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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump versus the NFL, explained  —  A master of race baiting overreaches.  —  Millions of Americans are facing desperate conditions in Puerto Rico, congressional Republicans are mounting a last-ditch effort to enact billions of dollars in health care cuts, and the president …
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Ryan Hannable / WEEI:
Tom Brady on K&C: ‘I certainly disagree with what [Donald Trump] said’  —  On Friday night, President Donald Trump had some pointed comments towards the NFL when it comes to players protesting during the national anthem.  —  “Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners …
Will Schmitt / Springfield News-Leader:
A local WWII vet took a knee to support black NFL players.  He's going viral.  —  AP reporters counted more than 200 NFL players who did not stand during the national anthem before their games on Sunday.  Six refused to stand the week before, mainly protesting police brutality.  AP  —  CONNECT
Eric Reid / New York Times:
Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee  —  In early 2016, I began paying attention to reports about the incredible number of unarmed black people being killed by the police.  The posts on social media deeply disturbed me, but one in particular brought me to tears …
Jack Holmes / Esquire:
The NFL Won't Forget September 24, 2017 Anytime Soon
David French / National Review:
I Understand Why They Knelt  —  Kansas City Chiefs players …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Tara Golshan / Vox:
The Trump administration just made its travel ban permanent  —  President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend that restricts travel to the US from more countries than any of the travel bans that have come before it, effectively banning almost all travel from eight countries …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Can We Stop Calling It a ‘Muslim Ban’ Now?  —  The list of restricted nations never included some of the largest Muslim countries.  Now it includes North Korea and Venezuela.  —  When President Donald Trump came into office, one of the first things he did was issue a temporary ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court cancels oral arguments on Trump travel ban
Discussion: Vox
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
North Korea asserts a right to shoot down U.S. bombers
Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Gohmert Calls for McCain's Recall  —  Texas Republican suggests way to support senator and get health care repeal  —  Pelosi Calls Out Trump for War on NFL, NBA Former Governor, Senate Candidate Announces Bid for Reichert's Seat State Medicaid Directors Say Graham-Cassidy ‘Fails to Deliver’
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump blasts McCain over health bill vote
Discussion: baker and Axios
John Wagner / Washington Post:
In radio interview, Trump slams McCain, dings McConnell and botches a Senate candidate's name
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP facing likely failure on ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Watchdog: Ivanka Trump used personal email account for government business  —  Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to communicate with a member of President Trump's administration, a watchdog group said Monday.  —  American Oversight obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act …
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Newsweek:
IVANKA TRUMP USED A PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT FOR GOVERNMENT WORK: EXCLUSIVE  —  Ivanka Trump, the first daughter and adviser to the president, used a personal email address to communicate with a government official after her father took office, according to documents that the nonprofit American …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Democrats open investigation into Kushner emails
New York Times:
Puerto Rico's Agriculture and Farmers Decimated by Maria  —  YABUCOA, P.R. — José A. Rivera, a farmer on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico, stood in the middle of his flattened plantain farm on Sunday and tried to tally how much Hurricane Maria had cost him.  —  “How do you calculate everything?”
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Washington Post:
Hot, isolated, and running out of supplies, parts of Puerto Rico near desperation
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Sought To Infiltrate Facebook Hiring  —  According to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News, Bannon hoped to spy on Facebook's job application process.  —  Steve Bannon plotted to plant a mole inside Facebook, according to emails sent days before the Breitbart boss took …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
GOP senators unveil new ‘Dreamers’ bill  —  A new Senate GOP proposal is being released Monday that creates a pathway to legalization for so-called Dreamers, but it won't allow them to sponsor family members to the United States — one of several provisions that make the bill far more conservative …
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Allison De Jong / ABC News:
Americans back DACA by a huge margin (POLL)
Raleigh News & Observer:
GOP bill will offer Dreamers citizenship after ‘extreme vetting’
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
‘Sunday Night Football’ Ratings Down Again On Day Of Player Protests  —  On a day full of criticism from Donald Trump, political protests, linked arms, players taking a knee or not coming on the field at all during the national anthem, and renewed pleas for unity from the league …
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George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
With Great Sadness, I Did Not Watch the National Football League on Sunday
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Guardian
CBS News:
Poll: Most disapprove of Graham-Cassidy health care bill  —  Most Americans — 52 percent — disapprove of the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, according to a CBS News Poll conducted between Sept. 21 and 24.  —  Only 20 percent of those polled said they approved of the Republican legislation aimed …
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Cruz still a no on Graham-Cassidy
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in federal prison  —  Disgraced former U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner, whose exchange of illicit messages with a teenager wound up playing a role in the 2016 presidential election, was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison, authorities said.
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Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner gets hard time
Discussion: Daily Wire and IJR
Leada Gore / al.com:
Trump calls ‘Rick & Bubba,’ calls Roy Moore ‘Ray’ as he stumps for Strange  —  Gallery: President Trump at Luther Strange for Senate Rally in Huntsville, ALa.  —  A primary win by “Ray” Moore would open Alabama's U.S. Senate seat to Democrats, President Donald Trump told radio-hosts “Rick and Bubba” this morning.
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
House intel sets hearing amid friction with DOJ on Russia  —  The House Intelligence Committee has scheduled an open hearing on Thursday amid escalating demands from Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) that the Justice Department turn over documents related to a controversial dossier linking President Trump to Russia.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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CNN:   White House stonewalls Capitol Hill over records in Russia probe
Hank Stuever / Washington Post:
NBC's Megyn Kelly experiment unveils its latest creation, a morning-show Bride of Frankenstein  —  “Megyn Kelly Today” is meant to be the final, dazzling piece of Kelly's multimillion-dollar transmogrification from steely Fox News host to a mushy, hugs-for-everybody, midmorning TV host.
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
This is the party boss driving Democrats to the left  —  NEW YORK  —  The stories Ilyse Hogue tells are not the kind you hear from other bosses in the Democratic Party.  —  Like the time she was a Greenpeace activist and lived on a bus.  Or when, as a leader at MoveOn.org …
 
 
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After Trump's tweet, here's what Hornets owner Michael Jordan says country needs
Discussion: Washington Post
Center for American ProgressCenter …:
At Least 1.4 Million Nonelderly Adults with Disabilities Would Lose Medicaid Under Graham-Cassidy
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