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Statement by NCSC Director William Evanina: Election Threat Update for the American Public — WASHINGTON D.C. - Statement by William R. Evanina Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center Office of the Director of National Intelligence “Election Threat Update for the American Public”
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Seeing Trump as ‘unpredictable,’ China would prefer he not win reelection, intelligence official says — The government of China prefers that President Trump not win reelection in November, seeing the incumbent as “unpredictable,” a top U.S. intelligence official said in a statement Friday …
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Russia Working to Damage Joe Biden's White House Bid, U.S. Intelligence Agencies Say — In public report, senior counterintelligence official says China prefers Trump lose, Iran aims to undermine U.S. democracy — WASHINGTON—The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Russia is using …
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US sees election threats from China, Russia and Iran
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Daily Kos
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Russia trying to undermine Biden in election, White House intelligence report says
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Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren't So Sure — What is it like when a city abandons a neighborhood and the police vanish? Business owners describe a harrowing experience of calling for help and being left all alone. — SEATTLE — Faizel Khan was being told …
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POLITICO Playbook: The politics of walking away — DRIVING THE DAY — THERE ARE LOTS OF POLITICAL CALCULATIONS in legislative negotiations: what to give away when, what to ask for, where to hold the meeting and what aide to bring in tow, for example. — PERHAPS NOTHING IS MORE TRICKY than deciding when — and how — to walk away.
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Reuters, Axios, Bloomberg, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
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Trump's desperate attacks are revealing the scam Republicans have been pulling for years
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CNN, Raw Story, The Guardian and Rolling Stone
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Pelosi, Schumer say White House declined $2T coronavirus deal
Pelosi, Schumer say White House declined $2T coronavirus deal
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One America News Network
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pelosi says Democrats willing to compromise at $2T for coronavirus bill, rejected by Trump admin
Pelosi says Democrats willing to compromise at $2T for coronavirus bill, rejected by Trump admin
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Democrats call for investigation of postmaster general over mail delays
Democrats call for investigation of postmaster general over mail delays
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Raw Story and The American Independent
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Rumor: Biden Has Chosen His VP, As Susan Rice Offloads Netflix Stock — The sourcing here is an inch thin, but what the hell. — It's Friday. Anything goes. — Jon Cooper formerly chaired a Democratic Super PAC and was part of a “Draft Biden” outfit in 2016.
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Kasich and Sanders to join forces for a night of unity at Democratic convention — Bernie Sanders and John Kasich will share a night in the spotlight, and both Clintons are slated to have prominent speaking roles at the all-virtual Democratic National Convention in less than two weeks …
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Fox News, National Review, The Week, Common Dreams, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Beast
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Over 300 DNC delegates, members urge Biden to pick Bass for VP
Over 300 DNC delegates, members urge Biden to pick Bass for VP
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Reuters
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A Historian of Economic Crisis on the World After COVID-19 — In March, history broke into our house, and ever since, we've been cowering in panic rooms, wondering what our home will look like when the mad thief is finally through. — Or at least this is how living in the COVID era can feel.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Trump fiasco just got worse. That gives Biden a hidden opening.
The Trump fiasco just got worse. That gives Biden a hidden opening.
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Raw Story
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Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages — Facebook has allowed conservative news outlets and personalities to repeatedly spread false information without facing any of the company's stated penalties, according to leaked materials reviewed by NBC News.
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Georgia student suspended after posting a photo of a crowded school hallway says it was ‘good and necessary trouble’ — (CNN)A viral photo showing students in a Georgia high school crowded in hallways and with few visible masks resulted in the sophomore who posted it being suspended, she said.
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House can sue to force former White House counsel Donald McGahn to comply with subpoena — House Democrats can sue to force President Trump's former White House counsel Donald McGahn to comply with a congressional subpoena, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
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The Week and Wall Street Journal
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U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones — Anomaly Six has ties to military, intelligence agencies and draws location data from more than 500 apps with hundreds of millions of users — WASHINGTON—A small U.S. company with ties to the U.S. defense …
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Statement on the Administration's Executive Order — TikTok is a community full of creativity and passion, a home that brings joy to families and meaningful careers to creators. And we are building this platform for the long term. TikTok will be here for many years to come.
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Released from jail at height of pandemic, Alexandria rape suspect allegedly killed his accuser — Ibrahim Bouaichi then shot himself as police closed in Wednesday, leaving him in critical condition — The incident in Karla Dominguez's apartment last October was violent, and it was not consensual …
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TheBlaze, New York Post and KRON4
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Courtney Pomeroy / WJLA-TV:
Police: Rape suspect, freed due to virus, kills his accuser in Alexandria
Police: Rape suspect, freed due to virus, kills his accuser in Alexandria
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The Gateway Pundit
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The US declared war on TikTok because it can't handle the truth … I cannot emphasize enough how messed up this entire “sell TikTok to an American company” saga is. The latest twist is a deeply confusing set of executive orders banning transactions with ByteDance (TikTok's Chinese parent company) and WeChat (a Chinese texting app).
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Health directors told to keep quiet as Fla. leaders pressed to reopen classrooms — “I don't think any of us are in a position to balk the governor,” one director said. — As Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed this summer for schools to reopen, state leaders told school boards they would need Health …
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‘I can say anything I want’: Michigan official defends using racist slur while refusing to wear a mask — A local road commission meeting in northern Michigan on Monday started with one commissioner asking another why he wasn't wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Editor's Note on Mercedes Schlapp Column About Brianna Keilar — Vote fraud and election manipulation are as old as our country. How else can one view a system that, at its outset, prevented black Americans and women from casting ballots at all? — Nor did disenfranchising voters …
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Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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American Bridge posts 1,043-page Trump oppo book online — In the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton's campaign paid for the opposition research book on Donald Trump compiled by the liberal Super PAC American Bridge. — In 2020, American Bridge is putting it online for free.
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DCCC
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Joe Lieberman's Son Is Running For Senate. He Also Wrote A Book Filled With Racist Tropes. — The president of the Georgia NAACP called the novel disturbing, and said Matt Lieberman should drop out of the contest. — A Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia wrote and self-published …
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CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Mark Morgan — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Washington—Acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan appears to have violated the Hatch Act by criticizing Joe Biden's stance on immigration and advocating for President Trump's re-election …
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Where Do Republicans Go From Here? — The party looks brain-dead at every spot Trump touches. But off in the corners, there's a lot of intellectual ferment. — Jonathan V. Last thinks President Trump is here forever. Last, an editor at The Bulwark, a conservative site that's been hostile to Trump …
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Washington Monthly
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What the Hell Is Kanye West's Campaign About? — There is no word in the English language to adequately describe Kanye West's presidential campaign. — The campaign is not serious, but it's not a joke, either. It has aspects of both a vanity project and a Republican ratfucking operation, but not fully either.
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Fox News, Talking Points Memo and NME
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“Mr. President, What Are Your Priorities?” Is Not a Tough Question — Trump is running for reëlection, but, unlike four years ago, he can't even say why. — It was not supposed to be a trick question, or even all that tricky. For any other candidate, it would have been the softest of softballs, the slowest of pitches.
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Pompeo Warned Russia Against Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is said to have sternly discussed payouts and red lines in a telephone call with Sergey V. Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister. — WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
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National Review and Mediaite
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Mission impossible? The new duo running Trump's campaign is working overtime to control the president and avoid him going down in the history books as a one-termer — New Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and senior adviser Jason Miller have taken firm control of the 2020 effort trying …
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Trump Has Launched a Three-Pronged Attack on the Election — As President Donald Trump reflects on his sinking approval ratings and grows more desperate by the day, he's been floating a dictator's dream: postponing the November election. Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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The case against American truck bloat — When I was growing up in rural Colorado, my family had a classic work truck: a 1980 F-150 with the famous 300 cubic inch inline six-cylinder engine. It was often my task to fetch a load of sand for mixing concrete, or landscaping soil, or lumber for some project.
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Why It's (Mostly) Safe To Reopen the Schools — Younger children urgently need to get back to their classrooms, and the evidence from Europe shows no wider harms. It's more complicated with older students. — Every American has a stake in the ongoing debate over how, when and if to reopen schools this fall.
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Real Clear Politics