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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump says USS Lincoln's deployment was ‘not nearly long enough’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed claims that families of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have concerns about conditions aboard the aircraft carrier, which has been deployed for nearly nine months supporting operations in the Middle East.
NBC News:
Trump dismisses military families' concerns about grim conditions on USS Lincoln  —  Asked if he was worried that the ship's deployment had gone on too long, Trump said it was “not nearly long enough.” … President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns from families of service members …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump dismisses families' concerns about USS Abraham Lincoln conditions  —  The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea has been deployed for nearly nine months.  —  President Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the concerns of military families about worsening conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln …
Associated Press:
Trump says USS Lincoln's record time at sea during Iran operations ‘not nearly long enough’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard …
MS NOW:
‘The boat is finally getting to me’: Wife of USS Abraham Lincoln sailor who jumped overboard shares texts
Bloomberg:
Trump Pivots to Crime as War, Economy Imperil GOP Midterm Hopes  —  President Donald Trump turned to the issue of crime when he hit the campaign trail Friday as Republican prospects in November's midterms continue to suffer over his handling of the economy and war in Iran.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Corporate Power Approaches Escape Velocity  —  A failed Tesla strike in Sweden is a flashing warning light.  —  If corporations become more powerful than national governments, we are all in trouble.  The reason for this is straightforward: Corporations are not real objects.  They do not exist in nature.
Discussion: industriall-union and Electrek
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Fox Hits Trump with Crushing Polls—and Wrecks Fox's Own Pro-Trump Spin  —  Fox News has some very bad news for Fox News.  —  You've probably noticed that Fox pumps out enormous amounts of propaganda designed to smear the Democratic Party as wildly extreme and irredeemably crazy.
US Department of Justice:
Massachusetts Mayor Charged with Pandemic Loan Fraud and Money Laundering  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts  —  BOSTON - The Mayor of Lawrence, Mass. was arrested and charged today with fraudulently obtaining over $1.5 million in COVID small-business loans …
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Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
DeSantis says he doesn't support Republican Rep. Cory Mills in Tuesday's primary  —  The congressman is running for a third term under a cloud of controversy.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Friday he does not support Rep. Cory Mills (R-Florida), who faces three GOP challengers in a primary Tuesday.
Discussion: Florida Politics
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J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Heads to Luxury Golf Club as Sailors Endure Horrific Conditions at Sea  —  Trump golfs as sailors face food and supply shortages, broken plumbing, and deteriorating conditions.  —  Add us on  —  President Donald Trump is heading to another weekend at his Bedminster, New Jersey …
Washington Post:
Top Trump official asked for more resources to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranch  —  Michael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked for more aircraft to contain a 7-acre blaze last month, officials said.  —  Summary  —  Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
BBC seeks to subpoena Trump family members in defamation suit  —  The BBC is seeking to subpoena President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr., his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner in connection with a $10 billion defamation lawsuit the president is pressing against the U.K. broadcaster.
Are you f'ng kidding me?:
Goodbye, You Poisonous Fucking Fraud  —  Karoline Leavitt, that evil lying bitch, is leaving the White House.  —  Good.  —  The most repulsively mendacious, soul-insolvent Trump-era skank ever to plant herself behind that podium, open the festering sewage aperture of her foul mouth …
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized  —  Suspect faces two felony charges after memorial filled with bubbles and spray-paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’  —  A woman was arrested on Friday morning in connection with the vandalization of the second world war memorial …
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Woman Charged With Vandalizing World War II Memorial
Neil Irwin / Axios:
Consumer sentiment dips, especially among Republicans  —  Public opinion about the economy appears to be souring further this month, per the preliminary release of the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index. … - The index fell to 51, from 55.2 in July.
Dave Levinthal / NOTUS:
Three More Congressmen Violated the STOCK Act  —  Three more members of Congress have violated an insider trading and transparency law, according to a NOTUS review of federal financial records, making them the latest in a litany of lawmakers who've blown by a federally mandated deadline …
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
Trump-appointed regulator OKs banking license for Trump-linked crypto firm  —  The Trump administration has granted preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency venture backed by President Donald Trump's family to operate a federally chartered trust bank, over the objection of Democrats …
Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
Accused Olympian seeks protection from future Reflecting Pool charges  —  Attorneys for the Olympian previously accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool filed a motion Thursday to bar prosecutors from bringing further criminal charges against him related to the case …
Discussion: New York Times
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
CIA Behind Mystery Strikes on Ecuadorian Fishing Boats  —  FENIX 701  —  It took chipping away at it by the The Guardian, the New York Times, and others before the Washington Post blew the story wide open yesterday: “The mysterious strikes targeting multiple Ecuadorian fishing boats near …
Discussion: The Nation
Gaya Gupta / The Guardian:
US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived  —  Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump's executive order, as those that didn't  —  Conservative backlash was supposed to put an end to the diversity, inclusion and equity …
ProPublica:
Inside Trump's Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters  —  It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota's U.S. attorney's office, received an urgent email from Washington.  —  The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump's claims …
Washington Post:
The unexpected issue dividing parties and midterms candidates … Across the United States, political candidates are grappling with an issue that has never before featured widely in American political life: artificial intelligence.  —  You can see it in candidates of both major parties trying …
Discussion: Axios and NewsMax.com
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
AOC's student debt unpaid as she embarks on costly egg-freezing journey  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has made at least $174,000 annually for nearly eight years as a member of Congress, but like many of her “Squad” colleagues, she has yet to put a substantial dent …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Media Matters for America:
Rudy Giuliani: Young people struggling economically are “privileged little shits” who need “somebody like my father to kick the shit out of them”  —  Giuliani: “Well who cares if they're squeezing?  Their grandparents felt the Depression and were pro-American.  They don't have anything like the Depression.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump DOJ fails to convince full Sixth Circuit to resurrect Michigan voter roll loss  —  The full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Friday rejected the Trump administration's request to reconsider a ruling that denied the Department of Justice's demand for Michigan's unredacted statewide voter file …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
US judge clears way for Trump to end Somalis' deportation protections  —  A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to strip nearly 1,100 Somalis of legal protections against deportation that have allowed them to live and work in the United States.
Cameron Peters / Vox:
Why Trump is tearing up a beloved national park  —  Big Bend National Park is the latest casualty of Trump's border wall obsession. … It's still being built — through a pristine Texas national park. … The Trump administration is preparing to build hundreds of miles …
NOTUS:
Ken Martin Is Open to Change at the DNC  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Ken Martin struck a defiant pose at the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting here this week, blowing past criticism of his tenure as he rallied DNC members still largely supportive of his leadership.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and New Yorker
 
 
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”
Discussion: Mother Jones
Will Leitch / Washington Post:
Trump's attack on a think tank is an affront to the First Amendment
Discussion: NOTUS and Blaze Media
Casey Michel / The Atlantic:
A Green Light for Crooks
Finya Swai / The Hill:
Mark Kelly on aircraft carrier catapult order: ‘Donald Trump knows nothing about this stuff’
The Guardian:
Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’
Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:
Drunk Trump Aide Busted Playing With Sex Toy in Bizarre Video
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Little Thefts, Big Charges: Trump's Justice Dept. Targets Lesser Fraud
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 

 
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