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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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Wall Street Journal:
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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Townhall, France 24, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, New York Times and Joe.My.God.
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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Chris Kirkham / Reuters:
Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported to UK — British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported back to his home country, the United Kingdom, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said on Saturday. — The deportation on Friday came a day after Yiannopoulos …
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New York Times:
Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K.
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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 …
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
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
CIA director floated Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit during Moscow visit, sources say
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Al Jazeera, Ace of Spades HQ, The Sun and NewsMax.com
Olesia Safronova / Bloomberg:
Ukraine Says Russia Planning Ground Offensive on Kyiv, Chernihiv
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Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Examiner
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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Mediaite, The Parnas Perspective and emptywheel
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, Politico and Joe.My.God.
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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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Texas Tribune, Fox News and Political.org, more at Techmeme »
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, The Hill, Washington Post, CBS News, RedState, Washington Examiner, NewsCord and Semafor
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 …
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Joe.My.God.
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
Neil Irwin / Axios:
Why Fed chief Kevin Warsh turned to Central Banking 101 — With markets wobbling and the world watching, Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh went back to basics yesterday morning: He affirmed that the Fed is determined to get inflation down and may have to raise interest rates to accomplish it …
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Shira Ovide / Washington Post:
The Fed confronts a powerful new economic force
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CoinDesk and NewsMax.com
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
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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Alternet.org, Wall Street Journal and HOWL
New York Times:
An ICE Shooting, an Extradition Showdown and the Federal Case That Stalled — Federal prosecutors planned to charge an immigration agent arrested in connection with a shooting in Minneapolis. Then the agent walked free. — Federal prosecutors in Minnesota were preparing to file civil rights charges …
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