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9:50 AM ET, September 22, 2016

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Clinton and Trump Tied in North Carolina Poll, With Sharp Educational Divides  —  Greensboro  —  Raleigh  —  Asheville  —  Charlotte  —  Greensboro  —  Raleigh  —  Asheville  —  Charlotte  —  Greensboro  —  Durham  —  Raleigh  —  Asheville  —  Charlotte  —  Durham  —  Asheville
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Hit & Run
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's bizarre ad strategy  —  It's seven weeks before Election Day, five days before the highly anticipated first debate, and Donald Trump's television advertisements have all but vanished.  —  Trump's ads last ran nearly a week ago in four battleground states: Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Discussion: Political Wire
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Conservative USA Today Columnist On Charlotte Protesters: ‘Run Them Down’  —  Glenn Reynolds, a conservative USA Today columnist and University of Tennessee law professor, was suspended from Twitter on Wednesday for urging drivers to hit protesters blocking a highway in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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USA Today:
One person fatally shot in second night of protests in Charlotte following shooting
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Meet the black Charlotte police officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott
CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
State of emergency declared, National Guard arrives in Charlotte following protests
Guardian:
A Trump campaign chair in Ohio says there was ‘no racism’ before Obama  —  Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and said low African American voter turnout could be due to 'the way they're raised'  —  Donald Trump's campaign chair in a prominent Ohio county …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Vox
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Professor, the Cop, and the President  —  After the “beer summit,” the fallacy of a post-racial America was over—and white citizens never thought of Barack Obama the same way again.  —  Henry Louis Gates was just trying to get into his house.  —  It was July 16, 2009 …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Leads Trump Ahead of First Debate  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by six points among likely voters heading into the first presidential debate on Monday, according to a brand-new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Trump closes the gap significantly in Va., Clinton holds lead but loses ground
Discussion: Washington Post
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Clinton asks why she isn't beating Trump by 50 points
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 6 Points in Latest WSJ/NBC Poll
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
TMZ.com:
Brad Pitt — Under Investigation for Child Abuse  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Brad Pitt is under investigation by the LAPD and L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services for allegedly getting verbally abusive and physical with his children, and that's what triggered the divorce ... TMZ has learned.
David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:
Tale of Two Charities: Trump's Helps Trump While the Clintons' Is the Real Deal.  —  Let's do a reality check on the charitable giving of the two major presidential candidates in the hope of showing the reason that, to use my favorite Twitter hashtag, #factsmatter.
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Nick Miller / East Bay Express:
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Hit in Face with Pie at Event, Assaults Protester in ‘Bloody’ Scene  —  Multiple sources have confirmed that Sacramento Mayor, former NBA star, and UC Berkeley standout Kevin Johnson was hit in the face with a pie tonight at a farm-to-table dinner event …
Ben Garbarek / WSYX:
1-on-1 with Donald Trump  —  TOLEDO — Donald Trump spoke one-on-one with ABC6/FOX28 before his latest campaign stop Wednesday in Toledo.  —  Trump was running late so he would only answer three questions before taking the stage.  —  Here is the full transcript of the interview:
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump On Why He Stopped Being A Birther: “We Want To Get On With The Campaign”
Discussion: alan.com
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Yahoo is expected to confirm massive data breach, impacting hundreds of millions of users  —  A hacker named “Peace” is bringing chaos to the Internet giant just as its sale to Verizon is pending.  —  Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune  —  Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach …
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump's campaign paid his businesses $8.2 million  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign has paid his family's businesses more than $8.2 million, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings, which reveals an integrated business and political operation without precedent in national politics.
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
TEXT OF LETTER WEINER ASKED TEEN TO SEND TO TEACHER  —  The teen wrote this letter but sent it to a fake email address and sent a copy to Weiner.  Parts of the letter that might identify her are redacted.  The teen told DailyMail.com what she had done.  Weiner provided a copy of the letter in his belief it was sent to her teacher.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Special Victims Unit launches investigation into Anthony Weiner after DailyMail …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
OPENED UP TWITTER TO SEE THIS:  —  Can't imagine why they'd do that, except that it seems to be happening to a lot of people for no obvious reason.  It's as if, despite assurances to the contrary, Twitter is out to silence voices it disagrees with or something.  —  UPDATE: Ah, it was about this tweet.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama eyes risky election-year veto  —  President Obama is poised to take one of the biggest gambles of his final year in office by vetoing a popular proposal empowering the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia.  —  Democrats put on a brave face Wednesday, insisting that Obama's effort …
Discussion: Hot Air
Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
The House is not actually up for grabs, for the moment  —  There has been plenty of chatter recently about the House possibly being “in play.”  So it's time to take a look.  —  But since I'm not sure what “in play” means, I'll ask (and answer) a different, very straightforward question …
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Police union knocks Trump for suggesting Tulsa officer choked  —  The top official in the country's largest police union tweaked Donald Trump on Wednesday for leaping to blame the police officer who shot an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  —  The Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Trump last week …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Root
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump ‘troubled’ by Tulsa shooting
Discussion: RedState and Instapundit
Christopher Cadelago / Sacramento Bee:
Kamala Harris expands lead over Loretta Sanchez for U.S. Senate  —  Kamala Harris has widened her advantage over fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez with seven weeks left in the campaign to succeed Sen. Barbara Boxer, according to a poll released late Tuesday.  —  Harris, the state attorney general …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Adam Walinsky / Politico:
I Was RFK's Speechwriter.  Now I'm Voting for Trump.  Here's Why.  —  I was a Democrat all my life.  I came to Washington to serve President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.  When the president was murdered and his brother struck off on his own, I joined his Senate campaign …
 
 
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘You Wanna Make a F*cking Fabricated Story!’: Charlotte Protester Confronts Fox Reporter
Discussion: AOL and BizPac Review
Rush Limbaugh:
In the Second Term of the First Black President, Rioting Is the New Normal
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
How John McCain and Russ Feingold are riding the big money wave in their campaigns
Steve Robson / Mirror.co.uk:
Heartbreaking image of newborn babies being kept in cardboard boxes in Venezuela due to ‘hospital crisis’
Discussion: Forbes
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
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Oliver Gettell / EW.com:
WEST WING CAST MEMBERS TO CAMPAIGN FOR HILLARY CLINTON IN OHIO
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Lizzie Stromme / Daily Express:
Muslim man who KICKED woman in the head for wearing shorts says ‘Islamic law demanded it’
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Struggles to Replicate Obama's Small-Donor Juggernaut
John McTernan / CNN:
Clinton needs to stop taking a knife to a gun fight
Doris Kearns Goodwin / Vanity Fair:
Barack Obama and Doris Kearns Goodwin: The Ultimate Exit Interview
Discussion: Mediaite and Political Wire
CBS News:
On a street in Ohio, defiant Democrats flock to Trump
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
Soros-Linked ‘October Surprise That Will End Trump’: The Campaign To Register 8 Million ‘Global Citizens’ To Vote
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Rumblings=> Hillary Clinton May Cancel Debate on Monday
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Richard Lawler / The Verge:
YouTube, the RIAA, and SAG-AFTRA express support for the reintroduced NO FAKES Act, which standardizes rules around making AI copies of a person's likeness

Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
A survey of 1,128 US adults: 49% have no interest in using an AI chatbot to get info from news outlets, and 27% believe outlets often use AI to write articles

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Media and tech stocks jump after Trump announced a 90-day tariff pause, with WBD closing up 17%+, Netflix up 8%+, Disney up 12%+, and Meta up 14%+
 
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