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Statement by NCSC Director William Evanina: Election Threat Update for the American Public — WASHINGTON D.C. - Statement by William R. Evanina Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center Office of the Director of National Intelligence “Election Threat Update for the American Public”
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U.S. Intelligence Says Republicans Are Working With Russia to Reelect Trump — Two weeks ago, William Evanina, director of the United States National Counterintelligence and Security Center, published a somewhat vague warning about various forms of foreign interference in the upcoming election.

Seeing Trump as ‘unpredictable,’ China would prefer he not win reelection, intelligence official says — The government of China prefers that President Trump not win reelection in November, seeing the incumbent as “unpredictable,” a top U.S. intelligence official said in a statement Friday …
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
US sees election threats from China, Russia and Iran
US sees election threats from China, Russia and Iran
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Jerry Falwell Jr. will take an indefinite leave of absence from Liberty — Jerry Falwell Jr. will take an indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University after posting a racy photo to social media from his vacation where his pants were unzipped, his midriff was out, and he is standing next to a woman holding a glass of dark liquid.
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Jerry Falwell Jr. Taking Leave of Absence From Liberty University — Mr. Falwell, the college's president and a supporter of President Trump, agreed to a request by the school's board of trustees. — Jerry Falwell Jr., one of President Trump's most prominent and controversial evangelical supporters …
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Liberty University tells Jerry Falwell Jr. to ‘take an indefinite leave of absence’ — After Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. posted photos of himself with unbuttoned pants, holding up the shirt of a woman that wasn't his wife, and holding a dark liquid in his hand …
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Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren't So Sure — What is it like when a city abandons a neighborhood and the police vanish? Business owners describe a harrowing experience of calling for help and being left all alone. — SEATTLE — Faizel Khan was being told …
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Rumor: Biden Has Chosen His VP, As Susan Rice Offloads Netflix Stock — The sourcing here is an inch thin, but what the hell. — It's Friday. Anything goes. — Jon Cooper formerly chaired a Democratic Super PAC and was part of a “Draft Biden” outfit in 2016.
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A Historian of Economic Crisis on the World After COVID-19 — In March, history broke into our house, and ever since, we've been cowering in panic rooms, wondering what our home will look like when the mad thief is finally through. — Or at least this is how living in the COVID era can feel.
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The Trump fiasco just got worse. That gives Biden a hidden opening.
The Trump fiasco just got worse. That gives Biden a hidden opening.
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A ‘disappointing’ meeting: No deal in U.S. coronavirus talks — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats offered to reduce a proposed coronavirus aid package by $1 trillion if Republicans would add a trillion to their counter-offer, but President Donald Trump's negotiators turned …
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POLITICO Playbook: The politics of walking away
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Pelosi, Schumer say White House declined $2T coronavirus deal
Pelosi, Schumer say White House declined $2T coronavirus deal
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What the Hell Is Kanye West's Campaign About? — There is no word in the English language to adequately describe Kanye West's presidential campaign. — The campaign is not serious, but it's not a joke, either. It has aspects of both a vanity project and a Republican ratfucking operation, but not fully either.
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Heather Cherone / WTTW News:
Kanye West Short 1,300 Signatures: Illinois Elections Officials

Released from jail at height of pandemic, Alexandria rape suspect allegedly killed his accuser — Ibrahim Bouaichi then shot himself as police closed in Wednesday, leaving him in critical condition — The incident in Karla Dominguez's apartment last October was violent, and it was not consensual …
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Police: Rape suspect, freed due to virus, kills his accuser in Alexandria
Police: Rape suspect, freed due to virus, kills his accuser in Alexandria
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The US declared war on TikTok because it can't handle the truth … I cannot emphasize enough how messed up this entire “sell TikTok to an American company” saga is. The latest twist is a deeply confusing set of executive orders banning transactions with ByteDance (TikTok's Chinese parent company) and WeChat (a Chinese texting app).

Utah protesters face charges with potential life sentence — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City could face up to life in prison if they're convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows during a protest, a potential punishment that stands …
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Health directors told to keep quiet as Fla. leaders pressed to reopen classrooms — “I don't think any of us are in a position to balk the governor,” one director said. — As Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed this summer for schools to reopen, state leaders told school boards they would need Health …

Georgia student suspended after posting a photo of a crowded school hallway says it was ‘good and necessary trouble’ — (CNN)A viral photo showing students in a Georgia high school crowded in hallways and with few visible masks resulted in the sophomore who posted it being suspended, she said.
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U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones — Anomaly Six has ties to military, intelligence agencies and draws location data from more than 500 apps with hundreds of millions of users — WASHINGTON—A small U.S. company with ties to the U.S. defense …
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Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages — Facebook has allowed conservative news outlets and personalities to repeatedly spread false information without facing any of the company's stated penalties, according to leaked materials reviewed by NBC News.
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Editor's Note on Mercedes Schlapp Column About Brianna Keilar — Vote fraud and election manipulation are as old as our country. How else can one view a system that, at its outset, prevented black Americans and women from casting ballots at all? — Nor did disenfranchising voters …
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American Bridge posts 1,043-page Trump oppo book online — In the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton's campaign paid for the opposition research book on Donald Trump compiled by the liberal Super PAC American Bridge. — In 2020, American Bridge is putting it online for free.
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Billionaire former hedge fund chief John Paulson to host big-money Hamptons fundraiser for Trump — President Trump is set to attend a big-money fundraiser Saturday at the home of one of his closest Wall Street allies. — Billionaire former hedge fund manager John Paulson will host Trump …

Democrats call for investigation of postmaster general over mail delays — Lawmakers want the inspector general to examine Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's cost-cutting measures and investments — Congressional Democrats on Friday called for an investigation of newly installed Postmaster …
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Jewish advocacy groups slam Trump's pick for German ambassador for bigoted comments — (CNN)Several Jewish advocacy groups are opposing President Donald Trump's nominee to become the US ambassador to Germany in light of his incendiary comments, including some unearthed by CNN's KFile, about Germany, the Holocaust and Jewish groups.

Enlist George W. Bush and Al Gore to help us prevent a Trump-Biden nightmare in 2020 — Anybody over 30 remembers the 2000 presidential election and its aftermath, and if you're younger, here's a summary: Thirty-six days to settle the race after bitter disputes about vote counts in Florida …

Joe Lieberman's Son Is Running For Senate. He Also Wrote A Book Filled With Racist Tropes. — The president of the Georgia NAACP called the novel disturbing, and said Matt Lieberman should drop out of the contest. — A Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia wrote and self-published …

Cash-strapped U.S. hospitals say Kuwait owes them at least $677 million — The government of Kuwait owes some of the United States' top hospitals nearly $700 million in unpaid bills for sophisticated medical care provided to Kuwaiti nationals, a debt the frustrated institutions have spent years trying to collect.

Former Trump adviser Rick Gates is publishing a book revealing his inside account of the president's 2016 campaign and special counsel Robert Mueller's probe — Former Trump adviser Rick Gates is publishing an inside account of the 2016 campaign and the special counsel's investigation of the president and his campaign.

Portland protesters cause mayhem again, police officer hurt — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of about 200 people, some wielding homemade shields, clashed with police early Friday in Portland, Oregon for the third consecutive night as two other Black Lives Matter rallies proceeded peacefully elsewhere in the city, authorities said.
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‘I can say anything I want’: Michigan official defends using racist slur while refusing to wear a mask — A local road commission meeting in northern Michigan on Monday started with one commissioner asking another why he wasn't wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic.

At the Census Bureau, a Technical Memo Raises Alarms Over Politics — A directive orders experts to find ways to tally undocumented residents. Some fear the end result will be a skewed allotment of seats in the House of Representatives. — WASHINGTON — A Census Bureau memorandum …

Trump Has Launched a Three-Pronged Attack on the Election — As President Donald Trump reflects on his sinking approval ratings and grows more desperate by the day, he's been floating a dictator's dream: postponing the November election. Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Where Do Republicans Go From Here? — The party looks brain-dead at every spot Trump touches. But off in the corners, there's a lot of intellectual ferment. — Jonathan V. Last thinks President Trump is here forever. Last, an editor at The Bulwark, a conservative site that's been hostile to Trump …
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