton's Drug Proposals ‘Very Negative,’ Pfizer CEO Says
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2016 Is the Year of the Hack
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
The bashing of Matt Lauer: Why many of the attacks are driven by partisanship
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
A Scary Obamacare Mystery
Discussion: Instapundit and ACASignups.net
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Wells Fargo $100 Million for Widespread Illegal Practice …
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