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4:45 PM ET, September 13, 2017

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Mike Flynn's Son Is Subject of Federal Russia Probe — WASHINGTON — Michael G. Flynn, the son of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is a subject of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election and possible collusion between Moscow …

Discussion: The Atlantic, RedState, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Bernie Sanders's Bill Gets America Zero Percent Closer to Single Payer — The sight of 15 Senate Democrats, including many of the party's likely presidential contenders, co-sponsoring Bernie Sanders's single-payer health-care bill may look like a momentous step.

Discussion: Vox, The Hill, Common Dreams and The Daily Caller

Bernie Sanders / New York Times:

Why We Need Medicare for All — This is a pivotal moment in American history. Do we, as a nation, join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee comprehensive health care to every person as a human right? Or do we maintain a system that is enormously expensive, wasteful and bureaucratic …

Discussion: The Hill, Gothamist, Pacific Standard, Vox, Hit & Run, Washington Post, IJR, Axios, The Week, The Daily Caller and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sanders introduces universal health care, backed by 15 Democrats

HuffPost:
Bernie Sanders To Introduce Single-Payer Bill With Major Support In Senate

Discussion: Axios, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Shannon Vavra / Axios:
GOP Senators' pitch for block grant health care funding

Discussion: Politico and Political Wire

Bill Scher / Politico:
The Single-Payer Insanity — The Democrats' presidential contenders …

Discussion: Vox, THE WARREN (HENRY) REPORT, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, NBC News, The Guardian, Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Hit & Run, Splinter, No More Mister Nice Blog and Common Dreams

Elana Schor / Politico:
Sanders' single-payer push splits Democrats

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Times, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, Splinter, Washington Free Beacon, Instapundit, America Rising PAC, STAT and Washington Post

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's clear warning to Democrats: Don't be like Bernie

Discussion: The Ring of Fire Network, Business Insider and The Resurgent

Ezra Klein / Vox:
What Hillary Clinton really thinks

Discussion: Politico, Mother Jones, ThinkProgress, Daily Wire, Liberal Values, ABC News, The Guardian, Business Insider and NPR

Elizabeth Segran / Fast Company:

Two Ex-Googlers Want To Make Bodegas And Mom-And-Pop Corner Stores Obsolete — Called Bodega, this startup installs unmanned pantry boxes in apartments, offices, dorms, and gyms. It promises convenience, but also represents competition for many mom-and-pop stores.

Discussion: Eater, Weekly Standard, Longreads, Washington Post, New York's PIX11, The Verge, Mashable, Gizmodo, The Week, Splinter, The Root and grubstreet, more at Techmeme »

Wall Street Journal:

Flynn Promoted Nuclear-Plant Project While in White House — Then-Trump security adviser had his staff meet with those involved in Middle East proposal that once included Russian firms — As President Donald Trump's national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn promoted …

Discussion: Axios, Politico and Business Insider

CNN:

Dems to Mueller: Flynn failed to disclose trip to broker Saudi-Russian business deal — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — It's illegal under federal law to knowingly falsify or conceal relevant information from a security clearance form — Washington (CNN)House Democrats sent special counsel Robert Mueller …

Discussion: Just Security, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Axios, IJR and Raw Story

Suzy Khimm / NBC News:

Trump FEMA Nominee Withdraws After NBC Questions on Falsified Records — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's nominee for the No. 2 spot at the Federal Emergency Management Agency withdrew from consideration on Wednesday after NBC News raised questions about a federal investigation that found …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Mother Jones

Washington Post:

U.S. bans use of Kaspersky software in federal agencies amid concerns of Russian espionage … The U.S. government on Wednesday banned the use of a Russian brand of security software by federal agencies amid concerns the company has ties to state-sponsored cyberespionage activities, according to U.S. officials.

Discussion: Department of Homeland …, The Guardian, Engadget and The Week, more at Techmeme »

Eric Geller / Politico:
DHS bars government from using Russia-based Kaspersky software

Discussion: ABC News and RedState

Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
DHS bans Kaspersky software in federal agencies

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Maureen Callahan / Reuters:

Hillary Clinton's book signing was as insufferable as you'd expect — MORE FROM: … Among the enduring criticisms of Hillary Clinton: Her sense of entitlement is limitless. She's tone-deaf and doesn't understand the average American — nor does she care to. Her greed is insatiable.

Discussion: The Rush Limbaugh Show, Power Line, No More Mister Nice Blog, The First Street Journal, Daily Wire, The Last Tradition, Red Alert Politics, New York Post and Vox

David Remnick / New Yorker: Hillary Clinton Looks Back in Anger

Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump losing control over the forces that elected him

Discussion: Mediaite

Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:

Mueller Probe Has ‘Red-Hot’ Focus on Social Media, Officials Say — Facebook officials likely to face Congress, key lawmaker says — Russia still ramping up cyber espionage: intelligence chief — Follow @bpolitics for all the latest news, and sign up for our daily Balance of Power newsletter.

Discussion: Political Wire, Business Insider, Raw Story and Daily Kos, more at Techmeme »

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Teflon Don confounds Democrats — Democrats tried attacking Donald Trump as unfit for the presidency. They've made the case that he's ineffective, pointing to his failure to sign a single major piece of legislation into law after eight months in the job. They've argued that Trump is using …

Discussion: The Resurgent, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Politicus USA, Daily Wire, Washington Free Beacon and The Week

Manu Raju / CNN:

Exclusive: Justice Department declines Senate request to interview FBI officials over Comey firing — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)The Justice Department is preventing Senate investigators from interviewing two top FBI officials who could provide first-hand testimony over the firing …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and IJR

Katie Bo Willliams / The Hill:
Justice blocks FBI officials from Senate interviews on Clinton, Comey

Discussion: RedState

Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:

Seven dead at Hollywood nursing home where Hurricane Irma knocked out air conditioning — Six people dead at Hollywood, FL nursing home that lost power and air conditioning after Hurricane Irma" confirms Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief. — Sun Sentinel

Discussion: ThinkProgress, WFLA-TV, STAT, ABC News, IJR, Faithwire and The Daily Caller

Michael Nedelman / CNN:
At least 6 dead after Florida nursing home left with no A/C from Irma

Discussion: Florida Governor Rick Scott, RedState, KHOU-TV, NPR.org and KTLA

Dean Seal / Daily Progress:

Protesters shroud Jefferson statue, decry UVa response to rallies — One month after white nationalists stormed the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, bearing tiki torches and chanting, “You will not replace us,” a smaller but equally vocal crowd of protesters took to the Rotunda on Tuesday night …

Discussion: New York Daily News, Campus Reform, Washington Free Beacon, Red Alert Politics, IJR and TheBlaze

Washington Times:
Black Lives Matter protesters deface Jefferson's statue at UVa. in Charlottesville

Discussion: Daily Wire, The College Fix, The Daily Caller and RT

Phoenix New Times:

Attorneys Suspect Motel 6 Calling ICE on Undocumented Guests … On a hot Wednesday in June, Manuel Rodriguez-Juarez, a 33-year-old landscaper, got into an argument with his live-in girlfriend. — While he waited for her to cool down, he decided to check into a $45-a-night room at a nearby Motel 6 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and The Week

Bryan Curtis / The Ringer - All:

Deep Six: Jemele Hill and the Fight for the Future of ESPN — The new cohost of ‘SportsCenter’ and her partner, Michael Smith, have been blamed for the network's perceived liberal bias. Should they embrace debate or block the trolls? Hill shares her side.

Samer Kalaf / Deadspin:
ESPN Issues Craven Apology For Jemele Hill's Accurate Descriptions Of Donald Trump

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Shareblue, Splinter and Balloon Juice

Christina Cauterucci / Slate:

Abortion Access in Missouri Is Getting Easier, Thanks to Planned Parenthood and Satanists — Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write: Abortion access in Missouri is booming. Until this month, the state had only one abortion provider: a Planned Parenthood health center in St. Louis.

Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Wire and LifeNews.com

According To Matthew:
Satanists And Planned Parenthood Are Making Abortion Much More Accessible In Missouri

Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit

Baltimore Sun:

‘Racist Anthem’ spray painted on 106-year-old Francis Scott Key statue in Baltimore — Residents react to the vandalism of a Francis Scott Key monument in Bolton Hill. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun video) — Mayor Catherine E. Pugh was disappointed by the vandalism of the Francis Scott Key Monument …

Discussion: Fox News Insider, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Daily Wire and RedState

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:

Bill O'Reilly Unrepentant: His Fox News Firing, Trump's Missteps and a Possible TV Return — The former king of cable news enters THR's no-spin zone to discuss his exit amid harassment claims, the president's Charlottesville remarks, Megyn Kelly's Putin sit-down and his latest ‘Killing’ book.

Discussion: Splinter, Daily Wire, TheBlaze, TVNewser, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Another American Massacre Just Went Almost Totally Ignored — It's just the price of freedom in this country we've built for ourselves. — Here's a story that was missed in all the gales and waves, and probably because, what the hell, it's the price you should be expected to pay for having a Bill of Rights.

Pew Research Center:

Partisans Differ Widely in Views of Police Officers, College Professors — Republicans, Democrats view each other more negatively — Americans give strongly positive ratings to teachers and members of the military, while ratings of political and ideological groups - Democrats, Republicans …

Discussion: Washington Post and Pew Research Center

Russ Roberts:

The World Turned Upside Down (and what to do about it) — The current state of the country and the current state of political and intellectual conversation depresses me in a way that it never has before. You have to understand—I'm never happy with the state of the country …

Discussion: RedState

Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:

Scott Pruitt criticizes Obama as ‘environmental savior,’ moves EPA away from climate change … Few Trump administration agency chiefs have moved as decisively to implement an agenda as Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and he's quite clear about what he wants to do.

Discussion: The Daily Caller