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Enforcing Our Community Standards — We believe in giving people a voice, but we also want everyone using Facebook to feel safe. It's why we have Community Standards and remove anything that violates them, including hate speech that attacks or dehumanizes others.
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BuzzFeed News:
Apple Is Removing Alex Jones And Infowars' Podcasts From iTunes — Apple has removed the entire library for five of Infowars' six podcasts from its iTunes and Podcast apps, BuzzFeed News has learned. Among the podcasts, which were removed from Apples' iTunes directory, are the show …
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
YouTube removes Alex Jones' page, following bans from Apple and Facebook
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Alex Jones's podcasts are erased by Apple in latest move against the conspiracy theorist …
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Facebook, Apple and Spotify ban Infowars' Alex Jones
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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
It's Looking Extremely Likely That QAnon Is A Leftist Prank On Trump Supporters — There's a growing group of Trump supporters who are convinced that the president is secretly trying to save the world from a global pedophilia ring. — They call the conspiracy “QAnon” and last week its believers ended up on national television.
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Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg:
U.S. Senator Invites Russian Lawmakers to Washington for Talks — Russian senators invited by Rand Paul after talks in Moscow — Meeting signals Russia's desire for dialogue, Kosachyov says — U.S. Senator Rand Paul said he invited Russian lawmakers to Washington …
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Amie Ferris-Rotman / Washington Post:
Sen. Rand Paul goes to Moscow and invites Russians to Washington in unofficial bid to boost ties
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Mary Ilyushina / CNN:
Rand Paul, in Moscow, invites Russian lawmakers to Washington
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
After Rand Paul meeting, Russian lawmakers agree to Washington visit
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
U.S. to Restore Sanctions on Iran Following Withdrawal From Nuclear Deal — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said it would restore sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear accord at midnight on Monday, ratcheting up pressure on Tehran while worsening a divide with Europe.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
A historic Trump tell-all — The President of the United States admitted, on the record, that he misled the American people about the infamous Russia meeting in Trump Tower. — The big picture: It's one of the most striking public reversals in modern presidential history …
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The Daily Beast:
Fox News' ‘Hard News’ Shows Have a ‘Ban’ on Sebastian Gorka … Fox News' “hard news” shows—which fall under the network's news division and pride themselves on being at least somewhat distinct from Fox's pro-Trump agitprop apparatus—want nothing to do with former White House official Sebastian Gorka …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
In Ohio Election, Republicans Test a Midterms Rescue Plan: Polarization — DUBLIN, Ohio — Republicans everywhere are confronting an ominous political environment, a Democratic opposition rippling with energy and a president on their own side prone to divisive outbursts and policy decrees.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Democrats surging on eve of pivotal special election
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Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador after Ottawa criticizes arrests of Saudi activists — OTTAWA — Saudi Arabia ordered the expulsion on Monday of the Canadian ambassador and the halting of all new trade and investment deals between the two countries after Canada said it was …
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Steven Chase / Globe and Mail:
Saudi Arabia expelling Canadian ambassador, freezing trade with Canada
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We'll Give You Our Users — Facebook has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about customers as it seeks to boost user engagement — Facebook Inc. FB 1.50% wants your financial data. — The social media giant …
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democrats May Have Finally Found The Candidate To Take Down Scott Walker — Can a wisecracking, occasionally cringe-inducing black firefighter finally capture the Democrats' Wisconsin white whale? — SUPERIOR, Wis. It was a little early for a drink, but that wasn't going to stop Mahlon Mitchell.
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Sorry, Democratic Socialists — you're still pushing poison — In the crazy, topsy-turvy year of 2018, socialism is somehow on the rise in America. To those of us unfortunate enough to have been born in the Soviet Union, this is troubling. — The new socialists say it's different this time.
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Greg Bluestein / politics.myajc:
Opening maneuvers: Kemp attacks, Abrams avoids ‘fisticuffs’ — Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp are polar opposites on many of Georgia's biggest policy clashes. And so are their approaches to the general election vote. — Since wrapping up the GOP nomination …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Steel Giants With Ties to Trump Officials Block Tariff Relief for Hundreds of Firms — WASHINGTON — Two of America's biggest steel manufacturers — both with deep ties to Trump administration officials — have successfully objected to hundreds of requests by American companies that buy foreign steel …
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National Review
Jason Gay / Wall Street Journal:
The LeBron James Interview About Bicycles — ‘It was a way of life,’ says the world's greatest basketball player. ‘If you had a bike, it was a way to kind of let go and be free.’ — I spoke to LeBron James about bicycles on Friday. — This was a few hours before President Trump decided …
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USA Today
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's imagined steel mills, Russian ‘hoax’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is imagining steel mill openings that aren't happening and in denial about Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. — He points broadly to a “Russian hoax,” …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Republicans eye another ACA repeal vote if midterms go their way — Many Republicans assume their party will take another stab at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act if the midterm elections go their way, even though GOP candidates aren't making a big deal about it on the campaign trail.
Associated Press:
Yemen: US allies spin deals with al-Qaida in war on rebels — ATAQ, Yemen (AP) — Again and again over the past two years, a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States has claimed it won decisive victories that drove al-Qaida militants from their strongholds across Yemen …
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Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
In 2008, America Stopped Believing in the American Dream — If you were standing in the smoldering ashes of 9/11 trying to peer into the future, you might have been overjoyed to discover this happy snapshot of 2018: There has been no subsequent major terrorist attack on America from Al Qaeda or its heirs.
Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Antifa members in Berkeley smash windows of US Marine Corps recruiting office during protest — An Antifa protest in Berkeley turned violent Sunday when one masked group member sucker-punched a detractor and other agitators smashed the windows at a Marine Corps recruiting post, cellphone video showed.
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Amanda L Gordon / Bloomberg:
Gary Cohn Is Happy in the Hamptons, Golfing and Crypto Investing — Trump's former economic adviser also looking at medical tech — Working on his short game and a memoir of time in Washington — Gary Cohn may be the most famous unemployed person in the Hamptons thanks to his wife, Lisa Pevaroff-Cohn.
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Axios
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Forget left and right. This is what will determine the midterms. — Politics is regularly described in terms of “left” vs. “right.” But other binaries can be more relevant. “Forward” vs. “backward” often define a choice facing an electorate better than the standard ideological categories.
Seth Masket / Pacific Standard:
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 ELECTION — Rather than being honest about Russian influence in 2016, Republican leaders are trying to enhance the legitimacy of their own president and party. — Review these two statements: — We don't know whether Russian …
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