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4:45 AM ET, September 24, 2016

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Ted Cruz / Facebook:
This election is unlike any other in our nation's history.  Like many other voters, I have struggled to determine the right course of action in this general election.  —  In Cleveland, I urged voters, “please, don't stay home in November.  Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz: I'm voting for Trump  —  Ted Cruz on Friday said he would vote for Donald Trump for president and that he would encourage others to do the same, reversing months of opposition to his bitter primary rival.  —  “After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Glenn Beck: Cruz backing Trump ‘profoundly sad’  —  Glenn Beck on Friday voiced sorrow over Sen. Ted Cruz  —  for the presidency.  —  “[This is] a profoundly sad day for me,” he wrote on Facebook.  “Disappointment does not begin to describe.  —  “Maybe it is time to go to the mountains for a while …
New York Times:
Video by Wife of Keith Scott Shows Her Pleas to Police  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A cellphone video made by the wife of Keith Lamont Scott as he was fatally shot by the police here shows the moments before and after the episode, including the wife's pleas to her husband to get out of his truck …
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NBC News:
Charlotte Shooting Video: Footage Shows Fatal Encounter Between Police, Keith Lamont Scott  —  Wife's Video Shows Deadly Encounter Between Keith Scott and Police 4:41  —  Unsettling footage obtained by NBC News shows the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Charlotte hotel moves guests to another site
Discussion: CNN, 6 and New York Times
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump adviser and Kremlin  —  U.S. intelligence officials are seeking to determine whether an American businessman identified by Donald Trump as one of his foreign policy advisers has opened up private communications with senior Russian officials …
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Feds investigating Trump advisor's meeting with Russian officials seeking to influence U.S. election  —  Harry Reid wrote the FBI, demanding action.  —  U.S. law enforcement is looking into Donald Trump foreign policy advisor Carter Page's meetings with high-ranking Russian officials this summer, Yahoo's Michael Isikoff reports.
Discussion: NBC News
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Intel Officials Investigating Trump Advisor's Ties To Putin Allies
Discussion: alan.com
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama used a pseudonym in emails with Clinton, FBI documents reveal  —  President Barack Obama used a pseudonym in email communications with Hillary Clinton and others, according to FBI records made public Friday.  —  The disclosure came as the FBI released its second batch of documents …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Top Clinton aide Cheryl Mills granted partial immunity in email investigation
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
A note from the editor-in-chief about Chris Ziegler  —  Hey everyone — there have been questions about Chris Ziegler and his absence from The Verge in the past few weeks.  I want to provide answers for those who have been worried about him.  —  First, Chris accepted a position at Apple.
Adam / Wonderland Magazine:
Kim Kardashian West  —  Eve Barlow trails the story of Kween K and the Kardashian dynasty - Earth's most followed fam.  —  Mid-way through a 10am interview with Kim Kardashian on a Sunday morning, my attempts to protect her from the threat of unseen, yet omnipresent, paparazzi almost knock her out.
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Stephanie Marcus / The Huffington Post:
Kim Kardashian Is Suddenly (And Disappointingly) Considering Voting For Donald Trump
Discussion: Hot Air and PerezHilton
Brian Hiatt / Rolling Stone:
Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a ‘Moron’  —  “The republic is under siege by a moron,” Springsteen says in excerpts from upcoming Rolling Stone feature.  “It's a tragedy for our democracy”  —  All Stories »  —  Bruce Springsteen spent the summer playing stadiums with the E Street Band …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Father Helped GOP Candidate With Numerous Loans  —  Although Donald Trump says he built his empire from a $1 million loan from his father, a court document shows frequent borrowing from Fred Trump and his companies  —  Donald Trump often has said on the campaign trail …
Discussion: The Week
Washington Post:
Corey Lewandowski set to collect nearly $500,000 from Trump campaign  —  Corey Lewandowski is set to be paid nearly half a million dollars by Donald Trump's presidential campaign by the end of the year, with almost a quarter of his compensation coming after the controversial political operative's June ouster as campaign manager.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama vetoes 9/11 bill  —  President Obama on Friday vetoed legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S courts, setting up a high-stakes showdown with Congress.  —  “I recognize that there is nothing that could ever erase the grief the 9/11 families have endured,” Obama wrote in his veto message.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama vetoes Saudi 9/11 bill
Discussion: New York Magazine and ABC News
Cincinnati.com:
Enquirer: It has to be Hillary Clinton  —  Presidential elections should be about who's the best candidate, not who's the least flawed.  Unfortunately, that's not the case this year.  —  Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, the most unpopular pair of presidential candidates …
Sherry Hall / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
GBI: Cop lied about being shot by black man  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Officer Sherry Hall is on paid administrative leave after being charged with four felonies.  —  Hall lied about being shot Sept. 13, the GBI said.  —  Hall checked into a “private facility” of her own volition to seek help.
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Nearly half of voters think Trump will detonate a nuke  —  would allow the U.S. to default on its debt and that he would misuse the power of the presidency to punish his political opponents.  —  And nearly half of voters — 46 percent — say Trump would use a nuclear weapon to attack ISIS or another foreign enemy.
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
‘Pulled the wrong photo’: D.C. hotels mistake Wisconsin's capitol building for the U.S. Capitol  —  The photo is beguiling: Pink clouds hover over the capitol building at sunset, stirring the hearts of visitors to the District of Columbia as they prepare to tour a city that stands as a symbol of democracy.
Discussion: Mediaite
Trinity Bonet / Fusion:
This black woman painted her entire body white in a bold protest of police killings and white supremacy  —  On Wednesday night, Tashala Dangel Geyer, a black woman from Daytona Beach, brought home a can of paint from Home Depot, stripped naked, and began painting her body chalk white.
Discussion: AOL and Independent Journal Review
 
 
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Ethan Epstein / Weekly Standard:
Former Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Trump Could Easily Make Mexico Pay for the Wall
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Zachary Kiesch / WNYW-TV:
Fighting homelessness in New York City
Discussion: Sputnik International
John Parkinson / ABC News:
Obama Reflects on Police Shootings at Museum Reception
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Clinton Campaign Touts New Endorsements From Business Leaders
Discussion: Politico
BBC:
Monty Python's Terry Jones diagnosed with dementia
Discussion: New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Clinton's 65% Killer Death Tax
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Report: Trump campaign hurting his business
Discussion: Bloomberg and alan.com
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Voter Registration Deadlines, State by State
Discussion: Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
 Earlier Items: 
New York Daily News:
Witness set to testify in NYPD cop's drug conspiracy trial whacked 'Don Corleone'-style, prosecutors say
Discussion: The Root and theGrio
Salena Zito / The Atlantic:
Taking Trump Seriously, Not Literally
Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Breitbart/Gravis Poll: Hillary Clinton Holds National Lead over Donald Trump
Discussion: The Hill and Times of San Diego
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
He grew up in a lower middle income household.  His parents worked three jobs.
Discussion: The Hill
John Rogers / WFLA-TV:
Manatee middle school employee arrested for impregnating young girl
Discussion: WWLP-TV
 

 
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