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11:25 AM ET, September 18, 2015

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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Undercard and the Mane Event  —  Donald Trump's rivals try to give him a haircut, but he ends up trimming himself.  —  Simi Valley, Calif.  —  By the time you see this you will have seen the soundbites, quips and cuts.  You'll have seen the clashes.  So, quickly:
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New York Times:
Crazy Talk at the Republican Debate  —  Eleven presidential candidates had three prime-time hours on the national stage on Wednesday to tell the American people why they should lead the country.  —  Nobody forced them to be there.  They were there freely, armed with the best arguments …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fantasies and Fictions at G.O.P. Debate
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
7 Ways the Second Republican Debate Changed the 2016 Presidential Race
Congressman Paul Gosar / Townhall.com:
Why I Am Boycotting Pope Francis' Address to Congress  —  It is difficult to convey the excitement I first felt when it was revealed that His Holiness Pope Francis was invited to Washington D.C. to address the world from the floor of the House of Representatives.
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Katie Valentine / ThinkProgress:
This Catholic Congressman Is Boycotting Pope Francis Because He Talks About Climate Change  —  When Pope Francis addresses Congress in Washington, D.C. next week, at least one Republican representative won't be in the audience.  —  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) wrote a letter in Town Hall …
Politico:
What Is Hillary's Greatest Accomplishment?  —  Carly Fiorina dared Democrats to name it. 20 top Dems accepted the challenge.  —  Getty  —  “If you want to stump a Democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Hillary Clinton,” Carly Fiorina quipped at Wednesday's Republican debate.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
New data shows Trump fever breaking  —  <p>Donald Trump looked tired after a grueling Republican debate.  He might not be alone.</p><p>After a summer of spectacle and saturation coverage, signs are accumulating that, for the public and the media, the onset of Trump fatigue has begun.</p><p>Mentions …
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump declines to correct questioner who says Obama is a Muslim  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump on Thursday declined to correct a supporter of his who alleged that President Barack Obama is Muslim and not an American.  —  “We have a problem in this country.
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Trump Lets Comment About Muslims Being ‘Problem’ in US Slide
Discussion: abc7ny.com and Power Line
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Donald Trump May Not Have a Second Act  —  In 1998, David Mamet, the acclaimed playwright, published a short treatise, “Three Uses of the Knife,” on “the nature and purpose of drama.”  The book, based on lectures he delivered the previous year at Columbia University, is well regarded …
Discussion: Erick on the Radio
West Michigan / WEST MICHIGAN POLITICS:
Breaking: Mackinac DRAMA: Top Rubio Leader Tries To Hit John Yob In The Face After Trying To Whip Straw Poll Support  —  By Brandon Hall  —  (Email him at WestMiPolitics@Gmail.com  —  Rich Beeson is Florida Senator Marco Rubio's Deputy Political Director.  Beeson may want to learn how to control his alcohol.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Rand Paul strategist claims Rubio aide punched him in the face  —  <p>A Michigan political consultant working for Rand Paul says he was punched in the face by Marco Rubio's deputy campaign manager during an alleged incident at a bar in Mackinac Island, where the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Go ‘nuclear’ to stop Obama's Iran deal, urge 57 House Republicans in letter  —  Dozens of House Republican lawmakers are making a late stab at pressuring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to abandon the filibuster on legislation to block the nuclear deal with Iran.
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Last bid to kill Iran nuclear deal blocked in Senate
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Finger-Pointing, but Few Answers, After a Syria Solution Fails  —  WASHINGTON — By any measure, President Obama's effort to train a Syrian opposition army to fight the Islamic State on the ground has been an abysmal failure.  The military acknowledged this week that just four or five American-trained fighters are actually fighting.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Our High-Priced Mercenaries in Syria
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republican Candidates Promise to Keep Us As Safe As George W. Bush Did  —  <span>Should we feel comfortable giving the likes of Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio access to conventional weapons?</span>  —  Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate focused heavily on foreign policy …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Biden may not decide soon  —  <p>DETROIT — Joe Biden may have more time to make up his mind about running for president than most people assume.  He and the people planning his potential campaign certainly think so.</p><p>Running a primary race — particularly against Hillary Clinton …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Summer was the hottest on record  —  June through August of this year was the hottest summer in recorded weather history, federal scientists said Thursday.  —  Surface temperatures around the globe were 1.53 degrees Fahrenheit above their average for those months throughout the 20th century …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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NOAA Climate.gov:
Somewhat. Very. Extremely. How likely is it that 2015 will be the new warmest year on record?
Discussion: Guardian and Mashable
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Bristol Palin Rages: Obama ‘Needs To STAY Out Of’ Ahmed Mohamed's Case  —  Bristol Palin wrote on her blog Thursday that President Obama “needs to STAY out of” the case of a 14-year-old Muslim student in Texas who was wrongly arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Bristol Palin:
Obama Invites Kid Mistakenly Arrested for Building Bomb to White House
Discussion: Daily Mail, Raw Story and Mediaite
Science:
An ultrathin invisibility skin cloak for visible light  —  1NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.  —  2Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Discussion: Tech Times, NBC News and Guardian
 
 
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