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12:40 PM ET, September 15, 2016

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Tom Fontaine / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Trump Jr. to Trib: Dad will ‘separate’ from business interests if elected  —  Donald Trump Jr. talks about his father's campaign with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review at the Trib's office on the North Shore, Wednesday, September 14, 2016.  —  BY TOM FONTAINE  —  Donald Trump Jr. dismissed …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Jr.: Media Would Be “Warming Up The Gas Chamber” If GOP Did What Hillary Did  —  Donald Trump Jr. said on Thursday that the media has built up Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and that if Republicans acted the way Clinton has, the media would be “warming up the gas chamber” for them.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Jr: My Dad's ‘12,000-Page’ Tax Return Would Prompt Too Many Queries  —  Donald Trump Jr. said that one reason his father has yet to receive his tax returns, in a break from four decades of precedent for presidential candidates, was that the complicated documents would provoke too many questions.
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I wouldn't talk about health if tests were bad
Discussion: New York Magazine and Daily Kos
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Despite gestures, Trump is still the least transparent U.S. presidential candidate in modern history
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Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:
Poll Shows Tight Race for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton  —  With less than eight weeks before Election Day, Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton are locked in a tight contest, with both candidates still struggling to win the confidence of their respective bases, the latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds.
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump in Tight Race, New Poll Shows
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
My gut worry about the polling shift toward Donald Trump
Discussion: AOL
The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Wants Peter Thiel On The Supreme Court, Sources Say  —  The eccentric billionaire endorsed Trump in a speech at the Republican National Convention this summer.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Donald Trump has made it clear he will nominate Peter Thiel …
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Eric Segall / The Daily Beast:   Why We Don't Need a Ninth Supreme Court Justice
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Flint pastor: ‘She was like a nervous mess’  —  The pastor in Flint, Michigan, who interrupted Donald Trump as he ripped into Hillary Clinton on Wednesday “was like a nervous mess” as she introduced him, the Republican nominee said Thursday, adding that he “figured something was up.”
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
Trump Criticizes Flint Pastor — But Misstates Key Facts About Their Encounter  —  Donald Trump is lashing out against an African-American pastor who interrupted him Wednesday to chide him for campaigning in her Flint, Mich., church.  —  “Something was up,” Trump told Fox and Friends on Thurday morning.
CBS Philly:
Donald Trump Jr: Media Is Clinton's Number One Surrogate
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Powell in leaked email slams Bill Clinton on continuing affairs with ‘bimbos’  —  A website claiming to have hacked former Secretary of State Colin Powell's private emails has published correspondence that appears to show Powell accusing President Bill Clinton  —  of adultery.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Five dramatic revelations from Powell's leaked emails  —  Candid emails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell are causing a stir across the country with their blunt assessment of a host of Washington's stars.  —  The emails, released by hackers behind a WikiLeaks-type website believed …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee: Clinton health ‘cover-up’ like Nixon
Discussion: Political Wire and Hot Air
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:   NEW YORK - Conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day with this one.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton offers Powell ‘sympathy’ after email hack
Discussion: ABC News
Prachi Gupta / Cosmopolitan:
Ivanka Trump on Her Father's New Child Care and Maternity Leave Policy  —  Cosmopolitan.com spoke to the 34-year-old Trump Organization executive about the plan she heavily influenced.  —  On Tuesday night, Donald Trump released a child care and maternity leave plan that offers new mothers six weeks …
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abc13.com:
SANDRA BLAND'S FAMILY SAYS CIVIL SUIT SETTLED FOR $1.9M  —  Attorneys for the Sandra Bland family say a settlement has been reached in their civil suit  —  ENTERTAINMENT  —  Famous Marilyn Monroe “Flying Skirt” pic
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CNN:
Sandra Bland's family settles for $1.9M in wrongful death suit
Discussion: Mashable and Refinery29
Washington Post:
Donald Trump, scam artist … THE TRUMP campaign believes this editorial is not journalism.  It is “badgering.”  That is how campaign manager Kellyanne Conway described on Tuesday some simple questions The Post and others have asked Mr. Trump and his circle over the past several months about his supposed philanthropic activities.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump bought a 6-foot-tall portrait of himself with charity money. We may have found it.
KRCG:
State senator sits in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick  —  State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, sat down during the Pledge of Allegiance at the Missouri state capitol Wednesday.  —  “I decided to not stand for the pledge of allegiance today to stand in solidarity with the cause of injustice …
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Jon Street / TheBlaze.com:
State Senator Refuses to Stand During Pledge of Allegiance in ‘Solidarity’ With Colin Kaepernick
Joseph W. McQuaid / UnionLeader.com:
An Editorial — Joseph W. McQuaid, Publisher: A better choice for President (No need to hold your nose)  —  New Hampshire Union Leader Publisher … In 1972, Union Leader Publisher William Loeb found himself having to recommend either President Richard Nixon or challenger George McGovern.
Daily Mail:
Germany torn apart: Mob of 100 neo-Nazis in vicious brawl with 20 asylum seekers who goaded them into violence in latest example of how Merkel's open-door policy is dividing the country  —  Refugees and neo-Nazis battled it out on the streets of an east German town on Wednesday night …
The Intercept:
Elizabeth Warren Asks Newly-Chatty FBI Director to Explain Why DOJ Didn't Prosecute Banksters  —  Like a lot of other Americans, Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know why the Department of Justice hasn't criminally prosecuted any of the major players responsible for the 2008 financial crisis.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Bloomberg
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Poll: Nearly half of Americans say voter fraud occurs often  —  Nearly half of Americans say that voter fraud occurs at least somewhat often according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a viewpoint at odds with studies showing it rarely occurs in U.S. elections.
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
 
 
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Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
‘Are Syrians the Only Muslims Indiana Fears?’
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
MSNBC:
Christie on Trump debate prep & Putin comments
The Hill:
Hillary Clinton faces dilemma following ‘deplorables’ remark
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Hannah Parry / Daily Mail:
Now Mexico wants to build a border wall with Central America to keep out illegal immigrants …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Author Ed Klein: Hillary Frequently Faints, Huma Brings Her Cold Compresses for Her Head (VIDEO)
Discussion: BizPac Review
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
WITNESS SAYS PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ORDERED KILLINGS OF 1,000
Discussion: alan.com and Associated Press
Calvin Tomkins / New Yorker:
Gold Toilet  —  Five years ago, the artist Maurizio Cattelan announced …
Discussion: Boing Boing and New York's PIX11
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Time Trump's Campaign Manager Called Americans “a Bunch of Pigs”
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Why Florida is still in play for Trump
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Time to Face It: Trump Really Could Win This
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP negotiators reach deal to postpone IRS impeachment vote
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with NPR CEO Katherine Maher, who defends NPR and accuses critics of “bad faith distortion” of her past comments about the First Amendment

 
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