| No Images? Click here  Friday, August 30DHS BLOCKS HOUSE REPS FROM DETENTION CENTERS The Department of Homeland Security is blocking House Oversight Committee staff from visiting migrant detention centers after previous inspections revealed serious problems at the border facilities, according to the committee. [HuffPost]ALABAMA GOV IN SORORITY BLACKFACE Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) publicly apologized for participating in a skit that involved her and her sorority sisters wearing blackface while she was a senior at Auburn University in the 1960s. “I will do all I can ... to help show the nation that the Alabama of today is a far cry from the Alabama of the 1960s,” she said. [HuffPost]TRUMP TWEETS VID WITH ‘WHITE NATIONALIST’ LOGO President Donald Trump tweeted an independently produced video touting his record that included a lion logo linked to an anti-Semitic and white nationalist site that the Southern Poverty Law Center characterizes as an anti-immigrant hate group. [HuffPost]TEXAS GOV. WALKS BACK ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledged “mistakes were made” in a fundraising letter calling to “defend Texas” from illegal immigration just a day before the mass shooting in El Paso. [HuffPost]NEVADA STUDENT ARRESTED WITH RIFLE, AMMO IN CAR A student at the College of Southern Nevada identified as Shayn David Striegel, 27, was in class when university police were called with a report that there were firearm magazines inside his vehicle. He was arrested after authorities found about 2,000 rounds of ammunition and a rifle in his car. [HuffPost]VOLCANIC CLOUD SURGES TOWARD FLEEING BOAT A volcanic eruption on the Italian island of Stromboli propelled a terrifying and fast-moving plume that chased a boat carrying frightened tourists in a scene caught on video off the coast of Sicily on Wednesday. [HuffPost]ANOTHER NEWSLETTER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN As the United States and other nations grapple with the rise of far-right movements and white supremacy, HuffPost is relaunching the Fringe newsletter to keep you informed about the latest news on political extremism. Get it here.  FLORIDA READIES ITSELF FOR DORIAN Unsure where Hurricane Dorian is going to land over Labor Day weekend, many Florida residents faced a sense of helplessness as they prepared for what Trump said could be an “absolute monster” of a storm. [AP]HK PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS ARRESTED Prominent pro-democracy leaders in Hong Kong have been arrested ahead of a planned mass march tomorrow. Hong Kong is gearing up for the 13th consecutive weekend of mass anti-government demonstrations. [CNN]GLOBAL ECONOMY COMPLICIT IN AMAZON’S DESTRUCTION Name any fast-food restaurant, personal care product or home good you have bought recently, and chances are it contributed to the deforestation of the Amazon. Now name a big bank ― any big bank, really. More than likely it has helped finance that destruction. [HuffPost]HOW A RING OF WOMEN ‘RECRUITED GIRLS FOR EPSTEIN’ After child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in early August, federal authorities have refocused their investigation on the more than half-dozen employees, girlfriends and associates whom prosecutors say he relied on to feed his insatiable appetite for girls. [New York Times]ARRESTED MIGRANTS GET LITTLE MERCY Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 680 workers in Mississippi at the beginning of the month. At least one of the workers was still breastfeeding when she was detained. Instead of cultivating the workers as sources of information as promised, the Trump administration is prosecuting dozens of them. [HuffPost]BID TO BLOCK U.K. PARLIAMENT SUSPENSION FAILS A legal challenge to Boris Johnson’s 5-week suspension of the U.K. parliament, which was approved by the Queen, has been denied. MPs and others opposed to Johnson’s Brexit strategy have said he is trying to limit their ability to stop the UK leaving the EU without a deal. [HuffPost]
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