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3:40 PM ET, September 14, 2017

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Jon Levine / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends: Maybe Trump Wall Was ‘Symbolic’  —  Fox & Friends took viewers on a trip down gaslight alley on Thursday, with the show hosts scrambling to make sense of the alleged deal between Donald Trump and “Chuck and Nancy” to save DACA and punt the border wall until later.
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Report: Trump Caves on DACA, Wants ‘Quick’ Amnesty for 800K Illegal Aliens  —  In a meeting with establishment politicians from the Problem Solvers Caucus and the Blue Dog Coalition, President Trump signaled a full-fledged cave on the issue of giving amnesty to nearly 800,000 illegal aliens currently protected …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi rises again — thanks to Trump
Discussion: NTK Network and Associated Press
Axios:
Trump: “If there's not a wall, we're doing nothing”
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:   Read My Lips: Schumer Is Playing You For A Fool, Mr. President
Washington Post:
Trump, top Democrats agree to work on deal to save ‘dreamers’ from deportation
Sean Langille / Washington Examiner:
Watch: Chuck Schumer caught on hot mic saying Trump ‘likes us’ … Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was caught on a hot mic Thursday saying, “He likes us.  He likes me anyway,” about President Trump.  —  The comments came shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's floor speech.
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UVA Center / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
New Poll: Some Americans Express Troubling Racial Attitudes Even as Majority Oppose White Supremacists  —  Survey conducted by Reuters/Ipsos in conjunction with UVA Center for Politics measures racial sentiments in aftermath of August neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville
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Anthony Scaramucci to guest co-host ‘The View’ … Anthony Scaramucci is still a hot topic, and now he's joining the table.  —  The former White House communications director will guest co-host “The View” for the first “Guy Day Friday” of Season 21.  —  He will join the co-hosts at the …
Discussion: The Hill, IJR, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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John B. Judis / New Republic:
Redoing the Electoral Math  —  I argued that demographics favored the Democrats.  I was wrong.  —  If any force on Earth could be powerful enough to unite the Democratic Party, you'd have thought the words “President Donald Trump” would do the trick.  Instead, Hillary Clinton's defeat …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: It's time to abolish the Electoral College  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton told CNN on Wednesday that it is time to abolish the Electoral College, part of a sweeping interview where the former Democratic nominee sought to explain why she lost the 2016 election.
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Fox News:
Graham threatens to subpoena Comey, as pressure mounts to clear up Clinton case confusion
Discussion: IJR and The Gateway Pundit
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump thanks media for being ‘so understanding’  —  President Trump extended a rare message of gratitude to the press on Thursday, thanking members of the media for being “so understanding” in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.  —  “Media, we appreciate you being so understanding,” …
Discussion: RedState
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Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
FLASHBACK: Sanders: If We Do Medicaid-For-All Type Plan, It Would Bankrupt The Nation  —  “If we expanded Medicaid to everybody...we would be spending such an astronomical sum of money...we would bankrupt the nation,” Sanders said in 1987.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook still doesn't know the extent of Russian ad buys in election  —  What $100,000 can buy you on Facebook  —  How extensive was Russia's use of Facebook to meddle with the presidential election?  Even Facebook doesn't know.  —  One week after it told the country that it had sold $100,000 worth …
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The Daily Beast:   Exclusive: Facebook Won't Reveal if Russia Targeted You During the Election
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Sean Spicer A Ratings Magnet For Jimmy Kimmel, As Donald Trump Forecast  —  As President Donald Trump has pointed out, Sean Spicer is a ratings magnet.  —  The long-suffering White House press secretary's sit-down with Jimmy Kimmel put ABC's late-night show on top in the metered markets last night.
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Fox News:
Harvard makes convicted spy Chelsea Manning a ‘fellow,’ igniting firestorm  —  Former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell on Thursday announced his resignation as a senior fellow at Harvard after the university named U.S. Army soldier-turned-convicted felon Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow.
Eli Hager / New York Times:
From Prison to Ph.D.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones  —  Michelle Jones was released last month after serving more than two decades in an Indiana prison for the murder of her 4-year-old son.  The very next day, she arrived at New York University, a promising Ph.D. candidate in American studies.
Peter Kafka / Recode:
New York Times reporter Mike Isaac is writing a book about Uber  —  Crazy ambition, betrayal, sex, deceit and naked power grabs all make for a page-turner.  —  The Uber story has crazy ambition, betrayal, sex, deceit, naked power grabs, and lots and lots and lots of money.  —  Should be a book, right?
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Says Jump.  His Supporters Ask, How High?  —  In the Trump era, Republicans have been revising their views on right and wrong.  —  In 2011, the Public Religion Research Institute asked voters if  —  White evangelical Protestants were the least forgiving.
Pew Research Center:
Mexican Views of the U.S. Turn Sharply Negative  —  Widespread dissatisfaction with economy and political leaders  —  More Mexicans view the United States unfavorably than at any time in the past decade and a half.  Nearly two-thirds of Mexicans (65%) express a negative opinion of the U.S. …
Discussion: New York Times
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Reminder: Susan Rice Lied About Her Role In The Obama Admin Unmasking Scandal  —  On March 22, Rep. Devin Nunes made his ham-fisted disclosure that the Obama administration had conducted incidental surveillance collection and unmasking of Trump administration officials.
CBS13 | CBS Sacramento:
Folsom School Warns ‘USA’ Chant Could Send ‘Unintended Message’  —  FOLSOM (CBS13) — Controversy erupts at Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom over students chanting “USA.”  —  It's a popular way to for students to show pride during sporting events and rallies, but school and district officials …
Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
Why Didn't Trump Build Anything in Russia?  —  Thirty years ago, in July 1987, Donald and Ivana Trump flew to the Soviet Union, apparently at the invitation of the Soviet ambassador to the United States, in order to scout locations for a Trump hotel in Moscow.  “It was an extraordinary experience,” Trump wrote in The Art of the Deal.
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The Trump administration's big new anti-leak memo leaked last night  —  Of course it did.  —  Every administration faces leaks, and no administration likes them.  The Obama administration went further than its predecessors in launching criminal prosecutions of national security leakers …
 
 
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House GOP Worries About ‘Mass Exodus’ Of Frustrated Members
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Joe Biden / New York Times:
Reclaiming America's Values
 

 
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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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