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Marilyn Berger / New York Times:
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 — Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed the legacy of seven decades of Communist rule and set a new course, presiding over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R.
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David E. Hoffman / Washington Post:
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91 — He embarked on a path of radical reform that propelled the communist country toward collapse — Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who embarked on a path of radical reform that brought about the end of the Cold War …
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Steve Rosenberg / BBC:
Mikhail Gorbachev: Remembering a warm-hearted and generous man
Mikhail Gorbachev: Remembering a warm-hearted and generous man
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Truth Social's Google Play Store holdup — Google hasn't yet approved Truth Social's Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation, a Google spokesperson tells Axios. … - “Last week Truth Social wrote back acknowledging our feedback …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Woke Up and Went on a 60-Post, QAnon-Fueled Social Media Spree — You can take the man off of Twitter, but you can't take the urge to post out of the man — FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump spent Tuesday morning feverishly sharing content from supporters on his social media platform Truth Social …
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Insider:
Trump posts dozens of memes attacking Biden, the FBI, and others as the former president's allies beg him to keep quiet — Since the Mar-a-Lago raid in early August, Trump has taken to social media to lash out. — He has routinely promoted or commented on posts and memes that bashes Biden, Democrats, or the FBI.
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NBC News:
Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform
Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform
Jack Stebbins / CNBC:
Trump's Truth Social barred from Google Play store over content moderation concerns
Trump's Truth Social barred from Google Play store over content moderation concerns
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New York Times:
Frustrations Mount at Washington Post as Its Business Struggles — With digital subscriptions and digital advertising revenue stagnating, the company is on pace to lose money this year. — In the years after Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, business boomed.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four — Home Polls Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four — The latest Emerson College Polling survey of the Georgia general …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Is Sedition Now A Policy of the GOP? — It's not just mean tweets. — 1. Hard Truths — The former president of the United States has made a new pronouncement. He now demands that the federal government either: — Declare him the winner of the 2020 election and install him as president.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Do Republicans agree with Trump's demand for a do-over election?
Do Republicans agree with Trump's demand for a do-over election?
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump hires former Florida solicitor general in criminal probe of Mar-a-Lago documents — Chris Kise, Florida's former solicitor general who served on Gov. Ron DeSantis's transition team, inked a contract to represent Donald Trump in the criminal case that resulted in the FBI search …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump adds former Florida solicitor general to legal team working Mar-a-Lago probe
Trump adds former Florida solicitor general to legal team working Mar-a-Lago probe
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Chris Farrell / Washington Times:
Why Gen. Mark Milley should be court-martialed — The most egregious examples of treasonous subversion by a commissioned officer since Benedict Arnold — OPINION: — Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be subject to an Article 32 Hearing under the provisions …
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Monkees' Micky Dolenz Would Like a Word With the FBI — The group's last surviving member is suing the FBI after they failed to hand over band's J. Edgar Hoover-era FBI file — WHEN THE MONKEES launched their inaugural tour in 1967, they played to throngs of screaming teenagers - and at least one FBI informant.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:
Gibson's Bakery Wins! Ohio Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Oberlin College Appeal — Hopefully the long, hard road Gibson's Bakery has traveled in its fight with Oberlin College has come to an end. The Gibsons now can collect approximately $36 million. — Telegram — Gab — MeWe
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HotAir, CBS News, Ace of Spades HQ, Power Line, The Daily Wire and National Review
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Can Thiel and McConnell Strike a Deal? — As Republicans unexpectedly labor to retake the Senate, the standoff between Thiel, the consummate contrarian, and McConnell, the consummate pragmatist, has suddenly become one of the most important relationships in the G.O.P. financial universe.
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Ukraine lures Russian missiles with decoys of U.S. rocket system — KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine may be outgunned but in the latest sign it is not yet outfoxed, a fleet of decoys resembling advanced U.S. rocket systems has tricked Russian forces into wasting expensive long-range cruise missiles on dummy targets …
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CBS News:
Top-level FBI agent under fire for role in Hunter Biden investigation resigns — Timothy Thibault, a top-level FBI agent who had been under fire for his role in investigations regarding President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, resigned late last week and was walked out of the FBI, two U.S. officials confirmed.
Politico:
'There's enormous frustration': Trump forces Republicans off-script... again — The investigation into Donald Trump's handling of classified national security records is forcing Republicans into a strained defense during a pre-midterm sprint in which they'd much rather be talking about Joe Biden.
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Pippa Stevens / CNBC:
First Solar announces new U.S. panel factory following the Inflation Reduction Act — First Solar, the largest solar panel manufacturer in the U.S., said Tuesday that it will build a new panel factory in the U.S. — CEO Mark Widmar told CNBC the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act …
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U.S. Navy Foils Iranian Attempt to Capture Unmanned Vessel in Arabian Gulf … The U.S. Navy prevented a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 29-30.
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Washington Post:
Fox News stars questioned by election tech company in defamation case — Dominion Voting Systems has deposed Tucker Carlson, Jeanine Pirro and others in its $1.6 billion suit to try to prove the network knew wild election claims were false — Some of the biggest stars on Fox News …
Susan Dynarski / New York Times:
Why I Changed My Mind on Student Debt Forgiveness — As an economist who studies education, I long thought that forgiving student loans was a crude and inequitable tool for fixing student aid. College graduates, after all, are the winners in our society. College certainly changed my life …
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The Verge:
How Twitter's child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor — Internal documents and Twitter employees reveal the need for massive investment to remove illegal content — but executives haven't listened — In the spring of 2022, Twitter considered making a radical change to the platform.
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy-one percent of Americans now approve of labor unions. Although statistically similar to last year's 68%, it is up from 64% before the pandemic and is the highest Gallup has recorded on this measure since 1965.
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Chris Brennan / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
More Republicans back Josh Shapiro for Pennsylvania governor — The ranks of Republicans rejecting State Sen. Doug Mastriano, their party's nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, grew this week as a former national security Cabinet member and a former Trump administration lawyer endorsed …
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Death in Navy SEAL Training Exposes a Culture of Brutality, Cheating and Drugs — The elite force's selection course is so punishing that few make it through, and many of those who do resort to illicit tactics. — CORONADO, Calif. — Kyle Mullen always had the natural drive and talent that made success look easy.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why Effective Altruists Fear the AI Apocalypse — A conversation with the philosopher William MacAskill. — Humanity is a wayward teenager. Our species has its whole life ahead of it, but the decisions we make now will irrevocably shape the course of our adulthood.
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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
Bill Barr Made the Decision to Clear Trump, and That Should Still Frighten Us — The memo released last week by the Justice Department closing the book on the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election is a frightening document.
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NBC News:
A third of Pakistan is underwater as deadly floods leave desperate residents facing ‘doomsday’ — More than 1,100 people killed, half a million moved to shelters after historic flooding hits Pakistan — CHARSADDA, Pakistan — A third of the country underwater. More than 1,000 people killed.
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Texas Department of State Health Services:
Texas Confirms First Death of a Person with Monkeypox — News Release — The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox in Texas. The patient was an adult resident of Harris County who was severely immunocompromised.
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