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Lee Moran / HuffPost:

NFL Stars Erupt In Anger Over Donald Trump's ‘Son Of A Bitch’ Speech — “I can't take anything our Celebrity in Chief says seriously. He's a real life clown/troll.” — National Football League stars past and present are expressing outrage after President Donald Trump used an address in Huntsville …

Discussion: Raw Story, CNN, Politicus USA and The Week

Lindsey Adler / Deadspin:

Teresa Kaepernick On Trump Calling Injustice Protesters Sons Of Bitches: “It's What Most Of Us Have Come To Expect From Him” — President Donald Trump has made something of a hobby out of attacking private citizens, Colin Kaepernick among them. During a rally held in Alabama last night …

Discussion: Raw Story and IJR

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

With ‘son of a bitch’ comments, Trump tried to divide NFL and its players — Trump: I wish NFL owners respected US flag — The Trump presidency is a test. Institutions like the courts, the news media and the business community have all been tested. Now it's the NFL and the NBA's turn.

Discussion: The Hill, The Atlantic, CNN, IJR, Hullabaloo, Refinery29, Mother Jones, USA Today, Associated Press, ThinkProgress, Business Insider and Mediaite

New York Times:

Trump Blasts Warriors' Curry. LeBron James's Retort: ‘U Bum.’ — President Trump took aim at two of the world's most powerful sports leagues and some of their most popular athletes, directly inserting himself into an already fiery debate over race, social justice and the role athletes have played in highlighting those issues.

Brandon Carter / The Hill:

NFL's Goodell: Trump's ‘divisive comments’ show a ‘lack of respect’ — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell fired back at President Trump on Saturday for encouraging league owners to remove players who take a knee during the national anthem, saying Trump's “divisive comments” show “an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL.”

Discussion: Axios, Mashable, KTLA and Washington Free Beacon

Miranda Green / CNN:
NFL commissioner, LeBron James blast Trump for tweets against athletes

Discussion: The Hill, RedState, Shareblue, The Federalist, Politico, USA Today, Axios, KTLA, Power Line, Raw Story, IJR, fox13now.com, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, FOX6Now.com and Mediaite

Washington Post:
Trump turns sports into a political battleground with comments on NFL and Steph Curry

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump says NBA player Stephen Curry no longer invited to White House

Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
Trump sparks war with NFL — and LeBron

Discussion: New York Times, Booman Tribune, The Hill, Washington Monthly, Conservative News Today, Outside the Beltway, RT, No More Mister Nice Blog, PerezHilton, IJR, Political Wire, TheBlaze and Mediaite

ESPN:
Steve Kerr: No decision on White House visit until we discuss as team

Discussion: Business Insider, Daily Wire, Associated Press, IJR, Politico, USA Today, Deadspin, The Last Tradition, Common Dreams, AOL, Vox, Mashable and East Bay Times

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Steve Bannon to headline Roy Moore rally in Alabama — Steve Bannon is heading to Alabama Sunday night to rally for Judge Roy Moore on Monday night with Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty. — Why it matters: This rally is three days after President Trump, Bannon's former boss …

Discussion: RedState, Political Wire and Mediaite

Abby Phillip / Washington Post:

As Trump campaigns for Strange in Alabama, he expresses some doubts: ‘I might have made a mistake’ — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — President Trump campaigned on Friday night for Alabama Senate candidate Luther Strange, in a race that has pitted him against his most loyal supporters and that holds …

Discussion: Breitbart, RedState, NPR, The Last Tradition, Slate and ABC News

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
'I love Alabama — it's special': At rally for Sen. Luther Strange, Trump vents frustrations in rambling speech

Discussion: Fox News and Talking Points Memo

Alex Isenstadt / Politico: Hannity to interview Bannon at Moore rally on eve of Alabama Senate run-off

Politico:

Republicans continue Obamacare repeal work despite opposition — Some Senate Republicans are continuing to work on their last-minute Obamacare repeal plan, according to sources familiar with the matter, even as the odds of success appear impossibly long. — Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana …

Atul Gawande / New Yorker:
If the U.S. Adopts the G.O.P.'s Health-Care Bill, It Would Be an Act of Mass Suicide

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Daily Beast, The Hill and Talking Points Memo

Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Here's The Simplest Reason Lisa Murkowski Likely Won't Support This ACA Repeal Bill

Discussion: Political Wire, New York Times and Washington Post

Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
Rubio team shuts down ‘political stunt’ over missed phone call

Discussion: Daily Wire, Conservative News Today and RedState

Clark Mindock / The Independent:

‘Inevitable’ that North Korean missiles will hit US mainland after Donald Trump's insults, says Pyongyang foreign minister at UN — North Korea's foreign minister says that it is inevitable that missiles from his country will hit the United States after the American military flew bombers further north …

Discussion: IJR

Associated Press:
The Latest: US flies mission in airspace east of North Korea

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Aides warned Trump not to attack North Korea's leader personally before his fiery U.N. address

Discussion: RedState, The American Conservative, The BRAD BLOG, Mediaite, FOX6Now.com and New York Times

Julia Manchester / The Hill:

Clinton: Some women ‘disrespected themselves’ at Trump campaign rallies … said Saturday that some women are “publicly disrespecting themselves” in their support of President Trump. — “When I see women doing that, I think why are they publicly disrespecting themselves?

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com, The First Street Journal and IJR

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Clinton: Trump has ‘been even worse than I thought he would be’

Discussion: Conservative News Today, Political Wire, The Daily Caller and RT

CBS Miami:

Nursing Home Voicemail to Governor Deleted — Hollywood - The voicemail messages left on Gov. Rick Scott's personal cellphone by a Hollywood nursing home where at least 11 people have died following Hurricane Irma, were deleted, according to the governor's office.

John Bowden / The Hill: Florida governor under fire over nursing home voicemails left during hurricane

Dan Diamond / Politico:

Tom Price to halt taxpayer-funded travel on private jets pending review — Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price told Fox News on Saturday that he'll stop his taxpayer-funded travel on private jets, pending a formal review by his department's inspector general. — “We've heard the criticism.

Discussion: Fox News and Axios

Lois Beckett / The Guardian:

‘Junk science’: experts cast doubt on widely cited college free speech survey — Survey saying 20% of US college students believe it's appropriate to use violence against offensive speech was administered to an opt-in online panel … Polling experts are raising concerns …

Fox News:

Doomsday is not on Saturday after all, writer says after predicting end of the world — The end is still nigh — just not as nigh as it was earlier this week, a Doomsday writer says. — David Meade, who claimed the world is ending Saturday when a mysterious planet collides with Earth, is now backtracking on the calamitous claim.