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6:00 PM ET, August 20, 2020

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Justice News:
Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Charged With Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors  —  Brian Kolfage, Stephen Bannon, and Two Others Alleged to Have Funneled Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From the Organization to Kolfage; All Four Defendants Allegedly Profited From Their Roles in the Scheme
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New York Times:
Steve Bannon Is Charged With Fraud in ‘We Build the Wall’ Campaign  —  Mr. Bannon and three others are accused in a scheme to use funds raised for construction to pay for personal expenses.  —  Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former top adviser, was charged on Thursday in New York …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The “Narcissism and Ego” That Led to Steve Bannon's Arrest  —  On Thursday, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York charged Steve Bannon—a top strategist on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, and one of his key White House advisers before being fired, in 2017—with fraud.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Steve Bannon charged with defrauding donors in private effort to raise money for Trump's border wall
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
The ‘We Build The Wall’ Huckster Is Accused of Duping Donors. Turns Out, He Planned To Sell Their Data Too.
Discussion: Fox News and Reuters
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors in fundraising scheme
Discussion: CNN and TheBlaze
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Each of the three people who led Trump's 2016 campaign has now faced criminal charges
Discussion: CNBC
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Bannon Grifter Indictment: More Steel Bracelets for Team Trump
Discussion: Eschaton
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon Charged in Alleged Border Wall Fundraising Scheme
Discussion: Townhall
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
USPS Headquarters Tells Managers Not to Reconnect Mail Sorting Machines, Emails Show  —  “We are not to reconnect any machines that have previously been disconnected.”  —  Aaron Gordon  —  Shortly after USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued a public statement saying he wanted to …
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Aaron Gordon / VICE:
USPS Warns Employees Not to Speak to Press  —  Memos obtained by Motherboard warn USPS employees that nosy customers could be sneaky reporters.  —  Aaron Gordon  —  Memos are trickling down the United States Postal Service bureaucracy warning employees that they should not speak to the press …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Dems say evidence shows DeJoy was picked to lead Postal Service after ‘highly irregular’ process
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Adm. Steve Abbot / Defending Democracy Together:
A STATEMENT BY FORMER REPUBLICAN NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS  —  We are former national security officials who served during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and/or Donald Trump, or as Republican Members of Congress.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:   Top Republican National Security Officials Say They Will Vote for Biden
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Former Republican CIA, FBI heads and national security officials to back Biden
Discussion: Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
‘Like Armageddon’: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks  —  Six weeks ago, U.S. Postal Service workers in the high desert town of Tehachapi, Calif., began to notice crates of mail sitting in the post office in the early morning that should have been shipped out for delivery the night before.
Adam Carlson / People.com:
Stephen and Ayesha Curry Say 'We're Voting for Joe Biden' and Will Appear with Their Kids at DNC  —  The couple sit down with their daughters, Riley and Ryan, in a pre-taped video that will air on the last night of the Democratic National Convention  —  The Currys are casting their vote for Biden.
Discussion: Mercury News
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Obama torches Trump like American democracy depends on it
Washington Post:
Trump says Biden, who was a child when his family left Pennsylvania, ‘abandoned’ the state
Discussion: The Hill
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Hunter Biden slated to speak at final night of DNC
Discussion: The Hill, Twitchy and Politico
New York Times:
The Republican Embrace of QAnon Goes Far Beyond Trump  —  As the president all but endorses the internet-driven conspiracy theory, it is shifting from the fringes of the internet to become an offline political movement.  —  Late last month, as the Texas Republican Party was shifting into campaign mode …
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Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
Trump's QAnon embrace draws GOP backlash  —  President Donald Trump's embrace of QAnon is drawing backlash from some prominent Republicans, who say his comments Wednesday on the group that believes he is saving the world from a satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals have “no place” in the party.
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Texas QAnon Supporter Used Car to Attack Strangers She Believed Were ‘Pedophiles’
Discussion: New York Times
Victoria McGrane Globe / The Boston Globe:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Kennedy in race against Ed Markey  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is endorsing Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III in his primary challenge to incumbent Senator Edward J. Markey, a boost for the challenger in what polls suggest is a neck-and-neck race.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Pelosi endorses Kennedy over Markey in tight Massachusetts Senate primary
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
NBC News:
Trump cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children, say officials  —  WASHINGTON — In early May 2018, after weeks of phone calls and private meetings, 11 of the president's most senior advisers were called to the White House Situation Room where they were asked …
Discussion: Mediaite
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“Hannity Has Said to Me More Than Once, 'He's Crazy'”: Fox News Staffers Feel Trapped in the Trump Cult  —  Inside the network staffers are cringing, and even Trump's “shadow chief of staff” has his doubts.  “If you were hearing what I'm hearing, you'd be vaping too,” Sean Hannity told a colleague during Trump's early days.
New York Times:
Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns to D.A., Judge Rules  —  A federal judge rejected the president's argument that a subpoena seeking eight years of his tax returns was ‘wildly overbroad.’  —  A federal judge on Thursday rejected President Trump's latest effort to block the Manhattan district attorney …
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Politico:
Falwell's use of yacht comes under scrutiny  —  Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has repeatedly used a 164-foot yacht owned by NASCAR mogul Rick Hendrick for family vacations after the university committed to a lucrative sponsorship deal with Hendrick Motorsports …
Discussion: Raw Story
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy tests positive for coronavirus  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus, and is “strictly following the direction of our medical experts” by quarantining, local ABC affiliate WBRZ reports.  —  The big picture …
Laura Olson / Morning Call:
Joe Biden leads Donald Trump narrowly among Pennsylvania voters in new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll  —  As Democrat Joe Biden formally accepts his party's presidential nomination, a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll shows him with a narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump …
Discussion: New York Times and PoliticsPA
Richard Salame / The Intercept:
Trump Comes Up Empty When Pressed for Evidence of Election Fraud in Court  —  President Donald Trump's campaign, ordered by a federal court judge in Pennsylvania to back up its claims of fraud in the state's vote-by-mail system, has documented only a handful of cases of election fraud in recent years …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Aleksei Navalny Hospitalized in Russia in Suspected Poisoning  —  The prominent opposition leader was reported to be in “serious condition” in intensive care in Siberia after his flight to Moscow was forced to make an emergency landing.  —  MOSCOW — Aleksei A. Navalny …
Courier-Journal:
US Senate report says Russian investor in Braidy Industries' mill is a proxy for the Kremlin  —  A Russian company that has invested in Braidy Industries' planned aluminum rolling mill in Eastern Kentucky was identified as a proxy of the Kremlin in a new report the Senate Intelligence Committee released this week.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Prosecutors looking to reinstate indictment against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for mortgage fraud  —  The case was initially dismissed due to its similarity to the federal charges  —  The Manhattan District Attorney's office fought Thursday to reinstate the indictment …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Thursday became the highest-ranking House Republican to condemn the QAnon conspiracy theory, calling it “dangerous lunacy …
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