memeorandum: Maria, following Irma's path, is now a Category 1 hurricane (CNN)

10:55 PM ET, September 17, 2017

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Trump Lawyers Clash Over How Much to Cooperate With Russia Inquiry — WASHINGTON — President Trump's legal team is wrestling with how much to cooperate with the special counsel looking into Russian election interference, an internal debate that led to an angry confrontation last week between …

Discussion: Political Wire

Alicia Melville-Smith / BuzzFeed:

Trump Retweeted A Video From An Anti-Semitic Account Showing Him Hitting Hillary Clinton With A Golf Ball — President Trump on Sunday morning retweeted a doctored video showing him hitting HIllary Clinton with a golf ball — from an account that makes racial, anti-semitic, and anti-LGBT comments.

Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos

Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress:

Meet the racist birther Donald Trump just retweeted — It comes two days after Trump was rebuked by British officials for ‘speculating’ on Twitter. — President Trump retweeted an animated GIF on Sunday morning that showed him hitting a golf ball at Hillary Clinton and knocking her to the ground …

Discussion: The Guardian

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:

Trump retweets GIF of him hitting Clinton with golf ball — (CNN)President Donald Trump retweeted an edited video Sunday morning that showed him swinging a golf club and appearing to hit his former presidential campaign rival Hillary Clinton with a golf ball.

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball

Discussion: CNN, Little Green Footballs, Hullabaloo and Washington Free Beacon

Kailani Koenig / NBC News: Bernie Sanders on Some Supporters Not Voting for Clinton: ‘No Kidding!’

Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Trump starts his Sunday by promoting obsessive violence against Hillary Clinton

Discussion: Politicus USA

Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Sanders scoffs at Clinton's claim he didn't do enough to help her

Discussion: FOX2now.com and Axios

Caroline Orr / Shareblue:

“He gets emotional”: Nikki Haley gives awkward defense of Trump's reckless terror tweets — In an interview on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday morning, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley defended Donald Trump's reckless tweeting about the subway bombing in London, saying it was a result of the president's emotions.

Discussion: Raw Story, NPR, Conservative News Today, Daily Wire, IJR, Politico and Mediaite

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Trump's dark view of North Korea options — Forget DACA or tax reform. One topic consumes the vast majority of President Trump's inner circle: North Korea. — Contrary to the president's breezy tweet this morning, in which he refers to Kim Jong-un as “Rocket Man,” top administration officials …

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Haley: If diplomacy doesn't work, Mattis will ‘take care of’ North Korea

Discussion: Politico and IJR

Associated Press:
The Latest: UN envoy slams North Korea's ‘reckless’ behavior

Discussion: Axios

Sydney Ember / New York Times:

Rolling Stone, Once a Counterculture Bible, Will Be Put Up for Sale — From a loft in San Francisco in 1967, a 21-year-old named Jann S. Wenner started a magazine that would become the counterculture bible for baby boomers. Rolling Stone defined cool, cultivated literary icons …

more at Mediagazer »

Josh Dawsey / Politico:

Senate GOP tries one last time to repeal Obamacare — Obamacare repeal is on the brink of coming back from the dead. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government's role …

Discussion: Axios, New York Magazine, Washington Monthly, Politicus USA and Political Wire

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trumpcare's back, and now it will let insurers jack up premiums as soon as you get sick

Discussion: Hullabaloo, CNBC and HuffPost

Eli Watkins / CNN:

Feinstein: We intend for Trump Jr. to testify publicly — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday it was her and the Republican committee chairman's intention to bring Donald Trump Jr. before the committee for public testimony.

Reuters:
Cohen, close Trump business adviser, to testify in Senate on Tuesday

Discussion: Political Wire

CNN:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to appear before Senate panel Tuesday

Discussion: IJR

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

How Rex Tillerson alienated every ally he needs — The most challenging task in Washington, these days, is finding somebody who'll enthusiastically endorse Rex Tillerson. In just nine months, the Secretary of State has managed to alienate nearly every constituency that matters:

Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:

Tucker: Trump Thinks TV More Accurately Reveals The Public's Beliefs Than Polls Do — Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson says President Trump told him that television programming is a more accurate reflection of the public's beliefs than polling is. — “I know that he watches a lot of television.

CNN:

Maria, following Irma's path, is now a Category 1 hurricane — (CNN)Hurricane Maria was upgraded from a tropical storm Sunday as it takes aim at Caribbean islands devastated less than two weeks ago by Hurricane Irma. — As of Sunday evening, Maria was about 125 miles (201 kilometers) …

Discussion: The Week, Gizmodo and IJR

David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:

Trump's divisive presidency reshapes a key part of his private business … For two years, a shelter for victims of domestic violence called Safe+Sound Somerset held its fundraiser golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. — They loved it. — Then they quit it.

HuffPost:

Juggalos Draw Bigger Crowd On The National Mall Than Pro-Trump Rally — Make America Whoop Whoop Again! — Nine months into the administration of President Donald Trump, fans of the eccentric Detroit rap duo Insane Clown Posse assembled a larger rally on the national mall this Saturday …

Discussion: Democrats.com, The Hill and NPR

Emily Shugerman / The Independent:
Pro-Trump rally that sought to bring one million supporters to Washington musters little over a thousand

Discussion: RT

St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Watch: Stores damaged in Loop protests — As the chaos escalated, scores of police officers in riot gear pushed forward against the demonstrators just after 11 p.m. — about two hours after daytime protest organizers had congratulated their followers on keeping their demonstrations peaceful.