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Barr: Trump’s Roger Stone Tweets “make it impossible for me to do my job”…

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Attorney General Bill Barr told ABC News in an interview Thursday that President Trump’s “constant background commentary” about the Justice Department “make it impossible for me to do my job,” adding: “I think it’s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases.” Why it matters: It’s a rare public rebuke of the […]

Virginia Judge Calls for Discovery in Nunes Defamation Suit…

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A lawsuit California Congressman Devin Nunes filed in Virginia against California-based media giant McClatchy will live to see another day after a judge called Wednesday for more discovery on personal jurisdiction. Nunes, who seeks $150 million in damages, brought the suit last year in Albemarle Circuit Court, claiming that the publisher had conspired with Republican […]

Twitter Rolls Out Ban on Political Ads Covering Candidates, Elections and Legislation…

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On Friday, Twitter released details of its global ban on political advertising. The ban will go into effect on November 22 and prohibits any ads that mention specific candidates, elections or legislation. Also included under the ban are ads from PACs or 501(c)(4) nonprofits, a category that includes political messaging groups. However, Twitter will allow […]

The Next Freakout: Foreign Spies in Surveillance Valley!…

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I’m back in New York for now and am working on a longer letter about my recent trip to Israel and Palestine. In the meantime, I want to flag a piece of news that sits at the intersection of a few issues that are close to my heart: immigrants, xenophobic national security panics, and Silicon […]

Edward Snowden: ‘It is not data that is being exploited, it’s people’…

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Edward Snowden urged tech companies to challenge the practice of widespread data collection by corporations in a speech on Monday, saying not enough progress has been made since he blew the whistle on the National Security Agency’s (NSA) data scrapping in 2013. Speaking via video link at the opening of the Web Summit conference in […]

Everyone Is a Russian Asset by Matt Taibbi…

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Hillary Clinton, not long ago the nominee of the Democratic Party, had some choice words about the state of American politics Friday. “I’m not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate,” Clinton said on […]

NYT Stealth-Edits Story to Hide Hillary’s Accusation Russia Is “Grooming” Gabbard…

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The New York Times stealth edited a story to hide Hillary Clinton’s claim that Tulsi Gabbard was being groomed by Russia, instead making it appear as though Clinton had said Republicans were grooming Gabbard. Last week, Clinton told David Plouffe, “I’m not making any predictions but I think they’ve got their eye on somebody who […]

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