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7:15 PM ET, September 10, 2016

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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,” …

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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.

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.

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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John Wagner / Washington Post:

Kaine: Clinton's ‘deplorables’ characterization doesn't merit an apology — RICHMOND — Hillary Clinton's assertion that half of Donald Trump's supporters fit into a “basket of deplorables” is not something for which she needs to apologize, her Democratic running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, said in an interview on Saturday.

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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:

‘Regret’, But No Apology From Hillary Clinton About ‘Basket of Deplorables’ Slurs of Trump Supporters — An apology to the millions of Americans she insulted was missing from the statement issued Saturday afternoon by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on her 'basket …

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Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Clinton Was Wrong to Generalize About Trump's Supporters

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Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Hillary: A Quarter Of America Is ‘Irredeemable,’ ‘Not America’

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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Hillary Clinton walks back ‘basket of deplorables’ remark

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

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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton: Half of Trump's supporters fit in ‘basket of deplorables’

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

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

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

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

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Rory Tingle / Daily Mail:

British stag party who took selfies with a SEX DOLL at Ground Zero on the eve of the 15th anniversary of 9/11 ‘all work on Wall Street’ — Were you on the stag party or do you know any of the men involved? E-mail abe.hawken@mailonline.co.uk — The group of men - from London …

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Joanna Walters / Guardian:
Former EPA head admits she was wrong to tell New Yorkers post-9/11 air was safe

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Liz Spayd / New York Times:

The Truth About ‘False Balance’ — TO anyone who has avoided the debate over “false balance,” apologies for disturbing your bliss. But it's necessary, because those who haven't heard this phrase are missing out on one of the more consequential debates to engage the media in years.

David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:

How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other people's money — Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler. It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity — the Palm Beach Police Foundation — for his “selfless support” of their cause.

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.

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 …

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Long Beach Press-Telegram:

First Hanjin ships set to unload this weekend in Long Beach — In the first signs that the standstill caused by Hanjin Shipping Co. financial collapse last week was easing, a ship moored off the Long Beach coast was ordered ashore for unloading Friday. — The move came hours …

Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:

The Time U.S. Spies Thought Al Qaeda Was Ready to Nuke D.C. — On Christmas Eve 2003, Gen. Michael Hayden, the director of the secretive U.S. National Security Agency, made a secure phone call to his British counterpart, David Pepper, the director of the Government Communications Headquarters.

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 …