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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump demands NFL teams ‘fire or suspend’ players or risk fan boycott — SOMERSET, N.J. — President Trump on Sunday morning renewed his demand that NFL owners fire or suspend players who kneel during the national anthem in protest, again urging that fans should boycott the sport to force change.
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New York Times:
N.F.L. Live: Trump Comments Draw Criticism, Unity From Players and Owners — N.F.L. players across the country demonstrated during the national anthem on Sunday in a show of solidarity against President Trump, who scolded the league and players on Twitter this weekend.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Trump Bungled the Politics of Football — Colin Kaepernick's protest during the national anthem is an event a more talented or personally disciplined racial demagogue than Donald Trump could have fruitfully exploited. Kaepernick's gesture was rife for hostile interpretation.
Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
What President Trump doesn't get about the NFL — How the NFL responds to Donald Trump's spit-foaming is hardly a test case for whether the republic will stand. Nevertheless, the league is a maker of manners in this country, so it means something that Commissioner Roger Goodell and others …
Sporting News:
Steelers will remain in locker room for national anthem in Chicago, Mike Tomlin says — As part of a wave of protests throughout the NFL in the wake of President Donald Trump's NFL-related comments, the Steelers will not be on the field for the playing of the national anthem before their game against the Bears on Sunday.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Mnuchin: NFL players ‘can do free speech on their own time’ … Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Sunday defended President Trump's attacks on NFL players who kneel during the national anthem, saying members of the league “can do free speech on their own time.”
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Mike Allen / Axios:
What Trump, the NFL are thinking
What Trump, the NFL are thinking
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Justin Coleman / ABC News:
NFL players can have the ‘First Amendment off the field’: Treasury chief Mnuchin says
NFL players can have the ‘First Amendment off the field’: Treasury chief Mnuchin says
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Calls for Boycott if N.F.L. Doesn't Crack Down on Anthem Protests
Trump Calls for Boycott if N.F.L. Doesn't Crack Down on Anthem Protests
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Jaguars owner joins players during anthem protest in first game since Trump's NFL remarks
Jaguars owner joins players during anthem protest in first game since Trump's NFL remarks
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The dark racial sentiment in Trump's NBA and NFL criticism
The dark racial sentiment in Trump's NBA and NFL criticism
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Cruz opposes latest Obamacare repeal attempt — AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday said he doesn't support the latest Obamacare repeal plan, dealing a fresh blow to Republicans' last-ditch effort to kill Barack Obama's signature health care law. — After seven years of promises …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Kushner used private email to conduct White House business — Presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner has corresponded with other administration officials about White House matters through a private email account set up during the transition last December …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
“Stupid as a rock”: Dem rep nails Steve Mnuchin for denying NFL players' First Amendment rights — California Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu used his First Amendment rights to clap back at Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Sunday morning for declaring that NFL players don't have free speech rights on the field …
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's Bruce Maxwell first MLB player to kneel for anthem — A's rookie catcher Bruce Maxwell, who earlier in the day profanely bashed President Trump on Instagram, became the first major-league player to kneel during the national anthem on Saturday before Oakland's 1-0 win at the Coliseum.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump seen by 66 percent in US as doing more to divide than unite country (POLL) — President Donald Trump faces deep challenges on international and domestic issues alike, with a job approval rating mired in historic lows, a broad sense he's done more to divide than unite the country …
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William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump threatens ‘Little Rocket Man,’ says Kim may ‘not be around much longer’
Trump threatens ‘Little Rocket Man,’ says Kim may ‘not be around much longer’
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump on NK nuclear threats: 'They won't be around much longer'
Trump on NK nuclear threats: 'They won't be around much longer'
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: NFL airing unity ad in prime time on Sunday — With President Trump taking aim at the NFL and its players who protest during the national anthem, the league is broadcasting a message of unity. — The NFL is dusting off a one-minute ad that it produced for the Super Bowl earlier this year.
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Cas Mudde / The Guardian:
What the stunning success of AfD means for Germany and Europe — The radical right party profited from the fact immigration was the number one election issue. But can its breakthrough last? … n 1991 Belgium had its (first) black Sunday, when the populist radical right Flemish Block gained 6.8% of the national vote.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Opinion of the Republican Party falls to all-time low — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — WASHINGTON (CNN)There are fresh signs the Republican Party's brand is in trouble. — Fewer than three in 10 Americans — 29% — hold a favorable view of the Republican Party according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
Andrew Carter / The Charlotte Observer:
UNC national championship team not visiting White House — CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina's 2017 national championship men's basketball team will not visit the White House, a team spokesman said on Saturday, though the Tar Heels were invited to visit, as is the custom for teams …
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