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1:50 PM ET, September 11, 2017

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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump promised not to work with foreign entities.  His company just did  —  WASHINGTON  —  A major construction company owned by the Chinese government was hired to work on the latest Trump golf club development in Dubai despite a pledge from Donald Trump that his family business …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:   Trump company hires Chinese government-owned firm despite promise: report
Bryan Schott / utahpolicy.com:
Exclusive: Mitt Romney planning to run for Senate if Orrin Hatch retires  —  Sources tell UtahPolicy.com that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is preparing to run for Senate in 2018 if Sen. Orrin Hatch decides to retire.  —  Sources close to Romney say the two-time presidential candidate …
Daily Mail:
At least 32 looters are arrested across Florida during Irma crime spree: Thieves prompt SWAT standoff after robbing a store for GUNS while others are caught on camera breaking into a sports shop  — SWAT officers in Orlando detain one suspect after a standoff which began looters broke into Academy Sports trying to steal guns
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New York Times:
Desperation Mounts in Caribbean Islands: ‘All the Food Is Gone’
Discussion: ABC News and grubstreet
New York Times:
Irma Live Updates: Now a Tropical Storm, System Heads North
Discussion: Axios, WCMH-TV and NPR
Sean Rossman / USA Today:   Dozens of dogs abandoned, left unable to escape as Irma bears down
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Pope Francis: If Trump is ‘pro-life’ he wouldn't end DACA  —  Pope Francis said that President Trump should reconsider his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program if he considers himself to be “pro-life.”  —  “The President of the United States presents himself …
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Delia Gallagher / CNN:
Pope Francis says rescinding DACA is not ‘pro-life’
Discussion: Politico
Yahoo:
Sputnik, the Russian news agency, is under investigation by the FBI … WASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency, as part of an investigation into whether it is acting as an undeclared propaganda arm …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Republican Sen. Bob Corker weighs whether to retire in 2018  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, the influential chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee who was once considered for a spot in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, is weighing whether to call it quits next year.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Conspiracies, Corruption and Climate  —  After the devastation wreaked by Harvey on Houston — devastation that was right in line with meteorologists' predictions — you might have expected everyone to take heed when the same experts warned about the danger posed by Hurricane Irma.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   Soul Survival in Trump's Hell
Charlie Rose / CBS News:
Breitbart's Bannon declares war on the GOP  —  Steve Bannon, Trump's ex-chief strategist, tells 60 Minutes why he's out at the White House and criticizes the GOP for not supporting the president.  “They're gonna be held accountable,” he says  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Only Problem in American Politics Is the Republican Party  —  Political scientist Lee Drutman argues in a Vox essay that American politics is descending into what he calls “doom-loop partisanship.”  Drutman notes that Americans have been “retreating into our separate tribal epistemologies …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:   Muted backlash to Trump's bipartisanship signals warning for GOP
Katie Shepherd / Willamette Week:
Nobody was hurt in the incident, but the echoes of Charlottsville are hard to miss.  —  Police in Vancouver this afternoon arrested a man after a Patriot Prayer rally when he nearly ran his truck into a crowd of antifascist counter-protesters.  —  After a rally organized …
New York Times:
Where Trump's Hands-Off Approach to Governing Does Not Apply  —  The Trump administration opened the door to allowing more firearms on federal lands.  It scrubbed references to “L.G.B.T.Q. youth” from the description of a federal program for victims of sex trafficking.
Discussion: Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money
TMZ.com:
Eric Chase Bolling Jr. Died in Bed After ‘Emotional Torture’ Over Dad's Firing  —  Eric Chase Bolling, Jr. — Died in Bed After Suffering ‘Emotional Torture’  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Eric Chase Bolling, Jr. died in his bed, TMZ has learned, after enduring “emotional torture” …
Detroit News:
Rep. Dave Trott is retiring from U.S. House  —  Washington — Republican Rep. Dave Trott of Birmingham said Monday that he will retire from Congress at the end of his term.  —  Trott, a 56-year-old attorney serving his second term, is the latest in a string of GOP House members to announce …
Discussion: Axios
Michael Tanglis / Salon:
Trump Inc: Inside the president's not-so-blind trust  —  Trump's run for president likely started as a marketing pitch.  The problem is, he won  —  Seven days after Donald Trump announced his intention to seek the highest office in the land, he formed more business entities than he had on any previous day …
Karen Townsend / NewsBusters:
Miss America Contestants Asked to Condemn President Trump  —  Though the ominous feeling of concern for those in the path of Hurricane Irma in Florida hung heavy in the air, the show must go on.  Miss America 2018 on ABC aired September 10th and throughout the show, donations for hurricane relief …
Discussion: IJR and Grabien News
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Antifa, white supremacists exploit loose gun laws  —  Domestic extremist groups ranging from white supremacists to their rival “antifa” anarchists are increasingly exploiting loose gun control laws to show up at emotionally charged rallies with assault rifles and other high-powered weapons …
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and twitchy.com
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Brian Williams Mocked For Suggesting Viewers Take Credit For Others Work  —  Brian Williams is getting dragged on Twitter after he seemed to suggest that people should repost other people's stuff and take credit for it.  —  Earlier today, the MSNBC anchor was reviewing photos …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Tom Steele / Dallas Morning News:
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Uriel J. Garcia / The Santa Fe New Mexican:
ICE arrests young immigrant's sponsor months after feds assured him he'd be safe
Discussion: Raw Story
Tyler Eifert:
Why I Stand  —  I know it would probably be best to stay out of it …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Voter Fraud Commission Poised To Double Down On Debunked NH Claims
Discussion: New York Times, NBC News and Raw Story
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Sixteen Years After 9/11, How Does Terrorism End?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Kambiz Foroohar / Bloomberg:
Haley's UN Brinkmanship Comes With Advice by Long-Time Pollster
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