| 2020 election: Hundreds of staffers for Bush, McCain and Romney back Biden in remarkable GOP rejection of Trump Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:10 AM PDT  Hundreds of former aides to the last three GOP presidential nominees before Donald Trump took the party's mantle are rejecting his campaign and voting for the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, this fall.On Thursday, more than 230 former officials from the George W Bush administration — including some from Cabinet-level positions — publicly endorsed Mr Biden. Ex-campaign staffers for the late Senator John McCain and Senator Mitt Romney, the 2008 and 2012 GOP presidential nominees, respectively, have also thrown their public support behind the former Democratic vice president.
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| The not-so-hidden racism behind mispronouncing Kamala Harris’s name Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:44 AM PDT  Why is it that Republicans and conservatives in the GOP bubble can't seem to properly pronounce Kamala Harris' name, or don't seem to care what they call her? Just like they did to Obama, the Republicans are turning the senator and Democratic vice-presidential nominee into the "other," the "foreigner" with the funny-sounding name.
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| Hurricane Laura ‘will cause unsurvivable storm surge’ Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:53 AM PDT  Hurricane Laura is heading for Texas and Louisiana with wind speeds of up to 150 mph (240km/h).
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| Fort Hood Sgt. Elder Fernandes 'humiliated' after reporting sexual abuse, says family's lawyer Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:35 AM PDT  Leaders at the U.S. Army's Fort Hood created an environment that led to the death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes, his family's attorney says.
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| China intercepts boat with activists suspected on board Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:45 AM PDT  Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people, including a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, after its coast guard intercepted a speedboat believed to be heading to Taiwan, media reports said Thursday. The reports, citing unnamed sources, said activist Andy Li was among those detained. Li had been arrested earlier this month with nine others on charges of collusion with foreign forces under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing and was out on bail.
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| The DNC warned campaign staffers to 'swipe carefully' on dating apps because matches could be political opponents digging for dirt Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:15 PM PDT  A Democratic official told Business Insider that the warning is "nothing new" and that campaign staff are frequently reminded to be vigilant online.
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| Pelosi says coronavirus relief talks at 'tragic impasse' after first call with White House in weeks Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:01 PM PDT  Talks broke down between the speaker and the White House earlier this month and they remain about $1 trillion apart on how much to spend.
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| RNC video showing violence in 'Biden's America' is actually Barcelona Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  The Republican National Convention aired a video meant to paint the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter demonstrations as inherently violent, chaotic events, but included a scene from protests in Barcelona, Spain.A public broadcaster in Catalonia reported that the images in question - of fires burning in the streets - were captured in 2019 in Barcelona. The protests in Spain began after a Spanish court sentenced Catalan separatists to prison.
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| Trump must turn over tax returns, does not deserve immunity, Manhattan's top prosecutor says Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:24 PM PDT  Manhattan's top prosecutor told a U.S. court on Thursday he should be able to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns, saying Trump cannot immunize himself from a criminal probe of his business practices by pursuing an appeal that has "no chance of success." Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan district attorney, urged the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan in a filing to reject Trump's emergency bid to block a subpoena to the president's accounting firm, Mazars USA, for eight years of tax returns.
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| As Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana, a new wave appears in the Atlantic Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:50 AM PDT  As Hurricane Laura spreads farther inland across southwest Louisiana, forecasters are beginning to monitor a new tropical wave in the Atlantic near Africa early Thursday.
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| Neighbors with hoses target fires as crews urge them to stop Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:03 PM PDT  With California firefighters strapped for resources, residents have organized to put out flames themselves in a large swath of land burning south of San Francisco, defending their homes despite orders to evacuate and pleas by officials to get out of danger. The former head of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the effort near a cluster of wildfires around the city of Santa Cruz is larger and more organized than he recalls in previous blazes. The group of wildfires near Santa Cruz has burned 125 square miles (324 square kilometers) and destroyed more than 500 buildings.
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| A man accused of driving into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Iowa City told police the demonstrators needed 'an attitude adjustment' Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:01 AM PDT  The criminal complaint, seen by Insider, said that Michael Stepanek, 45, drove into a crowd of protesters in Iowa City on August 21.
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| CDC: Maine overnight camps hosted over 1,000 kids and counselors, and only 3 contracted the coronavirus. Here is the safety plan they followed. Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:07 AM PDT  The camps employed a multilayered plan that included early identification and isolation, quarantining, cohorting, masking, and physical distancing.
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| Biden spokesman likens the Republican National Convention to the Twilight Zone Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:46 PM PDT  Since Monday, speakers at the Republican National Convention have painted a dire picture of how they imagine life would be under a President Joe Biden, saying it won't be safe to go outside due to mob violence, but it won't matter anyway because no one will have any jobs and all the businesses will be closed.Biden didn't make any comments about the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, focusing instead on the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. He said the fact that Blake was shot in front of his children made him "sick," and decried the looting that took place in the aftermath of peaceful protests. "Needless violence won't heal us," Biden said. "We need to end the violence — and peacefully come together to demand justice."While Biden stayed mum on the RNC, his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and spokesperson Andrew Bates did not. Bates told NBC News the RNC has been filled with "toxic divisiveness, Twilight Zone conspiracy theories, and dangerous misinformation about the pandemic that Trump has failed to make headway with for months."Harris connected with supporters via text, sending out a message ahead of Vice President Mike Pence's speech. She told donors she's "not worried about what he's going to say — I know it will be nothing but lies."More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Is the Republican Party a cult of personality? Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes
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| U.S., China trade jibes as military tensions worsen Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:10 PM PDT  Both are at loggerheads over issues from technology and human rights to Chinese military activities in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of deliberately provocative behavior. In the latest U.S. move against China ahead of November's presidential election, Washington on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals over construction and military actions in the busy South China Sea waterway.
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| Kenosha aftermath: Wisconsin college replaces Vice President Mike Pence as commencement speaker Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:16 AM PDT  A Pence spokesman said the VP "understands and supports" the school's "decision to prioritize the safety and well-being of their students."
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| Kara Mann and CB2 Reveal New Collaboration Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:22 AM PDT |
| Hurricane Laura leaves four dead in Louisiana but less damage than feared Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:06 PM PDT  At least four people were killed by Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and search teams may find more victims but the governor said Thursday that the most powerful storm to make landfall in the US state in living memory did not cause the "catastrophic" damage that had been feared.
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| Defense official: Arson suspected as cause of Navy ship fire Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:50 PM PDT  Arson is suspected as the cause of a July 12 fire that left extensive damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, and a U.S. Navy sailor was being questioned as a potential suspect, a senior defense official said Wednesday. The sailor was being questioned as part of the investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the official said, adding that defense department leaders were notified of the development. The official, with knowledge of the investigation, spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet made public.
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| Black Lives Matter protesters stand over diners at DC restaurant demanding they show solidarity Posted: 26 Aug 2020 06:59 AM PDT  Video of a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters angrily hectoring a patron at a Washington, DC restaurant has gone viral, drawing a backlash from both left and right.Shared by Washington Post reporter Fredrick Kunkle on Tuesday, the footage shows a crowd of black-clad demonstrators shouting "white silence is violence" and raising their fists in an affluent DC neighbourhood, then descending on a white woman seated at an outdoor table.
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| Army Paratrooper Shot in the Foot During Live-Fire Exercise at Fort Bragg Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:32 PM PDT  The incident occurred while soldiers were moving through a shoot-house, clearing rooms and firing live ammunition.
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| Hong Kong: China arrests 10 after intercepting boat 'fleeing Hong Kong' Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:29 AM PDT  Activists were among those detained off Guangdong province on Sunday, Hong Kong media say.
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| Texas father arrested in daughters' 2008 killings: FBI Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:27 AM PDT  A Dallas-area taxi driver wanted for the 2008 slayings of his two teenage daughters was arrested on Wednesday, the FBI said.
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| Jesuit priest calls Lou Holtz's comment on Biden's Catholic faith 'terrible' Posted: 26 Aug 2020 07:17 PM PDT  Lou Holtz, a former college football coach, caused controversy during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night when he declared that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is a "Catholic in name only."Biden has been vocal about his faith, which he says has helped him through difficult times in his life, like when his son, Beau Biden, died of brain cancer in 2015. Holtz made his judgment while delivering a speech praising President Trump, saying he is a man who "genuinely cares about people" and is someone Americans can "trust." Not long after Holtz was finished, liberals and conservatives alike jumped to Biden's defense on Twitter.> Did Lou Holtz just call Democrats "Catholic in Name Only?" > > Biden goes to Mass weekly. He's a devout Catholic and a man of actual faith who doesn't pretend to be one like Trump. > > These people are so dishonest.> > — Tara Setmayer (@TaraSetmayer) August 27, 2020> Disgusting lie by Lou Holtz that Biden is a 'Catholic in name only.'> > WaPo: "Biden almost always has rosary beads in his pocket ... He has written and spoken at length of how faith helped him grieve the loss of his first wife and daughter many years ago, and his son Beau."> > — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 27, 2020> Tonight I learned that one's status within the Catholic Church can apparently be determined by *checks notes* a Division I college football coach. https://t.co/kT6eFQSjuk> > — Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 27, 2020> During the Republican Convention, Lou Holtz just said that Joe Biden is not a real Catholic.> > Who is he to judge another man's faith?> > — Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 27, 2020> Lou Holtz called Biden a "Catholic in name only" so here's a clip of Trump being asked what his favorite Bible verse is. pic.twitter.com/GRy3mCFWtI> > — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 27, 2020On MSNBC, Jesuit priest James Martin said he doesn't believe this is something "you should say about anybody." Holtz, he continued, "cannot look into the soul of Joe Biden ... I think it's a really terrible thing to say about someone. He has no clue what's going on inside of Joe Biden's heart."> "He cannot look into the soul of Joe Biden," Rev. James Martin says in response to Lou Holtz's RNC2020 statement suggesting Joe Biden and other politicians are "Catholics in name only."> > "He has no clue of what is going on inside of Joe Biden's heart," he adds. pic.twitter.com/g8Olfxj65b> > — MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 27, 2020Holtz has been involved in Republican politics for decades. In 1983, he resigned as the University of Arkansas' football coach after being criticized for appearing in commercials endorsing the re-election of Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). At the time Helms, who once said the 1964 Civil Rights Act was "the single most dangerous piece of legislation ever introduced in the Congress," was leading the effort to keep Martin Luther King Jr. Day from becoming a national holiday.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Is the Republican Party a cult of personality? Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes
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| This time, we need international observers to monitor America’s troubled elections | Opinion Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:10 PM PDT  Authoritarian nations, semi-legitimated dictatorships and dying democracies are regularly subjected to international observers whom they grudgingly allow into their countries to monitor elections. The United States sends teams of former government officials and private-sector volunteers around the world to certify —and sometimes condemn — election practices and results. They bear witness to vote tampering, citizen intimidation, ballot stuffing, polling place irregularities and outright stolen elections. They also often get to watch inspiring people power and real democracy at work.
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| The death of Breonna Taylor: Report details why Louisville police decided to forcibly enter her apartment Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:54 AM PDT  A report written by Louisville police after officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor sheds more light on why they chose to forcibly enter her apartment.
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| Iran relents on IAEA inspections at two sites, ending standoff Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:08 AM PDT  Iran said on Wednesday it was ending a months-long standoff with the U.N. nuclear watchdog by granting it access to two sites suspected of once hosting secret activities, easing diplomatic pressure on Tehran as Washington seeks to reimpose sanctions. Wednesday's breakthrough in the dispute over the sites was announced in a joint statement by Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency during IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi's first visit to the Islamic Republic since he took over the role in December. "Iran is voluntarily providing the IAEA with access to the two locations specified by the IAEA," Grossi and Iran's nuclear agency chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said in the joint statement, confirming an earlier report by Reuters.
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| Typhoon damages buildings, floods roads on Korean Peninsula Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:32 PM PDT  No casualties have been immediately reported in either South or North Korea as a downgraded Typhoon Bavi headed into China after passing near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, South Korea's weather agency said. Bavi had packed maximum winds of 133 kilometers (83 miles) per hour when it made landfall early Thursday in a western coastal region of North Korea that is a major source of farming and fishing in a nation that deals with chronic food shortages.
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| Remote Andamans tribe with just 53 members reports nearly one-in-ten have fallen sick with coronavirus Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:08 AM PDT  Four members of a remote tribe living on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands have tested positive for Covid-19, sparking fears for the group's survival. The Greater Andamese number as few as 53 and have limited immunity to viruses like Covid-19 due to their isolated nature. They numbered more than 5,000 in the 1850s but when the British colonised the islands successive outbreaks of diseases like measles caused their numbers to plummet. Two of the Great Andamese who have tested positive have been admitted to hospital and two have been quarantined in a care centre. "It is extremely alarming that members of the Great Andamanese tribe tested positive for Covid-19," said Sophie Grigg, a Senior Researcher at Survival International, an NGO campaigning for the rights of tribal people. "They will be all too aware of the devastating impact of epidemics that have decimated their people".
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| Space Force Now Has an Official Uniform Posted: 27 Aug 2020 10:21 AM PDT  The U.S. Space Force members will wear the Operational Camouflage Pattern as the official service duty uniform.
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| Bollywood star Aamir Khan under fire over China, Turkey links Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:43 AM PDT  Muslim Bollywood star Aamir Khan has long been a hate figure for India's Hindu far-right, but now they have a new line of attack -- his massive popularity in China.
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| DHS employees receive Hatch Act warning after acting secretary's RNC appearance Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:22 AM PDT  Chad Wolf's participation in an event which was taped and broadcast at the RNC prompted immediate outcry from Democrats.
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| Registered Foreign Agent Pam Bondi Says Biden Is Corrupt Posted: 25 Aug 2020 07:02 PM PDT  Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a registered lobbyist for a foreign government that Donald Trump's Justice Department has implicated in a corruption scandal, used her speech at the Republican convention on Tuesday to criticize former Vice pPresident Joe Biden for alleged self-dealing abroad."I fought corruption and I know what it looks like, whether it's done by people wearing pinstripe suits or orange jumpsuits," Bondi declared. "But, when you look at his 47-year career in politics, the people who benefited are his family members, not the American people."Bondi rehashed dubious allegations about Biden's policymaking role in Ukraine, which mirrored arguments made by her and others throughout this year's impeachment trial against President Donald Trump. Bondi was hired by the White House to assist with impeachment messaging late last year.When she took the White House job, Bondi wound down her work on behalf of the government of Qatar, which U.S. authorities recently implicated in a corruption scandal involving their hosting of the 2022 World Cup. In March, Bondi left the White House and restarted her work for Qatar. She remains a member of the President's Commission on Opioids.An executive order imposed by Trump in the early days of his presidency ostensibly bars former administration officials from lobbying for foreign governments, but Bondi appears to have benefited from a loophole in the rule.Bondi's relationship with Trump goes back years and has itself been the target of corruption allegations. In 2013, Trump's since-dissolved foundation made an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group affiliated with Bondi as the then-attorney general was weighing whether to pursue a fraud investigation against the notorious Trump University. Bondi subsequently passed on the investigation.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Tiffany Trump enters political spotlight with fiery campaign speech Posted: 25 Aug 2020 06:44 PM PDT  Tiffany Trump, who normally shies away from the spotlight, attacked the media in an unusually aggressive Republican National Convention speech.
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| A Kentucky man is facing $569,000 in fines after being accused of violating Canada's COVID-19 rules Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:42 PM PDT  John Pennington, 40, of Walton, Kentucky, was arrested and charged in connection to a June trip he took to Banff in Alberta, Canada.
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| CanSino blames Chinese officials for failure of joint vaccine program with Canada: Globe and Mail Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:04 AM PDT  CanSino in May had agreed to bring its vaccine candidate to Canada for testing through a partnership with the National Research Council (NRC). The report quoted the NRC as saying it had moved on to focus on other partners and COVID-19 priorities due to delay in the shipment of the vaccine doses.
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| Lebanese media: Sectarian clashes near Beirut leave 2 dead Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:10 PM PDT |
| Scotland's 'Union dividend' rises to almost £2,000 per person in 'hammer blow' to Nicola Sturgeon Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:17 AM PDT  Nicola Sturgeon's economic case for separation has received a "hammer blow" after her chief economist published figures showing Scotland's "dividend" from being part of the UK has surged to almost £2,000 per person. The General Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (Gers) figures for 2019/20 showed each Scot received £1,633 more than the UK average in public spending thanks to the Barnett Formula. This is the equivalent of 9.2 per cent of UK total spending. But tax revenue north of the Border was £308 less than the UK average, including a geographic share of North Sea oil, accounting for only 8 per cent of the UK total. The Scottish Tories said that together this meant the "Union dividend" per person has increased to £1,941, up from £1,805 the previous year, and separation would require spending cuts equivalent to the entire NHS budget. Scotland's notional deficit - the difference between spending and tax revenue - surged by £2 billion to £15.1 billion last year. This was the equivalent of 8.6 per cent of GDP - more than treble the UK figure of 2.5 per cent and nearly three times the 3 per cent required for EU membership.
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| Coronavirus: What are the numbers out of Latin America? Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:00 AM PDT  Brazil and Mexico, along with other countries in the region, have seen sharp rises in both cases and deaths.
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| Dive Into the Best of Architectural Digest’s International Archives Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:00 AM PDT |
