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First woman sentenced for her role in Nxivm sex cult
The Hill 30 Sep 2020
Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman was sentenced Wednesday to just under seven years in prison in connection with her role in the Nxivm cult. Bronfman has pleaded guilty to two charges of identity theft and immigration fraud, according to The New York Times ... “He is killing you.” ... Prosecutors said Bronfman was a key source of funding for Raniere ... .......
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‘I’m not Chris Wallace’: CNN host cuts off interview with Trump spokesman about debate
The Independent 01 Oct 2020
CNN anchor Jake Tapper abruptly ended an interview with a top Trump campaign aide who persistently refused to address the president’s failure to condemn a far-right group. Ending the interview with Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign communications director, Tapper referenced the host of the previous night’s debate, saying. “I’m not Chris Wallace.” ... ....
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US contacts considered kidnapping or poisoning Assange, court told
AOL 30 Sep 2020
Julian Assange was bugged in the toilet at the Ecuadorian embassy at the request of “friends in America”, who even discussed kidnap or poisoning to bring the stalemate over the WikiLeaks founder to a close, a court has heard ... One of the witnesses said ... The court heard how UC Global had a contract with Ecuador from 2015 ... A witness said ... ....
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Russia spreading lies about Covid vaccines, says UK military chief
The Guardian 30 Sep 2020
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Donald Trump tells Proud Boys to ‘stand down’ following election debate
Belfast Telegraph 01 Oct 2020
US President Donald Trump has called for the Proud Boys to “stand down” after he failed to condemn the far-right group during his first election debate with challenger Joe Biden. When asked during the event in Cleveland if he would instruct the male-only group of neo-fascists to obey the direction of law enforcement, Mr Trump said ... AP/PA Images. / ... ....
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Oui ou non: New Caledonia set for fresh vote on independence from France
The Guardian 30 Sep 2020
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Like Hitler’s Gleiwitz Event To Invade Poland, Was Trump’s Discarded Ballots Staged To Destroy Democracy?
WorldNews.com 30 Sep 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr’s rush to politicize the handful of discarded military ballots in Pennsylvania (a battleground state) initially cast for the president appears to have been like the Gleiwitz incident ... Neither were all of them marked for Trump ... Its credibility doesn’t matter....
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Sonic boom from French fighter jet shakes Paris
Yahoo Daily News 30 Sep 2020photo: Creative Commons / Haneswade
Vegas’ Donald Trump impressionist predicts re-election
Las Vegas Review-Journal 01 Oct 2020
There he goes again. John Di Domenico is once more trying extracting comedy from chaos during the presidential campaign. This is the norm for the country’s pre-eminent Donald Trump impressionist. The Las Vegas comic actor is the voice of the president, if not reason, in “Let’s Be Real” airing at 9 p.m. Thursday on Fox ... ....
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Trump's debate performance was a national security disaster
CNN 01 Oct 2020
(CNN)The first presidential debate on Tuesday night was a national security catastrophe. And it wasn't only the countless Americans who watched in dismay as President Donald Trump acted more like a child than a competent commander in chief -- the world was watching ... Sam Vinograd ... In fact, the only thing that Trump did well during the debate was lie ... ....
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Armenia, Azerbaijan fight for 4th day over separatist region
Wtop 30 Sep 2020
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, in the biggest escalation of a decades-old conflict in years that has killed dozens and left scores of others wounded ... ___ ... Source ....
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Opinion: If Trump can’t disavow white supremacists, why should anyone want him as president?
The Los Angeles Times 30 Sep 2020
I’ll get to the whole white supremacy thing in the presidential debate in a minute. But first, let me set the scene. Last night, President Trump was belligerent, bullying and wildly inaccurate in most of the first debate with his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden. But that’s who Trump is. I don’t know why people were shocked by his performance....
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Greenland's ice melting faster than at any time in past 12,000 years
The Guardian 30 Sep 2020
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Pope denies audience with Pompeo; Vatican warns against playing politics over China
Daily Star Lebanon 30 Sep 2020
The Vatican said Wednesday it had denied a request from Mike Pompeo for an audience with Pope Francis, and accused the Secretary of State of trying to drag the Catholic Church into the US presidential election by denouncing its relations with China ... ....
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Proud Boys member arrested on assault, weapons charges in Portland
WPTV 30 Sep 2020
A member of the Proud Boys, a far-right group, is under arrest and facing nearly a dozen charges in Portland. The charges allege Alan Swinney pointed a revolver at counterprotesters and fired a paintball gun and mace at them on two separate occasions in August ... 11 but not arrested until Wednesday ... — Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) August 22, 2020 ... ....
