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10:20 AM ET, September 23, 2016

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Margaret Newkirk / Bloomberg:
Rioting May Tip Presidential Scales in Crucial North Carolina  —  Chaos after police killing culminate years of rising tension  —  'You've got passions that are stirred up and running high'  —  Riots threaten to sway a deadlocked presidential race in race-riven North Carolina …
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
In America, gun rights are for whites only  —  If you are a black man in America, exercising your constitutional right to keep and bear arms can be fatal.  You might think the National Rifle Association and its amen chorus would be outraged, but apparently they believe Second Amendment rights are for whites only.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Police wrongdoing needs to be ‘vigorously addressed’
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Boing Boing
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
Charlotte protesters ‘hate white people,’ NC Congressman Robert Pittenger says
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Exclusive: President Obama Urges ‘Peaceful’ Approach to Reforming Policing in Wake of Charlotte
Discussion: Politico
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama Offers Debate Advice for Hillary Clinton: ‘Be Yourself’
Discussion: twitchy.com, Politico and Mediaite
Dan Merica / CNN:
Mark Cuban to take his trolling of Trump to the front row of Monday's debate  —  Mark Cuban: Trump a ‘danger’ to U.S. security  —  (CNN)When Donald Trump takes the stage on Monday night's primate time presidential debate, one of the few faces he will see will be that of a fellow billionaire that has tried to savage him in public.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Last Refuge
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton has lead but is vulnerable on trust, connection with voters  —  WASHINGTON  —  Hillary Clinton heads into the first presidential debate with a 7-point lead over Donald Trump, but doubts among voters about about her trustworthiness and stamina are keeping Trump in the race, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
New York Times:
Release the Charlotte Police Video  —  Elected officials who have paid any attention to the killings of civilians by the police that have roiled several cities in recent years should understand that keeping the public in the dark heightens tension and undermines trust in law enforcement.
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Protesters march for third night in Charlotte, defying curfew
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Video shows woman shooting at burglars during Gwinnett home invasion  —  GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Police are hoping someone can help identify two home invaders.  They were caught on camera as a woman in the house shot at them.  —  “She exercised her right to defend her livelihood and property …
Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Hillary Clinton would make a sober, smart and pragmatic president.  Donald Trump would be a catastrophe.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 21.  (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)  —  The Times Editorial Board
Discussion: Politico
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
More say press is too easy on Trump than said so of Romney, McCain
Discussion: Hot Air and Politicus USA
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump received $1.6 million from Secret Service  —  Donald Trump's campaign isn't alone in patronizing his own businesses: taxpayers are indirectly doing so, too.  —  Federal Election Commission records show that the U.S. Secret Service has paid the Trump campaign about $1.6 million to cover …
The Daily Beast:
Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Fat Cat Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine  —  A Silicon Valley titan is putting money behind an unofficial Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and circulating Internet memes maligning Hillary Clinton.  —  Oculus founder Palmer Luckey financially backed …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Lying Game  —  Here's what we can be fairly sure will happen in Monday's presidential debate: Donald Trump will lie repeatedly and grotesquely, on a variety of subjects.  Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton might say a couple of untrue things.  Or she might not.
CNBC:
Twitter may receive formal bid shortly, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google  —  Twitter has received expressions of interest from several technology companies and may receive a formal bid shortly, sources said.  —  The social media company is engaged in conversations with potential suitors …
Lionel Shriver / New York Times:
Will the Left Survive the Millennials?  —  Midway through my opening address for the Brisbane Writers Festival earlier this month, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, a Sudanese-born Australian engineer and 25-year-old memoirist, walked out.  Her indignant comments about the event might have sunk into obscurity …
Discussion: Althouse
Bob Lord / Yahoo:
An Important Message About Yahoo User Security  —  A recent investigation by Yahoo has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.  The account information may have included names …
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Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo Says Information on at Least 500 Million User Accounts Was Stolen
John R. Coppedge / The Hill:
Clinton's eyes — a window into her health issues  —  In 2014 Conan O'Brien did a spoof of Hillary Clinton  —  's interview with Diane Sawyer about her lack of lingering health issues following her 2012 concussion.  In an obviously photoshopped version Clinton's eyes are made to oscillate crazily.
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric For Two Years  —  Social network miscalculated the average time users spent watching videos on its platform  —  Big ad buyers and marketers are upset with Facebook Inc. after learning the tech giant vastly overestimated average viewing time for video ads …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump's English-only campaign  —  It was just over a year ago, at a nationally televised debate, when Donald Trump chided Jeb Bush for speaking another language on the campaign trail.  “This is a country,” Trump said standing at the lectern next to Bush, “where we speak English, not Spanish.”
Discussion: The Week
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Statement from Glenn Reynolds  —  'I didn't live up to my own standards, and I didn't meet USA TODAY's standards.  For that I apologize.'  —  Wednesday night one of my 580,000 tweets blew up.  I didn't live up to my own standards, and I didn't meet USA TODAY's standards.
Jon Lockett / The Sun:
'I DON'T NEED BRAIN TEST' Hillary Clinton slams suggestions she needs neurological test despite bizarre video showing her eyes moving ‘out-of-sync’  —  The Democrat, 68, insists her ‘excessive’ health puts her rival Donald Trump's in the shade  —  PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Hillary Clinton has ruled …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael Sainato / The Hill:
Past is prologue in police relations with people of color  —  On September 20th, news broke of another series of indefensible, senseless murders of unarmed black men occurred at the hands of police officers.  —  In Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 15, Terence Crutcher's car broke down and he pulled …
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Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Trump is headed for a win, says professor who has predicted 30 years of presidential outcomes correctly
Laura Hughes / Telegraph:
Bernie Sanders' brother Larry selected by Green Party to fight for David Cameron's Witney seat
Discussion: Business Insider and Macleans.ca
New York Times:
Debate Prep? Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Differ on That, Too
Discussion: The Week
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Democrat defends daughter after tough EpiPen grilling
Discussion: CNN and Instapundit
Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton Runs Ad on Trump's Remarks About Women
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Email shows federal immigration bosses in OT push to swear in new citizens ‘due to election’
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
How A Decision In May Changed The General Election
Peter Edelman / Politico:
Robert Kennedy Would Have Hated Donald Trump
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Cops Pepper-Spray Girl Who Fell Off Bike
Discussion: Boing Boing
Jennifer Gould / New York Post:
Clintons shell out $1.16M to buy house next door in Chappaqua
Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
Trump Campaign's New Catholic Liaison Has Called Him ‘Manifestly Unfit’ To Be President
 

 
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