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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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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.”
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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 …
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Fox News:
Steve Bannon, ‘We Build The Wall’ organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors — Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, was among four suspects arrested Thursday and indicted in connection with an online fundraising campaign that allegedly defrauded investors of hundreds …
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The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Beast
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 …
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Raw Story
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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Washington Post, Political Wire, The Daily Caller and Reuters
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
In Dark and Divisive Speech, Obama Seeks to Turn Back Clock on America — To the delight of professional journalists, former President Barack Obama gave a jaw-dropping speech at the Democratic convention on Wednesday. Its dark and divisive tone signaled an attempt to drag America backwards …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obama's Convention Speech Is the First Time I Have Seen Him Scared — Barack Obama shot into the public eye in 2004 with an idealistic speech about the possibilities of America. He has always sought to understand and reason with his political opponents, and when he attacked them, he did so with subtlety.
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Townhall, Vox and The Gateway Pundit
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line
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CNN:
Transcript: Barack Obama's DNC speech
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
To Put America Back Together, Biden Must Ditch Bipartisanship
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New Republic, Daily Kos and New York Times
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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New York Post and One America News Network
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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 …
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Foreign Policy
Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
Alexei Navalny, Rival to Putin, in Critical Condition After Suspected Poisoning
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National Review
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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Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
For the Democrats' sake, I hope the DNC viewership is low — I almost gave tonight's DNC performance a miss. How could they top the fey chap pretending to be a bat while miming to a poor rendition of Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth' as a collage of kneeling athletes in ‘Black Lives Matter’ t-Shirts flitted by behind him?
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American Greatness
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Democrats remind us they're a party of strong and ambitious women
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New York Times, Politico, Twitchy and The Week
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Harris sets off Democratic donor stampede
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Accepts Vice-Presidential Nomination: Full Transcript
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The Daily Caller, Althouse and Breitbart
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Pompeo's housing request set off legal alarm bells, memo shows — In his early months on the job, Mike Pompeo sought an unusual perk for a secretary of State: permission to rent a Washington, D.C.-area house that was controlled by the U.S. military. — Pompeo and his aides initially tried …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Jon Meacham to speak on Democratic convention's last night — For the finale of the Democratic National Convention, historian Jon Meacham will speak from Nashville, urging Americans to remember that “history, which will surely be our judge, can also be our guide. ...
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Penguin Random House and The Hill
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.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Democratic convention live updates: Biden poised to accept nomination; Trump to stage event beforehand — Joe Biden is poised to accept his party's presidential nomination Thursday night, capping a very unconventional four-day virtual Democratic National Convention with the biggest speech of his lengthy political career.
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Talking Points Memo
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump ad accuses Biden of mainstreaming “radical” policies
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Washington Times, The Hill and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
New York Times:
The Trump Campaign Accepted Russian Help to Win in 2016. Case Closed. — “Cooperation” or “collusion” or whatever. It was a plot against American democracy. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Raw Story, Sputnik News and Washington Post
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Senate just dropped a massive Russia bombshell (and most people missed it)
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Washington Post
Nana-Séntuo Bonsu / WTKR-TV:
Portsmouth community leaders asking for Police Chief Angela Greene to resign immediately after felony charges against Sen. Louise Lucas, 13 others — PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Community members in Portsmouth have some questions. “Why is it that they are attacking our leaders?”
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Christopher J. Sprigman / New Republic:
A Constitutional Weapon for Biden to Vanquish Trump's Army of Judges — We are now less than 90 days away from an election that President Donald Trump is openly attempting to steal. From that vantage, it may seem premature—bordering on presumptuous—for Democrats to start worrying now about what will happen if Joe Biden wins.
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Raw Story
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
Unemployment Benefit Claims Declining, Still at Historical Highs — Latest data indicate layoffs remain elevated as labor market slowly improves — New applications for unemployment benefits have eased in recent weeks but remain at historically high levels, indicating that the labor market …
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