memeorandum: Victim's wife filmed Charlotte man being shot by police (Jesse Byrnes/The Hill)

5:20 PM ET, September 23, 2016

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Ted Cruz / Facebook:

This election is unlike any other in our nation's history. Like many other voters, I have struggled to determine the right course of action in this general election. — In Cleveland, I urged voters, “please, don't stay home in November. Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience …

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Cruz: I'm voting for Trump — Ted Cruz on Friday said he would vote for Donald Trump for president and that he would encourage others to do the same, reversing months of opposition to his bitter primary rival. — “After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience …

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Endorses Donald Trump

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Stephanie Marcus / The Huffington Post:
Kim Kardashian Is Suddenly (And Disappointingly) Considering Voting For Donald Trump

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Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
Ted Cruz To Support Trump, Potentially As Soon As Today UPDATE: Here It Is

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CNN:
Ted Cruz expected to support Donald Trump

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Sen. Mike Lee shoots down Trump Supreme Court trial balloon

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Adam / Wonderland Magazine:
Kim Kardashian West

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Brendan Kirby / LifeZette:
Cruz Poised to Endorse Trump

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New York Times:

Wife of Keith Scott, Charlotte Shooting Victim, Filmed Police Encounter — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A cellphone camera video made by the wife of Keith Lamont Scott as he was fatally shot by the police here shows the moments before and after the incident, including the wife's pleas to her husband …

NBC News:

Charlotte Shooting Video: Footage Shows Fatal Encounter Between Police, Keith Lamont Scott — Exclusive Video: Moments Leading Up to Charlotte Shooting of Keith Scott 2:16 — Unsettling footage obtained exclusively by NBC News shows the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting …

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Victim's wife filmed Charlotte man being shot by police — Cellphone video reportedly taken by the wife of Keith Lamont Scott emerged Friday following days of violence in Charlotte, N.C., after his fatal shooting by police. — The video shows Rakeyia Scott filming police as they arrive on the scene.

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Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Man Shot in Keith Lamont Scott Protests Dies in Charlotte, N.C., Hospital

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Cincinnati.com:

Enquirer: It has to be Hillary Clinton — Presidential elections should be about who's the best candidate, not who's the least flawed. Unfortunately, that's not the case this year. — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, the most unpopular pair of presidential candidates …

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Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Hillary Clinton would make a sober, smart and pragmatic president. Donald Trump would be a catastrophe.

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Drudge Report:

DEBATE RULES: NO COUGHING BREAKS — If presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton slips into a coughing fit or any other medical crisis during Monday's high-stakes debate, she will have to power through, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned! — “There are no commercial breaks,” a commission source explains.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton has lead but is vulnerable on trust, connection with voters

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump In 2011: The Clintons “Have Done So Much For The African Americans”

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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 — Nobody knows for certain who will win on Nov. 8 — but one man is pretty sure: Professor Allan Lichtman, who has correctly predicted every presidential election since 1984.

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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:

U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump adviser and Kremlin — U.S. intelligence officials are seeking to determine whether an American businessman identified by Donald Trump as one of his foreign policy advisers has opened up private communications with senior Russian officials …

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Brian Hiatt / Rolling Stone:

Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a ‘Moron’ — “The republic is under siege by a moron,” Springsteen says in excerpts from upcoming Rolling Stone feature. “It's a tragedy for our democracy” — All Stories » — Bruce Springsteen spent the summer playing stadiums with the E Street Band …

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Joe Papeo / Associated Press: Bruce Springsteen Calls Trump ‘An Embarrassment’

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 …

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New York Times:

Debate Prep? Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Differ on That, Too — Hillary Clinton is determined to get under Donald J. Trump's skin at Monday's debate, and is testing attack lines to try to rattle him. — Mr. Trump is largely shunning traditional debate preparations …

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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump team builds ‘psychological profile’ of Clinton for debate

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Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:

GOP LAWMAKER: FBI GAVE IMMUNITY FOR CLINTON AIDE'S TESTIMONY — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their cooperation in the now-closed FBI investigation into Clinton's use …

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Top Clinton aide Cheryl Mills granted partial immunity in email investigation

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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:

President Obama Vetoes 9/11 Victims Bill, Setting Up Showdown With Congress — President Obama today vetoed a bill that would allow survivors of the 9/11 attacks, along with victims' families, to sue the government of Saudi Arabia. — “I am returning herewith without my approval S. 2040 …

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CNN:
Obama 9/11 veto sets up clash

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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.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Poll: Nearly half of voters think Trump will detonate a nuke — would allow the U.S. to default on its debt and that he would misuse the power of the presidency to punish his political opponents. — And nearly half of voters — 46 percent — say Trump would use a nuclear weapon to attack ISIS or another foreign enemy.

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Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:

Exclusive — Breitbart/Gravis Poll: Hillary Clinton Holds National Lead over Donald Trump — Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton continues to hold a slight lead over her GOP rival Donald Trump with 44 percent of the electorate compared with his 40 percent, according …

CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:

HOF Coach Ditka Has ‘No Respect’ For 49ers QB Kaepernick — DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) - With embattled San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick appearing on the cover of Time magazine for his recent sting of protests during the playing of the National Anthem at NFL games …

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Fight for the Future:

BREAKING: Prison disciplinary board decides to punish Chelsea Manning with solitary confinement for charges related to suicide attempt — Contact: Evan Greer, 978-852-6457, press@fightforthefuture.org — LEAVENWORTH, KS—A prison disciplinary board has decided to punish imprisoned …

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