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5:45 PM ET, September 9, 2017

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Jon Levine / Mediaite:
Tragedy: Eric Bolling Son Dies  —  Yashar Ali reported Saturday that Eric Bolling's son, Eric Chase, died last night.  At this time the circumstances remain unclear.  Chase, was 19 years old and Bolling's only child.  —  “Very sad news, Eric Bolling's son, who was only 19, died last night,” said Ali.
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Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
Eric Bolling's 19-Year-Old Son Found Dead  —  Eric Chase Bolling died hours after Fox News announced his father's departure from the network.  —  The 19-year-old son of former Fox News host Eric Bolling was found dead Friday.  —  The cause of Eric Chase Bolling's death remained unknown as of Saturday afternoon.
TMZ.com:
Fired FNC Anchor Eric Bolling, Son Commits Suicide (UPDATE)  —  Fired FNC Anchor Eric Bolling — Son Commits Suicide  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  12:40 PM PT — Well placed FNC sources tell TMZ ... Eric Chase died from a drug overdose.  We're told he was having a hard time dealing with the trouble his dad was having at the network.
Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Ousted Fox News host Eric Bolling's 19-year-old son found dead  —  Former Fox News host Eric Bolling's 19-year-old son was found dead Friday evening.  —  Eric Chase Bolling's untimely death came hours after the network announced the elder Bolling's departure from “The Specialists.”
CNN:
Hurricane Irma, now a Category 3 storm, begins lashing Florida  —  (CNN)Hurricane Irma's strong winds and outer rain bands lashed the Florida Keys on Saturday as the Category 3 storm pushed toward the state amid dire warnings of devastating gales, heavy rain and a potentially deadly storm surge.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: 50,000 head to Florida shelters ahead of Irma  —  https://apnews.com/6a748851a28043b3af10 81a052df634b  —  Link copied!  —  The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local):  —  More than 50,000 people in Florida are seeking shelter in schools, community centers and churches as Hurricane Irma nears the state.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
William South / Washington Post:
I'm a meteorologist. I'm staying behind in the Florida Keys to help save lives.
Jeb Lund / Esquire:
Waiting for Irma
Discussion: Balloon Juice
FEMA.gov:
Hurricane Irma Rumor Control
Discussion: IJR, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
Mike Allen / Axios:
Why Trump hopes the new Trump sticks  —  A Trump adviser says that after a tumultuous seven months in office, it had finally dawned on the president: “People really f@&@ing hate me.”  For someone who has spent his life lapping up adulation, however fake, it was a harsh realization.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bound to No Party, Trump Upends 150 Years of Two-Party Rule  —  WASHINGTON — When Donald J. Trump set his sights on the presidency in the 2000 election, he pursued the nomination of the Reform Party, a home for disenchanted independents.  “The Republican Party has just moved too far to the extreme right,” he explained.
Discussion: RedState
Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
More White, More Male, More Jesus: CIA Employees Fear Pompeo Is Quietly Killing the Agency's Diversity Mandate  —  CIA insiders worry reforms pushed by Brennan are languishing in his absence.  —  In early summer, Judy and Dennis Shepard bought plane tickets to give a speech to the workforce at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
New York Times:
Mercurial Trump Rattles Republican Party Ahead of Midterms  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's mercurial politics are already rattling Republicans heading into the 2018 midterm campaign, sparking Trump-like primary challenges in two high-profile Senate races and a host of lower-profile House contests …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White House communications aide hires lawyer amid Russia probe: report
Discussion: RedState and Politicus USA
Kevin Bingle / BuzzFeed:
I Ran Digital For A 2016 Presidential Campaign.  Here's What Russia Might Have Got For $100,000  —  Even the pros struggle to know how far messages travel when Facebook is paid to promote them — but Russia's $100,000 could have reached millions.  —  One common response to the news …
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Siva Vaidhyanathan / New York Times:   Facebook Wins, Democracy Loses
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Trump betrays everyone’: The president has a long record as an unpredictable ally  —  President Trump prepared for the pivotal meeting with congressional leaders by huddling with his senior team — his chief of staff, his legislative director and the heads of Treasury and the Office of Management …
Discussion: Balkinization
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Betsy DeVos Ends a Campus Witch Hunt  —  Suppose you're the kind of thoughtful liberal who concluded from Donald Trump's election that you've been living in a bubble and need to better understand the causes of America's distemper.  Suppose, too, that you have friends who voted for Trump …
Dana Liebelson / HuffPost:
Mar-A-Lago Has A Flood Insurance Policy Through The Federal Government  —  Donald Trump's Florida estate is among the flood-prone properties covered by the controversial program.  —  WASHINGTON Federally insured property in Florida is in the crosshairs of potentially catastrophic Hurricane …
CNN:
983 would lose protection per day: What a DACA phase-out would look like  —  Trump and Sessions spin the facts on DACA  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — As many as 983 undocumented people previously covered under DACA would lose their protected status every day
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Napolitano Sues Trump to Save DACA Program She Helped Create
Discussion: Daily Kos and Take Care Blog
 
 
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Associated Press:
Yuck or yum? Swiss offer insect burgers of mealworm larvae
Discussion: RedState
Douglas E. Schoen / The Hill:
Michelle Obama outshines all Democratic prospects for 2020
Psychology Today:
Taking Risks to Move the Culture Forward
David Smiley / miamiherald:
Miami's mayor on Hurricane Irma: 'If this isn't climate change, I don't know what is'
Discussion: ThinkProgress and NPR
Kali Handelman / The Revealer:
Not Your Messiah
Sara Ganim / CNN:
CNN exclusive: Joe Paterno may have known of earlier Jerry Sandusky abuse claim, police report reveals
Discussion: AOL and Deadspin
 Earlier Items: 
Cho Ki-weon / english.hani.co.kr:
Fuji TV: Trump calls President Moon a “beggar” during phone call with Japanese PM
Scott Bauer / WISN:
$4M for tiny airport near golf course slipped into Wisconsin budget
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP struggles to control its own agenda
Discussion: Raw Story
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
What's Going to Happen When the Trumpists Realize the America They Yearn for Is Gone?
Discussion: Raw Story
David Kamp / Vanity Fair:
The Years with Graydon  —  “This is the best job you're ever going to have.”
Discussion: The Atlantic
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Seriously, Equifax? This Is a Breach No One Should Get Away With
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
A Requiem for Florida, the Paradise That Should Never Have Been
Discussion: The Miami Hurricane
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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