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Washington Post:
‘It was inevitable’: Officers watching Epstein were on overtime due to jail staffing shortage, union president says — The two correctional officers assigned to watch the special unit in the detention center where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was being housed …
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
If Only We Could Be Surprised That Trump Is Retweeting Epstein Conspiracy Theories — Pizzagate. Wealthy Jewish families controlling the weather. QAnon. Seth Rich's murder. In our current moment of rampant political paranoia and institutional suspicion, conspiracy theories have become as outrageous as they are easy to debunk.
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Inquirer.com, The Independent and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
New York Post:
There's no video of Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide: sources — There's no surveillance video of the incident during which Jeffrey Epstein apparently hanged himself in a federal lockup in Lower Manhattan, law-enforcement officials told The Post on Sunday.
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Politico, Manhattan Institute, Big League Politics and Fox News
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Trump's Epstein-Clinton conspiracy tweet
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Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and Vox
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
The dangerous cycle that keeps conspiracy theories in the news — and Trump's tweets
Tom Winter / NBC News:
After autopsy, cause of Jeffrey Epstein's death awaits ‘further information’
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The Week
New York Times:
Why the Jeffrey Epstein Investigation Is Not Over
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The Daily Caller, KTLA, RedState, Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo and Law & Crime
New York Times:
Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored
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New York Times:
How the El Paso Killer Echoed the Incendiary Words of Conservative Media Stars — Tucker Carlson went on his prime-time Fox News show in April last year and told his viewers not to be fooled. The thousands of Central Americans on their way to the United States were “border jumpers,” not refugees, he said.
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Resurgent
New York Times:
U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That Killed 7 Russians — American intelligence officials are racing to understand a mysterious explosion that released radiation off the coast of northern Russia last week, apparently during the test of a new type of nuclear-propelled …
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The Daily Beast
Associated Press:
Warren wows in Iowa as candidates' sprint to caucuses begins — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The chant — “2 cents, 2 cents, 2 cents” — started in the back of a crowd that packed sidewalks at the Iowa State Fair. Elizabeth Warren, basking in the spontaneous adulation of her proposed wealth tax …
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Jewish Insider
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David Siders / Politico:
How Democrats plan to use gun control to beat Trump
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The Crime Report
CNN:
Joe Biden mistakenly says he met with Parkland victims while he was vice president
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Daily Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Anthony Scaramucci says Trump may need to be replaced for 2020 — Anthony Scaramucci, who famously served as President Trump's communications director for 11 days, says Republicans may need to pick a different candidate in 2020. — Driving the news: In a phone interview on Sunday afternoon …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Scaramucci says Trump will turn on everyone ‘eventually,’ then ‘entire country’
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BizPac Review, The Hill, Washington Press and Axios
Gabby Orr / Politico:
'Using the Lord's name in vain': Evangelicals chafe at Trump's blasphemy — Paul Hardesty didn't pay much attention to President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., last month until a third concerned constituent rang his cell phone. — The residents of Hardesty's district …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Trump's strange pen-pal diplomacy with Justin Trudeau — President Trump has sent highly unusual, Sharpie-written notes to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at least twice, Axios has learned. — One missive was so odd, the Canadian ambassador double-checked with the White House to be sure it wasn't a prank.
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The Week, The Last Refuge and Political Wire
Lissandra Villa / TIME:
Beto O'Rourke Finds His Voice Helping El Paso Grieve — Beto O'Rourke sits in an armchair in his El Paso living room, tapping his foot and trying not to talk about himself any more than he needs to. — It's three days after the mass shooting that left at least 22 people dead and 26 injured …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
After El Paso Shooting, Will Voters Revisit Beto O'Rourke?
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PJ Media Home, Mediaite and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
The protesters of Hong Kong and Moscow aren't backing down — Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — In two world cities, a defiant brand of people power is standing tall against authoritarian rule. — For the fifth consecutive weekend, protesters massed in Moscow …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Sentries, not ‘squad’: Moderate Dems ones to watch for 2020 — CULPEPER, Va. (AP) — Abigail Spanberger talked about rural broadband. She held court on health care, solar energy and the border crisis. — But as the freshman Democrat from Virginia fielded a dozen questions during …
Tyson J / BLACK WITH NO CHASER:
Black Mississippians Response Statement to the ICE Raids — Black Mississippians Respond to the ICE Raids Conducted in Mississippi on August 7, 2019 — A coalition of organizations representing Black People in the state of Mississippi respond to the ICE Raids Conducted in our state on August 7, 2019
Washington Post:
President Trump has made 12,019 false or misleading claims over 928 days — President Trump's proclivity for spouting exaggerated numbers, unwarranted boasts and outright falsehoods has continued at a remarkable pace. As of Aug. 5, his 928th day in office, he had made 12,019 false or misleading claims …
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The Week
Rebecca Tan / Washington Post:
In D.C., New York and beyond, Jews mark annual day of mourning by protesting Trump immigration policies — Members of the Jewish community typically observe Tisha B'Av, the annual day of mourning, by fasting, reading from the book of lamentations and going to temple.
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Common Dreams and KTLA
Richard Bernstein / RealClearInvestigations:
In France, Even Muslims Have Had It With Radical Muslims — PARIS - They call themselves Les Resilientes, the Resisters, and they meet every week in a couple of modest rooms in the immigrant neighborhood of Saint-Denis, on the northern outskirts of Paris. Their main purpose is to provide …
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