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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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Edmund H. Mahony / Hartford Courant:
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was on billionaire's yacht off Connecticut shore when federal agents arrested him early Thursday  —  Stephen K. Bannon, former top advisor to President Donald Trump, was arrested while on a yacht off Westbrook early Thursday, law enforcement sources said.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Stephen Bannon, three others charged with defrauding donors to online fundraising campaign for border wall  —  Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed criminal charges against Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, and three other men they alleged defrauded hundreds …
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 …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors in fundraising scheme  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been arrested after being charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors through their campaign “We Build the Wall.”
Discussion: TheBlaze
NBC New York:
Former Trump Campaign Boss Steve Bannon Indicted for Fraud in NY  —  What to Know  — Former Trump campaign CEO and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is among four people indicted for fraud in New York  — Federal prosecutors allege key figures behind the “We Build the Wall” …
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud  —  Former Trump administration chief strategist Steve Bannon was charged on Thursday with fraud by federal prosecutors in New York and taken into custody.  —  The state of play: Bannon, along with three others, allegedly defrauded donors …
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
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Each of the three people who led Trump's 2016 campaign has now faced criminal charges
CNN:
Steve Bannon, three others charged with fraud in border wall fundraising campaign
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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Los Angeles Times:   ‘Like Armageddon’: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks
Mila Mimica / KGW-TV:
Seven USPS mail sorting machines dismantled in Portland
Discussion: WOOD-TV
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Judge throws out Trump's effort to block subpoena for financial records  —  A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from President Trump that sought to block Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's subpoena for his financial records.  —  Why it matters: The Supreme Court ruled …
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New York Times:
Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns to D.A., Judge Rules
Discussion: TheGrio and POLITICUSUSA
Christopher J. Sprigman / New Republic:
A Constitutional Weapon for Biden to Vanquish Trump's Army of Judges
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Redstate, The Week and Raw Story
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.
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Obama torches Trump like American democracy depends on it  —  Barack Obama went high.  —  On the third night of the Democratic convention — a word that seems increasingly absurd to describe what is really just two hours of nightly programming from the DNC — the former president delivered …
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:   In Dark and Divisive Speech, Obama Seeks to Turn Back Clock on America
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Hunter Biden to talk at Democratic convention  —  Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and a favorite punching bag of Republicans, plans to speak on Thursday during the last night of the Democratic National Convention.  —  Hunter Biden has been a common focal point …
Discussion: Axios, Fox News and The Hill
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Tara Reade speaks out on Democratic convention, says party ‘complicit’ in ‘gaslighting’ survivors
Discussion: Townhall and New York Post
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Jon Meacham to speak on Democratic convention's last night
Discussion: Penguin Random House and The Hill
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 …
Kyle Sammin / The Federalist:
Kamala Harris Nod Tells Blue-Collar Workers Democrats Are Done With Them  —  Harris is now the voice of a new, aloof, wealthier liberalism that seeks only to manage the decline of America's economic might.  —  In the presidential election of 2016, voters in each of the major parties …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:   What will NeverTrumpers do if Biden and Harris win?
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
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The Daily Beast:
Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Allegedly Poisoned by Toxin in His Tea  —  The Russian anti-corruption activist was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state on Thursday morning, according to his press secretary.  —  MOSCOW—Vladimir Putin's nemesis, corruption fighter Aleksey Navalny …
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Lyft:
Rideshare operations are being suspended in California  —  At 11:59PM PT today our rideshare operations in California will be suspended.  This is not something we wanted to do, as we know millions of Californians depend on Lyft for daily, essential trips.  We're personally reaching out to riders …
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Uber and Lyft threaten to take their cars and go home
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.
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
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
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Troubled Covid-19 Data System Returning to CDC  —  Trump administration says hospitals will soon report new cases to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after rocky shift to Health and Human Services drew criticism  —  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is reversing course …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

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