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Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:
Some children of US troops born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship, Trump administration says  —  Some children born to U.S. service members and government employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the United States …
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Patricia Kime / Military.com:
Here's Who's Affected by New Citizenship Policy for Children of Troops Serving Overseas  —  A policy clarification from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service published Wednesday does not revoke automatic citizenship for children of U.S. citizens born abroad, including troops and federal workers …
The Hill:
Trump officials say children of some service members overseas will not get automatic citizenship  —  The Trump administration said Wednesday that the children of some U.S. military members and government employees working overseas will no longer automatically be considered United States citizens.
Business Insider:
Some children born overseas to certain US troops may not automatically have American citizenship …
Discussion: The Mahablog
INA Categories / USCIS:
Automatic Citizenship or Overseas Naturalization
Discussion: Hot Air
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out of 2020 Democratic Presidential Race  —  The New York senator anchored her candidacy in issues of women's equality, but she was unable to gain traction and her failure to qualify for the next debate convinced her to withdraw.  —  Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democratic Candidates Jostle, and Gripe, as Debates Winnow the Field
Discussion: Mediaite
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of 2020 race: 'I'm ending my presidential campaign'
The Guardian:
‘Stop the coup’: Protests across UK over Johnson's suspension of parliament  —  Organisers say in London thousands marched from Commons Green towards Downing Street  —  Aamna Mohdin, Maya Wolfe-Robinson and Marvel Kalukembi  —  Play Video  —  Within hours of Boris Johnson's decision …
Discussion: The Week
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Financial Times:
Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament is an affront to democracy  —  Boris Johnson has detonated a bomb under the constitutional apparatus of the United Kingdom.  The prime minister's request to the Queen to suspend parliament for up to five weeks, ostensibly to prepare a new legislative programme, is without modern precedent.
Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
Boris Johnson Is Planning A Series Of Extreme Measures In The Coming Weeks To Force Through Brexit
Discussion: The Week
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson's constitutional crisis now resembles America's
Discussion: The Independent
David Karpf / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: I made a joke about Bret Stephens and bedbugs.  His response was never about civility  —  I teach classes in strategic political communication.  Every week, for the last seven years, I have begun each class session with a simple question: “What happened in the news this week?”
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Rex Huppke / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Bret Stephens, Donald Trump and the epidemic of male fragility  —  The world needs a safe space to house its growing population of extremely breakable men.  —  New York Times columnist Bret Stephens shattered to pieces because a university professor jokingly compared him to a bedbug.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Sends Legal Demand Over Comment From MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell  —  The president's personal attorney tells NBCU brass that legal proceedings could be pursued if there's no retraction or apology for stating that “Russian oligarchs” co-signed loans to Trump.
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump can change history by declassifying three Obama-era documents  —  My sources tell me President Trump is putting the finishing touches on a White House initiative to declassify documents that have remained hidden from the public for far too long.  —  This welcome effort to provide …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Mystery of missing votes deepens as Congress investigates Georgia  —  To find a clue about what might have gone wrong with Georgia's election last fall, look no further than voting machine No. 3 at the Winterville Train Depot outside Athens.  —  On machine No. 3, Republicans won every race.
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
‘It is not letting me vote for who I want’: Video shows electronic machine changing ballot in Mississippi
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department inspector general has done separate report on James Comey  —  The Justice Department inspector general is preparing to release a report on the conduct of fired FBI Director James Comey in the Trump-Russia investigation, according to a number of sources with knowledge of the situation.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Push Back as Trump Demands Loyalty: We Don't ‘Work for You’  —  The president on Wednesday morning had a tantrum about the network giving coverage to Democrats.  Fox News, he said, “isn't working for us anymore!”  —  Several Fox News personalities pushed back Wednesday …
Nigel Jaquiss / Willamette Week:
“I smacked one of them with a hammer a couple of times,” said one man aboard a bus leaving Portland.  —  On Aug. 17, a crowd of right-wing Proud Boys met up with an extremist group called the American Guard for a march through Portland.  Some of them later boarded a black bus for a barbecue in Vancouver …
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Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
Media presented far-right grifter Andy Ngo as a credible journalist. …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart:
Beto O'Rourke Campaign Claims Breitbart Reporter Ejected to Protect Black Students  —  The flailing 2020 presidential campaign of former Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O'Rourke (D-TX) claimed Wednesday that a staffer ejected Breitbart News senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak from a speech at Benedict College …
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
FBI studies two broken cameras outside cell where Epstein died: source  —  (Reuters) - Two cameras that malfunctioned outside the jail cell where financier Jeffrey Epstein died as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges have been sent to an FBI crime lab for examination, a law enforcement source told Reuters.
Discussion: Daily Wire
CBS Boston:
Boston Teen Allegedly Planned School Shooting At North Carolina's High Point University  —  HIGH POINT, N.C. (CBS/AP) — A 19-year-old from Boston allegedly told police that he was plotting a school shooting at High Point University in North Carolina.  Freshman Paul A. Steber is charged …
Discussion: Raw Story
Splinter:
Splinter Prevails in $100 Million Defamation Suit Brought by Ex-Trump Staffer Jason Miller  —  A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of Splinter, the site's managing editor, Katherine Krueger, and the site's parent company, Gizmodo Media Group, in a $100 million defamation lawsuit brought by Jason Miller …
New York Times:
The Israel-Iran Shadow War Escalates and Breaks Into the Open  —  JERUSALEM — Israel has carried out a series of attacks across the Middle East in recent weeks to prevent Iran from equipping its Arab allies with precision-guided missiles, drones and other sophisticated weapons that could challenge Israel's defenses.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Pirate's Cove
Latest News Releases:
OCR Issues Notice of Violation to the University of Vermont Medical Center After It Unlawfully Forced a Nurse to Assist in Abortion  —  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is announcing that, after a thorough investigation and prolonged attempts …
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Trump slow-walks Ukraine military aid meant to contain Russia  —  The Trump administration is slow-walking $250 million in military assistance to Ukraine, annoying lawmakers and advocates who argue the funding is critical to keeping Russia at bay.  —  President Donald Trump asked …
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
When Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It's News.  When a Republican Smears Muslims, There's Silence.  —  “It's all about the Benjamins baby.”  —  That is, of course, what Rep. Ilhan Omar famously tweeted on Feb. 10, in response to a tweet from my colleague Glenn Greenwald decrying …
Discussion: USA Today and Breitbart
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Another Look at Impeachment, at the End of a Long Summer  —  A few months ago, when the question of the impeachment of the President began to be raised seriously, the arguments for and against it seemed to align themselves along a relatively neat axis of principles and prudence.
Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed News:
Jon Ossoff Is Seriously Considering A Run For Senate In Georgia  —  WASHINGTON — Jon Ossoff, who ran an unsuccessful special election campaign in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, is now seriously considering a run at one of the two open Senate seats in Georgia, three sources familiar with Ossoff's plans told BuzzFeed News.
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Knights Of Columbus Face Accusations Of Self-Dealing Amid Insurance Fraud Lawsuit  — The Knights of Columbus entered into a contract with a lobbying firm that ensured their Supreme Knight's son, Carl Anderson, became the Catholic organization's chief lobbyist
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt / The Forward:
Why Does No One Care About Violence Against Orthodox Jews?  —  No one should have been surprised yesterday morning, when a man assaulted Rabbi Avraham Gopin, 63, with a brick in Crown Heights Park — knocking his teeth out and injuring his face, before fleeing the scene.
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk and Jack Ma Will Debate AI at China Summit  — The Tesla impresario will headline a marquee Shanghai confab  — China's ambition of dominating future technology is in focus  —  From Jack Ma to Pony Ma, the leading lights of China's internet industry gather in Shanghai …
Discussion: Breitbart
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  August 28, 2019 - All Top Dems Beat Trump As Voters' Economic Outlook Dims Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dem Primary Stays Stable With Biden Holding The Lead  —  If the 2020 presidential election were held today, 54 percent of registered voters say that they would vote …
New York Times:
Trump Tells Aides ‘Take the Land’ as Impatience Grows on Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's signature campaign promise to build a wall along the southwestern border is far behind schedule.  So he has told his aides to get the job done by whatever means necessary, including by seizing land on the Mexican frontier.
Jennifer Blakely / Medium:
My Time at Google and After  —  The #MeToo Movement has been the beginning of a sea change for women, exposing the double standard between women and men in the workplace oftentimes resulting in abuse toward women.  I was moved to tears by the walkout of 20,000 Google employees …
Discussion: TechCrunch and Fortune
 
 
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Mike Spies / The Trace:
The NRA Shielded a Top Executive Accused of Sexual Harassment
Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
Yikes: Did Ilhan Omar's Campaign Funds Mostly Go Toward Her Alleged Affair?
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Left Can't Stop Lying About The Tea Party
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
New York Times:
Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans?
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Bonchie / RedState:
AOC Is Back and We're All Going to Die
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
New Government Takes Shape in Italy, Sidelining Salvini and the Hard Right
Discussion: Fox News and The Week
Molly O'Toole / Los Angeles Times:
Trump administration appears to violate law in forcing asylum seekers back to Mexico, officials warn
Discussion: VICE
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Maryland was never in play in 2016. The Russians targeted it anyway.
Discussion: Raw Story and Front Page Magazine
Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
Five years ago, Obama was blasted for wearing a tan suit.  Now, it's used to contrast him with Trump.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Cyberattack Hurt Iran's Ability to Target Oil Tankers, Officials Say
Discussion: Ars Technica
Garrett Archer / KNXV:
Martha McSally picks up primary challenge from Daniel McCarthy
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
‘NO EXCESSIVE BARKING’: A Chevy Chase dog park divides the rich and powerful
Discussion: New York Post
Jim Mattis / Wall Street Journal:
Duty, Democracy and the Threat of Tribalism
 

 
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