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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Three Days in the Fox News Swamp 
Donald Trump at Fox News Republican debate. (photo: Getty) 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Hollywood Reporter 
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "After three days of watching Fox and Friends, Hannity, America's News Headquarters, The Five, Fox Report, The Greg Gutfeld Show, MediaBuzz and others, I did better understand Trump's obsession with Fox News - and why his dependency on it is so dangerous for the country." 
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Trump Jr. Says He Wanted Russian Dirt to Determine Clinton's 'Fitness' for Office 
Maggie Haberman and Matt Apuzzo, The New York Times 
Excerpt: "Donald Trump Jr. told Senate investigators on Thursday that he set up a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer because he was intrigued that she might have damaging information about Hillary Clinton, saying it was important to learn about Mrs. Clinton's 'fitness' to be president." 
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Jonathan Chait | No, Donald Trump Is Not a Moderate Now 
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine 
Chait writes: "Yesterday, an impatient and irritable President Trump undermined his own party's negotiations and agreed to a debt-ceiling increase on a timetable proposed by Democrats. At that point, all hell broke loose." 
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Sheriff in Florida Wants to Use a Natural Disaster to Search Shelters for Criminals 
Joe Vesey-Byrne, The Independent 
Vesey-Byrne writes: "A sheriff in Florida, which is in the path of Hurricane Irma, has made plans to use the opportunity to catch criminals taking shelter from the extreme weather." 
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NFL's Roger Goodell on Colin Kaepernick: 'I'm Not a Football Expert' 
The Daily Beast 
Excerpt: "Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League, said Thursday that he's not a 'football expert' when asked on FS1's First Things First if controversial free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick was good enough to make an NFL roster." 
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A Two-Decade Crusade by Conservative Charities Fueled Trump's Exit From Paris Climate Accord 
Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post 
O'Harrow writes: "For nearly two decades, Ebell has led the Cooler Heads Coalition, an umbrella group of tax-exempt public charities and other nonprofit organizations in the vanguard of efforts to cast doubt on the gravity of climate change and thwart government efforts to address it." 
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Major Hurricane Jobs in Trump's Government Vacant as Second Super Storm Hits 
Franco Ordonez, McClatchy DC 
Ordonez writes: "As a second powerful storm races toward Florida, several top administration roles tasked with protecting the country's coastline from hurricanes remain vacant, underscoring the difficulty President Donald Trump has had filling his government eight months into the job." 
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