memeorandum: ‘Model of Holiness’ Mother Teresa Officially Becomes Saint (NBC News)

3:55 PM ET, September 4, 2016

Top Items:

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump made millions from Saudi Arabia, but trashes Hillary Clinton for Saudi donations to Clinton Foundation — Donald Trump has blasted Hillary Clinton for accepting money from Saudi Arabia through her foundation, but a Daily News investigation reveals he has padded his bank account with cash from the same country.

Discussion: The Hill, New Century Times and RedState

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Soledad O'Brien eviscerates CNN: ‘You have normalized’ white supremacy with shoddy Trump reporting — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Former CNN host Soledad O'Brien blasted the cable news business over the weekend for profiting off the hate speech that has fueled Donald Trump's political rise.

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

A Tale Of Two Foundations — One of these things is not like the other. — Both of the major candidates for president, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are associated with foundations. — Hillary Clinton has faced consistent scrutiny for her role in the Clinton Foundation, which was established after Bill Clinton left office.

Discussion: alan.com, Media Matters for America, Independent Journal Review and Talking Points Memo

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

TRUMP Leads Hillary Clinton by 3 Points After Latest Revelations of Corruption and Lies — Despite the ceaseless attacks by the liberal media including FOX News elites, Donald Trump maintains a 3 point lead over Hillary Clinton in the latest USC-Dornsife LA Times poll.

William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:

Clinton keeps narrow advantage in battleground states, leads in Pennsylvania and North Carolina — The latest wave of the YouGov/CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker polled likely voters in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, as well as a sample of eleven Battleground states

Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon

Associated Press:

On Road to 270, Arizona Is Home to Best Chance for a Spoiler — If Hillary Clinton carries Arizona in November, there's a good chance it won't be because Democrats on their own have flipped a reliable GOP state they hope to win consistently someday. — Instead, Clinton and Democrats may have Gary Johnson to thank.

Discussion: Politico

Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times: Can Clinton turn Georgia from red to blue? It's a matter of black and white

Tom Phillips / Guardian:

Barack Obama ‘deliberately snubbed’ by Chinese in chaotic arrival at G20 — President was denied a red carpet welcome and made to ‘go out of the ass’ of Air Force One, observers say … China's leaders have been accused of delivering a calculated diplomatic snub to Barack Obama …

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, The White House, MichelleMalkin.com, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Refinery29, Common Dreams, The Hill, Hit & Run, Western Journalism and New Century Times

Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Bumpy beginning for Obama in China, starting on the tarmac

Discussion: Guardian, BizPac Review, twitchy.com and ABC News

Mark Landler / New York Times:
Confrontations Flare as Obama's Traveling Party Reaches China

Discussion: LawNewz, NPR, France 24 and Power Line

New York Times:
Rare Harmony as China and U.S. Commit to Climate Deal

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Blog Daily Listings RSS, The Verge, MSNBC and Guardian

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Trump cuts into Clinton's lead as crucial stretch begins — The final stretch of the longest presidential campaign in history opens this week. Think it's been ugly? You've seen nothing yet. — Both Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's teams see September as the month that will make …

Richard Johnson / Page Six:

Dr. Drew loses show after discussing Hillary's health — MORE FROM: — Dr. Drew Pinsky is so afraid of Hillary Clinton and her supporters, he won't blame them for the cancellation of his show on HLN, the sister channel of CNN. — “No, no, no. I just want them to go away!” he told one friend.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

We've never seen a falling Weiner quite like this before — MORE FROM: — The self-destruction of Anthony Weiner is something entirely new. It is a phenomenon of the social-media age. Weiner has been undone both professionally and personally by a very specific fetish that could not have existed …

Rochelle Riley / Detroit Free Press:

Donald Trump got what he came to Detroit for; now what? — Last Video — Donald Trump receives prayer shawl at Detroit church — Trump protest debate Donald Trump protest signs — Was Trump sincere? ‘I want to believe!’ — Donald Trump came, conquered, left

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Associated Press:
Trump Tells Black Congregation He Wants to Fix ‘Many Wrongs’

Discussion: The Hill, Detroit News, Fox News and Politics News

NBC News:

‘Model of Holiness’ Mother Teresa Officially Becomes Saint — FROM SATURDAY: Mother Teresa to Receive High Catholic Honor of Sainthood 2:10 — VATICAN CITY — Mother Teresa, the nun who devoted her life to the impoverished and one of the Catholic Church's most iconic figures, was canonized as a saint on Sunday.

Discussion: Vatican Radio English, The Atlantic and Mediaite

BBC:
Mother Teresa declared saint by Pope Francis at Vatican

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, Guardian, New York Magazine, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller

New York Daily News:

Peas in a pod: The long and twisted relationship between Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani — Let's start with the fact that Donald Trump's top surrogate, Rudy Giuliani, is on the payroll. In January, he joined a law firm, Greenberg Traurig, that represents Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Discussion: Politico and TalkLeft

Telegraph:

Calling Trump names won't stop him becoming US President — Just two months before the free world elects its next leader - if you believe America leads the free world, that is - the world's liberal media seem united on two things. The first is that Donald Trump is a monster.

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:

Kaine Compares Trump's Encouragement of Russian Hacking to Watergate Break-In — Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine attacked Donald Trump as a danger to national security for his seeming to encourage Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails, and sought to compare …

Discussion: Politicus USA