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6:50 AM ET, September 5, 2024

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US Department of Justice:
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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emptywheel:
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”
NBC News:
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”
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. charges two Russian media operatives in alleged scheme
Discussion: Washington Times
Associated Press:
Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian influence operation, US says
Discussion: Associated Press and Twitchy
Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
DOJ Bombshell Alleges MAGA Media Group Is Backed by Russian Money
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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Associated Press:
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.
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 …
NBC News:
Georgia high school shooting suspect was investigated in 2023 for online threats, authorities say
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NBC Bay Area
NBC News:
Georgia school shooting live updates: Two students, two teachers killed at Apalachee High School, 14-year-old suspect in custody
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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NBC News:
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.
NBC News:
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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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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Townhall
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 …
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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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Callum Jones / The Guardian:
Stock plunge wipes out Trump Media's extraordinary market gains  —  Truth Social shares closed below $17 on Wednesday, reversing all gains since the company's rapid rise from January  —  Donald Trump's tiny social media empire has seen its extraordinary stock market rally wiped out by a steep sell-off.
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Biden To Dish Out $7.3 Billion For Clean Rural Power  —  The administration called it the “largest investment in rural electrification” since the New Deal.  —  President Joe Biden will travel to Wisconsin on Thursday to announce $7.3 billion in federal clean energy spending in rural communities across the country.
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere  —  For Immediate Release  —  Influence Operation Relied on Influencers, AI-Generated Content, Paid Social Media Advertisements …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Russia backed widespread election interference scheme, DOJ says
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  —  The Washington Commanders organization has suspended a member of staff after he was caught making controversial …
Glenn Kirschner / MSNBC:
Trump's latest admission on Fox News is great news for Jack Smith  —  What the former president apparently doesn't realize is that every word out of his mouth is admissible in a criminal trial.  —  Just days after special counsel Jack Smith obtained a superseding indictment …
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
 
 
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New York Times:
Iran Emerges as a Top Disinformation Threat in U.S. Presidential Race
Discussion: Axios
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
As Groups Have Shifted, Has It Become a ‘Normal’ Election?
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris goes off script to address Georgia school shooting: ‘It does not have to be this way’
Maya King / New York Times:
How Trump and Kemp's Relationship Could Affect Republicans' Chances in Georgia
Discussion: The Free Press and Raw Story
Andrea Bernstein / Slate:
Trump Learned Every Lesson From the Roy Cohn Playbook, Except the Most Important One
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
Tim Walz's family members reveal they are backing TRUMP in bombshell leaked photo
Kyle Stewart / NBC News:
Republican House panel subpoenas Gov. Walz in investigation of Minnesota nonprofit that ran a Covid aid scheme
CNN:
At least 4 killed, approximately 30 injured in school shooting, sources say
New York Post:
Barron Trump arrives at NYU for first day at college
 

 
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