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1:15 PM ET, September 29, 2017

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Washington Post:
U.S. response in Puerto Rico pales next to actions after Haiti quake … After an earthquake shattered Haiti's capital on Jan. 12, 2010, the U.S. military mobilized as if it were going to war.  —  Before dawn the next morning, an Army unit was airborne, on its way to seize control of the main airport in Port-au-Prince.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump's Deadly Narcissism  —  According to a new Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans believe that Donald Trump is unfit to be president.  That's pretty remarkable.  But you have to wonder how much higher the number would be if people really knew what's going on.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
San Juan mayor hits back at Elaine Duke: ‘This is not a good news story.  This is a people are dying story.’
Discussion: Political Wire
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:   'We don't even know when we're coming back': Puerto Ricans evacuate to Florida on a cruise ship
Axios:
USAFA superintendent: “Grab your phones”  —  Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, yesterday “stood all of his 4,000 cadets at attention ...  [c]hins in and chests out ... to deliver a message on racial slurs found written on message boards at the academy's preparatory school …
Discussion: Gazette, YouTube and The Daily Caller
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Katherine Schafer / United States Air Force Academy:
Superintendent addresses racial slurs at USAFA  —  U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. —  The Air Force Academy superintendent addressed cadets, faculty, staff and cadet candidates today in the wake of racial slurs found Monday written on the dormitory message boards of five African American cadets at the Academy's Preparatory School.
Discussion: Axios, NBC News, Mashable and Mediaite
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Air Force general: 'If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect get out' of Academy
Discussion: RedState
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
Racial slurs written on doors of five black cadet candidates at Air Force Academy Preparatory School
New York Times:
Trump Could Save More Than $1 Billion Under His New Tax Plan  —  Highlighted areas show what parts of President Trump's 2005 tax return could have been affected by the new tax plan.  —  President Trump could cut his tax bills by more than $1.1 billion, including saving tens of millions …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Has Trump had his ‘heckuva job’ moment with Puerto Rico?  —  THE TAKE with ABC News' Rick Klein  —  The first two storms, it appears, were only wind-ups to the presidential moment that presents itself now.  The crisis in Puerto Rico figures to define President Trump's responses to this remarkable string of powerful storms.
Andrea Peterson / Politico:
White House launches probe of private email accounts
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema enters Senate race, hoping to unseat Jeff Flake  —  U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is running for the Senate seat held by Jeff Flake, ending months of speculation about her political future and giving Democrats a top-tier fundraiser with experience on Capitol Hill.
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Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:   Arizona Senate: Sinema's Candidacy Puts Race in Toss Up
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie backers give Dem incumbents a pass in 2018
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania Trump fires back at librarian who rejected gift of Dr. Seuss books as ‘racist’  —  First lady Melania Trump fired back Friday at a Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of Dr. Seuss books, claiming their illustrations are examples of “racist propaganda.”
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Rachel Chason / Washington Post:
‘Racist propaganda’: Librarian rejects Melania Trump's gift of Dr. Seuss books  —  One of Melania Trump's favorite books is Dr. Seuss's “Oh, the Places You'll Go!,” which she read with her son, Barron, “over and over” when he was younger.  —  The first lady, who is increasingly carving …
Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
People Are Sharing This Fake Photo Of NFL Players Burning The American Flag  —  Conservative social media accounts are sharing a photoshopped image that makes it look like an NFL player is burning the US flag while his teammates cheer him on.  —  The fake picture is being used …
Discussion: The Root
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Berniecrats Have an Obama Problem  —  The ideological vanguard of the Bernie Sanders movement emerged from the 2016 election overflowing with dialectical certainty.  Hillary Clinton's narrow win in the primary was the last gasp of a dying neoliberal order, the overthrow of which is now preordained.
Washington Post:
Losing the part  —  How Darrell Hammond, SNL's best impressionist ever, found life after Trump  —  There is just a time when things end, Lorne will say.  Even for the greatest impressionist in “Saturday Night Live” history.  —  For Darrell Hammond, that moment came last September.
Discussion: Business Insider
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Lili Anolik / Vanity Fair:
The Kate McKinnon Report
Discussion: The Ringer - All and Splinter
CBS News:
U.S. plans major withdrawal of staff from embassy in Cuba  —  Two sources tell CBS News the U.S. is preparing to announce a major withdrawal of staff and family from the U.S. embassy in Cuba in response to attacks targeting diplomats.  Only essential personnel will be left.
Discussion: CBS New York
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New York Times:
U.S. to Pull More Diplomats Out of Cuba After Attacks
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Jessica Schneider / CNN:
DOJ demands Facebook information from ‘anti-administration activists’  —  Washington (CNN)Trump administration lawyers are demanding the private account information of potentially thousands of Facebook users in three separate search warrants served on the social media giant, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
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CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Fake black activist accounts linked to Russian government
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
This Is My Last Blog Post At The Daily Caller Dot Com  —  Not a Rickroll, honest.  —  Looks like this is it.  I've been blogging here at the Daily Caller since the site launched, all the way back on January 11, 2010.  But now it's time for me to go.  —  Daily blogging can be a fun job, but it can also be a grind.
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
The Lawlessness of Roy Moore  —  Both sides of my family hail from Alabama: my mother's people from the coal mining country of Walker County in the north and the tiny burg of Union Springs farther south; my dad's, from a speck of a cotton-mill town just east of Montgomery.
Discussion: Vox, Salon, Hullabaloo and Townhall.com
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Roy Moore Failed to Disclose Massive Amount of Income on His Senate Ethics Form
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Here's All The Expensive Nonsense Trump's EPA Chief Is Wasting Your Taxes On  —  That swamp is looking mighty cushy.  —  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt — a climate change denier who is pushing for sweeping budget cuts at the agency — apparently has no qualms …
Extra:
Sarah Jessica Parker Confirms There Will Be No ‘Sex and the City 3’  —  “Extra” caught up with Sarah Jessica Parker at the New York City Ballet Gala and talked about rumors of a third “Sex and the City” movie.  —  Parker, who attended with husband Matthew Broderick, confirmed what fans …
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Beyond the daily drama and Twitter battles, Trump begins to alter American life  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even without delivering on his biggest campaign promises, President Donald Trump has begun to reshape American life in ways big and small.  —  Over his first nine months …
Meghan Linsey / Washington Post:
I'm a white country singer.  I still took a knee after I sang the national anthem at an NFL game.  —  I was on my way to Nissan Stadium in Nashville on Sunday morning when I got a phone call informing me that my performance of the national anthem before the Tennessee Titans game would be televised nationally later that day.
Discussion: Splinter
Scott Allen / Washington Post:
A kid walked into a GameStop wearing a Kaepernick jersey.  Two NFL players bought him an Xbox.  —  Saundra Watts was getting her makeup done in the Dulles 28 Centre in Sterling on Tuesday, killing time while her dog was groomed at Petco, when her 10-year-old grandson, Jaden, came running into the store.
Discussion: The Root, Unfogged, WREG-TV and USA Today
Ben Strauss / Politico:
‘This Is Bad for America, But Great for Us’  —  “Is ‘tank’ too strong a word?”  Clay Travis asked gleefully, tapping out a tweet to his nearly 500,000 followers.  It wasn't, he decided, and he hit send: “NFL ratings tank as Trump feuds with NFL protesters, ESPN subscribers plummet.”
 
 
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Packers quarterback: Protests are about unity in the face of Trump's divisiveness
Discussion: IJR
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lottery visa case could unmoot SCOTUS fight on travel ban
Discussion: Axios
Washington Times:
Colin Kaepernick donated $25,000 to group honoring convicted cop-killer
Energy.gov:
Secretary Perry Urges FERC to Take Swift Action to Address Threats to Grid Resiliency
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
Rachel Shapiro / Staten Island Advance:
Grimm to officially announce run for Congress Sunday
Discussion: Political Wire
Joel Rubin / Los Angeles Times:
ICE arrests hundreds of immigrants in ‘sanctuary cities’ around the nation, California
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Retirements May Hold the Key in Whether Republicans Can Keep the House
Christopher Hooks / The Texas Observer:
Texas GOP's Favorite Meme-Maker is Now Helping the Far-Right in Germany
Discussion: Texas Monthly and Raw Story
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Citizens United For Conservative Patrick Morrisey Over Mitch McConnell-Backed Evan Jenkins …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Price took military jets to Europe, Asia for over $500K
 

 
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Q&A with Kara Swisher about a potential bid for Washington Post, what she would do as its owner, Jeff Bezos' effusive comments to Trump, Will Lewis, and more

 
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