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Inside Steve Bannon's Alleged Scheme To Fleece Trump Voters Who Wanted A Border Wall — The president's family denies knowing anything about the scheme, but a HuffPost investigation reveals close ties. — Brian Kolfage had a problem. It was late 2018, and the triple-amputee and Air Force veteran …
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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.
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Washington Post, Raw Story, Politico, Law & Crime, The Daily Signal, Axios and The Hill
NBC News:
Who is Guo Wengui, the Chinese billionaire who owns the boat Steve Bannon was arrested on? — WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, a sunburned Steve Bannon, holding a lit cigar and wearing a blue polo shirt with the collar turned up, stood in front of a camera on a yacht owned by his friend Guo Wengui, a Chinese billionaire.
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The Daily Caller and The Cain Gang
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
The End of Steve Bannon—And Maybe Trump, Too
The End of Steve Bannon—And Maybe Trump, Too
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New York Times, The Guardian and Media Matters for America
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump directed Homeland Security to give $400 million to firm tied to Bannon's We Build the Wall scheme: report
Trump directed Homeland Security to give $400 million to firm tied to Bannon's We Build the Wall scheme: report
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HillReporter.com
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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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘I will be an ally of the light, not the darkness’: Biden frames election choice as light versus dark — Accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, a moment he has worked toward for decades, Joe Biden on Thursday condemned what he called the divisive path that President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post, NPR, Bangor Daily News, Reuters and New York Times
Megan Henney / Fox News:
Pelosi implies she'll remain most powerful woman in US politics, even if Harris elected VP
Pelosi implies she'll remain most powerful woman in US politics, even if Harris elected VP
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Axios, Washington Post, Breitbart and Washington Monthly
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump says Biden speech is ‘just words’ at DNC close
Trump says Biden speech is ‘just words’ at DNC close
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The American Spectator, Los Angeles Times, Brookings, Reuters, Vox, МИА, The Guardian and National Review
Megan Henney / Fox News:
Duckworth dismisses Trump as ‘coward-in-chief’ in DNC speech
Duckworth dismisses Trump as ‘coward-in-chief’ in DNC speech
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Talking Points Memo, Townhall, ABC News, The Hill, Chicago Sun-Times, Breitbart, Axios, New York Post, Washington Times and Mediaite
Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
Trump slams Biden in his birthplace ahead of Democratic nomination speech
Trump slams Biden in his birthplace ahead of Democratic nomination speech
New York Times:
Joe Biden Accepts Democratic Nomination: ‘I Will Draw on the Best of Us’ — Mr. Biden urged Americans to have faith that they could “overcome this season of darkness,” and he pledged to bridge the country's divisions in ways President Trump had not. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. accepted …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans have a lot to live up to — DRIVING THE DAY — EVEN IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, you have to admit that the Democratic convention — which nominated JOE BIDEN on Thursday night — was a technical success. The Dems programmed a four-night television show …
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Washington Post, Salon, Fox News, New York Times, Bloomberg, Political Wire, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Newsbusters, The Guardian, WOOD-TV and National Review
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “Biden goes to church so regularly that he doesn't even need tear gas” — Comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the emcee for Night 4 of the Democratic National Convention, concluded a segment on Joe Biden's faith by quipping: “Just remember, Joe Biden goes to church so regularly …
David Siders / Politico:
Biden finally has his big moment
Biden finally has his big moment
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ABC News, The Bulwark, Real Clear Politics, Newsbusters, Reuters, WPRI-TV, Breitbart, American Thinker, Associated Press, Vox, The US Sun and NBC Chicago
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.
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Off the Kuff and Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
Postmaster general eyes aggressive changes at Postal Service after election
Postmaster general eyes aggressive changes at Postal Service after election
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ABC News, Bloomberg, The US Sun, IJR, Politico, Associated Press, New York Times, Just Security, WAVY-TV, Daily Kos, Courier-Journal and Roll Call
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
USPS Headquarters Tells Managers Not to Reconnect Mail Sorting Machines, Emails Show
USPS Headquarters Tells Managers Not to Reconnect Mail Sorting Machines, Emails Show
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Talking Points Memo, NPR, Snopes.com, Daily Kos, Washington Post, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and The Post Millennial
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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NBC News, Washington Post, Raw Story, The Bulwark and The Daily Caller
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Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Texas QAnon Supporter Used Car to Attack Strangers She Believed Were ‘Pedophiles’
Texas QAnon Supporter Used Car to Attack Strangers She Believed Were ‘Pedophiles’
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Vox and The Daily Beast
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How to talk — and ask — about QAnon
How to talk — and ask — about QAnon
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Mother Jones, NPR and The Indian Express
Chicago Tribune:
Citing threats, Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends ban on protesters on her block: ‘I have a right to make sure that my home is secure’ — Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department's ban on protesters being able to demonstrate on the block where she lives, telling reporters Thursday …
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Redstate, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, NBC Chicago and Instapundit
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell to give taped remarks as part of GOP convention — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will give taped remarks as part of the Republican National Convention next week, his campaign confirmed. — The announcement comes after his campaign initially indicated on Thursday …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Republicans Gear Up to Renominate Trump
James Comer / Fox News:
Why Dems' USPS controversy is a manufactured distraction — The USPS is in need of reform, but to paint its woes as something new is not factual — Democrats once again have fabricated a wildly irresponsible and baseless conspiracy theory. Their latest scheme is that the United States Postal Service …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Joe Biden Finally Got the Timing Right — More than three decades after his first presidential run, in the midst of a deadly pandemic and without his son Beau at his side, the former vice president has met his moment. — Joe Biden tells funny stories at funerals and sad ones at campaign stops.
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Hillary Clinton rips GOP senators: They seem like they've had a “lobotomy” — Hillary Clinton criticized her former Republican colleagues for their responses to the explosive findings in the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on 2016 Russian interference, accusing them of giving up …
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Breitbart
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Hard evidence at last that shreds Trump's lies about a Russia ‘hoax’
Hard evidence at last that shreds Trump's lies about a Russia ‘hoax’
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The Moderate Voice and Balloon Juice
Robby Soave / Reason:
Tulsi Gabbard Says the DNC Didn't Even Ask Her To Speak — Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) won two pledged delegates during the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries and stayed in the race longer than Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).
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The Daily Caller, Breitbart and Townhall
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Michael McFaul / Washington Post:
A Russian dissident is fighting for his life. Where is the U.S.? — Michael McFaul is director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University and a contributing columnist to The Post. He is the author of “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia.”
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Foreign Policy, NPR and Politico
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 …
Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump pledges to send ‘sheriffs’ and ‘law enforcement’ to polling places on Election Day, but it's not clear he can — Trump slams mail-in voting while signing his mail-in ballot — (CNN)President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would send law enforcement officials to polling locations …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The Hill, NBC News and electionlawblog.org
Kevin Jones / National Catholic Register Bloggers Feed:
Religious Sister Who Will Pray at DNC: Legal Abortion ‘Above My Pay Grade’ — Sr. Simone Campbell is scheduled to deliver the invocation Thursday at the Democratic National Convention. — DENVER, Colo. — Sister Simone Campbell, who is set to offer a prayer at the Democratic National Convention Thursday …
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National Review