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posted onSeptember 25, 2017
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Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump sent a tweet Sunday afternoon after NFL players locked arms or kneeled during the anthem in early games.   Player protests were widespread in the NFL’s early games.   Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin thinks pro football players lose their right to free speech once they don pads and take the field.  The online ad features an image of Trump with his hand over his heart and the hashtag #TakeAStandNotAKnee.  “I have a number of serious reservations about it,” the senator from Maine said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”   President Donald Trump appeared to preview his intentions as he spoke with reporters on the tarmac of a New Jersey airport Sunday, saying: ‘‘the tougher the better.’’  On the campaign trail last year, then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sought the support of black voters by asking them, “What the hell do you have to lose?”  President Donald Trump will meet with major GOP donors for a private dinner on Tuesday in New York as part of a fundraising effort for the Republican National Committee.   ANALYSIS The president has flirted with many culture wars before. This weekend, he may have set off one with lasting implications.  Republican tax negotiators are targeting a corporate tax rate of 20 percent, according to two people familiar with the matter — but there’s at least one potential obstac... Link to the full article to read more

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