McConnell downplays Trump's foreign election help comments

    President Donald Trump’s comments on accepting foreign dirt in 2020 may have put some distance between him and Republicans in Congress. But seemingly not with Mitch McConnell. Speaking with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Thursday night, the Senate majority leader spoke with exasperation over the backlash the president has received for saying he would hear…

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      In ‘Permanent Record,’ Edward Snowden Says ‘Exile Is An Endless Layover’

      Permanent Record by Edward Snowden Hardcover, 339 pages | purchase Buy Featured Book Title Permanent Record Author Edward Snowden Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? When Edward Snowden landed at the Moscow airport in 2013, having just divulged valuable secrets about National Security Agency surveillance programs, he was immediately stopped by Russian authorities. A…

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        'Nightmarish': Lawmakers brace for swarm of 2020 deepfakes

        Russian, Chinese and other actors both foreign and domestic could flood the 2020 election and the broader political landscape with sophisticated "deepfake" digital forgeries, lawmakers and researchers cautioned Thursday, warnings that arrive as questions mount about whether campaigns and Silicon Valley firms are prepared to ward off a swarm of phony footage. Off-the-shelf video-editing and…

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          Facebook revamps election ad rules amid disinformation fears

          With just months before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, Facebook is refining its rules for political advertisements amid fears that the 2020 election campaign will be hit with new Russian-style disinformation efforts. Under a new Facebook policy announced on Wednesday, organizations that buy political ads or issue-oriented ads on topics like gun control and immigration will be…

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            Warren: I would've accepted a VP offer from Clinton

            Elizabeth Warren would have accepted an offer from Hillary Clinton to become her running mate in 2016, the Massachusetts senator and 2020 White House hopeful said in a report published Thursday. Click Here: Tienda Club Tijuana Warren — who declined to launch her own presidential bid 2½ years ago despite intense efforts by progressives to…

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