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5:25 PM ET, September 29, 2017

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump's Deadly Narcissism  —  According to a new Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans believe that Donald Trump is unfit to be president.  That's pretty remarkable.  But you have to wonder how much higher the number would be if people really knew what's going on.
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Washington Post:
U.S. response in Puerto Rico pales next to actions after Haiti quake … After an earthquake shattered Haiti's capital on Jan. 12, 2010, the U.S. military mobilized as if it were going to war.  —  Before dawn the next morning, an Army unit was airborne, on its way to seize control of the main airport in Port-au-Prince.
Washington Post:
San Juan mayor slams Trump administration comments on Puerto Rico hurricane response  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital sharply criticized a senior Trump administration official Friday for calling the government's disaster response “a good-news story,” …
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
San Juan mayor: ‘Dammit, this is not a good news story’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz reacted with shock and anger to acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke on Friday, saying Puerto Rico's recovery is “not a good news story.”
Louis Nelson / Politico:
San Juan mayor hits back at Elaine Duke: ‘This is not a good news story.  This is a people are dying story.’  —  The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, lashed out at acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke's comment that the Hurricane Maria relief efforts are a “good news story,” …
Discussion: Axios, Hullabaloo and Shakesville
taxpolicycenter.org:
A Preliminary Analysis of the Unified Framework  —  ABSTRACT  —  The Tax Policy Center has produced preliminary estimates of the potential impact proposals included in the “Unified Framework for Fixing our Broken Tax Code.”  We find they would reduce federal revenue by $2.4 trillion …
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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
GOP tax plan would provide major gains for richest 1%, uneven benefits for the middle class, report says  —  The Republican tax plan would deliver a major benefit to the top 1 percent of Americans, according to a new analysis by a leading group of nonpartisan tax experts that challenges the White House's portrayal of its effects.
Discussion: Business Insider and The Week
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The numbers are in: Trump's tax plan is a bonanza for the rich, not the middle class  —  Multi-millionaires get more than $700,000 back.  The poorest fifth gets $60.  —  The tax reform “framework” proposed by the Trump administration and Republican leaders in Congress would give …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Some manufacturers are already acting on Trump's tax plan
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
VA chief took in Wimbledon, river cruise on European work trip; wife's expenses covered  —  Nearly three days into a trip to Europe this past July, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin had attended a Wimbledon championship tennis match, toured Westminster Abbey and taken a cruise on the Thames.
Washington Post:
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigns after criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense  —  Tom Price, President Trump's embattled health and human services secretary, resigned Friday amid sharp criticism of his extensive use of taxpayer-funded charter flights, the White House said.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: We're going to make a decision on Price's future tonight
Discussion: ABC News, Mother Jones and CNN
CNN:
Trump will make decision ‘sometime tonight’ on Price
Discussion: RedState and Business Insider
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania Trump fires back at librarian who rejected gift of Dr. Seuss books as ‘racist’  —  First lady Melania Trump fired back Friday at a Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of Dr. Seuss books, claiming their illustrations are examples of “racist propaganda.”
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Rachel Chason / Washington Post:
‘Racist propaganda’: Librarian rejects Melania Trump's gift of Dr. Seuss books
Axios:
USAFA superintendent: “Grab your phones”  —  Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, yesterday “stood all of his 4,000 cadets at attention ...  [c]hins in and chests out ... to deliver a message on racial slurs found written on message boards at the academy's preparatory school …
Discussion: YouTube, Gazette and The Daily Caller
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Katherine Schafer / United States Air Force Academy:
Superintendent addresses racial slurs at USAFA
ddhq.io:
Alabama Senate Special Election Poll  —  Immediately after the runoff Tuesday, we commissioned Opinion Savvy to conduct a poll of the upcoming special U.S. Senate general election in Alabama.  Opinion Savvy contacted 590 voters through landline and mobile devices on September 27th and 28th.
Discussion: TheBlaze and Politicus USA
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CNN:
CNN poll: Americans split on anthem protests  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Americans are sharply divided over whether NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem are doing the right thing to express their views, but a majority agree that President Donald Trump …
Discussion: FOX2now.com
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie backers give Dem incumbents a pass in 2018  —  Democrats have long been terrified that the Sanders-Clinton slugfest of 2016 would set off a prolonged civil war in the party, forcing incumbents to fight off primary challengers from the left in Senate and gubernatorial races.  —  It hasn't happened.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:   Why Retirements May Hold the Key in Whether Republicans Can Keep the House
The Cook Political Report:
Why Virginia's Delegate Races Could Be the Most Telling 2017 Elections
Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
People Are Sharing This Fake Photo Of NFL Players Burning The American Flag  —  Conservative social media accounts are sharing a photoshopped image that makes it look like an NFL player is burning the US flag while his teammates cheer him on.  —  The fake picture is being used …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Anti-abortion groups fuming over GOP failure to defund Planned Parenthood  —  Anti-abortion groups fuming over the Republican failure to defund Planned Parenthood as part of ObamaCare repeal are eyeing tax reform as the next vehicle for their cause.  —  The groups want Republicans …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:   Right-to-Lifers Look for a New Hostage for Their Demands
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
In private dinner, George W. Bush criticizes Trump's decision to add North Korea to travel ban  —  In a private dinner Thursday night, the former President George W. Bush was critical of President Donald Trump's decision to place added travel restrictions on North Korea as part …
Discussion: Axios, IJR, Raw Story and AOL
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Hannity beats Maddow in first week of 9 p.m. showdown  —  In the first week of the head-to-head battle between Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, the conservative heavyweight drew significantly higher ratings than his liberal counterpart.  —  Fox News moved Hannity's show from 10 p.m. to 9 p.m …
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Arizona Senate: Sinema's Candidacy Puts Race in Toss Up  —  Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake is getting challenged from both the right and the left in his bid for a second term.  The first hurdle will be a competitive primary.  If he clears that obstacle, he will likely face a competitive challenge …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Berniecrats Have an Obama Problem  —  The ideological vanguard of the Bernie Sanders movement emerged from the 2016 election overflowing with dialectical certainty.  Hillary Clinton's narrow win in the primary was the last gasp of a dying neoliberal order, the overthrow of which is now preordained.
Jessica Schneider / CNN:
DOJ demands Facebook information from ‘anti-administration activists’  —  Washington (CNN)Trump administration lawyers are demanding the private account information of potentially thousands of Facebook users in three separate search warrants served on the social media giant, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Trump Goes Rogue on Iran  —  The disjointed effort by Team USA to rewrite the nuclear deal.  —  Donald Trump has railed against the Iran nuclear deal since it was agreed to in 2015.  As a candidate, he said undoing it would be a top priority as president.  As president, he's called it one of the worst deals ever.
Discussion: Vox
 
 
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David Brooks / New York Times:
What Sincerity Looks Like  —  Sometimes pop culture seems …
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Jeremy C. Fox / BostonGlobe.com:
50 immigrants arrested in Mass. as part of ICE operation
Steven L. Hall / Washington Post:
Russian intelligence would have seen Paul Manafort as the perfect mark
Discussion: Raw Story
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Packers quarterback: Protests are about unity in the face of Trump's divisiveness
Discussion: IJR
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lottery visa case could unmoot SCOTUS fight on travel ban
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 Earlier Items: 
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge: Black Lives Matter is a movement that can't be sued
Meghan Linsey / Washington Post:
I'm a white country singer. I still took a knee after I sang the national anthem at an NFL game.
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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
This Is My Last Blog Post At The Daily Caller Dot Com
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Scott Allen / Washington Post:
A kid walked into a GameStop wearing a Kaepernick jersey. Two NFL players bought him an Xbox.
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Beyond the daily drama and Twitter battles, Trump begins to alter American life
Discussion: BillMoyers.com