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10:15 AM ET, September 16, 2017

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CNN:
Brooke Baldwin: Speaking like this to women in 2017?  No way  —  Brooke Baldwin is a Peabody Award finalist who anchors the 2-4 p.m. ET edition of CNN Newsroom.  The views expressed in this commentary are solely the author's.  —  (CNN)"Boobs."  —  Yep, he said it.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
'I'm Done': CNN's Brooke Baldwin Ends Segment After Clay Travis Says He Believes in ‘Boobs’
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Congressman Sought Trump Deal on WikiLeaks, Russia  —  Rep. Rohrabacher asks for pardon of Julian Assange in return for evidence of no 2016 election meddling  —  WASHINGTON—A U.S. congressman contacted the White House this week trying to broker a deal that would end WikiLeaks founder …
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Gave Special Counsel Robert Mueller More Details on Russian Ad Buys Than Congress  —  Social-media company shared copies of ads and account information, people familiar with the matter said  —  Facebook Inc. FB .40% has handed over to special counsel Robert Mueller detailed records …
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Chris Smith / Vanity Fair:
Did Jared Kushner's Data Operation Help Select Facebook Targets for the Russians?  —  The Russians used social media to rile the electorate.  Investigators wonder if they had inside help.  —  The headlines were about Facebook admitting it had sold ad space to Russian groups trying to sway the 2016 presidential campaign.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:   Facebook handed Russia-linked ads over to Mueller under search warrant
Associated Press:
Still no charity money from leftover Trump inaugural funds  —  https://apnews.com/0756ba7480444895b4fa bc9a2f0909b3  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's inaugural committee raised an unprecedented $107 million for a ceremony that officials promised would be …
Discussion: Shareblue
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump inaugural committee has yet to give funds to charity despite pledge: report
Discussion: RedState
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Faced with an up-or-down choice on Charlottesville resolution, Trump chooses third option  —  WASHINGTON — In sending the president a joint resolution condemning “racist violence” in Charlottesville, Congress gave President Trump a choice: sign the resolution and reject white supremacists, or veto it and align with the far right.
Chicago Tribune:
Judge rules in city's favor on sanctuary cities, grants nationwide injunction  —  The U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney General Jeff Sessions want to require sanctuary cities like Chicago to give notice when immigrants in the country illegally are about to be released from custody …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Justice Department ends program scrutinizing local police forces
Discussion: The Root
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Another prosecutor joins Trump-Russia probe  —  An attorney working on the Justice Department's highest-profile money laundering case recently transferred off that assignment in order to join the staff of the special prosecutor investigating the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia, POLITICO has learned.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump Declines to Release List of His Visitors at Mar-a-Lago  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday escalated a battle with government ethics groups by declining, even in the face of a federal court order, to release the identities of individuals visiting with President Trump …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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Los Angeles Times:
Dealing with Democrats?  Protecting ‘Dreamers’?  Here in Arizona that's just fine with these Trump supporters  —  Supporters of President Trump in Arizona said they had no problem with him cutting deals Democrats to allow so-called Dreamers to stay in the U.S. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press)
Olivia Nuzzi / thecut:
Here's Why Steve Bannon Wears So Many Shirts  —  Physically, I feel slightly inhibited; but spiritually, I feel oddly secure.  This is due to the many shirts I'm wearing as I type — three (3) shirts to be precise — a tank top, a dress shirt, another dress shirt, and on top of that, a blazer.
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
Cutting Taxes Will Be Harder Than Trump Thinks  —  On most Tuesdays, known around Capitol Hill as “fly-in day,” House Ways and Means chairman Kevin Brady holds a quickie media gaggle outside his office, providing reporters the chance to grill him about the coming week's hot issues.
New York Times:
Morality Is Negotiable for Mr. Trump  —  This week President Trump reached a deal with Democrats to enshrine into law protections for young illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children.  Within a matter of days, these young people went from fearing deportation to homelands …
Raw Story:
There is no such thing as a good Trump voter  —  As if any further evidence was needed, the last few weeks have provided ample proof to arrive at a single conclusion: There is no such thing as a good Trump voter.  This may be a hard pill to swallow for those with loved ones who voted for Trump.
Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Feds claim ‘thousands of intercepts’ in the case of Ukrainian billionaire, Trump ex-campaign boss  —  Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash arrives for the start of his trial at the courts of justice in Vienna, Austria on Feb. 21, 2017.  Firtash was arrested in Vienna in March 2014 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Patrick Byrne / The Daily Beast:
Twitter Lets You Target Ads to Millions of People Who Use the N-Word … Twitter's advertising platform tells prospective marketers it has 26.3 million users interested in the derogatory term “wetback,” 18.6 million accounts that are likely to engage with the word “Nazi,” and 14.5 million users who might be drawn to “n**ger.”
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Hill Republicans' influence ebbs, and they're not sure what to do about it  —  President Trump's latest tendency to turn to Democrats to hash out major legislative deals has left Republican leaders facing a new reality as a daunting fall agenda looms: They are at their lowest moment of influence this year.
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Trump Advisers Secretly Met With Jordan's King While One Was Pushing A Huge Nuclear Power Deal  —  Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, and Steve Bannon met with King Abdullah II while Flynn was reportedly pressing for a controversial, for-profit deal to build nuclear power plants in the Middle East.
Patrick Redford / Deadspin:
Here's What ESPN Employees Are Saying About The Jemele Hill Situation On Their Private Message Board  —  ESPN spent this week caving to the most cynically motivated people on the fringes of sports media and their manufactured outrage at SportsCenter anchor Jemele Hill's accurate comments about the president.
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Seeing the Confederacy Clear  —  On the terrible issue of monuments and all that  —  Ed Gillespie, the veteran GOP politico, is running for governor of Virginia.  He was born and raised in New Jersey — but he knows his territory, obviously.  He is running, at least in part …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Meghan McCain to Leave Fox News Channel (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Meghan McCain, the political scion who turned a stint as a blogger and TV show host into a role as a contributor at Fox News Channel, is leaving the network.  —  McCain is the oldest daughter of U.S. Senator John McCain …
New York Times:
Trump's Tweets About London Bombing Anger British Leaders  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump seized on a terrorist attack in London on Friday to promote his ban on travel to the United States by Muslims and, in the process, ran afoul of Britain by claiming without evidence that the assailants had been …
 
 
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
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BuzzFeed:
Friends Are Saying That Anthony Scaramucci Wants To Run For Something
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Madigan stuns Illinois by announcing she won't seek reelection
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
New details about major Russian money-laundering investigation raise the stakes of Trump Tower meeting
Discussion: Bloomberg
CNN:
Former Sheriff David Clarke must revise thesis or risk losing degree, docs reveal
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Senate Republicans claim they are a few votes away from repealing Obamacare
 

 
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