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12:45 PM ET, September 5, 2016

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American Soccer Now:
Megan Rapinoe Kneels For Anthem at NWSL Match  —  The 31-year-old from Redding, Calif., displayed support for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick Sunday night, kneeling while the national anthem was played before a Seattle-Chicago match.  —  BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. …
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William Wan / Washington Post:
Obama: Kaepernick's national anthem protest a ‘tough thing’ for service members
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Obama defends Kaepernick's national anthem protest
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Intelligence community investigating covert Russian influence operations in the United States  —  U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election …
Discussion: Politico
Teresa Cerojano / Associated Press:
Duterte tells Obama not to question him about killings  —  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned President Barack Obama on Monday not to question him about extrajudicial killings, or “son of a bitch I will swear at you” when they meet in Laos during a regional summit.
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Associated Press:
Philippine leader issues foul-mouthed warning to Obama
Discussion: RedState and ABC News
Neal Baker / The Sun:
IF LOOKS COULD KILL Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin in tense G20 standoff as the famously hostile pair fail to reach a breakthrough on Syria  —  Grinning Putin shakes hands with stony-faced Obama after US President was snubbed by Chinese hosts  —  PICTURED
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Thomas Burrows / Daily Mail:
Obama gives Putin his best death stare: Tense moment the world's two most powerful men squared …
Vicente Fox / Guardian:
Mexicans gave Donald Trump the hostile welcome he deserved  —  After all his lies and poisonous rhetoric about us, he came to Mexico to try to be civil.  But it's too late for that, Donald  —  exico was the focus of the global lens last week thanks to an unexpected and dreadful event …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Recent Developments Show Mexican Officials Are Hedging Their Bets on Trump Victory
Discussion: mexidata.info
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Gets Gored  —  Americans of a certain age who follow politics and policy closely still have vivid memories of the 2000 election — bad memories, and not just because the man who lost the popular vote somehow ended up in office.  For the campaign leading up to that end game was nightmarish too.
Jeff Stein / Vox:
This study shows American federalism is a total joke  —  Voting for state legislators is dominated by feelings about the president.  —  Republicans dominate America's state governments — even in some of the country's most liberal states.  —  Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio …
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Woman Caught on Video Trying to Steal Man's Front Yard Trump Sign — but Karma Is Swift  —  When an Indianapolis man, identified only as Phillip, posted a Donald Trump campaign sign in his front yard, he anticipated some backlash.  —  His concerns turned out to be valid as he said it didn't take long …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Donald Trump Does Detroit  —  So, after weeks of preaching his sinister sermon of black pathology to mostly white audiences as part of his utterly fake “black outreach” — which is in fact the effort of a bigot to disguise his bigotry — Donald Trump finally brought his message before a few mostly black audiences.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Revolution against ‘rich parasites’ at utopian Burning Man Festival as ‘hooligans’ attack luxury camp  —  It is supposed to be a utopian vision of peace and love but this year's Burning Man Festival has been marred by “hooligans” carrying out a “revolution against rich parasites”.
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Are baby boomers turning out to be the worst generation?  —  I have seen the best minds of my generation, to steal a phrase from the late Allen Ginsberg, driven to heights of self-absorption, advocating policies that assure the failure of the next.  Nothing so suggests the failure of my generation …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump disputes Kaine's claim he didn't know ‘Russia took over Crimea’  —  on Sunday disputed a claim made by Sen. Tim Kaine  —  (D-Va.) regarding the Republican presidential nominee's foreign policy knowledge.  —  “Crooked Hillary's V.P pick said this morning that I was not aware that Russia took over Crimea,” Trump tweeted.
Discussion: RedState
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Young Blacks Voice Skepticism on Hillary Clinton, Worrying Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — When a handful of liberal advocacy organizations convened a series of focus groups with young black voters last month, the assessments of Donald J. Trump were predictably unsparing.
Laura Miller / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
Read President Obama's Open Letter to America's Hardworking Men and Women  —  On this Labor Day weekend, President Obama penned a letter to America's hardworking men and women on how raising your voice can help ensure that middle-class Americans are sharing in the benefits of the broad-based economic growth …
Discussion: Politics News
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Donald Trump Is the Anti-Labor Day Candidate: Running Against Fair Wages, Worker Rights, and Unions
Discussion: Guardian and Politicus USA
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Giuliani: Clinton acted ‘with criminal intent’  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani claimed Sunday that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton “acted intentionally and with criminal intent” in regard to the private email server she used while secretary of state.
Discussion: alan.com and Political Wire
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Kevin Baker / Politico:
Is Rudy Giuliani Losing His Mind?
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Daily News
 
 
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Stephanie Doyle / myfox8.com:
Clown tries to lure kids in Winston-Salem, two clown sightings reported
Discussion: alan.com
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
From FBI fragments, a question: Did Team Clinton destroy evidence under subpoena?
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Lucrative Book Deals Might Finance the Obamas' Post-White House Life
Discussion: alan.com and Bloomberg
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke
Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Diddy Urges ‘Hold’ on Black Vote: Hillary Needs to ‘Talk to the Black Community’
Discussion: theGrio and Raw Story
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Leaked Documents: Soros Group Spent $600K To Mainstream Pro-Refugee Attitudes
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Charlie Nash / Breitbart:
Survey: Right Wing People More Likely to Be Sexually Satisfied
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
Matthew J. Dowd / Wall Street Journal:
What Follows From a Presidential Campaign of So Many Negative ‘Firsts’
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
GOP senior statesmen continue to hold their fire on Trump
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Why Clinton needs to win big
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The World Comes to a Tiny Town: Eastport's Lesson in Globalization
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Jeh Johnson tells American Muslims, ‘Your story is the quintessential American story’
Daily Mail:
At least four women 'are sexually assaulted by immigrant men during a rampage at a party …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Greg Lukianoff / FIRE:
Jim Sleeper Gets It Wrong in ‘The New York Times’
Discussion: Hit & Run
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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