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10:55 AM ET, September 11, 2016

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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Trump retweets Obama in swipe at Clinton  —  retweeted an old post from President Obama to mock his Democratic rival's recent controversial comment, in which she characterized half of Trump's supporters as “deplorable.”  —  “RT if you agree: We need a President who is fighting for all Americans …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Why Clinton isn't sweating ‘deplorables’  —  “Words have consequences,” Hillary Clinton likes to caution while campaigning against the loose-lipped, insult-hurling Donald Trump.  “Words can be misinterpreted.”  —  But it was the Democratic nominee, generally so careful with her language …
Discussion: Althouse and ABC News
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Was Hillary's “deplorables” comment a strategic play?  —  I agree with Ed that the “basket of deplorables” comment is a dumb thing to say, even as a gloss on Clinton's alt-right speech a few weeks ago.  It's especially dumb to quantify the critique by categorizing “half” of Trump's supporters that way.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Hillary Clinton walks back ‘basket of deplorables’ remark
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kaine: Clinton's ‘deplorables’ characterization doesn't merit an apology
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Clinton holds lead over Trump in new poll, but warning signs emerge  —  Hillary Clinton maintains a lead over Donald Trump, but lagging interest among some of her supporters poses a potential turnout challenge for Democrats with less than nine weeks before Election Day, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: Politico, The Week and Political Wire
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton, Trump Deadlocked in Battleground States: Polls  —  Just over eight weeks from Election Day, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are essentially deadlocked in four presidential battleground states — ranging from red Arizona and Georgia to blue-ish Nevada and New Hampshire …
Discussion: The Week
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Qualifications, Consistency Help Clinton, While Turnout Keeps Trump in the Hunt (POLL)  —  Advantages on qualifications and consistency and help from an increasingly popular incumbent are aiding Hillary Clinton in the presidential race — but with weaknesses sufficient to keep Donald Trump …
MJ Lee / CNN:
Clinton on 9/11: The closest thing to ‘hell’ I've ever seen  —  New York (CNN)Fifteen years later, the scene is still seared into Hillary Clinton's memory.  —  “We saw this curtain of black smoke that was stretched across the island,” Clinton recalled.  “Occasionally it would be broken by a firefighter coming out.
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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Clinton goes after Trump on terrorism  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both paused their campaign ads on Sunday, the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a day when politics is traditionally set aside.  But Clinton didn't hold back from criticizing her GOP opponent in a pre-taped interview …
Discussion: ABC News
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Senator and the Mogul: A 9/11 Diary
Discussion: U.S. Uncut
Tom Junod / Esquire:
The Falling Man  —  Do you remember this photograph?  In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001.  The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump's claim he got $150G in post-9/11 state funds for small businesses because he helped people in need is unfounded, docs show  —  Donald Trump's tale about why he took $150,000 in 9/11 money is as tall as the Downtown skyscraper he says he used in recovery efforts, according to government records.
Discussion: The Talking Dog
Kenneth R. Timmerman / The Hill:
The media elites feel that shiver up the spine — and it's not victory  —  You know a candidate is in trouble when she deflects softball questions about her policies to talk about her opponent's character.  —  's phony “press conference,” where she took six questions from friendly reporters …
Fox News:
Hillary Clinton has ‘medical episode’ at 9/11 ceremony, source says  —  Hillary Clinton had a “medical episode” that required her to leave a 9/11 commemoration ceremony early, a law enforcement source who witnessed the event told Fox News.  —  Related Image
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other people's money  —  Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler.  It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity — the Palm Beach Police Foundation — for his “selfless support” of their cause.
Discussion: alan.com, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
A Walk Around the Void of 9/11  —  Walk onto the plaza in Lower Manhattan and you hear the memorial before you see it — a whooshing through the oak trees.  You soon realize it's not the wind, but water.  At the footprint of each tower, north and south, a vast square emptiness is bound …
 
 
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John Shammas / Mirror.co.uk:
Sick African dictator ‘eats his enemies’ testicles and brains to boost his sexual prowess'
Discussion: alan.com
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
Clinton Aides Attack, Threaten Reporter for Saying Hillary Looked ‘Low Energy’ at Friday Press Conference
Discussion: twitchy.com
Keith Ellison / Washington Post:
I'm the first Muslim in Congress. I believe America can beat Islamophobia.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and AOL
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
White House under pressure to call out Moscow over hacking actions
Discussion: Moon of Alabama
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
95 Year-Old Black Trump Supporter Walks Several Blocks in Hopes of Seeing Donald Trump in St. Louis (VIDEO)
Rachel Olding / Sydney Morning Herald:
Man charged with committing terrorist act in Sydney and attempted murder
Discussion: Jihad Watch
USA Today:
9/11 Commission chairmen: Terror threat worse now than in 2001
Discussion: AOL and Hot Air
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Long Beach Press-Telegram:
First Hanjin ships set to unload this weekend in Long Beach
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The Public Editor: The Truth About ‘False Balance’
Discussion: Scripting News and Mother Jones
Rory Tingle / Daily Mail:
British stag party who took selfies with a SEX DOLL at Ground Zero on the eve of the 15th anniversary …
Andrew Harnik / Talking Points Memo:
This Is Critical: Hillary Can't Back Down
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Watch: KISS Stops Concert to Give Thousands to Vets, Take Shots at Kaepernick, and Say Pledge of Allegiance
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Real-Time Election Day Projections May Upend News Tradition