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CNN:
Top intelligence office informs congressional committees it'll no longer brief in-person on election security — (CNN)The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has informed the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence that it'll no longer be briefing in-person on election security issues …
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Politico:
Dems outraged as Trump administration scales back election security briefings — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is scaling back its election security briefings to Congress, according to two sources familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by POLITICO.
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Raw Story, The Hill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Associated Press, Reuters, Fox News, One America News Network and Axios
U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio:
Rubio on Historic Challenges Facing Congressional Oversight of Intelligence Activities — Miami, FL — U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Acting Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) released the following statement: — “Congressional oversight of intelligence activities now faces a historic crisis.
New York Times:
No More In-Person Election Briefings for Congress, Intelligence Chief Says — Lawmakers in both parties worry the move will block their ability to question and test intelligence assessments that can be crucial to ensuring that foreign powers do not undermine election results.
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Intelligence Office to Stop Briefing Congress on Election Security
U.S. Intelligence Office to Stop Briefing Congress on Election Security
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Biden, Speaking to National Guard Group, Takes Aim at Republican Criticism on Crime — The Democratic presidential nominee hit back at attacks delivered at the Republican National Convention. — After a Republican National Convention week in which President Trump and his allies sought …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
8 juicy details from the new Melania Trump tell-all book — First Lady Melania Trump's former senior adviser and close friend has written a tell-all book that describes the first lady as someone who can't be trusted and who often competed for influence in the White House with Ivanka Trump.
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New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Leonard Cohen Estate Considering Legal Action After RNC Plays “Halleujah” — The estate of late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is angry that the Republican National Convention decided to use not one but two different covers of Hallelujah to close out the event. And it is considering taking legal action.
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Vanity Fair and Variety
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News-YouGov Poll: Biden's lead over Trump shrinks to 6 points after the RNC — his smallest margin in months
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump is the president of the loud minority, not silent majority
Trump is the president of the loud minority, not silent majority
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Raw Story and Spectator USA
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Arkansas sheriff resigns over racist rant in leaked recording — An Arkansas sheriff resigned Friday after coming under fire over a leaked racist recording. — Sheriff Todd Wright of Arkansas County, about 85 miles southeast of Little Rock, resigned effective immediately on Friday during …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
The Census Scales Back A Critical Step: Checking Its Own Work — With scores of people displaced because of the coronavirus pandemic and other disasters, the U.S. Census Bureau is facing an especially daunting challenge of meeting its once-a-decade goal of tallying every person living in the country …
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Rod Dreher:
Christian Dandy Throws A Punch — Well, this clip of a street scene in Washington DC, after Trump's speech, is making the social media rounds. Warning: there's a guy rolling on his bike down the street, screaming “F-K YOU! F-K TRUMP!” So be warned about the sound:
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The Daily Caller
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots — A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth. And he knows this because he's been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades. — Mail-in ballots have become the latest flashpoint in the 2020 elections.
Mike Baker / New York Times:
Deadly Shooting in Portland After Pro-Trump Ralliers Clash With Protesters — A caravan of supporters of President Trump drove through downtown Portland, which has seen nightly protests against police violence and racial injustice. One person was shot and killed in the conflicts that erupted.
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
An American Disaster Foretold — Europeans look at “containment” as the means to deal with Trump. — PARIS — Henry Kissinger this month called François Delattre, the former French ambassador to the United States who is now the secretary general of the Foreign Ministry.
Matthew Desmond / New York Times:
When the Threat of Eviction Meets the Threat of the Virus — A deadly pandemic is no time to turn families out of their homes. — Mr. Desmond is the author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” — A year and a half ago, Jhon Loaiza and his wife, Sugey Bedoya …
Michael Moore:
Sorry to have to provide the reality check again, but when CNN polled registered voters in August in just the swing states, Biden and Trump were in a virtual tie. In Minnesota, it's 47-47. In Michigan, where Biden had a big lead, Trump has closed the gap to 4 points. Are you ready for a Trump victory?
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New York Times:
Compare Pages From an Uncensored Book on Investigating Terrorism — Under legal pressure, the C.I.A. has permitted the former F.B.I. agent Ali Soufan to republish his 2011 memoir about investigating members of Al Qaeda, “The Black Banners,” without redacted passages about his interrogation …
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
‘That Same Feeling’: Painful Memories in Kenosha Come Rushing Back — The auto plant closed in 1988, turning the Wisconsin city upside down. Now it's facing an even deeper existential crisis. — KENOSHA, Wis. — Anguished residents wondered if their city would ever recover.
NBC News:
QAnon supporters join thousands at protest against Germany's coronavirus rules — BERLIN — Thousands of protesters, some waving flags with the symbol of the QAnon conspiracy movement, gathered in the German capital Berlin on Saturday to demonstrate against social restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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DW.COM, Associated Press and Reuters
Max Brantley / ArkansasTimes:
State Police traffic stop of Black law student draws complaint that opens door to review of police enforcement practices — A state trooper's stop of a Black motorist on Interstate 40 has led to a complaint to state officials and a related request for racial information about State Police enforcement practices.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Fact-checking Trump's lies is essential. It's also increasingly fruitless. — Daniel Dale met President Trump's convention speech with a tirade of truth Thursday night — a tour de force of fact-checking that left CNN anchor Anderson Cooper looking slightly stunned.
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Mother Jones and ArkansasTimes
Barak Ravid / Axios:
UAE abolishes Israel boycott law — United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed issued a decree on Saturday abolishing the 1972 Israel boycott law, which banned any commercial and finance contacts with Israel. — Why it matters: The announcement comes 48 hours before U.S …
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