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Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Tenet Media Shutters After Being Accused of Taking $10 Million in Covert Kremlin Funding — Nothing to see here! — A contributor for Tenet Media announced on Twitter Thursday night that the company has abruptly shuttered, one day after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment …
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New York Times:
Judge in Trump Hush-Money Case to Decide on Postponing Sentencing — Justice Juan M. Merchan, who presided over the trial that led to Donald J. Trump's conviction, faces a fraught decision amid the thick of the presidential election. — The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump's Manhattan criminal case plans …
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NPR:
Trump deputy campaign manager identified in Arlington National Cemetery dustup — One of two staffers involved in the altercation at Arlington National Cemetery is a deputy campaign manager for Donald Trump's reelection bid, NPR has learned. The former president insisted this week the incident …
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Politico:
Trump's federal election prosecution isn't going to trial anytime soon. But it could still produce damaging revelations before Nov. 5. — A new schedule from Judge Tanya Chutkan leaves the door open for an October surprise. — Special counsel Jack Smith and Donald Trump …
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Associated Press:
“This is not normal. … There are no broadcast television cameras inside the E. Barrett …
“This is not normal. … There are no broadcast television cameras inside the E. Barrett …
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Why Trump and Putin Now Need Each Other—Desperately
Why Trump and Putin Now Need Each Other—Desperately
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. labor market cools again in August, adding 142,000 jobs … - The report also shows notable revisions for months past: The economy added just 89,000 jobs in July—25,000 fewer than initially thought. — June's gains were revised down by 61,000 to 118,000.
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Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. Jobs Report Shows Hiring Has Shifted Into Lower Gear
Live Updates: U.S. Jobs Report Shows Hiring Has Shifted Into Lower Gear
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Megan Cassella / CNBC:
Eighty-eight corporate leaders endorse Harris in new letter, including CEOs of Yelp, Box — @IN/MEGAN-CASSELLA-BA02A160/ @MMCASSELLA — Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a new letter Friday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. — Signers include former 21st …
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:
‘A huge mistake’: Trump's crypto allies cringe over family's startup — The crypto venture is attracting what appear to be hacks and attempted scams ahead of its launch. — Donald Trump's sons want to turn their father's growing bromance with the cryptocurrency industry into the new family business.
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Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security — School shootings are a “fact of life,” so the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Thursday.
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
JD Vance says school shootings are a “fact of life”
JD Vance says school shootings are a “fact of life”
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 6 House races toward Dems, 2 toward GOP — The nonpartisan group Cook Political Report has shifted half a dozen House races toward Democrats and two toward Republicans, as Democrats see their fundraising advantage and enthusiasm rise after Vice President Harris …
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CNN:
The father of the Georgia school shooting suspect has been arrested and charged, authorities say — The father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting that left four people dead, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
World sees hottest summer recorded for second consecutive year — Summer temperatures broke records for the second consecutive year, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. — Newly released data found that 2023 experienced the hottest June and August on the books …
The Hill:
Listen live: Oral arguments in Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll verdict — The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday will hear oral arguments in former President Trump's appeal of a jury's verdict finding that he sexually abused advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump to attend oral arguments Friday in E. Jean Carroll judgment appeal: Sources
Trump to attend oral arguments Friday in E. Jean Carroll judgment appeal: Sources
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Donald Trump's incoherence makes the media's double standard hard to hide — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris curiously don't get the same coverage — It seems like only yesterday that the elite media were extremely concerned that President Joe Biden had mistakenly referred to the president of Egypt as the president of Mexico.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson and the Heterodoxy-to-Holocaust Denial Pipeline — This week Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News star who now hosts one of America's top podcasts, had an apologist for Adolf Hitler on his show. Darryl Cooper, who runs a history podcast and newsletter called Martyr Made …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
White House condemns Tucker Carlson's ‘Nazi propaganda’ interview as ‘disgusting and sadistic insult’
White House condemns Tucker Carlson's ‘Nazi propaganda’ interview as ‘disgusting and sadistic insult’
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Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
The mainstream press is failing America - and people are understandably upset — The media is still pursuing the appearance of fairness by treating true and false, normal and outrageous, as equally valid — The first thing to say about the hate and scorn currently directed at the mainstream US media …
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Navy Secretary Broke Law With Trump-Bashing, Pro-Biden Comments: Watchdog — Carlos Del Toro's comments while on official duty overseas violated the Hatch Act, said the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. — LOADING — Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro broke the law by publicly endorsing …
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osc.gov:
OSC Announces Hatch Act Enforcement Decisions
OSC Announces Hatch Act Enforcement Decisions
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Axios:
How Harris dodges scrutiny — Why did President Biden's top advisers routinely leak word they found her performance as vice president disappointing or episodically problematic? — How did her views change in five years, from liberal to centrist on health care, immigration and energy?
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Can't Get Himself Out of the Abortion Straitjacket — Donald Trump is stuck. — He is a brutally transactional politician who represents a coalition of ideologues. His instinct is to promise the moon, and he'll say anything to get a vote — or just to get out of a room.
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The Atlantic:
The End of Democracy Has Already Begun — Undermine truth, spread falsehoods, and prepare the ground for worse. — The corruption of democracy begins with the corruption of thought—and with the deliberate undermining of reality. Stephen Richer, an election official in Arizona …
The Times:
Veterans turn away from ‘disrespectful’ Donald Trump — The presidential nominee has no regard for the military, say once-loyal Republicans, after his campaign filmed him at a wreath-laying ceremony — For Wayne Collins, the “last straw” came last week when, in his view …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Kimmel jokes to Doug Emhoff: ‘What was your reaction when your wife turned Black?’ — Jimmy Kimmel is mocking former President Trump's remarks about Vice President Harris's heritage, asking Doug Emhoff about his feelings when his wife “turned Black.” — “What was your reaction when your wife turned Black?
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Not even football stars are safe in blue state cities — The life of an NFL rookie is difficult. You must learn a new playbook, deal with multiple rookie chores, and try to avoid being shot when your new home is run by Democrats. — San Francisco 49ers first-round pick Ricky Pearsall found this out the hard way.
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