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8:10 PM ET, September 24, 2017

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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 …
New York Times:
N.F.L. Protests: Players Respond to Trump by Kneeling and Locking Arms  —  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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Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump's Allies Join His Crusade Against The NFL  —  Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images  —  A political group with close ties to President Donald Trump is amplifying his attack on professional athletes who kneel during the national anthem as a form of protest.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
NASCAR owners say they wouldn't tolerate national anthem protests at races  —  Several NASCAR team owners said Sunday they would not condone racers protesting during the national anthem, amid protests by sports players at football and baseball games.  —  There were no protests reported during …
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.
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.
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 …
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump demands NFL teams ‘fire or suspend’ players or risk fan boycott
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Jaguars owner joins players during anthem protest in first game since Trump's NFL remarks
Nicki Jhabvala / Denver Post:   Von Miller among 32 Broncos players who take a knee for national anthem
Mike Allen / Axios:
What Trump, the NFL are thinking
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Washington Post:
GOP health bill in major peril as resistance hardens among key senators  —  The floundering Republican attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act met hardening resistance from key GOP senators Sunday that left it on the verge of collapse even as advocates vowed to keep pushing for a vote this week.
Discussion: Axios
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Strange in trouble in Alabama, White House and GOP fear  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The White House and senior Republicans are deeply worried about Sen. Luther Strange's chances in Tuesday's GOP runoff here — even after unleashing the full weight of the party machinery to stop his opponent, flame-throwing conservative Roy Moore.
Discussion: Axios
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Cruz opposes latest Obamacare repeal attempt
Discussion: RedState and ThinkProgress
Robert Costa / Washington Post:   Sen. Rand Paul lays out demands on health care as talks continue
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Graham: 'We're going to get the votes next week'
Discussion: ABC News
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
“How do you sleep at night?”:  Former NFL player schools head of Trump's diversity coalition  —  The head of Donald Trump's “diversity coalition” got righteously schooled Sunday afternoon when he tried to defend Trump's attacks on the First Amendment rights of NFL players.
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
“Stupid as a rock”: Dem rep nails Steve Mnuchin for denying NFL players' First Amendment rights
Discussion: ABC News and IJR
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Mnuchin: NFL players ‘can do free speech on their own time’
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:   White House blows off Constitution, declares new limits on free speech for private enterprise
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.
Discussion: National Review
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Charles Hawley / Spiegel Online:
Merkel Re-Elected as Right Wing Enters Parliament
Washington Post:   Merkel heads for another term in Germany, but far right spoils the party
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Valerie Plame resigns from Ploughshares Fund after tweeting anti-Semitic article  —  Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson on Sunday announced that she has resigned from Ploughshares Fund after she tweeted an article that argued American Jews are pushing for wars in the Middle East.
Discussion: Daily Wire and twitchy.com
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Alan Dershowitz / Fox News:   Valerie Plame knew exactly what she was tweeting
Washington Post:
‘If anyone can hear us ... help.’ Puerto Rico's mayors describe widespread devastation from Hurricane Maria  —  SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — In the northern Puerto Rican town of Vega Baja, the floodwaters reached more than 10 feet.  Stranded residents screamed “save me, save me,” …
Discussion: FOX6Now.com, Gizmodo and Common Dreams
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Brian Resnick / Vox:
The entire island of Puerto Rico may be without electricity for months
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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Marissa Payne / Washington Post:
'To single out NFL players for doing this isn't something we should be doing': A's player takes up anthem protest
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.
Douglas E. Schoen / The Hill:
If Hillary truly loves America, she should support President Trump  —  BY DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/24/17 09:00 AM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  , during a recent interview promoting her new book …
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Nigel Farage to support controversial judge Roy Moore in Alabama election … Nigel Farage will speak in Fairhope, Alabama on Monday night, in support of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.  —  ‘Fire or suspend’: Trump attacks NFL protesters as players kneel in London  —  Read more
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
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How Obama is funding the anti-Trump resistance
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Opinion of the Republican Party falls to all-time low
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 

 
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