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8:40 AM ET, September 15, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Humiliated Jeff Sessions After Mueller Appointment  —  WASHINGTON — Shortly after learning in May that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate links between his campaign associates and Russia, President Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an Oval Office meeting …
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Sessions receives message of support from Trump after new report of past turmoil
Discussion: IJR and Raw Story
Harvard Kennedy School:
Statement from Dean Elmendorf regarding the invitation to Chelsea Manning to be a Visiting Fellow  — HOME - NEWS - STATEMENT FROM DEAN ELMENDORF REGARDING THE INVITATION TO CHELSEA MANNING TO BE A VISITING FELLOW  —  Statement from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Dean of Harvard Kennedy School …
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Chelsea Manning's Fellowship Withdrawn by Harvard After Criticism  —  Facing harsh criticism, a Harvard dean said early Friday morning that he was revoking his invitation to Chelsea Manning, a former United States soldier convicted of leaking classified information, to be a visiting fellow at the university.
Andrew Degrandpre / Washington Post:
Harvard dean rescinds Chelsea Manning's visiting fellow invitation, calling it a ‘mistake’  —  Harvard's Kennedy School of Government rescinded a visiting fellowship offered to Chelsea Manning, the former military intelligence analyst who spent seven years in prison for leaking classified government secrets …
Felicia Gans / BostonGlobe.com:   Harvard Kennedy School rescinds invite for Chelsea Manning to serve as visiting fellow
Fox News:
Harvard makes convicted spy Chelsea Manning a ‘fellow,’ igniting firestorm
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Inside Trump's dalliance with Democrats  —  After months of hammering Republicans over their failure to repeal Obamacare, President Donald Trump huddled this week with moderate House Democrats and Republicans who were trying to sell him on a fix to the health care law.
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New York Times:
Why Did Trump Work Again With Democrats?  ‘He Likes Us,’ Schumer Says  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer had just finished outlining a new Democratic immigration proposal over a working dinner at the White House on Wednesday night when President Trump stopped him with a simple question: What is in it for me?
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Rejects Trump-Schumer Deal, Promises More Border Security
Discussion: New York Magazine and twitchy.com
ProPublica:
Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’  —  Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally?  Facebook's self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you.  —  Until this week, when we asked Facebook about it, the world's largest social …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Resurrects His Claim That Both Sides Share Blame in Charlottesville Violence  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump thrust himself back into the racial storms of Charlottesville on Thursday, repeating his charge that those resisting the neo-Nazis and white supremacists were as much to blame …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump signs resolution condemning hate groups
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Russell Goldman / New York Times:
North Korea Launches Another Missile, Escalating Crisis  —  HONG KONG — North Korea fired a missile off its east coast on Friday, the South Korean military said.  —  It was the 15th such test this year and the first since North Korea detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb to date.
Discussion: CNN, Fox News, AOL, Axios, IJR and Reuters
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats Follow Bernie Sanders Off a Cliff  —  How rudderless is the Democratic Party?  Its membership is so bereft of leadership and policy direction that 16 of its senators have signed on to a health care bill sponsored by a self-avowed independent democratic socialist from Vermont.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
California legislature passes bill requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns  —  The California State Assembly on Thursday passed a bill that would require all presidential candidates to release their tax returns prior to being placed on the state's ballot.
Discussion: Politicus USA
Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Charlottesville protests a ‘setup’  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., said leftists convinced Civil War re-enactors to protest the removal of a civil war statue and pretend to be white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va., last month.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
The pro-Russia, pro-weed, pro-Assange GOP congressman who will be tough to beat
Discussion: Politicus USA and Mother Jones
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Daily Caller reporter renounces racist, misogynistic writings  —  Back in 2010, some blogger wanted to vent about something.  “Small towns like the one I'm from in Texas have a fat girl problem.  The scent of cheap perfume, sweat, grease ... forms a troposphere-like force field surrounding …
BBC:
Fanged creature found on Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey  —  A mysterious fanged sea creature that washed up on a beach in Texas following Hurricane Harvey has been identified.  —  Preeti Desai found the decaying fish on a beach in Texas City, and asked Twitter for help.
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
The Cassini spacecraft just crashed into Saturn  —  PASADENA, Calif. — NASA scientists just received their last-ever message from the Cassini spacecraft, which plunged into Saturn early Friday morning.  Those final bits of data signal the end of one of the most successful planetary science missions in history.
Nicola Slawson / The Guardian:
FT journalist presumed dead after being ‘dragged into water by crocodile’  —  Man, named as Paul McClean, had been taking surfing lessons in Sri Lanka, when witnesses say he was pulled into the lagoon after washing his hands … A British tourist is missing after witnesses saw him being dragged …
Lindsay Gibbs / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: ESPN tried to kick Jemele Hill off the air and replace her with another black host  —  At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, just three hours after the White House encouraged ESPN to fire her, Jemele Hill sat next to her co-host Michael Smith on the set of their daily SportsCenter show and …
BBC:
Parsons Green: London Underground blast is terror incident  —  An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed.  —  Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives, working with MI5 …
WDIV-TV:
Farmington Hills teacher accused of assaulting 6th-grader who sat during Pledge of Allegiance  —  Student at East Middle School in Farmington Hills doesn't stand for Pledge  —  FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - Many NFL players have expressed their beliefs by kneeling for the national anthem before games …
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats cling to the impossible: Winning the Senate in 2018  —  Senate Democrats are three seats shy of a majority and almost entirely on defense in the 2018 elections, making it all but impossible for them to retake the chamber next year.  —  But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Loneliest President  —  “ISOLATED?” read the subject line.  —  “Friend,” Donald Trump wrote recently to supporters in a fundraising email.  “The fake news keeps saying, ‘President Trump is isolated.’ ... They say I'm isolated by lobbyists, corporations, grandstanding politicians, and Hollywood.
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Fergie and Josh Duhamel Separate After 8 Years of Marriage: ‘We Are and Will Always Be United’  —  After eight years of marriage, Fergie and Josh Duhamel are going their separate ways, they confirm to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier …
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Sucking the Joy Out of Everything  —  Remember when people used to let things go?  When people would just get along, not hunt for secret meanings behind actions and ways to be offended for the sake of being offended?  Thanks to the progressive left that day is done.  —  These guys suck the joy out of everything.
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Google and Facebook Fret Over Anti-Prostitution Bill's Fallout  —  Measure said to boost risk for putting users' content online  —  Backers say narrow bill aimed at Backpage won't harm internet  —  Google and Facebook Inc. are among companies opposing a Senate bill aimed …
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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USA Today:
'For first time in 300 years, there's not a single living person on the island of Barbuda'
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Confederate flag overshadows Clampitt town hall
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Associated Press:
Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee removed from Dallas park
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Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
U.S. Navy Investigating If Destroyer Crash Was Caused by Cyberattack
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
The Intercept:
After Massive Giveaways to Industry, Mining Executives Will Spend Big at Trump's D.C. Hotel
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Texas secession movement: Russia-linked Facebook group asked us to participate in anti-Clinton rallies
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