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Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Important Quick Saturday Updates — It's Saturday, August 29th. Let's get into the news, and I'll keep it quick so you can get on with your day. — Here are today's top stories: — Trump's Venezuela oil deal, and why the numbers don't add up — Venezuelan economists …
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Inside Trump's Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Riches — The deal caps months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world's largest proven oil reserves — President Trump spent months declaring his ouster of Venezuela's leader had secured the country's oil for America.
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Reuters, New York Times, The Japan Times, CBS News, Townhall, France 24, Associated Press, Grabien, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg and NewsMax.com
Associated Press:
What we know about Trump's deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela — Besides a social media post from President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY” in Venezuela. Trump said the agreement announced Friday night …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK — Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can't prove US residency — Far-right British media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US after being detained …
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Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K. — Mr. Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of President Trump and vocal supporter of mass deportations, was himself sent back to his home country, part of a long fall from right-wing grace. — Milo Yiannopoulos …
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The Wrap, Daily Mail, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Instapundit, Althouse and HotAir
Chris Kirkham / Reuters:
Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported to UK
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Associated Press, The Hill, Breitbart, Legal Insurrection, The Daily Caller, UPI, Los Angeles Times and Washington Examiner
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting — Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C. — When leaders from the world's …
Politico:
Judge declares Rubio's speech-based student deportations violate the Constitution — A federal judge on Friday declared that the Trump administration's efforts to deport noncitizens for political speech run counter to the Constitution's First and Fifth Amendments, the latest legal rebuke …
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The Foundation …, UPI, NOTUS, The Gateway Pundit and Newsweek, more at Mediagazer »
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Trump's DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: 'It's outrageous' — Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies — The Trump administration has been deploying …
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The Parnas Perspective, Mediaite and emptywheel
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Gov. Abbott blocks funding in Texas for Flock cameras as bipartisan fury brews — The automated license plate readers aren't popular with the public. Politicians are catching on. — Summary — Republicans and Democrats once praised Flock Safety as a protection tool for American communities.
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Houston Public Media, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, The Texas Tribune and Fox News
David Blair / Telegraph:
Estonia's spy chief: ‘Russia is in a very bad place - revolution could come overnight’ — In his first interview with a British newspaper, Kaupo Rosin discusses Putin's fractured inner circle and the looming threat against Nato — It was, perhaps, the highest praise ever offered …
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NewsMax.com and Washington Examiner
Bloomberg:
Far-Right Party Wins Closely Watched Western Australia Vote — The far-right One Nation party has secured its first lower house seat in the state parliament of Western Australia, defeating the ruling Labor Party to win a special election. — The election was watched as an indicator …
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Reuters
New York Times:
‘I Made a Mistake’: El-Sayed Apologizes for Comment About Synagogue Attack — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, faced criticism from Jewish Democrats after remarking, “hurt people hurt people.” — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan …
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CNN, Associated Press, RedState, The Hill, Washington Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and Semafor
Barak Ravid / Axios:
CIA director floated Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit during Moscow visit, sources say — CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between President Trump, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky during his covert trip to Moscow earlier this week in an effort to end the war …
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Al Jazeera, Ace of Spades HQ and NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn't paid for. — Mansfield Oil Company alleges in a lawsuit that a distributor never paid for gas that was supplied to some Freedom Fuel stations. — Summary — A chain of gas stations that lowered prices last month …
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OutsideTheBeltway and Politico
New York Times:
Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa — The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic. — A deportation plane carrying about 70 foreign nationals …
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Associated Press
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers says he saw Bin Laden's body with his ‘own eyes’. He did not — Ex-House intel committee chair, now running against Abdul El-Sayed, instead saw photo of Osama bin Laden's body — In a recent fundraising email, the Republican candidate …
Sarah-Jane Collins / The Daily Beast:
White House Aides Sound the Alarm Over Trump's Big Obsession — ME, ME, ME — The president fears being seen as a “weak” president like the late Jimmy Carter, officials have revealed. — White House insiders are sounding the alarm that President Donald Trump is far more interested …
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New York Times, Alternet.org and Wall Street Journal
David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State — The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant. — Ten years ago, Frank Lowenstein, then the United States special envoy …
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