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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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Soccer player Megan Rapinoe kneels as ‘nod to Kaepernick’ — NFL players are no longer the only professional athletes to silently protest during the national anthem. — On Sunday night, women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe followed the example of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick …
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William Wan / Washington Post:
Obama: Kaepernick's national anthem protest a ‘tough thing’ for service members — HANGZHOU, China — President Obama said San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is “exercising his constitutional right” to sit out the national anthem, but the president acknowledged that the silent protest is a …
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Obama defends Kaepernick's national anthem protest — More On: — President Obama on Monday defended San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand during the playing of the national anthem. — “[H]e's following his constitutional right to make a statement …
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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 …
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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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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.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Gets Gored
Hillary Clinton Gets Gored
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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 …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Recent Developments Show Mexican Officials Are Hedging Their Bets on Trump Victory — Mexican officials are hedging their bets on the upcoming US election. — It appears by their actions they believe Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States.
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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.
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Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Diddy Urges ‘Hold’ on Black Vote: Hillary Needs to ‘Talk to the Black Community’
Diddy Urges ‘Hold’ on Black Vote: Hillary Needs to ‘Talk to the Black Community’
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Soledad O'Brien eviscerates CNN: ‘You have normalized’ white supremacy with shoddy Trump reporting
Soledad O'Brien eviscerates CNN: ‘You have normalized’ white supremacy with shoddy Trump reporting
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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 …
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 …
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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.
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Kevin Baker / Politico:
Is Rudy Giuliani Losing His Mind?
Is Rudy Giuliani Losing His Mind?
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump advisers and allies struggle with deportation specifics
Trump advisers and allies struggle with deportation specifics
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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 …