In attack on Frederica Wilson over Trump's call to widow, John Kelly gets facts wrong  —  WASHINGTON  —  When White House Chief of Staff John Kelly condemned a Miami congresswoman on Thursday for sneering at President Donald Trump's condolence call to a soldier's widow …

FAKER!  Man admits he lied to Fox News about Navy SEAL service … Navy veteran John Garofalo appeared on a Fox News segment this month, showing off a massive presidential seal he carved for President Trump while receiving praise for his service in Vietnam as a SEAL.

Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein  —  I have been following the news and reading the accounts of women coming forward to talk about being assaulted by Harvey Weinstein and others.  I had shelved my experience with Harvey far in the recesses of my mind, joining in the conspiracy of silence …

CIA director distorts intelligence community's findings on Russian interference  —  (REUTERS/YURI GRIPAS) (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)  —  CIA Director Mike Pompeo declared Thursday that U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Russia's interference in the 2016 American presidential election …

Winston Churchill's grandson calls Trump a ‘daft twerp’  —  Winston Churchill's grandson called President Trump a “daft twerp” on Twitter, criticizing the president for his comments connecting the U.K.'s rise in crime to “radical Islamic terror.”  —  Nicholas Soames, Churchill's grandson …

How People Inside Facebook Are Reacting To The Company's Election Crisis  —  In the summer of 2015, a Facebook engineer was combing through the company's internal data when he noticed something unusual.  He was searching to determine which websites received the most referral traffic from its billion-plus users.

U.S. Uninsured Rate Rises to 12.3% in Third Quarter  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults lacking health insurance rose in the third quarter of 2017 to 12.3%, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous quarter and 1.4 points since the end of 2016.

Federal judge refuses to erase Joe Arpaio's conviction despite Trump pardon  —  A federal judge on Thursday shot down former sheriff Joe Arpaio's bid to sweep his criminal record clean.  —  Arpaio, the controversial former lawman in Arizona's Maricopa County, was granted a pardon by President Trump on Aug. 25.

Listen: Soldier's widow shares her call with Trump  —  Natasha De Alencar had just returned home on April 12 after making T-shirts and pillowcases in her husband's memory when the Army casualty assistance officer told her there was someone on the phone for her.  It was President Trump.

Protester hugs Nazi outside Richard Spencer talk, asks ‘Why do you hate me?’  —  The man who hugged a Nazi outside Richard Spencer's speech at the University of Florida on Thursday said, “I could have hit him, I could have hurt him ... but something in me said, ‘You know what?  He just needs love.’”

Lockhart Steele Fired From Vox Media  —  In what appears to be the first and probably not the last repercussion of last week's Shitty Media Men list, and the larger floodgates of assault and harassment survivors speaking out against their attackers, Lockhart Steele, Vox Media's Editorial Director …

Exclusive: Former Model Accuses David Blaine of Rape … Scotland Yard is investigating magician David Blaine after a model accused him of raping her in London.  Police have asked Blaine to come to Britain to be interviewed, according to emails reviewed by The Daily Beast.

Bill Clinton sought State's permission to meet with Russian nuclear official during Obama uranium decision  —  As he prepared to collect a $500,000 payday in Moscow in 2010, Bill Clinton  —  sought clearance from the State Department to meet with a key board director of the Russian nuclear …

The Essential John McCain  —  It turns out that John McCain's most important service to American democracy was not rendered in a P.O.W. camp in Vietnam.  It's being rendered right now in the U.S. Senate.  —  In the first place, McCain seems to be the only member of Congress who insists …

The Lancet Commission on pollution and health  —  Executive Summary  —  For decades, pollution and its harmful effects on people's health, the environment, and the planet have been neglected both by Governments and the international development agenda.  Yet, pollution is the largest environmental cause …

Fox's Wallace doesn't like colleagues echoing press attacks  —  https://apnews.com/a62a3f1c34a74169b460 01b717fbe683  —  Link copied!  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Sunday host Chris Wallace generally lives in peaceful co-existence with Fox News Channel's opinion folks, except when he hears …

Racist, Violent, Unpunished: A White Hate Group's Campaign of Menace  —  They train to fight.  They post their beatings online.  And so far, they have little reason to fear the authorities.  —  It was about 10 a.m. on Aug. 12 when the melee erupted just north of Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Rep. Mia Love starts ahead of Mayor Ben McAdams in high-profile race for 2018 election, poll shows  —  Democrats entry into the race boosts the race to the most high profile congressional battle in Utah next year — and likely the most competitive.  —  Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams …

From The Gym To The Gun Range, Here's Where Antifa Learn To Fight  —  How anti-fascists across the country are training to take on the far right.  —  The anti-fascists are wearing their sweatpants today.  Tennis shoes are a must.  They've been told to wear something breathable — no masks, no bandanas, no armor.

The Fusion Collusion  —  Democrats are trying to protect the firm's secrets—so the GOP should keep digging.  —  Washington is obsessed with the word “collusion” but has little understanding of its true meaning.  The confusion might explain why D.C. has missed the big story of collusion between Fusion GPS and the Democratic Party.