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Michelle R Smith / The Guardian:
RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate — Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’ — Newly obtained documents indicate that the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr …
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TMZ.com and The Parnas Perspective
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Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Exclusive: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation last year that a 2019 visit to Samoa before a deadly measles outbreak had “ nothing to do with vaccines.”
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Political.org, The Independent, Forbes and STAT
Jim DeFede / CBS News:
Grand jury finds DeSantis administration “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida — A state grand jury found the DeSantis administration “misappropriated” taxpayer money when it diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation …
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Joe.My.God. and Florida Politics
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New York Times:
ICE Agent Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight — The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant. — An immigration officer facing state charges in connection …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Politico, Houston Public Media, NOTUS and FOX 26 Houston
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Associated Press:
ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released in Texas after immediate extradition rejected — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail Thursday …
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The Hill, CBS News, One America News Network, RedState, Associated Press, The Daily Wire, Reuters, Political.org, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, KSTP-TV and WTTG-TV
New York Times:
ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted — A surge in immigration arrests this summer has swept up thousands of people who had not previously been the focus of President Trump's mass deportation campaign. They included people married to U.S. citizens …
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Joe.My.God., CBS News, The Guardian, UPI, The Portland Press Herald and NPR
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ProPublica:
These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days. — Every third morning Soumia Bensalah was roused before the break of dawn. Pulled from her cell, shackled hand and foot, she was herded onto a bus and driven over Tampa Bay …
CBS News:
More than 800 missing, including 65 Americans, as Nepal flood deaths mount — Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border Thursday after a catastrophic, deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacial collapse.
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Rena Rowe / Washington Examiner:
Thousands missing from dozens of countries after Nepal flooding
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Reuters, Associated Press, Metro.co.uk, RTÉ, NewsNation, New York Post, The Japan Times, CBS News, UPI, The National, Deseret News and New York Times
Associated Press:
Catastrophic floods kill over 270 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing
Catastrophic floods kill over 270 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing
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Brendan Murray / Bloomberg:
Greer Suggests US Needs to Consider Bans on Canadian Goods — Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here. — The Trump administration's top trade negotiator suggested the US ought to consider banning some Canadian goods, injecting another threat into a trade dispute between Washington and Ottawa.
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Wall Street Journal:
CIA Chief's Surprise Moscow Trip Was to Warn Russia Not to Attack NATO — Warning comes after new U.S. intelligence assessments indicated Russian president could launch a limited assault — The surprise visit by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency to Moscow this week was to deliver …
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Straight Arrow, UPI, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, TASS, Reuters, The Guardian, CNBC, Daily Mail, TWZ, CBS News, Mediaite, Semafor, The Japan Times, Townhall, SpyTalk, Breitbart and France 24
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform — By now you've almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta's platforms.
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Politico:
Why Meta's courtroom concession is a BFD
Why Meta's courtroom concession is a BFD
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NBC News, openDemocracy, Texas Attorney General, Poynter, TechCrunch, Townhall, NewsMax.com, New York Times, Nashville Banner, The Hill, Semafor, Wired, Ars Technica, CBS News, Fox News, The Register, WPR, Mississippi Today, Blaze Media, The Portland Press Herald, Talk Business & Politics, JURIST, New Republic, KQED, KSTP-TV, Fox Business, The Daily Wire, Salt Lake Tribune and Straight Arrow, more at Mediagazer »
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Coming Midterm Crashout — First Dolly Parton, now Tim Curry. Not to get all alarmist, but the last year celeb deaths started piling up like this was 2016—and look how that year turned out. Happy Thursday. — Don't miss out on the Good Fight Tour!
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HuffPost, Democracy Docket and Alternet.org
Washington Post:
A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images. Some Republicans see a pattern. — Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) is challenging Sen. Jon Ossoff. The former Collins staffer posted a swastika and shared an image of himself in what appear to be KKK robes. — Summary
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New Republic, Jewish Insider, Advocate, Alternet.org, Althouse and Grabien
Zach Everson / Public Citizen:
‘Thin Air,’ Real Money: Donald Trump's Crypto Products Have Left Investors at Least $4.7 Billion Underwater — Introduction — “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air,” President Donald Trump tweeted in July 2019.
New Republic:
Trump Unravels as Leaks Reveal How Aides Feed Him Crackpot Poll Hopium — Donald Trump is reportedly instructing advisers to spend big on midterm ads ... about himself. Sources leak to The Atlantic that Trump advisers are telling him the real reason the polls look so bad is that voters are unaware of his many stupendous successes.
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Breitbart, Alternet.org, The Japan Times, CNN, Crooks and Liars, The Borowitz Report, MS NOW, Washington Examiner, Politico and Joe.My.God.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump's Department of Education Deletes Bizarre Social Media Post Appearing to Liken Him to Hitler — The Department of Education on Wednesday blasted out a wild social media post that seemingly compared President Donald Trump and his administration to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.
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MeidasTouch, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, New Republic, Metro.co.uk, Forbes, Joe.My.God. and The Independent
Financial Times:
Uefa prepares criminal complaint against Fifa's Infantino — Governing body of European football seeking documents from Joshua Kushner's investment firm — European football's governing body Uefa said it is preparing a criminal complaint against Gianni Infantino over the Fifa president's failed plan …
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The Guardian, The Sun, Front Office Sports, France 24, Associated Press and Jacobin
NOTUS:
Edwards Sends Letter Refuting Ethics Censure: ‘Poetry Is Not Sexual Misconduct’ — Embattled North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards sent a 22-page letter to his colleagues defending himself against sexual harassment allegations that led to his decision to not run for reelection in November.
Discussion:
Axios
David French / New York Times:
There Is a Sickness Worse Than Wokeness — There was a moment — it was brief — when I thought the era of peak woke, or what Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently referred to as “Woke 1,” could lead to a free speech renaissance in this country. — in the midst of a shameful …
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Washington Examiner and The Philadelphia Inquirer
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Big tech has itself to blame for the data center backlash — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🤖 Subscribe to PN 🤖 — You do not, let us be clear, have to hand it to Greg Abbott. — After years of promoting …
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Reason and Associated Press
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump keeps boosting data centers, even as other Republicans grow critical
Trump keeps boosting data centers, even as other Republicans grow critical
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Politico, Reason, Washington Examiner and The Hill
MS NOW:
Navy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary charges — The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked. — A sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln …
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TMZ.com, Joe.My.God., Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Toluse Olorunnipa / The Atlantic:
Not American Enough — GOP lawmakers are pushing to restrict the rights of naturalized and dual citizens—including their ability to run for office. — For carlos alemán, the pinnacle of the dozen years since he became a U.S. citizen was the night in 2020 when he was elected to serve on the city council of Homewood, Alabama.
Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute — The deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse. — Brevard County deputy sheriff Michael Fultz resigned from the force …
Rose L. Thayer / Stars & Stripes:
West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says — A civilian geography professor was fired from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute …
Discussion:
New York Times and Talking Points Memo
Eric Katz / NOTUS:
Postal Officials Say Trump's Mail-Ballot Push Will Create Widespread Errors — President Donald Trump's push to have the U.S. Postal Service screen voters for eligibility in the midterm election is running up against tight deadlines that some officials are warning will cause massive errors and disenfranchisement.
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TheGrio, Straight Arrow, Joe.My.God., CBS News, Chicago Sun Times, Los Angeles Times, HotAir, Votebeat, KSTP-TV, Biometric Update and ABC Columbia
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Expand Deportation Flights to Haiti — Flights to the Caribbean nation will increase from once a month to once a week now that the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to cancel a humanitarian program. — The Trump administration plans to step up deportation flights …
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France 24
Wall Street Journal:
Republican Efforts to Prosecute Fauci for Contempt Are Hitting a Wall — Some administration officials are skeptical whether the current approach is procedurally sound enough to indict the retired public health official — A Republican push to prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci for contempt …




