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Washington Post:
Russia's spies misread Ukraine and misled Kremlin as war loomed — KYIV, Ukraine — In the final days before the invasion of Ukraine, Russia's security service began sending cryptic instructions to informants in Kyiv. Pack up and get out of the capital, the Kremlin collaborators were told, but leave behind the keys to your homes.
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Alternet.org and Insider
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New York Times:
Odesa Is Defiant. It's Also Putin's Ultimate Target. … President Vladimir V. Putin knows that Ukraine's fate, its access to the sea and its grain exports hinge on Odesa. Without it, the country shrivels to a landlocked rump state. — Aug. 19, 2022 — ODESA, Ukraine …
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Associated Press
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
What Mitt Romney says about Liz Cheney possibly running for president — As Rep. Liz Cheney contemplates her next move after losing the Republican primary in Wyoming this week, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says he wouldn't encourage her to run for president. — “I'm not going to encourage anyone to run for president.
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Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Alternet.org
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Ben Jacobs / Vox:
The Never Trump wing of the GOP never had a chance — Liz Cheney's loss made clear Trump's GOP detractors have little electoral sway. — The bad news for Never Trump Republicans this week wasn't just that Liz Cheney lost the primary for her Wyoming congressional seat on Tuesday.
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is There a Serious Case for a Not-Awful Election for Democrats This Fall?
Is There a Serious Case for a Not-Awful Election for Democrats This Fall?
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Washington Times, Crisis Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Nation, Against the Grain, NPR and Raw Story
Tom Porter / Insider:
Newly unsealed documents from the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago put Trump in even worse legal peril, experts say — New legal documents were unsealed by a federal judge Thursday in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago raid. — They show new details about the possible crimes the FBI was investigating with the search.
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: ‘Ludicrous.’ ‘Ridiculous.’ ‘A complete fiction.’: Former Trump officials say his claim of ‘standing order’ to declassify is nonsense
CNN Exclusive: ‘Ludicrous.’ ‘Ridiculous.’ ‘A complete fiction.’: Former Trump officials say his claim of ‘standing order’ to declassify is nonsense
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Paul du Quenoy / American Greatness:
What We Now Know About The Mar-a-Lago Raid — A failing Biden Administration …
What We Now Know About The Mar-a-Lago Raid — A failing Biden Administration …
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Wall Street Journal, Politico and The Federalist
Karen Weise / New York Times:
How Dan Price's Social Media Fame Fueled Abuse Allegations — Dan Price was applauded for paying a minimum salary of $70,000 at his Seattle company and criticizing corporate greed. The adulation helped to hide and enable his behavior. — SEATTLE — Kacie Margis, a model and artist …
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New York Post, The Guardian, Men Yell at Me, Twitchy, Oregonian, Breitbart, The Daily Wire and Associated Press
Fedja Grulovic / Reuters:
Low water levels on Danube reveal sunken WW2 German warships — Europe's worst drought in years has pushed the mighty river Danube to one of its lowest levels in almost a century, exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War Two near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo.
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Tribe: The Criminal Case Against Trump is Another “Slam Dunk” — In past columns, we have discussed the litany of “slam dunk” crimes that Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe has declared as established against former President Donald Trump, none of which have been actually charged.
Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post:
Amazon's health ambitions sometimes clashed with medical best practices, nurses say — ‘Amazon Care’ was treating patients long before the company bought One Medical, but its fast and frugal approach has proven a tough fit for some health professionals — Fielding calls one day in 2019 …
Rob Tornoe / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Brian Stelter out at CNN, ‘Reliable Sources’ canceled — Brian Stelter, the host of CNN's Reliable Sources and the network's chief media correspondent, is leaving the company, a network spokesperson confirmed to The Inquirer.Stelter, a former New York Times reporter, joined CNN in 2013 to replace Howard Kurtz, who is now on Fox News.
Cayla Harris / Houston Chronicle:
Flood of 2,300 departing workers leaves Texas child welfare agency scrambling: ‘Absolutely a crisis’ — Nearly 2,300 employees have left the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services since the beginning of the year, stressing an agency that has already experienced …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The 4 major criminal probes into Donald Trump, explained — Keeping track of all the criminal investigations of Trump isn't easy, so we did it for you. — If all the criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump end in conviction, then Trump will be a true renaissance man of crime.
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Raw Story, PoliticusUSA and The Daily Caller
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Washington Post:
Hogan calls GOP gubernatorial nominee mentally unstable — Dan Cox swatted back, and also labeled his Democratic challenger Wes Moore a ‘socialist’ as the campaign begins to shift tone — Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has ratcheted up the rhetoric about GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Raw Story
Politico:
Want to know if a red wave is happening? Watch this special election next week — WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — A special election here next week could offer Democrats a preview of the pain coming their way in November. Or it could provide powerful evidence that a Republican wave election is not in the offing.
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HuffPost and Alternet.org
Washington Post:
DeSantis's new election crimes unit makes its first arrests — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the first arrests made by the state's new elections police force Thursday: Twenty people previously incarcerated for murder or sexual assault who he said had illegally voted in the 2020 election.
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Chris Isidore / CNN:
America just got a $100-a-month raise — New York (CNN Business)Next time you stop at a gas station, think of it as a $100-a-month tax cut. Or a maybe $100-a-month raise. — The steady drop in gas prices over the last few months has turned into an unexpected form of economic stimulus …
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HotAir, The Daily Caller, Twitchy, IJR and Not the Bee
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Wind Turbines Are Destroying the Planet — Green energy leads to sex trafficking, terrorism, drugs and deforestation. — Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
madison.com:
Steen announces write-in campaign against Vos — BURLINGTON — Adam Steen will continue seeking to represent Wisconsin Assembly District 63 with a write-in campaign, he announced late Thursday afternoon, nine days after the initial count appeared to show Steen lost in an Aug. 9 Republican primary election to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
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Raw Story
Ian Lovett / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine's Southern Forces Wage a Slow Campaign to Wear the Russians Down — Russian shelling has dropped after Ukraine hit high-value targets with long-range rockets, a push Kyiv hopes will eventually prompt Moscow's forces to withdraw — A VILLAGE IN KHERSON REGION, Ukraine—Until recently …
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New York Times, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Politico, HotAir, CBS News, Al Jazeera and In Saner Thought
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Barnes edges Johnson in Wisconsin Senate race — More of Johnson's supporters will vote for him enthusiastically — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 18 — While Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes is narrowly preferred over incumbent Ron Johnson in the Wisconsin Senate race …
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Stories Archive, The Hill, The American Independent and Just The News
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Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Kelly holds 8-point lead over Masters in Arizona Senate race
Fox News Poll: Kelly holds 8-point lead over Masters in Arizona Senate race
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The Hill and PoliticusUSA
Rina Torchinsky / Wall Street Journal:
It Now Costs $300,000 to Raise a Child — A middle-income family might spend more than $18,000 a year on average, as inflation hits food, housing, haircuts and sports, Brookings analysis finds — The U.S. Middle Class Is Getting Squeezed in 2022 — Created with sketchtool. … 1x
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The Daily Caller
Ben Feuerherd / New York Post:
Sex fiend who nearly killed NYC man with sucker punch freed without bail — A convicted sex offender who allegedly cold-cocked a man on a Bronx street — causing a brain bleed that required surgery — was freed without bail Thursday after getting his attempted murder charges reduced in the unprovoked attack.