memeorandum: David Brooks' Realignment Won't Happen (Davida/Washington Monthly)

4:30 PM ET, September 10, 2016

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Dan Merica / CNN:

Clinton: Half of Trump supporters are in ‘basket of deplorables’ — New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton told an audience of donors Friday night that half of Donald Trump's supporters fall into “the basket of deplorables,” meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

Is Hillary Clinton Right About Trump Supporters? This Is What The Polling Data Says — She has an opinion. These are the facts. — Speaking at a fundraiser in New York on Friday night, Hillary Clinton described half of opponent Donald Trump's supporters as a “basket of deplorables,” …

Discussion: Mediaite, Media Matters for America, Washington Post and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Alastair Jamieson / NBC News:

Hillary Clinton: Half of Trump Supporters Belong in ‘Basket of Deplorables’ — Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton could shoot someone and not be prosecuted 2:22 — Hillary Clinton urged supporters late Friday not to be complacent about Donald Trump's chances of winning the election …

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Andrew Harnik / Talking Points Memo:

This Is Critical: Hillary Can't Back Down — Let me take a moment to address this “basket of deplorables” comment because I think it's critically important to get this right. Hillary Clinton has simply said what is the premise of most election coverage of the 2016 campaign: a big chunk of Trump supporters are haters.

Cristiano Lima / Politico:

Hillary Clinton walks back ‘basket of deplorables’ remark — Hillary Clinton partially walked back comments she made on Friday night, describing half of Donald Trump's supporters as “deplorables” who were driven “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic” sentiments.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Political Wire, Washington Post and The Week

Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:

Hillary: A Quarter Of America Is ‘Irredeemable,’ ‘Not America’ — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Friday that 50 percent of Donald Trump supporters are nothing more than a “basket of deplorables,” which means she considers about 25 percent of America to be “irredeemable.”

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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton Wouldn't Be Prosecuted Even if She Shot Someone

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Clinton supporter Streisand sends up Trump with ‘Send In The Clowns’ parody

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Colleen McCain Nelson / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Campaign Seeks Clinton Apology Over ‘Deplorables’ Dig at His Supporters

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: Clinton could shoot somebody and not be arrested

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Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed: Clinton Regrets Saying Half Of Trump Supporters Are In The “Basket Of Deplorables”

Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Clinton's ‘Deplorables’ Comment Show Disdain for Working People, Trump Camp Says

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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:

Real-Time Election Day Projections May Upend News Tradition — PALO ALTO, Calif. — For decades, news organizations have refrained from releasing early results in presidential battleground states on Election Day, adhering to a strict, time-honored embargo until a majority of polls there have closed.

Davida / Washington Monthly:

David Brooks' Realignment Won't Happen — Reading David Brooks is always a mixture of pleasure and pain. On the one hand he does seem to understand reality a little bit better than most of his conservative colleagues, and you can tell that unlike most of his conservative colleagues he genuinely means well.

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Time for a Realignment

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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:

Alt-Right Leaders: We Aren't Racist, We Just Hate Jews — Bad news, Jews: You don't get to be part of Richard Spencer's white ethno-state. — In a windowless room in a swanky hotel half a block from the White House on Friday afternoon, three of the most visible leaders of the Alt-Right movement held …

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Vox Popoli, Balloon Juice, Media Matters for America, American Power, BuzzFeed and Mother Jones

Lauren del Valle / CNN:

2 Muslim women, babies attacked in alleged hate crime in New York — New York (CNN)A woman yelling anti-Muslim sentiment allegedly attacked two Muslim women as they pushed their children in strollers in New York, authorities said. — Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, allegedly tried to rip the hijab …

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New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Bigot tried ripping off two Muslim women's hijabs as they strolled with their babies in Brooklyn attack

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Brandon Morse / RedState:

Watch: KISS Stops Concert to Give Thousands to Vets, Take Shots at Kaepernick, and Say Pledge of Allegiance — The rock band KISS is a staple of American rock and roll, but this rock band is more than just makeup, platform boots, and catchy hooks. This band is also highly patriotic.

Harper Neidig / The Hill:

Jill Stein calls for new 9/11 investigation — Green Party candidate Jill Stein on Friday called for a new inquiry into the 9/11 terror attacks, saying that the commission that conducted the initial investigation was stonewalled by the Bush administration. — “Led by the families …

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David Doonan / Jill Stein for President:
Jill Stein's Statement On 9/11

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New York Times:

Apple Is Said to Be Rethinking Strategy on Self-Driving Cars — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is rethinking what it plans to do about self-driving cars, just as other big tech companies appear ready to plow ahead with competing efforts. — In a retrenchment of one of its most ambitious initiatives …

Discussion: Mashable, Investor's Business Daily, Tech Times, Engadget and The Verge

McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:

Trump Slogs Through Another Pitch To The Religious Right — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump dutifully trundled onto the stage at Washington's Omni Shoreham hotel Friday afternoon to attend to one of his dreariest campaign-trail chores: courting conservative Christians.

Discussion: RedState

Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:

The Curious Case of Susan Estrich — Susan Estrich is known for being first. — A celebrated feminist legal scholar, Ms. Estrich was the first female president of The Harvard Law Review. Working for Michael S. Dukakis in 1988, she was the first woman to manage a presidential campaign.

Discussion: The Talking Dog and Althouse