| No Images? Click here  Friday, August 9MORE SPONSORS BAIL ON TUCKER Earlier this week, Tucker Carlson claimed on his show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that there is no white supremacy problem in the United States. Long John Silver’s has since said it will no longer advertise on Fox News, and Nestlé and HelloFresh told The Hollywood Reporter they were no longer running ads on the show. [HuffPost]TRUMP FOLLOWS CALL FOR UNITY WITH WEEK OF ATTACKS After calling for “love” and unity following two deadly mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, President Donald Trump did what he knows best: throw bombs on Twitter. From Democrats to the media to the tech world, just about everyone this week felt the president’s wrath. [HuffPost]INTERRACIAL COUPLE’S HOME TORCHED A massive explosion that leveled the home of an interracial couple in Sterling, Ohio, this week is being investigated as a possible hate crime after officials found a crude swastika and misspelled anti-Black slur spray-painted next to the scene. [HuffPost]COP SHOOTS UNARMED KID IN BED An Illinois mother filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing police officers of “terrorizing” innocent children after her unarmed, 12-year-old son was shot in his bed with an assault rifle during a pre-dawn raid on their home. [The Daily Beast]U.S. DEFENDS MIGRANT SWEEP LEAVING CHILDREN ABANDONED American officials staunchly defended a controversial raid arresting hundreds of immigrant workers at several Mississippi food processing plants as local authorities scrambled Thursday to address concerns about children left behind abandoned. [HuffPost]BIDEN: ‘POOR KIDS’ AS BRIGHT AS ‘WHITE KIDS’ Accident-prone Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden quickly launched into damage control on Thursday after he told the audience at a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, that “poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids.” [HuffPost]  REP. JERRY NADLER: FORMAL IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS UNDERWAY Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Thursday night that his committee’s investigation represented “formal impeachment proceedings” against President Trump. He added that articles of impeachment could be sent to the House floor by the end of the year. [HuffPost]CLASS ACTION AGAINST FACEBOOK OVER FACIAL RECOGNITION A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a group of Facebook users can move forward with their class action lawsuit challenging the company’s use of facial recognition technology. [HuffPost]DIABETIC MAN DIES AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED TO IRAQ A diabetic man from Detroit died Tuesday after being recently deported to Iraq, a country he had never lived in before, the American Civil Liberties Union said. Jimmy Aldaoud’s death was likely caused by his inability to access insulin, sources close to his family told Politico. [HuffPost]UBER LOSES OVER $5 BILLION Uber lost $5.24 billion in the second quarter — its largest quarterly loss ever — after making huge stock-based payouts in the months following its initial public offering. [AP]WILL REPUBLICANS TAKE A NEW STANCE ON GUNS? In the wake of two mass shootings, the divisive politics of gun control appeared to be in flux on Thursday as President Trump explored whether to back expanded background checks on gun purchasers. [New York Times]ARE THE CRACKS SHOWING IN PUTIN’S GRIP ON POWER? When Vladimir Putin became Russia’s acting prime minister in 1999, his appointment looked to be short-lived. By January of 2000, after taking over as president, his approval rating was 84%. According to Levada, it has never dipped below 60% since then — but signs of dissidence are starting to appear. [CNN]. 
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