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Karen Attiah / The Golden Hour:
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. — Last week, the Washington Post fired me. — The reason? Speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America's apathy toward guns. — Eleven years ago, I joined the Washington Post's Opinions department …
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers … “The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”
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New York Times:
China's Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers China's Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers — North Dakota farmers are scrambling to find extra storage space and bracing for land values to fall as soybeans that should be bound for China begin to pile up.
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
We Cannot Excuse Political Violence — We are grateful that Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin is in custody. We unreservedly denounce political violence and underscore that speakers, no matter their viewpoint, should never fear for their lives. Nevertheless, we refuse to pull our punches …
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Trump Gets A Blunt Reminder After Rant About ‘Sick’ And ‘Deranged’ People — Critics offered the president some glaring examples of his own rhetoric. — President Donald Trump on Sunday got a reminder of his own rhetoric and that of his allies after he tried to blame “the left” for the current vitriol levels in the nation.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump points to ‘major’ new investigation into people on ‘the left’ following Kirk slaying
Trump points to ‘major’ new investigation into people on ‘the left’ following Kirk slaying
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The Daily Beast, CNN, NewsMax.com, The Gateway Pundit and New York Post
Kathy Hochul / New York Times:
Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani — In the four years since I took office, one of my foundational beliefs has been the importance of the office of New York governor working hand in hand with the mayor of New York City for the betterment of the 8.3 million residents we both represent.
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Is Andrew Cuomo toast?
New York Times:
Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches. … This summer, Steve Witkoff, President Trump's Middle East envoy, paid a visit to the coast of Sardinia, a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea crowded with super yachts. — On one of those extravagant vessels …
New York Times:
Fired Prosecutor Challenges Trump's Claims to Power in Lawsuit — The Justice Department gave no reason for its dismissal of Maurene Comey, a longtime federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of the former F.B.I. director, James Comey. — Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching — This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work.
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy — More Americans are experiencing joblessness for six months or more, a sign of labor market's weakness ahead of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated meeting this week. — More Americans are facing stretches …
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New York Times and The Midwesterner
Aaron Sibarium / The Washington Free Beacon:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Investigating Social Media Accounts That Appeared To Indicate Foreknowledge of Kirk Assassination — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating social media posts by at least seven different accounts that appeared to indicate foreknowledge of the assassination of Charlie Kirk …
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Rusty Weiss / RedState:
Patel Reveals Shocking Note Left by Kirk's Assassin, Debunks Claims He Wasn't Driven by Leftist Ideology — FBI Director Kash Patel revealed new details in the case against Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, including information about a chilling note he allegedly wrote before the shooting.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Patel says he doesn't regret prematurely announcing suspect in Kirk killing was in custody
Patel says he doesn't regret prematurely announcing suspect in Kirk killing was in custody
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Wall Street Journal:
Charlie Kirk Helped Republicans Break Through to Young People — It was nearly impossible for college students to open social media without being served a video of Kirk — PHOENIX—When Olivia Hubbard left Iowa to attend college, she thought she was going to get a break from the conservatism her dad was always touting.
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University?
Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University?
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump says public companies should not have to report quarterly results — President Trump on Monday suggested U.S. public companies should no longer have to report earnings quarterly, but on a six-month schedule instead. … - The change would require approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump advocates that companies stop reporting earnings on a quarterly basis
Trump advocates that companies stop reporting earnings on a quarterly basis
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Two arrested after incendiary device found under local Fox TV news van in Utah — Two suspects are in custody after an incendiary device was found under a vehicle belonging to KSTU, a local TV station known as Fox 13 News Utah. — The incendiary device “had been lit but failed to function as designed …
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The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions — By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply. — Facing pressure from the Trump administration …
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The Daily Caller
Patrick Reilly / New York Post:
‘Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder slammed for crude Emmys speech: ‘F-k ICE and free Palestine’ — “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder is under fire for turning her Emmy acceptance speech into a crude, political soapbox in which she said, “F—k ICE and free Palestine.”
Washington Post:
Why 1 in 6 U.S. parents are rejecting vaccine recommendations … The American parents who are choosing to skip or delay vaccines for their children are more likely to home-school their children, be White and very religious, identify as Republican or be under 35, according …
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The Hill
Eliana Johnson / The Washington Free Beacon:
Elliott Abrams on Why There Will Never Be a Palestinian State … After they rejected [former Israeli prime minister Ehud] Olmert's 2008 offer. I hated his offer, which would have abandoned Jerusalem, and thought it would never get cabinet or Knesset approval. But even that offer was rejected by the Palestinians.
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Tikvah Ideas and The Guardian
Reuters:
We set out to craft the perfect phishing scam. — Major AI chatbots were happy to help. — Reuters and a Harvard University researcher used top chatbots to plot a simulated phishing scam - from composing emails to tips on timing - and tested it on 108 elderly volunteers.
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Jacqui Heinrich / Fox News:
Knives are out for embattled FBI Director Kash Patel, despite Trump support — Patel sought meeting with Trump following blunders, as new co-deputy begins work next week — On Monday, former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey - once President Trump's top pick to lead the FBI …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Stephen Miller's Show Now — Kash Patel's lonely one-man crusade to convince everybody he actually did a great job hunting down Charlie Kirk's killer continues. “I made the decision to surge so many resources,” he told Fox & Friends this morning. “I had to expedite the process …
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Robert Reich:
Trump's Phase 2 now begins — It's a last-ditch effort to discredit all Trump's political opponents. It will fail. — 1,962 — Friends, — We are now witnessing the start of what might be seen as Phase 2 of Trump's efforts to eradicate political opposition. — Phase 1 has centered on silencing criticism.
New York Times:
Trump Redirects Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Charter Schools — The Trump administration is cutting money from programs that have supported minority students, including at other universities. — The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would inject nearly $500 million …
CNN:
Pentagon watchdog has completed review of Hegseth's use of Signal, sources say — The Pentagon's internal watchdog has completed a monthslong review of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's use of Signal to discuss sensitive military operations and has submitted its findings to Hegseth for review …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP momentum grows to force Trump DOJ to release Epstein files — Some Republicans now say privately that it's inevitable that Congress will pass legislation directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Osmond Chia / BBC:
South Korea to probe potential human rights abuses in US raid — The South Korean government says it is investigating potential human rights violations during the raid and detention of Korean workers by US authorities. — South Korea has expressed “strong regret” to the US and has officially asked …
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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Reuters and The Korea Herald
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A tragic murder, a baseless smear, and the fight for the U.S. Senate — A high-stakes race for an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina has gotten nasty very quickly. — On August 22, Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was fatally stabbed while riding the train in Charlotte.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Netanyahu spoke to Trump before Israel bombed Qatar — Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Trump last Tuesday morning that Israel planned to attack Hamas leaders in Qatar shortly before the strike took place, three Israeli officials with direct knowledge tell Axios.
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