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4:30 PM ET, September 16, 2016

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Network pools refuse to cover Trump hotel tour  —  In a show of joint defiance, the major television networks collectively voted to pull a camera and erase video of Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel, a protest of the campaign preventing any editorial presence on the tour.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Outsmarts the Press  —  Sometimes you really have to hand it to Donald Trump.  The press has been after him recently about whether he believes the Hillary Clinton campaign's claim that Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. For years, the press has obsessed on “birtherism,” …
NBC News:
First Read: Why Trump Can't Escape His ‘Birther’ Past  —  Donald Trump's campaign - but not the candidate - says Obama was born in US 3:00  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
Donald J Trump for President:
TRUMP CAMPAIGN STATEMENT  —  “Hillary Clinton's campaign first raised this issue to smear then-candidate Barack Obama in her very nasty, failed 2008 campaign for President.  This type of vicious and conniving behavior is straight from the Clinton Playbook.  As usual, however, Hillary Clinton was too weak to get an answer.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump defiant as polls rise, won't say Obama was born in United States  —  CANTON, Ohio — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview here that he remains unwilling to say that President Obama is born in the United States, that he is more bullish than ever on his chances …
New York Times:
Trump Drops False ‘Birther’ Theory, but Floats a New One: Clinton Started It  —  Donald J. Trump publicly retreated from his “birther” campaign on Friday, tersely acknowledging that President Obama was born in the United States and saying that he wanted to move on from the conspiracy theory that he has been clinging to for years.
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Media Outraged After Trump Tricks Them To Cover Endorsements From Military Heroes
Discussion: alan.com
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump concedes Obama was born in the U.S.
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Introduced By A Birther At Event Where He Walked Back Birtherism
Discussion: Vox
Media Matters for America:
As Trump Prepares To Discuss His Birtherism, Top Adviser Roger Stone Says Trump Still Has …
Discussion: Mediaite
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly Grills Trump Spox On Birtherism: 'That's A Dodge!'
Discussion: Fox News Insider and The Week
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton ad: Trump ‘still the birther-in-chief’
Discussion: ABC News and Joe.My.God.
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump admits Obama was born in U.S., but falsely blames Clinton for starting rumors
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:   WATCH LIVE: Trump To Make ‘Big Announcement’ On Birther Views At 10 AM ET
Commission on Presidential Debates:
CPD Invites Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump to Debate  —  Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2016) - The nonpartisan, non-profit Commission on Presidential Debates ("CPD") announced today that it has applied its Nonpartisan Candidate Selection Criteria for 2016 General Election Debate participation …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Third-party candidates miss cut for first debate  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Friday that Hillary Clinton  —  and their running mates are the only candidates who will participate in the first debates.  —  This means Trump and Clinton will take part in the Sept. 26 debate …
Discussion: Political Wire and alan.com
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Gary Johnson cuts into Clinton's lead  —  NEW YORK — Gary Johnson was never supposed to be a problem for Hillary Clinton.  —  The low-profile Libertarian's presence on the ballot would serve as an easy out for #NeverTrump Republicans, Democrats aligned with the nominee have long figured, and that could only hurt Donald Trump.
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:   Gary Johnson, Jill Stein Fail to Qualify for First Presidential Debate
David Sims / The Atlantic:
The Embarrassment of Jimmy Fallon  —  The Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, went on NBC's Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon yesterday.  Here, in chronological order, is every question Fallon asked his guest.  —This is getting real.  You still have time, do you still want to do this?
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Stop Whining About ‘False Balance’  —  Everyone wants to blame reporters for the rise of Donald Trump.  How about the media consumer?  —  All Stories »  —  News media outlets are increasingly coming under fire for the sin of “false balance” or “false equivalency.”
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Democratic Senator Blasts Clinton Over “Basket Of Deplorables” Remark  —  Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota criticized Hillary Clinton for saying that half of Donald Trump's supporters could be put into a “basket of deplorables.”  —  Clinton in recent weeks has argued …
Allen Abel / Macleans.ca:
Why I'm voting for Donald Trump  —  These are Donald Trump's “deplorables,” as Hillary Clinton calls them—11 unashamed Trump-train riders from across the United States, writing in their own words.  —  To Clinton, they—or at least “half of them,” as the Democratic nominee chuckled last weekend …
 
 
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Dirk VanderHart / Portland Mercury:
Police Say Three Children Were Pepper Sprayed, Called a Racial Epithet
Discussion: KPTV-TV, The Root and Raw Story
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Sometimes life comes at you fast
Discussion: Vox, Mother Jones and Politico
Los Angeles Times:
Man vs. machine: L.A. sheriff's deputies use robot to snatch rifle from barricaded suspect, end standoff
Discussion: Engadget
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
For the Separation of Stadium and State
Discussion: The Atlantic and alicublog
Mark Ballard / The Advocate:
John Kennedy won't stop pressing prostitution claims involving Charles Boustany
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Why the Senate Couldn't Pass a Crime Bill Both Parties Backed
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump Jr.: 'I've never even heard of Pepe the Frog'
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Man shot by cops after meat cleaver attack over parking boot
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
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