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2:50 PM ET, September 17, 2016

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Robert M. Gates / Wall Street Journal:
Sizing Up the Next Commander-in-Chief  —  Neither candidate has seriously addressed how he or she thinks about the military or the use of force.  —  You wouldn't know it from the presidential campaigns, but the first serious crisis to face our new president most likely will be international.
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Politico
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
‘Mr. Trump Is Beyond Repair’  —  Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates writing in the Wall Street Journal:  —  Mrs. Clinton has time before the election to address forthrightly her trustworthiness, to reassure people about her judgment, to demonstrate her willingness to stake out one or more positions …
Discussion: Politicus USA
Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Former Secretary of Defense: Trump ‘unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief’  —  Robert Gates had strong words for both candidates in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.  —  Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates is not a big fan of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton's ideas about foreign policy.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
2 Clinton supporters in '08 reportedly shared Obama ‘birther’ story  —  WASHINGTON  —  Two supporters of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign reportedly shared the claim that then-rival Barack Obama was not born in the United States and thus was not eligible to be president.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's birther event is the greatest trick he's ever pulled
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump: Clinton's bodyguards should ‘disarm immediately’ and ‘see what happens to her’
Logan Churchwell / Breitbart:
Black Dallas Cop Sues Black Lives Matter, Soros for Inciting Race War  —  The head of a Dallas police organization is suing a collection of Black Lives Matter figureheads and other prominent individuals for allegedly inciting racial violence against American police officers.
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Marc Ramirez / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas Police sergeant files federal lawsuit accusing Black Lives Matter leaders of inciting anti-cop violence  —  A Dallas Police sergeant has filed suit against Black Lives Matter leaders and others, blaming the movement for race riots and violence against police officers.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
DSCC shifts dollars out of Florida and Ohio  —  The top group helping Democrats win Senate seats is canceling advertising in Florida and Ohio to invest more heavily in Missouri and North Carolina.  —  The financial rejiggering by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spells …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:   As Trump rises in battleground states, Clinton moves to block his path to 270
Mike Allen / Politico:
Exclusive: Here's who's playing Tim Kaine in GOP debate prep  —  In Mike Pence's prep sessions for the vice-presidential debate, the role of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is being played by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a top GOP source told POLITICO on Saturday.  —  The first mock debate has already been held.
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Annie Karni / Politico:   Exclusive: Robert Barnett to play Mike Pence in Tim Kaine debate prep
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Police officers shot in Philly, Fort Worth  —  Police officers were shot in separate incidents Friday night in Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas.  —  Two officers were injured — one critically — and the suspect was killed in Fort Worth, while two officers and four civilians were hit in Philadelphia before the suspect was killed.
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Chris Kahn / Yahoo:
Race tightens in projected U.S. Electoral College vote: Reuters/Ipsos  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An election analysis conducted in the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project shows that the race has tightened considerably over the past few weeks, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump projected …
Discussion: The Week
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How Roger Ailes used ‘key man clauses’ for his stars to protect himself  —  Contracts with most of the biggest stars on Fox News contain something unusual: A “key man clause” giving them an escape hatch if the company's “key man,” CEO Roger Ailes, exited.  —  In July, Ailes resigned under pressure amid sexual harassment allegations.
Daily Mail:
‘LES DEPLORABLES!’  Trump floors cheering Miami crowd as he enters to Broadway anthem and speaks in front of giant ‘Les Mis’ video screen art  — It read ‘Les Deplorables’ - and replaced French revolutionary flags with the Stars and Stripes - and a ‘TRUMP’ flag
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Just 5.7 Percent Of Clinton Foundation Budget Actually Went To Charitable Grants  —  Just 5.7 Percent Of Clinton Foundation Budget Actually Went To Charity  —  Media Outraged After Trump Tricks Them Into Covering Endorsements From Military Heroes  —  Clinton Campaign Event Erupts Into ‘FOUR MORE YEARS’ Chant For Obama
Discussion: Infowars and Clayton Cramer
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Travel Back to an Early Clinton Scandal  —  Voters have the impression Hillary isn't trustworthy.  She's been reinforcing it since 1993.  —  The question came up this week at a political panel: Why don't people like Hillary Clinton?  —  Why do they always believe the worst?
Nassim Nicholas Taleb:
The Intellectual Yet Idiot  —  What we have been seeing worldwide, from India to the UK to the US, is the rebellion against the inner circle of no-skin-in-the-game policymaking “clerks” and journalists-insiders, that class of paternalistic semi-intellectual experts with some Ivy league …
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Michael Klare / Mother Jones:
Why a Donald Trump Victory Could Make Climate Catastrophe Inevitable  —  This story first appeared at TomDispatch.com.  —  In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice caps, and fast-rising sea levels, ratification of the December 2015 …
Discussion: TomDispatch and Informed Comment
 
 
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Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
Navy to Hold All-Hands Training, Webinars on New Transgender Policy
CNN:
Zika virus: Miami Beach transmission zone triples
Discussion: The Week and Common Dreams
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Analysis: By 2025, 99.6% of Paul Ryan's tax cuts would go to the richest 1% of Americans
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Mistrial declared in sanity phase of convicted Hollywood arsonist
Discussion: NPR
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Debates Are on TV, but Advertisers Target Eyeballs Online
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Nigeria's President Apologizes For Plagiarizing President Obama's Speech
Discussion: alan.com
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Here's what Trump and Clinton should keep in mind at first debate
Discussion: Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Twice Arrested Illegal Alien Kills Sheriff's Deputy In DUI
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Conflicting Policy From Trump: To Keep, and Remove, Tax Cut
Discussion: Mother Jones
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Man arrested for allegedly threatening Hawaii Dems
Discussion: alan.com
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Enthusiasm gap looms for Clinton
Elizabeth Roberts / CNN:
History made in New York as one designer shows the first-ever collection to feature hijabs in every look
Discussion: Breitbart and American Thinker
Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
School District: Betsy Ross Flag Symbolizes “Hate”
Christopher Balding / Bloomberg:
China's Housing Gets Scarily Expensive
Discussion: Balding's World
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
A profile of Town & Country EIC Stellene Volandes, who is trying to keep the Hearst-owned 178-year-old magazine relevant via social media and its website

 
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