memeorandum: BREAKING: Caught: Cascade Mall Suspect Taken Into Custody, Arcan Cetin...UPDATE: Women Who Knew Him Give Him Thumbs Down (Nickarama/Weasel Zippers)

10:20 AM ET, September 25, 2016

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Suspect in mall shooting arrested; community mourns victims — Families of five people killed during a shooting rampage at a Burlington mall Friday night were mourning Saturday, as police arrested a suspect in Oak Harbor. — BURLINGTON, Skagit County — Tips and surveillance video led …

Discussion: Heavy.com, CANNONFIRE, Detroit News, Breitbart, 6, Guardian, Jihad Watch, Washington Post, The American Spectator, New York Magazine, Independent Journal Review, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press and KOMO

Nickarama / Weasel Zippers:

BREAKING: Caught: Cascade Mall Suspect Taken Into Custody, Arcan Cetin...UPDATE: Women Who Knew Him Give Him Thumbs Down — Looks like the shooter. — Update: — The ‘person of interest’ is Arcan Cetin, who was born in Adana, Turkey, is 20 years old and lives in Oak Harbor, Washington.

New York Times:
Man, 20, in Custody After Fatal Shooting of 5 People at Mall Outside Seattle

Discussion: CNN and Clayton Cramer

USA Today:
Gunman at large after killing 5 at mall north of Seattle

Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News, Business Insider, Front Page Magazine, The Times of Israel, Washington Post, NPR, The Atlantic, abc11.com, KTLA, Mediaite and Bearing Arms

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Gennifer Flowers Agrees To Join Trump At Presidential Debate — Gennifer Flowers, the former model who had an extramarital affair with Bill Clinton in the 1980s, says she'll accept an invitation from Donald Trump to sit in the front row of Monday's presidential debate, according to an assistant.

Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite, Infowars, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly, Weasel Zippers, New York Post, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Washington Post, CNN, Raw Story, Liberty Unyielding, The Atlantic, Booman Tribune, Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Gennifer Flowers said she would attend debate for Trump, but Trump camp says no

Discussion: New York Times, AOL, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNBC, The Daily Caller, New Century Times, Politico, twitchy.com, Mediaite, Politicus USA and The Gateway Pundit

Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Delusional Donald Trolls Hillary By Inviting Gennifer Flowers To The Debate

Discussion: Townhall.com, Hullabaloo, CBS New York, New Century Times and Business Insider

Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump threatens to bring Gennifer Flowers to debate

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Instapundit, Infowars, Power Line, AOL, Front Page Magazine, Independent Journal Review, Guardian, Mediaite, RedState, Fox News Insider, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner

Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:

BREAKING: Ankle Holster Clearly Visible As Police Release Keith Scott Shooting Video — Charlotte police are releasing body camera and dash camera video of the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a convicted felon who was shot and killed by Officer Brentley Vinson after Scott was told by police to drop his handgun 11 times in 45 seconds.

Discussion: Townhall.com

Alan Blinder / New York Times:

Yielding to Pressure, Charlotte Will Release Videos of Keith Scott Shooting — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte authorities said Saturday that they would release dashboard and body camera recordings in the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, whose death has prompted large and sometimes violent protests here.

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Daily Kos

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Poll: Clinton, Trump in virtual dead heat on eve of first debate — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will meet Monday night for their first debate in a virtual dead heat in the race for the White House, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with the Democratic nominee's August advantage erased …

Discussion: Morning Consult, ABC News, Political Wire and twitchy.com

Washington Post:

Clinton and Trump in virtual dead heat before first debate — Poll Questions — Q: How closely are you following the 2016 presidential race: very closely, somewhat closely, not so closely, or not closely at all? — Hide Results — Q: I'd like you to rate the chances that you will vote …

Discussion: Politico, The Week and Instapundit

Roger Angell / New Yorker:

My Vote — I am late weighing in on this election—late in more ways than one. Monday brought my ninety-sixth birthday, and, come November, I will be casting my nineteenth ballot in a Presidential election. My first came in 1944, when I voted for a fourth term for Franklin Delano Roosevelt …

John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:

The FBI Investigation of EmailGate Was a Sham — NSA Analyst: We now have incontrovertible proof the Bureau never had any intention of prosecuting Hillary Clinton — From the moment the EmailGate scandal went public more than a year ago, it was obvious that the Federal Bureau …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, National Review, The Daily Caller, Liberty Unyielding, Infowars, twitchy.com and The American Spectator

New York Times:

Tall Tales About Himself — Mr. Trump's version of reality allows for few, if any, flaws in himself. As he tells it, the polls are always looking up, his policy solutions are painless and simple and his judgment regarding politics and people has been consistent — and flawless.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera English, Politico and Mother Jones

Michael Kranish / Washington Post: Trump's week reveals bleak view, dubious statements in ‘alternative universe’

Ilya Somin / Washington Post:

Donald Trump's expanded Supreme Court list changes nothing — On Friday, Donald Trump issued an expanded list of potential Supreme Court nominees, adding ten more names to the list of eleven options he put out back in May. Whether you like the names on the expanded list or not …

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, CNN and Washington Examiner

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:

How to Cover a Charlatan Like Trump — WITH presidential debates approaching, we in journalism are locked in a fierce dispute: How should we report on a duplicitous demagogue? — Traditionally, American reporters respond to a controversy by quoting people on each side and letting the public decide.