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Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing U.S. Company that Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interests — For Immediate Release — Employees of Russian State-Controlled Media Outlet Deployed Nearly $10 Million to Publish RT-Curated Content …
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Don Jr's Online Buddies Allegedly Demand $5 Million from Russian Shell Companies to Say Nice Things about His Daddy — When DOJ announced today it would unseal legal actions against Russian influence operations, the former President's failson complained, “Here we go again. LOL”
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Russian money was funneled to right-wing creators through a pro-Trump media outlet: prosecutors — The indictment on Wednesday of two RT employees includes allegations that the duo implemented a nearly $10 million plan to fund an unnamed Tennessee-based company as one of their “covert projects”
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David Covucci / The Daily Dot:
Media start-up from Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin was secret Russian influence campaign, indictment alleges
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Associated Press:
Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian influence operation, US says
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Justice Dept. charges two Russian media operatives in alleged scheme
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The Tennessean:
Indictment: Russian propagandists used Tennessee content company to push disinformation
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Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
DOJ Bombshell Alleges MAGA Media Group Is Backed by Russian Money
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Questions Fairness of Next Week's Debate at a Town Hall — Former President Donald J. Trump, at a Fox News event, insisted without evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris was “going to get the questions in advance.” — Hours after the Trump and Harris campaigns agreed to rules …
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Trump and Harris campaigns agree to rules for ABC debate — Both sides initially agreed to a debate on Sept. 10, but Trump later threatened to back out, and Harris sought to change one of the ground rules. — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to debate each …
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Will Steakin / ABC News:
ABC News releases rules for Sept. 10 debate between Harris and Trump
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Liz Cheney, a Top G.O.P. Trump Critic, Says She Will Vote for Harris — The Wyoming Republican, once a member of House leadership, lost her post and then her seat after she voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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Liz Cheney endorses Harris for president — It's the latest high-profile Republican endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid. — WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., on Wednesday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, the latest high-profile Republican endorsement for Democrats.
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Maya King / New York Times:
How Trump and Kemp's Relationship Could Affect Republicans' Chances in Georgia
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Alexis Stevens / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia school shooting suspect previously investigated for threats, FBI says — A teenager accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Barrow County was previously investigated for threats about a shooting, the FBI Atlanta office said late Wednesday.
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Injuries reported in shooting at Georgia high school — WINDER, Ga. (AP) — Injuries have been reported after a school shooting at a Georgia high school, which was put on lockdown Wednesday and students gathered in its football stadium, the local sheriff's office said.
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John Keim / ESPN:
Commanders suspend VP for comments on players, Jones, Goodell — ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders have suspended an employee who made comments about the team's players being anti-gay, accused Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of being racist and anti-gay and called NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a “$50 million puppet.”
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Isabel Baldwin / Daily Mail:
Commanders VP is SUSPENDED after branding his own team's black players ‘homophobic,’ calls NFL stars ‘dumb as hell’ and labels fans ‘alcoholics’ in damning video secretly recorded on a date
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Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
Record measles outbreak in Oregon blamed on vaccine exemptions — Vaccine exemptions at nearly 9% in the state, enabling sustained transmission. — With one of the highest vaccine exemption rates in the country, Oregon is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in decades.
Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
Elon Musk is absolutely not a ‘free speech absolutist’ … He's declared himself so committed to the unfettered, open exchange of ideas that he's said the only way X would let a government suppress speech on its platform is “at gunpoint.” All of this explains why Musk recently allowed X …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump campaign says the former president believes ‘anyone convicted of a crime’ should be jailed — The comment was in response to reports of a Trump clemency recipient being convicted of a domestic violence-related charge. Trump was convicted this year in his hush money case.
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CBS News:
Trump team, special counsel returning to court for first time since Supreme Court immunity ruling — Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith are returning to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's courtroom Thursday for the first time since …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Why Trump's spurious attacks on crime are working — One of the central arguments in former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is the false claim that the United States is a crime-infested hellhole under the Biden-Harris administration. — During an August 20 campaign stop in Howell …
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending … The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in a fight to lend out scanned ebooks without the approval of publishers. In a decision on Wednesday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that permitting the Internet Archive's digital library …
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Harris unveils plan for 28% capital gains tax, softening Biden's proposal for 40% rate … Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday proposed a 28% tax on long-term capital gains for households with an annual income of $1 million or more, lower than the 39.6% rate President Joe Biden laid out in his 2025 fiscal year budget.
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CNN:
Netanyahu derailed a potential Gaza hostage deal in July, Israeli newspaper reports — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July effectively spiked a draft hostage and ceasefire deal by introducing a raft of new, 11th-hour demands, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth citing a document it obtained.
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Washington Post:
Georgia school shooting suspect was investigated in 2023; 4 dead at Apalachee High — A 14-year-old suspect is in custody after opening fire with an “AR-platform-style weapon” at a high school in Georgia, killing four and leaving at least nine more hospitalized, according to the Georgia Bureau …
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Alexandra Berzon / New York Times:
Republicans Seize on False Theories About Immigrant Voting — Activists, party lawyers and state officials are mobilizing behind a crackdown on a supposed scourge of noncitizens' casting ballots. Voting rights advocates say the effort is spreading misinformation.
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Politico:
Trump pivoted on Florida's abortion ban. Here's what anti-abortion leaders want next. — Anti-abortion leaders are calling on Trump to name one of their own to a prominent position. — The anti-abortion activists celebrating Donald Trump's vow to vote no on Florida's upcoming abortion-rights amendment …
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Washington Post:
Biden preparing to block Nippon Steel purchase of U.S. Steel — The move would pose a setback for relations with Japan. — President Joe Biden is preparing to announce that he will formally block Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, according to three people …
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U.S. Steel Warns of Plant Closings if Sale Collapses
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