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4:10 PM ET, September 17, 2016

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Robert M. Gates / Wall Street Journal:
Sizing Up the Next Commander-in-Chief  —  Neither candidate has seriously addressed how he or she thinks about the military or the use of force.  —  You wouldn't know it from the presidential campaigns, but the first serious crisis to face our new president most likely will be international.
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Politico
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Former Secretary of Defense: Trump ‘unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief’  —  Robert Gates had strong words for both candidates in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.  —  Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates is not a big fan of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton's ideas about foreign policy.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
‘Mr. Trump Is Beyond Repair’  —  Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates writing in the Wall Street Journal:  —  Mrs. Clinton has time before the election to address forthrightly her trustworthiness, to reassure people about her judgment, to demonstrate her willingness to stake out one or more positions …
Discussion: Politicus USA
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Dem senator to Trump: ‘Blood will be on your hands’ if Clinton killed  —  of suggesting his supporters kill Hillary Clinton  —  , tweeting furiously that “blood will be on your hands.”  —  “Hey @realDonaldTrump, if you keep suggesting your supporters kill @HillaryClinton, someone will listen.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Giffords calls on Trump to renounce gun comments  —  Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband Mark Kelly lashed out at Donald Trump  —  on Friday for saying that Hillary Clinton  —  's bodyguards should be “disarmed.”  —  “Tonight we have even more evidence …
Discussion: Raw Story, alan.com and The Week
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump: Clinton's bodyguards should ‘disarm immediately’ and ‘see what happens to her’
Logan Churchwell / Breitbart:
Black Dallas Cop Sues Black Lives Matter, Soros for Inciting Race War  —  The head of a Dallas police organization is suing a collection of Black Lives Matter figureheads and other prominent individuals for allegedly inciting racial violence against American police officers.
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Police officers shot in Philly, Fort Worth
Discussion: Hot Air, AOL and The Gateway Pundit
Mike Allen / Politico:
Exclusive: Here's who's playing Tim Kaine in GOP debate prep  —  In Mike Pence's prep sessions for the vice-presidential debate, the role of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is being played by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a top GOP source told POLITICO on Saturday.  —  The first mock debate has already been held.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Exclusive: Robert Barnett to play Mike Pence in Tim Kaine debate prep
Discussion: alan.com
David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
2 Clinton supporters in '08 reportedly shared Obama ‘birther’ story  —  WASHINGTON  —  Two supporters of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign reportedly shared the claim that then-rival Barack Obama was not born in the United States and thus was not eligible to be president.
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Clung to ‘Birther’ Lie for Years, and Still Isn't Apologetic
VICE News:
VICE News reporter arrested outside a Donald Trump campaign event  —  Alex Thompson, a reporter for VICE News, was arrested by Houston Police today while inquiring about press access to an event held for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Omni Westside Hotel.
Discussion: Guardian and Deadline
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
DSCC shifts dollars out of Florida and Ohio  —  The top group helping Democrats win Senate seats is canceling advertising in Florida and Ohio to invest more heavily in Missouri and North Carolina.  —  The financial rejiggering by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spells …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:   As Trump rises in battleground states, Clinton moves to block his path to 270
Chris Kahn / Yahoo:
Race tightens in projected U.S. Electoral College vote: Reuters/Ipsos  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An election analysis conducted in the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project shows that the race has tightened considerably over the past few weeks, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump projected …
Discussion: RedState and The Week
Nassim Nicholas Taleb:
The Intellectual Yet Idiot  —  What we have been seeing worldwide, from India to the UK to the US, is the rebellion against the inner circle of no-skin-in-the-game policymaking “clerks” and journalists-insiders, that class of paternalistic semi-intellectual experts with some Ivy league …
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Spencer Kent / New Jersey Online:
‘Pipe bomb-style device’ explodes along military 5K route in Seaside  —  SEASIDE PARK — An explosive device went off in a garbage pail Saturday morning along the route of a 5K run and walk to benefit military soldiers.  —  Multiple devices were also found “wired together” in the same garbage pail …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How Roger Ailes used ‘key man clauses’ for his stars to protect himself  —  Contracts with most of the biggest stars on Fox News contain something unusual: A “key man clause” giving them an escape hatch if the company's “key man,” CEO Roger Ailes, exited.  —  In July, Ailes resigned under pressure amid sexual harassment allegations.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Travel Back to an Early Clinton Scandal  —  Voters have the impression Hillary isn't trustworthy.  She's been reinforcing it since 1993.  —  The question came up this week at a political panel: Why don't people like Hillary Clinton?  —  Why do they always believe the worst?
Daily Mail:
‘LES DEPLORABLES!’  Trump floors cheering Miami crowd as he enters to Broadway anthem and speaks in front of giant ‘Les Mis’ video screen art  — It read ‘Les Deplorables’ - and replaced French revolutionary flags with the Stars and Stripes - and a ‘TRUMP’ flag
 
 
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Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton, style icon? The unexpected inspiration for women's spring fashion
Discussion: Refinery29
New York Times:
A Two-Mile Beer Pipeline Carries Belgium's Lifeblood to Be Bottled
Discussion: euronews
Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
Navy to Hold All-Hands Training, Webinars on New Transgender Policy
CNN:
Zika virus: Miami Beach transmission zone triples
Discussion: The Week and Common Dreams
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Analysis: By 2025, 99.6% of Paul Ryan's tax cuts would go to the richest 1% of Americans
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Mistrial declared in sanity phase of convicted Hollywood arsonist
Discussion: NPR
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Debates Are on TV, but Advertisers Target Eyeballs Online
Associated Press:
Nigeria's President Apologizes For Plagiarizing President Obama's Speech
Discussion: alan.com
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Klare / Mother Jones:
Why a Donald Trump Victory Could Make Climate Catastrophe Inevitable
Discussion: TomDispatch and Informed Comment
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Twice Arrested Illegal Alien Kills Sheriff's Deputy In DUI
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Conflicting Policy From Trump: To Keep, and Remove, Tax Cut
Discussion: Mother Jones
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Man arrested for allegedly threatening Hawaii Dems
Discussion: alan.com
Elizabeth Roberts / CNN:
History made in New York as one designer shows the first-ever collection to feature hijabs in every look
Discussion: Breitbart and American Thinker
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Just 5.7 Percent Of Clinton Foundation Budget Actually Went To Charitable Grants
Discussion: Infowars and Clayton Cramer
Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
School District: Betsy Ross Flag Symbolizes “Hate”