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Washington Post:
Billions hidden beyond reach — (Washington Post illustration; with photographs by, from top, Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro/Getty Images), Tolga Akmen/WPA Pool via Getty Images, Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post, Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images
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Miami Herald, Mother Jones and Forbes
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The Guardian:
Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful — Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials — The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world's richest …
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ICIJ, Politico, Raw Story and Common Dreams
Washington Post:
Secret money, swanky real estate and a Monte Carlo mystery — (Washington Post illustration; Photograph by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) — MONACO — The apartment hangs over the blue waters of the Mediterranean beneath the Monte Carlo casino of James Bond legend.
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The Daily Beast and Insider
BBC:
Pandora Papers: A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak — The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveals hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful. — More than 600 journalists in 117 countries …
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Slate and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Key findings from the Pandora Papers investigation — The Pandora Papers is an investigation based on more than 11.9 million documents revealing the flows of money, property and other assets concealed in the offshore financial system. The Washington Post and other news organizations exposed …
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ICIJ, New York Post and Rolling Stone
Margot Gibbs / ICIJ:
Prime Minister Imran Khan promised ‘new Pakistan’ but members of his inner circle secretly moved millions offshore
Prime Minister Imran Khan promised ‘new Pakistan’ but members of his inner circle secretly moved millions offshore
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Pandora papers reveal hidden riches of Putin's inner circle
Pandora papers reveal hidden riches of Putin's inner circle
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The Sun
ICIJ:
Offshore havens and hidden riches of world leaders and billionaires exposed in unprecedented leak
Offshore havens and hidden riches of world leaders and billionaires exposed in unprecedented leak
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Toronto Star, Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel, KTLA and తెల …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
While his country struggles, Jordan's King Abdullah secretly splurges
While his country struggles, Jordan's King Abdullah secretly splurges
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NPR and Financial Times
Will Fitzgibbon / ICIJ:
While foreign aid poured in, Jordan's King Abdullah funnelled $100m through secret companies to buy luxury homes
While foreign aid poured in, Jordan's King Abdullah funnelled $100m through secret companies to buy luxury homes
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New York Times and The Times of Israel
Scilla Alecci / ICIJ:
Czech Prime Minister secretly bought lavish French Riviera estate using offshore companies
Czech Prime Minister secretly bought lavish French Riviera estate using offshore companies
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The Guardian and Raw Story
Brenda Medina / ICIJ:
When Latin America's elite wanted to hide their wealth, they turned to this Panama firm
When Latin America's elite wanted to hide their wealth, they turned to this Panama firm
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Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Facebook Whistleblower, Frances Haugen, Says She Wants to Fix the Company, Not Harm It — The former Facebook employee says her goal is to help prompt change at the social-media giant — The former Facebook Inc. employee who gathered documents that formed the foundation …
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Axios, more at Techmeme »
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CBS News:
Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation — Frances Haugen says in her time with Facebook she saw, “conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.” Scott Pelley reports.
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, Financial Times, The Verge and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
Ben Smith / New York Times:
What They Saw in Ozy — The story behind the story is about the elite investors who plowed millions into a media dream without much due diligence, persuaded by the charm of Ozy's head, Carlos Watson. — There's an irresistible temptation, in this age of scams and hype …
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Mediaite and Associated Press, more at Mediagazer »
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
ABC Panel Ignites When Chris Christie Accuses Biden of Folding to Progressives After 'He Couldn't Stand Up to the Taliban' — Donna Brazile and Chris Christie had a rousing tete-a-tete after the latter accused President Joe Biden of giving in first to the Taliban, then to progressive Democrats.
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Christie: 2020 Joe Biden ‘is now officially dead and buried’
Christie: 2020 Joe Biden ‘is now officially dead and buried’
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Political Wire
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Top GOP senator: ‘Far-left Democrats are driving the bus and Joe Biden is just along for the ride’
Top GOP senator: ‘Far-left Democrats are driving the bus and Joe Biden is just along for the ride’
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The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone
Julia Cherner / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders says $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill likely to be lowered
Bernie Sanders says $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill likely to be lowered
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Slate, The Guardian, NPR, CNN, New York Post, Voice of America, Forbes, HuffPost, Fox News, The Hill, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Politico and Mother Jones
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Kyrsten Sinema's tactics may backfire — (CNN)Democratic hopes for passing big legislation through the Senate rely on Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Both have made things difficult for Senate Democrats because they are moderates who have been hesitant to pass big spending packages.
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The Uprising and Raw Story
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New York Times:
‘Major’ Oil Spill Off California Coast Threatens Wetlands and Wildlife — A pipeline failure sent at least 126,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific off the coast of Orange County, creating a 13-square-mile slick. Dead fish and birds washed ashore in some areas.
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NBC 6 South Florida, Mercury News and UPI
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
In Alaska's Covid Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies — Amid the nation's worst Covid-19 outbreak, patients are trapped in remote communities and doctors are prioritizing treatment based on who is most likely to survive. — ANCHORAGE — There was one bed coming available …
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Wall Street Journal and Slate
Undefined / The Nevada Independent:
Independent Poll: Sisolak, Cortez Masto hold slim leads over likely GOP opponents — With just over a year to go before the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats at the top of the ticket hold narrow leads over their likely GOP opponents, according to a new poll released Sunday by The Nevada Independent.
Todd Martens / Los Angeles Times:
Can the future of comedy be found in socialism? — “This is Rick,” says comedian Jessica Zepeda, holding up a plastic tree. — Rick is a cheap Christmas decoration that has been repurposed as a sort of talking animatronic puppet that Zepeda liked to use in some of their pre-pandemic shows.
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Why Republicans Are Still Recounting Votes — The point of the so-called audits is not so much to delegitimize the past election as it is to normalize unnecessary reviews of future ones—including, perhaps, a 2024 race in which Trump's name may be on the ballot.
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Bloomberg
Yelena Dzhanova / Insider:
A Connecticut doctor who gave patients blank, signed COVID-19 exemption forms has surrendered her medical license — Sue McIntosh, a former Connecticut physician, has surrendered her medical degree after an investigation found she gave blank exemption waivers to patients.
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Democrat Tammy Duckworth hasn't paid property tax on her Illinois home since 2015, report says — The U.S. senator takes advantage of a county tax break for disabled veterans that applies regardless of income, a report says — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 2
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Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Breitbart, No More Mister Nice Blog and Political Wire