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Information operations directed at Hong Kong — We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong, specifically the protest movement and their calls for political change. — What we are disclosing — This disclosure consists …
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Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China — Today, we removed seven Pages, three Groups and five Facebook accounts involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior as part of a small network that originated in China and focused on Hong Kong. The individuals behind this campaign engaged …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Facebook, Twitter accuse China of running disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters — KEY POINTS — Twitter and Facebook have suspended numerous accounts that are believed to be tied to a state-backed disinformation campaign originating from inside China.
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
White House officials eyeing payroll tax cut in effort to reverse weakening economy — Several senior White House officials have begun discussing whether to push for a temporary payroll tax cut as a way to arrest an economic slowdown, three people familiar with the discussions said …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of Trump — How he became a heartland evangelical—and the President's most loyal soldier. — In the winter of 2016, Donald Trump was roaring through the primaries, and Mike Pompeo was determined to stop him. Pompeo, a little-known congressman from Wichita …
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Jerusalem Post:
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib share ‘Holocaust contest’ prize winner cartoon — The two congresswomen posted a Brazilian-Lebanese artist's drawing in response to being barred from entering Israel. — After being barred from entering Israel, both U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and U.S. Rep Rashida Tlaib …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Tlaib, Omar Fundraise on Back of Canceled Israel Trip
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Redemption sounds nice, but disgraced pundit Mark Halperin doesn't deserve it — Want to make a comeback? — First make amends. — Mark Halperin, the author and media commentator who stepped down from his various lofty perches in 2017, seems to have missed that step along the path to would-be redemption.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Gillibrand says she's not opposed to ‘second chances’ for Halperin and Franken
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Every Response So Far From People Who Participated in Mark Halperin's New Book
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Associated Press:
Warren offers public apology over claim to tribal heritage — SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology Monday to Native Americans over her past claim to tribal heritage, directly tackling an area that's proved to be her biggest political liability.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Williamson vows to rescind military medals, remove Andrew Jackson's Oval Office portrait …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Planned Parenthood to stop taking Title X funds rather than comply with abortion ‘gag rule’ — Planned Parenthood said Monday it will withdraw from the federal Title X program that helps low-income people access contraception rather than comply with what it calls a new Trump administration …
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood Refuses Federal Funds Over Abortion Restrictions
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Planned Parenthood pulls out of family planning program over Trump abortion rule
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New York Post:
Jeffrey Epstein signed will just two days before suicide — Jeffrey Epstein's will has been filed in the US Virgin Islands, and it shows that he signed it Aug. 8 — two days before he hanged himself in his Manhattan jail cell, according to court papers exclusively obtained by The Post on Monday.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump impeachment push gets important new ally — The push to remove the president from office gained momentum on Monday after the No. 4 House Democrat announced support for an impeachment investigation into Donald Trump. — Ben Ray Luján, a close ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Want to Turn Trump's Twitter Addiction Into an Election Issue — The party recently commissioned polling that showed framing the president as ineffective because of his social media habits is one of its most persuasive arguments. — Donald Trump's Twitter habit has caused no shortage of controversy during his presidency.
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Kim Parker / Pew Research Center:
The Growing Partisan Divide in Views of Higher Education — Americans see value in higher education - whether they graduated from college or not. Most say a college degree is important, if not essential, in helping a young person succeed in the world, and college graduates themselves …
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Mother Jones, Reason and The Daily Caller
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump cuts off one of his closest friends — Tom Barrack and Donald Trump have been friends and confidants for more than three decades — the two men are so close, for instance, that Barrack comforted Trump during the funeral of his father, Fred. — But the intimate relationship between …
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Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
Two Members of Proud Boys Convicted in Brawl Near Republican Club — The charges resulted from an altercation with anti-fascists after the group's founder, Gavin McInnes, had spoken in Manhattan. — Since their founding in New York City in 2016, the far-right Proud Boys have cultivated …
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Julián Castro To Announce Ambitious Animal Welfare Plan — The plan is the only comprehensive and detailed animal welfare plan released by any of the presidential candidates. — Julián Castro, who previously served as the San Antonio mayor and Housing and Urban Development secretary …
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Five Years After Killing Eric Garner, NYPD Fires Officer Daniel Pantaleo — Garner's last words, 'I can't breathe,' became a rallying cry for justice in New York and across the country. — “Five years after Eric Garner's dying plea “I can't breathe” became the rallying cry …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
NYPD fires officer at the center of Eric Garner's death
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Jena McGregor / Washington Post:
Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations — The organization representing the nation's most powerful chief executives is rewriting how it views the purpose of a corporation, updating its decades-old endorsement of the theory …
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Alan Murray / Fortune:
America's CEOs Seek a New Purpose for the Corporation
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton slams Trump for sharing ‘debunked study’ that Google manipulated ‘millions’ of 2016 votes — Hillary Clinton blasted President Trump for tweeting about what she described as a “debunked study” that suggests “millions” of voters in 2016 were manipulated in her favor by Google.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump alleges Google manipulated voters against him
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: US prisons chief removed after Epstein's death — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal custody.
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Davis Richardson / The Daily Beast:
Video: California High-School Students Sang Nazi Song and Gave Hitler Salute — Athletes performed a homage to the Third Reich before an awards ceremony. Their school won't say how they were disciplined. — A group of high-school students in Southern California gave a Nazi salute and sang …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Mueller Was Listening to This Guy? Sam Patten's wild life as a cooperating witness. — I. — Late one morning just after Easter 2018, Sam Patten's Siberian husky, Pepper, began to go “berserk.” Patten, a 48-year-old Republican political operative, could hear a commotion from the basement …
Shayndi Raice / Wall Street Journal:
An Economic Warning Sign: RV Shipments Are Slipping — Some manufacturers in Elkhart, Ind., cut production as tariffs drive up costs of components — Elkhart, Ind., is flashing a warning sign about the economy. — Capital of the country's recreational-vehicle industry …
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Mother Jones and The Week
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's scam is failing him, and he's in a panic over it — As President Trump prepares to run for reelection on the claim that his populist nationalist agenda has been a smashing success, it's awfully telling that Trump and his advisers have now launched a frantic, multi-front effort …
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Michael McAuliff / New York Daily News:
Rep. Pete King is the first Republican to sign on to the assault weapons ban — WASHINGTON — An assault weapons ban that Democratic leaders have been reluctant to advance despite strong support among their rank-and-file members in the House just got its first Republican backer — Long Island Rep. Pete King.
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