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1:25 AM ET, September 17, 2016

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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Trump Trolling Master Class: ‘Obama Was Born In The United States.  Period.’  —  On Friday, Donald Trump trolled the media, then crushed them over the birther issue.  He told the media that he'd be speaking about his comments on Thursday, when he said he didn't want to talk about whether President Obama was born in the United States.
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
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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.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump said he'd give away $5 million — or maybe $50 million — for proof Obama was born in the U.S. Will he pay it?  —  Back when Donald Trump was a “birther” — an era that lasted from early 2011 until Thursday — he offered to give huge donations to charity in exchange for hard evidence …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton Campaign Manager Admits 2008 Birther Link  —  Patti Solis Doyle, who was Hillary Clinton's campaign manager in 2008 until the Iowa caucuses, admitted on Friday that a Clinton campaign staffer had, in fact, circulated the Birther conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was born outside …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Introduced By A Birther At Event Where He Walked Back Birtherism  —  A birther supporter was among the Donald Trump backers who introduced the nominee at the Friday event where he attempted to walk back his birtherism.  —  Retired Air Force Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney …
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Media Outraged After Trump Tricks Them To Cover Endorsements From Military Heroes
Discussion: Power Line and alan.com
New York Times:
Trump Drops False ‘Birther’ Theory, but Floats a New One: Clinton Started It
Media Matters for America:
As Trump Prepares To Discuss His Birtherism, Top Adviser Roger Stone Says Trump Still Has …
David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump finally says Obama born in U.S., blames Clinton for controversy
Discussion: whorunsGov
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 …
Guardian:
Trump: Clinton's detail should disarm, 'Let's see what happens to her' - as it happened
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Gary Johnson, Jill Stein Fail to Qualify for First Presidential Debate
Discussion: National Review and The Atlantic
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?
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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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Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
How Internet Trolls Won the 2016 Presidential Election  —  Last weekend, the Hillary Clinton campaign did something extremely controversial: It published an explainer devoted entirely to Pepe the frog.  Pepe, a popular cartoon frog who first showed up in a web comic by Matt Furie back in 2005 …
KSNT-TV:
Black mask photo and caption leaves K-State students in an uproar  —  Related Coverage  —  MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) — Students at Kansas State University are in an uproar with a photo one K-State student posted on Snapchat on Tuesday.  One student said seeing actions like this sets the time back 150 years.
Discussion: KTLA and WCMH-TV
Christopher Balding / Bloomberg:
China's Housing Gets Scarily Expensive  —  For many years, China's authorities took a Goldilocks approach to housing prices: They wanted a market that was neither too hot nor too cold, and took measures as needed to control prices.  Although an explicit asset-price target was never announced …
Discussion: Balding's World
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Sometimes life comes at you fast  —  It looks like the Presidential state-poll snapshot is heading for a near-tie.  This should become evident in the PEC analysis by the time of the first debate.  —  National polls currently show Clinton ahead by only 1.0 ± 0.6 % (median ± estimated SEM …
Discussion: Vox and Mother Jones
Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
Former DC Bureau Chief: Clinton Surrogate Pitched Me ‘Birther’ Story In 2008  —  ‘Remember?’  —  Kasich Won't Vote For Trump: ‘My Actions Have Spoken Very Loudly’  —  DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION |  PHILLIP STUCKY  —  'Well, we'll see what happens if that happens'
Dave Dormer / CBC News:
Student's Donald Trump hat stirs controversy at Calgary's Mount Royal University  —  Woman challenged man to remove ‘Make America Great Again’ hat, calling it racially charged  —  The issues of free speech and safe spaces erupted at Mount Royal University Thursday after video surfaced …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Nation's largest police union endorses Trump  —  The nation's largest police union on Friday endorsed Donald Trump  —  for president, lauding his commitment to police officers.  —  The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) gave the GOP presidential nominee its endorsement after he received support …
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.”
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Experts say Scott administration decision blocking McMullin from presidential ballot ‘unfair’  —  Decision appears to contradict 2011 ruling on third-party candidates  —  TALLAHASSEE — The decision by Gov. Rick Scott's administration to block Evan McMullin's presidential campaign …
Discussion: Hit & Run
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Edward Albee, Playwright of a Desperate Generation, Dies at 88  —  Edward Albee, widely considered the foremost American playwright of his generation, whose psychologically astute and piercing dramas explored the contentiousness of intimacy, the gap between self-delusion and truth …
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Sandack: I fell for woman's online scam ‘hook, line and sinker’  —  Rep. Ron Sandack in 2014.  File Photo.  Brian Jackson/Sun-Times  —  Sign-Up for Chicago Sun-Times News & Politics Newsletter  —  Former State Rep. Ron Sandack on Friday revealed he was extorted via Facebook and Skype …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Vocativ
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Democratic Senator Blasts Clinton Over “Basket Of Deplorables” Remark
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
For the Separation of Stadium and State
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