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Justice News:
Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Charged With Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors  —  Brian Kolfage, Stephen Bannon, and Two Others Alleged to Have Funneled Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From the Organization to Kolfage; All Four Defendants Allegedly Profited From Their Roles in the Scheme
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors in fundraising scheme  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been arrested after being charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors through their campaign “We Build the Wall.”
Discussion: TheBlaze
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Stephen Bannon, three others charged with defrauding donors to online fundraising campaign for border wall  —  Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed criminal charges against Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, and three other men they alleged defrauded hundreds …
Discussion: Politico
Fox News:
Steve Bannon, ‘We Build The Wall’ organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors  —  Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, was among four suspects arrested Thursday and indicted in connection with an online fundraising campaign that allegedly defrauded investors of hundreds …
NBC New York:
Former Trump Campaign Boss Steve Bannon Indicted for Fraud in NY  —  What to Know  — Former Trump campaign CEO and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is among four people indicted for fraud in New York  — Federal prosecutors allege key figures behind the “We Build the Wall” …
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon Charged in Alleged Border Wall Fundraising Scheme  —  The former Trump adviser and three others indicted in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as ‘We Build the Wall’  —  Former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday and charged …
Discussion: Townhall
NBC News:
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors to ‘Build the Wall’ campaign … Federal prosecutors on Thursday indicted one-time presidential aide Steve Bannon and three others on charges of taking money donated to help build a wall along the southern border, authorities said.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud
Discussion: Raw Story, The US Sun and UPI
CNN:   Steve Bannon, three others charged with fraud in border wall fundraising campaign
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Each of the three people who led Trump's 2016 campaign has now faced criminal charges
Wall Street Journal:
Fundraising at Company Tied to Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui Faces Probe
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Obama torches Trump like American democracy depends on it  —  Barack Obama went high.  —  On the third night of the Democratic convention — a word that seems increasingly absurd to describe what is really just two hours of nightly programming from the DNC — the former president delivered …
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
In Dark and Divisive Speech, Obama Seeks to Turn Back Clock on America  —  To the delight of professional journalists, former President Barack Obama gave a jaw-dropping speech at the Democratic convention on Wednesday.  Its dark and divisive tone signaled an attempt to drag America backwards …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obama's Convention Speech Is the First Time I Have Seen Him Scared  —  Barack Obama shot into the public eye in 2004 with an idealistic speech about the possibilities of America.  He has always sought to understand and reason with his political opponents, and when he attacked them, he did so with subtlety.
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line
Discussion: TheGrio and Associated Press
NBC News:   ‘No Drama?’ Obama warns that America is on the brink
The Daily Beast:
Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Allegedly Poisoned by Toxin in His Tea  —  The Russian anti-corruption activist was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state on Thursday morning, according to his press secretary.  —  MOSCOW—Vladimir Putin's nemesis, corruption fighter Aleksey Navalny …
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New York Times:
Aleksei Navalny Hospitalized in Russia in Suspected Poisoning  —  The prominent opposition leader was reported to be in “serious condition” in intensive care in Siberia after his flight to Moscow was forced to make an emergency landing.  —  MOSCOW — Aleksei A. Navalny …
Discussion: Foreign Policy
BBC:
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ‘poisoned’
Discussion: The Week
Daria Litvinova / Associated Press:   Russia's Navalny in coma in ICU after alleged poisoning
Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
Alexei Navalny, Rival to Putin, in Critical Condition After Suspected Poisoning
Discussion: National Review
Kyle Sammin / The Federalist:
Kamala Harris Nod Tells Blue-Collar Workers Democrats Are Done With Them  —  Harris is now the voice of a new, aloof, wealthier liberalism that seeks only to manage the decline of America's economic might.  —  In the presidential election of 2016, voters in each of the major parties …
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Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
For the Democrats' sake, I hope the DNC viewership is low
Discussion: American Greatness
Ann Coulter:
The Jared Kushner Achievement Award Goes to ... Kamala!
Discussion: Townhall
Elizabeth Drew / The Atlantic:   Conflict Between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Is Inevitable
Christopher J. Sprigman / New Republic:
A Constitutional Weapon for Biden to Vanquish Trump's Army of Judges  —  We are now less than 90 days away from an election that President Donald Trump is openly attempting to steal.  From that vantage, it may seem premature—bordering on presumptuous—for Democrats to start worrying now about what will happen if Joe Biden wins.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“Hannity Has Said to Me More Than Once, 'He's Crazy'”: Fox News Staffers Feel Trapped in the Trump Cult  —  Inside the network staffers are cringing, and even Trump's “shadow chief of staff” has his doubts.  “If you were hearing what I'm hearing, you'd be vaping too,” Sean Hannity told a colleague during Trump's early days.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
New York Times:
The Trump Campaign Accepted Russian Help to Win in 2016.  Case Closed.  —  “Cooperation” or “collusion” or whatever.  It was a plot against American democracy.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Senate just dropped a massive Russia bombshell (and most people missed it)
Discussion: Washington Post
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Why Trump's GOP isn't going anywhere  —  WELCOME TO MY HOUSE — Whether President Donald Trump wins or loses in November, the House Republican conference is about to become even Trumpier.  Not only have the party's moderates left Congress in droves since Trump was elected in 2016 …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Pompeo's housing request set off legal alarm bells, memo shows  —  In his early months on the job, Mike Pompeo sought an unusual perk for a secretary of State: permission to rent a Washington, D.C.-area house that was controlled by the U.S. military.  —  Pompeo and his aides initially tried …
Nana-Séntuo Bonsu / WTKR-TV:
Portsmouth community leaders asking for Police Chief Angela Greene to resign immediately after felony charges against Sen. Louise Lucas, 13 others  —  PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Community members in Portsmouth have some questions.  “Why is it that they are attacking our leaders?”
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Ganesh Setty / CNN:   Virginia state senator turns herself in to face charges in connection with the dismantling of a Confederate monument
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Democratic convention live updates: Biden poised to accept nomination; Trump to stage event beforehand  —  Joe Biden is poised to accept his party's presidential nomination Thursday night, capping a very unconventional four-day virtual Democratic National Convention with the biggest speech of his lengthy political career.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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