memeorandum: The Latest: More reaction from Trump on NFL players (Associated Press)

9:50 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 …

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Alison R. Parker / Shareblue:

NBA champion coach whose dad was assassinated by terrorists destroys Trump's fake patriotism — Golden State Warriors' coach Steve Kerr dropped the mic in his response to Donald Trump's hateful attacks on athletes exercising their First Amendment rights. — Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr

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Associated Press:

The Latest: More reaction from Trump on NFL players — https://apnews.com/dc7ba43160d049eca3a0 460d093ad8e1 — Link copied! — NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the sports world reacting to President Donald Trump's remarks about pro football (all times Eastern):

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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 …

Discussion: IJR and Daily Wire

New York Times:

N.F.L. Live: Trump Blasts League for National Anthem Protests — 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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Brant James / USA Today:
NASCAR owners side with Trump, take firm stance against anthem protests

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Sporting News:
Steelers will remain in locker room for national anthem in Chicago, Mike Tomlin says

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:

New Order Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday issued a new order banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing threats to national security posed by letting their citizens into the country.

Discussion: Political Wire

Douglas E. Schoen / The Hill: If Hillary truly loves America, she should support President Trump

Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump administration changes travel ban countries

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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Trump to replace travel ban with restrictions on more countries

Discussion: Axios and CNBC

Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
President Trump Signs New Travel Restrictions As The Previous Travel Ban Expires

Discussion: RedState

Robert Barnes / Washington Post: Edible art: Bakers want Supreme Court to acknowledge there's more to a cake than baking.

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.

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

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

First look: Alabama poll — The data analytics firm 0ptimus has been running surveys in the lead up to Tuesday's Alabama special election. Their latest poll — taken on Friday and Saturday — has anti-establishment candidate Roy Moore at 55.4 percent and the Trump/McConnell-backed candidate Luther Strange at 44.6 percent.

Discussion: Political Wire

Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Nigel Farage to support controversial judge Roy Moore in Alabama election

Discussion: Breitbart, New York Times and The Daily Caller

Washington Post:

Obama tried to give Zuckerberg a wake-up call over fake news on Facebook — Nine days after Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the idea that fake news on his company's social network played a key role in the U.S. election, President Barack Obama pulled …

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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.

Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
“Stupid as a rock”: Dem rep nails Steve Mnuchin for denying NFL players' First Amendment rights

Discussion: ABC News and IJR

Caroline Orr / Shareblue: White House blows off Constitution, declares new limits on free speech for private enterprise

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Mnuchin: NFL players ‘can do free speech on their own time’

Justin Coleman / ABC News:
NFL players can have the ‘First Amendment off the field’: Treasury chief Mnuchin says

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Fox News Insider, IJR and Axios

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.

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.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Sally Jenkins / Washington Post: What President Trump doesn't get about the NFL

Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump demands NFL teams ‘fire or suspend’ players or risk fan boycott

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Charles Hawley / Spiegel Online:

Merkel Re-Elected as Right Wing Enters Parliament — Angela Merkel has won her fourth term as German chancellor, but her coalition partners for the last four years, the Social Democrats, have likely received their worst result since World War II. The right-wing populist AfD has secured more than 13 percent of the vote.

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Cas Mudde / The Guardian:
What the stunning success of AfD means for Germany and Europe

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Washington Post: Merkel heads for another term in Germany, but far right spoils the party

Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Sen. Rand Paul lays out demands on health care as talks continue — The embattled Republican effort to repeal the nation's health-care law now centers on winning over a hard-line conservative, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who continues to engage with President Trump and Senate leaders …

Discussion: Axios

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Cruz opposes latest Obamacare repeal attempt

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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Graham: 'We're going to get the votes next week'

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Brian Resnick / Vox:

The entire island of Puerto Rico may be without electricity for months — The state of the island: no electricity, no cell service, and a new threat of deadly flooding. — It's been less than a week since Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, bisecting the entire island …

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Washington Post:
‘If anyone can hear us ... help.’ Puerto Rico's mayors describe widespread devastation from Hurricane Maria

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Erica Pandey / Axios:

McCain on 60 Minutes: 6 key quotes — Sen. John McCain kicked off 60 Minutes' 50th anniversary season Sunday night with a candid interview about his brain cancer, his career and his relationship with President Trump. Here are 6 key quotes from the senator:

Discussion: Politico

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.