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Biden's campaign says it raised $70 million during DNC watched live by 122 million people — Biden: ‘Light is more powerful than dark’ — (CNN)Joe Biden's campaign, the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees raised $70 million over the party's four-day convention this week …
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Reuters, The Hill, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, The Week, Boston.com and The Guardian
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Democrats to stage week of counterprogramming to Republican convention
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Washington Post and The Hill

Biden draws highest TV ratings of Democratic convention, but down from 2016
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Fox News, Townhall, Politico, Breitbart and Sean Hannity

Biden just brutally exposed Trump's sociopathy — by telling simple emotional truths
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New York Times, The Mahablog, Vox, The US Sun, PoliticsPA, Deadline and The Root


Alexei Navalny given all clear to be evacuated from Russia — Alexei Navalny is set to be airlifted to Germany for specialist medical treatment as Russia's most prominent critic of the Kremlin remains in a coma after a suspected poisoning. — The decision to allow for his evacuation …
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The world must pay attention to the suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny. My own case shows why.
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New York Times, Politico, Forbes and New Yorker

Trump remains largely silent on reported poisoning of Russian dissident as Europe, US lawmakers offer support
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New York Post and The Week


Former Army Special Forces Officer Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy — Former Green Beret Allegedly Conspired to Provide National Defense Information to Russian Intelligence — A Gainesville, Virginia, man was arrested today for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives …
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Former Army Green Beret Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy
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Ex-Green Beret Charged With Spying for Russia in Elaborate Scheme
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‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016 — In a private meeting inside Trump Tower days before his inauguration, Donald Trump told a group of civil rights leaders something most Republicans wouldn't dare publicly acknowledge: lower turnout among Black voters did …
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Trump says he ‘listens better to African Americans’ than Martin Luther King III
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National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Out After AMI Merger — The tabloid king has been dethroned as the financially troubled American Media Inc. merges with a company that markets face masks and vitamin supplements. — American Media Inc.'s longtime chairman and chief executive David Pecker …
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National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Loses Top Job in Company Merger — As the longtime media executive moves to an adviser role, American Media, the parent of The National Enquirer, has been renamed A360Media as part of a planned merger with a logistics company.
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Variety, more at Mediagazer »


Kris Kobach claimed he spoke with ‘enthusiastic’ Trump three times about border wall project at center of fraud investigation — (CNN)Donald Trump ally Kris Kobach said in an interview last year that he had spoken with the President three times about the private border wall project …
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Bannon has been telling friends he and Trump occasionally speak, source says
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Talking Points Memo, Rolling Stone and Raw Story

Robert Trump funeral to be held at White House Friday
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Trump holds private memorial service for his brother, Robert Trump, at White House
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New York Times, Reuters, UPI and The Daily Caller


Trump files emergency motion to block release of his tax returns … President Donald Trump's battle with Manhattan prosecutors entered a new phase Friday as lawyers for the president filed an emergency motion with an appeals court to stop the release of his tax returns.
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Axios, Reuters, Political Wire, POLITICUSUSA and ABC7
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Judge denies Trump's bid for a stay of subpoena in Manhattan DA's tax records case
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Biden to ABC's David Muir: ‘I would shut [country] down’ to prevent spread of COVID-19 if scientists recommended — Biden, Harris' first joint interview airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC — Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” …
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Biden to ABC's Robin Roberts: 'I don't want to defund' the police, but Trump does

Trump says he wants police at polling sites. Experts say that's unlawful.
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The US Sun and Washington Post


Ex-CIA director John Brennan questioned for 8 hours in U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe, a Brennan adviser says — Former CIA director John Brennan was interviewed for eight hours Friday by the federal prosecutor specially assigned by Attorney General William P. Barr to review …
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Politico and Washington Times


Kanye West's Presidential Campaign Is Both Proceeding and Unraveling — The last 48 hours have presented a series of new challenges for Kanye West's haphazard campaign for president. — In a span of two days, West was booted from the ballot in five states: Illinois, Montana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.


CREW Gets Hope Hicks' Financials — Late on Friday, CREW received Hope Hicks' financial disclosure forms filed when she reentered the Trump administration. The forms show that her time away from the White House was lucrative for the once and future senior Trump aide.


“It Looks Like They're Targeting Blue Urban Areas”: New Postal Service Plan Is Setting Off Election Alarms — An Oregon mail carrier believes a new initiative could potentially sidetrack mail-in ballots and disproportionately hurt Democrats. — As Postmaster General Louis DeJoy appears before Congress …
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Raw Story, Slate, The Texas Tribune, The Guardian, The Hill and The Daily Beast
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The postmaster general just robbed Democrats of their dumb Postal Service mystery
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Bloomberg, The Atlantic, Raw Story, The Yeshiva World and Mother Jones


Latest US Swing States Voting Intention (16-19 August) — Share our research: — The latest US swing states poll by Redfield & Wilton Strategies finds that Joe Biden is ahead of Donald Trump in five out of six swing states. Nonetheless, for the first time since we started polling …


QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags — On the second Saturday of August, about 100 protestors gathered at the “Big Red Wagon,” a well-known attraction in downtown Spokane, Washington. Men, women and children marched through the streets chanting, “Save the children.”


New restrictions coming to Alabama campus, Greek houses amid ‘significant’ COVID increase — University of Alabama Fall 2020 First Day — Changes are coming to the University of Alabama COVID-19 plan three days into the new semester. — The school on Friday announced a moratorium …


Covid-19 cases tied to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota have reached across state lines — (CNN)Coronavirus cases linked to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota last week have now reached across state lines to Nebraska, public health officials said.
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The Hill


After Admitting to False Statements in Court, Trump DOJ Agrees to $200K Settlement With Arnold & Porter — Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge last month that officials made “inaccurate or misleading statements” in defending a ban on New Yorkers from certain DHS programs.


Brayden Harrington says DNC appearance boosted his confidence, wants to help others who stutter — Brayden Harrington, the teen who shared his story on the final night of the Democratic National Convention about how Joe Biden helped him with his stutter, told NBC News Friday it has boosted …


Trump campaign fails to show evidence of vote-by-mail fraud, filing reveals — Donald Trump's campaign failed to produce any evidence of vote-by-mail fraud in Pennsylvania after a federal judge ordered it do so, according to a 524-page court filing obtained by the Guardian.
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HillReporter.com, Mother Jones, Raw Story and The Intercept


Some VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire — WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen journalists with the U.S. government's premier international broadcaster may soon be forced to leave the United States as their visas expire with no action from the agency's new leadership.
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The Hill and One America News Network


Carter Centre to launch first-ever US election initiative, citing ‘erosion’ of democracy — Exclusive: Democracy promotion group founded by Jimmy Carter will launch US-focused initiative for first time in its history … The democracy promotion organisation founded by former president Jimmy Carter …


“Unity” Event Canceled Due to Threats of Violence [Updated] — We wrote here, here and here about a shameful incident that occurred in Hugo, Minnesota, when a group of Black Lives Matter thugs led by a Democratic candidate for the Minnesota legislature, John Thompson, besieged the home …
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