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Aaron Blake / CNN:
Pam Bondi's ‘hate speech’ comments lead even some conservatives to cry foul  —  Within hours of Charlie Kirk's assassination last week, President Donald Trump signaled a rather curious crackdown.  —  “My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity …
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Wall Street Journal:
Pam Bondi Needs a Free Speech Tutorial  —  The Attorney General seems to think ‘hate speech’ is illegal.  Charlie Kirk knew better.  —  Is a basic understanding of the First Amendment too much to expect from the nation's Attorney General?  Progressives have spent years trying to create and define a category called “hate speech.”
New York Times:
Bondi Prompts Broad Backlash After Saying She'll Target ‘Hate Speech’
Robby Soave / Reason:
Pam Bondi Is Really Wrong About Hate Speech
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Business Insider and the Bots … On Thursday afternoon, Business Insider staffers received a long-awaited memo from editor in chief Jamie Heller, outlining the Axel Springer-owned outlet's rules for using artificial intelligence.  The guidelines had been eagerly anticipated since earlier this summer …
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IndieCommerce:
Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success  —  An Instant New York Times Bestseller  • A Washington Post Notable Book  • A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year  —  “A first-rate financial thriller …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against ‘New York Times’
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Four arrested after photos of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle during president's U.K. visit  —  Trump, who arrived in the U.K. for a state visit, is scheduled to spend most of Wednesday at Windsor Castle with members of the royal family.  —  Police in the U.K. arrested four people …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.K. Prepares Royal Welcome for Trump in 2nd State Visit  —  With a carriage ride at Windsor Castle and dinner with King Charles III, Britain tries to appeal to a president who has seemed intent on upending the post-World War II order.  —  Here's the latest.
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NBC News:
Trump administration says it will target far left groups for Kirk's assassination. Prosecutors made no such link.
Discussion: Roll Call and The Daily Sceptic
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:   DOJ Quietly Deletes Study on Politics of Domestic Terrorists
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
Stephen Miller's Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid  —  When ICE agents decided to arrest over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a White House-imposed daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid …
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Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal:
Fired BLS Chief Breaks Silence, Calls Her Dismissal a ‘Dangerous Step’  —  In first public remarks since Trump removed her, Erika McEntarfer says she wanted to modernize federal statistics but the agency got caught in DOGE's crosshairs  —  ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—In her first public …
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN and The Hill
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Fired by Trump, a Former Labor Official Warns Against Politicizing Economic Data
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New York Times:
Fani Willis Loses Bid to Continue Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Election to fill assassinated Minnesota House member's seat will decide control of the chamber  —  Democrat Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated, restoring a 67-67 tie and preserving a power-sharing deal that has forced both parties to work together.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Democrat wins special election for seat held by slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman
Discussion: Newsweek
Politico:
Former GOP officials fear US strikes on alleged drug smugglers aren't legal … Yoo, now a professor at the University of California Berkeley, authored the Bush administration's legal justification for enhanced interrogation techniques against suspected al Qaeda terrorists in the early years of Bush's war on terror.
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Democrats to propose alternative to GOP stopgap
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China  —  Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are part of consortium that would control 80% stake  —  TikTok's U.S. business would be controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle , Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz under …
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David Klepper / Associated Press:
Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions  —  Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war.
Discussion: ABC News
Laura Ann Rosenbury / New York Times:
Barnard President: Now Is the Time for Colleges to Host Difficult Speakers  —  Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking on a college campus.  This is a grim moment for higher education, for our country and for freedom of speech.  Violence is never a legitimate means of disagreeing with a speaker on a college campus.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / Vanity Fair:
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause  —  By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.  —  Before he was killed last week, Charlie Kirk left a helpful compendium of words …
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
RFK Jr.'s Crusade Against Vaccines Hits Its Action Phase  —  His anti-vax-stacked advisory committee is expected to revise rules for life-saving hepatitis B vax.  —  ∙ Paid  —  HEPATITIS B IS A HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE, blood-borne disease that's been called a “silent killer” …
Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
After Kirk's Death, Some Conservatives Blame Higher Ed for Political Violence  —  The president and his allies are accusing the “radical left” of “terrorism,” blaming unnamed organizations.  Some conservatives are condemning universities.  —  In a Sunday interview on Meet the Press …
Bloomberg:
Bessent, Like Fed Governor, Made Contradictory Mortgage Pledges  —  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that President Donald Trump …
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Andrew Cuomo's pivot on Israel marks a victory for Zohran Mamdani  —  Mamdani has turned the conventional wisdom on Israel policy on its head.  —  In the liberal press, the long-running conventional wisdom about state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani's bid for mayor of New York has been that his refusal …
Discussion: NBC New York and israelhayom.com
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Joel Willett says having his security clearance revoked gave added incentive for run for the Senate  —  Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky on Wednesday, saying the recent fallout from having …
Discussion: The Guardian
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Musk's X can sue watchdog Media Matters in Texas, US judge rules  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's social media company X can keep its lawsuit against nonprofit advocacy group Media Matters in federal court in Texas, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday, rejecting arguments that the venue was improper and the case should be moved to California.
Discussion: The Hill
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: GOP future foretold  —  What does a post-Trump Republican Party look like?  The past week has given us a clear glimpse of the most likely trajectory, based on conversations with top White House and MAGA officials. … - Turning Point USA was the brainchild and reflection of Kirk.
Washington Post:
House Republicans threaten to cancel anyone who disparages Charlie Kirk  —  Two Republicans introduced resolutions seeking to punish Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) for commenting on Kirk's death and resharing a social media post that harshly criticized him.  —  Republicans in Congress …
 
 
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NBC News:
Trump's stalled U.N. ambassador nominee may not be confirmed in time for key summit
Discussion: KSTP-TV
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
A New Democratic Think Tank Wants to Curb the Influence of Liberal Groups
Punchbowl News:
9/17/25 ☀️ AM: … And not everyone is jazzed about it.
Discussion: New Republic
Reuters:
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Charlie Kirk's accused assassin
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Lawmakers Are Talking Out Of Both Sides Of Their Mouths On Political Violence
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Social Platforms Duck Blame for Inflaming Divisions Before Charlie Kirk's Death
Discussion: Raw Story
Maydeen Merino / Washington Examiner:
Democrats call Marjorie Taylor Greene out for DOGE hearing on weather modification
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Times
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economy
Alan Sepinwall / What's Alan Watching?:
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TMZ.com:
Fake Charlie Kirk Shooter Hit With Child Porn Charges
 

 
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