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12:30 AM ET, September 29, 2016

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans in Denial That the Debate Exposed Donald Trump As Unfit for Office  —  If you're a Republican who has been clinging to the wan hope that Donald Trump might somehow, in his eighth decade on Earth, develop into a plausibly competent president of the United States, the first debate should have been your moment to abandon ship.
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Jennifer Wang / Forbes:
Donald Trump's Fortune Falls $800 Million To $3.7 Billion  —  Despite decades of precedent among presidential candidates, Donald Trump has been steadfast in his refusal to release his tax returns.  “You don't learn that much from tax returns,” he said at the first presidential debate on Monday …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Mediaite
New York Times:
New Debate Strategy for Donald Trump: Practice, Practice, Practice  —  Campaign advisers to Donald J. Trump, concerned that his focus and objectives had dissolved during the first presidential debate on Monday, plan to more rigorously prepare him for his next face-off with Hillary Clinton …
Raw Story:   Donald Trump's net worth fell $800 million over the past year: Forbes
Carla Field / WYFF-TV:
Child airlifted after shooting at Townville Elementary School  —  At least one child was injured and airlifted after a shooting at Townville Elementary School.  —  Anderson County Sheriff's Office Lt. Sheila Cole said the shooting shortly after 1 p.m. was at Townville Elementary School …
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USA Today:
2 students injured in school shooting; suspect in custody
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate overrides Obama 9/11 veto in overwhelming vote  —  The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override President Obama's veto of a bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia.  —  The 97-1 vote marks the first time the Senate has mustered enough support to overrule Obama's veto pen.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House lashes out at ‘embarrassing’ Senate veto override
Discussion: JP Updates, Townhall.com and Politico
Scott Horsley / NPR:
Senate Votes To Override Obama's Veto On Sept. 11 Lawsuit Bill
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Goes After Machado Again  —  In the situation Donald Trump is in with former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, any media professional or really anyone with a conscience would say this: “We quarreled many years ago.  It's in the past.  I truly wish her the best.”  Done and done.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Fmr Miss Universe Machado on Allegation She Was a Murder Accomplice: 'I'm Not a Saint Girl'
Gabe Ortíz:
For All The “Miss Housekeepings”—Including My Mom
Discussion: Washington Monthly
J. Michael Diehl / Washington Post:
I sold Trump $100,000 worth of pianos.  Then he stiffed me.  —  The Republican nominee is a callous businessman.  —  At Monday night's debate, Donald Trump was called out for stiffing the people who work for him.  Trump has been accused of failing to pay hundreds of contractors.
NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Voters Say Clinton Won First Presidential Debate  —  Trump Spins Debate as Win, But Polls Show Most Voters Think He Lost 1:33  —  A majority of likely voters (52 percent) who either watched the debate or said they followed debate coverage in the news said Hillary Clinton won …
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Eric Trump: It Took “Courage” For My Dad To Not Mention Bill Clinton's Infidelity
Daniel Ducassi / Politico:
Clinton campaign in ‘panic mode’ over Florida black voters  —  MIAMI — To kill Donald Trump's chances of capturing the White House, Hillary Clinton needs to win Florida.  And to do that, she needs a big minority turnout.  —  But Democrats are beginning to worry that too many African-American voters …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
President and Michelle Obama Lash Out at Donald Trump
Discussion: V 101.9
True Pundit:
RIGGED: Damning Video Busts Hillary Using Hand Signals To Trigger Lester Holt  —  A comprehensive video has surfaced that rather convincingly shows Hillary Clinton using hand signals like a third base baseball coach to prompt moderator Lester Holt to quickly call on her to counter comments …
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:   Did Donald Trump deconstruct Hillary Clinton with marginal voters?
Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Trump and the Truth: The “Lying” Media  —  This essay is part of a series The New Yorker will be running through the election titled “Trump and the Truth.”  —  The irony of Donald Trump's relationship with the press is that, while he has spent his entire campaign complaining bitterly about it …
Discussion: New York Post
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama faces tough questions from military and veterans  —  FORT LEE, Va. — Military personnel and veterans challenged President Obama, often aggressively, on his refusal to use the phrase “Islamic terrorism,” his decision to open combat jobs up to women and the performance of the Department …
Discussion: Politico
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Julie Miller / Vanity Fair:
Revisit the Time Donald Trump Said Kim Kardashian Had “Gotten a Bit Large” [Updated]  —  The presidential candidate has a history of body shaming women. … Just two days after Hillary Clinton called out Donald Trump for the reprehensible way he discusses women during their televised debate …
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Memo: Fox News VP reminds staff that online debate polls ‘do not meet our editorial standards’  —  A Fox News executive sent a memo to television producers and the politics team on Tuesday afternoon reminding employees that unscientific online polls “do not meet our editorial standards.”
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
In ‘Hitler,’ an Ascent From ‘Dunderhead’ to Demagogue  —  How did Adolf Hitler — described by one eminent magazine editor in 1930 as a “half-insane rascal,” a “pathetic dunderhead,” a “nowhere fool,” a “big mouth” — rise to power in the land of Goethe and Beethoven?
Wil S. Hylton / New York Times:
Baltimore vs. Marilyn Mosby  —  In the midst of a national crisis of police violence, Baltimore's state's attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city.  She lost much more than just the case.  —  A little before 7 the other night …
Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
U.S. warns Samsung washing machine owners after explosion reports  —  Samsung, maker of the troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, has another problem on its hands.  —  U.S. regulators on Wednesday warned owners of certain top-loading Samsung washing machines of “safety issues” following reports that some have exploded.
David Caplan / ABC News:
Gary Johnson Has Another ‘Aleppo Moment’ After Failing to Immediately Identity His Favorite World Leader  —  Gary Johnson has once again demonstrated that foreign policy may not be his strong point.  —  On Wednesday night — just three weeks after the Libertarian presidential candidate curiously asked …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Wow!  Obama Administration Admits It Does Not Screen Refugees For Radical Views (VIDEO)  —  The Obama administration admitted today at the Senate Judiciary Committee they do not scree refugees for radical views.  —  Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) grilled Principal Debuty Assistant Secretary of Population …
New York Times:
California Suspends Ties With Wells Fargo  —  Citing Wells Fargo's “venal abuse of its customers,” the California treasurer took the unusual step on Wednesday of suspending many of its ties with the San Francisco bank as it continues to reel from the scandal over the creation …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Bloomberg:
The Clinton Campaign Has a Millennial Math Problem  —  In New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and other northern states, the Democratic nominee still has to close the deal with Bernie Sanders holdouts.  —  stevenyaccino  —  It is understandable if Hillary Clinton's team is traumatized by having to fight once again for New Hampshire.
Discussion: USA Today, Common Dreams and CNN
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Keeps Citing Online Votes Even As Polls Show He Lost The Debate  —  While the Ipsos/Reuters national tracking poll released Wednesday showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump in both head-to-head and four-way matchups, an Ipsos/Reuters States of the Nation poll conducted in Iowa …
 
 
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Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Losing Debate Strategy
Rachael Bade / Politico:
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Patrick Gillespie / CNNMoney:
Venezuela crisis: I flew to U.S. to buy toilet paper
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
Mikaela Porter / Hartford Courant:
Nathan Carman: Grandfather Was “Like A Father to Me”
Discussion: NBC News and AOL
Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
House Sets Up Vote On Flint Funding In Bid To Avert Government Shutdown
Discussion: Vox and Daily Kos
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump polls supporters about bringing up Clinton scandals in next debate
Discussion: New York Magazine
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AP Story / Associated Press:
Reason to cringe: Female voters react to Trump
Discussion: WRIC-TV, WAVY-TV, Power Line and Breitbart
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
FBI silent on pending Clinton perjury probe
Discussion: Hot Air and Wall Street Journal
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump?  How Could We?  —  My reaction to the Donald Trump …
 

 
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