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10:30 AM ET, September 17, 2016

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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.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's birther event is the greatest trick he's ever pulled  —  Donald Trump is, at heart, a showman.  He rose to national fame thanks to star turns on reality TV in which he played the tough-talking boss to a group of aspirants hoping to become as successful as he has been in business.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump said “Jump,” and TV news said “How high?”  —  It happened again on Friday morning when the Republican presidential candidate held the media hostage for nearly an hour after promising a major news announcement.
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.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Clung to ‘Birther’ Lie for Years, and Still Isn't Apologetic
Talking Points Memo:
In Sudden About Face, Trump Admits Obama Was Born In US
Discussion: Power Line and Breitbart
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: 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 …
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: Clayton Cramer and Infowars
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Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:   Former DC Bureau Chief: Clinton Surrogate Pitched Me ‘Birther’ Story In 2008
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?
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
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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders: ‘This is not the time for a protest vote’
Discussion: AOL and Business Insider
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Man arrested for allegedly threatening Hawaii Dems  —  A man was arrested in Tennessee Friday for allegedly threatening to kill two members of Congress, according to the Department of Justice.  —  FBI agents and Capitol Police officers arrested 36-year-old Keahiokahouna Stewart at his home in Murfreesboro on Friday morning.
Discussion: alan.com
Associated Press:
Nigeria's President Apologizes For Plagiarizing President Obama's Speech  —  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has apologized for plagiarizing President Barack Obama's 2008 victory speech and says he will punish those responsible.  —  Adeola Akinremi in her Friday column …
Discussion: alan.com
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
Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
School District: Betsy Ross Flag Symbolizes “Hate”  —  A Michigan school district called the historic “Betsy Ross” flag a symbol of hate and profusely apologized after students displayed the flag at a recent high school football game.  —  “To wave a historical version of our flag …
Elizabeth Roberts / CNN:
History made in New York as one designer shows the first-ever collection to feature hijabs in every look  —  (CNN)A Muslim designer made history at New York Fashion Week by showing the first-ever collection to feature hijabs in every outfit.  —  Anniesa Hasibuan, an Indonesian designer …
Discussion: Breitbart and American Thinker
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Conflicting Policy From Trump: To Keep, and Remove, Tax Cut  —  WASHINGTON — A few hours after Donald J. Trump publicly backed away from a $1 trillion tax cut for small businesses, campaign aides on Thursday privately assured a leading small-business group that Mr. Trump in fact remained committed …
Discussion: heave-ho.org and Forbes
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 …
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Infowars and Hullabaloo
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
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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Maxwell Strachan / The Huffington Post:
People Are Justifiably Infuriated With How Jimmy Fallon Handled Trump
 
 
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Caroline B. Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Twilight of American Jewry
Discussion: Pamela Geller
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Here's what Trump and Clinton should keep in mind at first debate
Discussion: Althouse
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Twice Arrested Illegal Alien Kills Sheriff's Deputy In DUI
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Enthusiasm gap looms for Clinton
Discussion: The Daily Caller
KSNT-TV:
Black mask photo and caption leaves K-State students in an uproar
Discussion: WCMH-TV and KTLA
Tracey Lien / Los Angeles Times:
Uber nears settlement after pocketing half of drivers' tips
Discussion: Vocativ and KTLA
 Earlier Items: 
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Sandack: I fell for woman's online scam ‘hook, line and sinker’
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox Sues Netflix for Poaching Employees
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Media Outraged After Trump Tricks Them To Cover Endorsements From Military Heroes
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Sometimes life comes at you fast
Discussion: Vox and Mother Jones
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Stop Whining About ‘False Balance’
Discussion: Althouse
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

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

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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