| No Images? Click here  Friday, August 23PROUD BOYS SAY IT OUT LOUD For years, the Proud Boys have helped organize violent gatherings in Portland, Oregon, thinly veiled as political freedom rallies in order to secure permits or police escorts. This week, the group’s leader admitted the truth: The events are intended to spur fights, waste city resources and win a game of optics against their anti-fascist nemeses. [HuffPost]THE MURDER OF THE AMAZON GATHERS PACE The record wildfires now raging in the Amazon serve as a stark reminder of what’s at stake as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies allow ranchers, loggers and miners to destroy the world’s largest forest and repository of carbon dioxide at an unprecedented pace. [HuffPost]SARAH SANDERS LANDS FOX NEWS GIG Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will join Fox News as a contributor. She’ll make her first appearance on the Sept. 6 airing of “Fox & Friends,” a show that President Donald Trump favors. [HuffPost]EPSTEIN MOVED TO BLOCK VICTIMS FROM MONEY The will that Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than $577 million in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for his dozens of accusers to collect damages [AP]OVERSTOCK CEO: FBI ASKED ME TO PURSUE RELATIONSHIP Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said Thursday that the FBI directed him in the summer before the 2016 election to pursue a "romantic relationship with Maria Butina," the Russian woman who was accused of seeking to win influence in powerful Republican circles at her government’s behest. [CNN]DEMS VOTE DOWN CLIMATE DEBATE A panel of the Democratic National Committee rejected a proposal to host a single-issue debate on the climate crisis. The committee voted 17-8 against a resolution that has become a cause célèbre for activists and for more than a dozen presidential contenders. [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.  DEMS JUST GOT A BREAK IN THEIR TRUMP TAX CASE House Democrats revealed this week that a federal employee has come to them with information about “possible misconduct” relating to an Internal Revenue Service audit of Trump. [HuffPost]TRUMP CAN’T DETAIN MIGRANTS INDEFINITELY The White House announced plans to eliminate restrictions requiring the release of migrant children from family detention centers within 20 days. If the number of border crossings remains the same, ICE will fill its family detention to capacity in about three days. [HuffPost]MACRON DELIVERS TOUGH BREXIT MESSAGE When Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson spoke ahead of their meeting in Paris on Thursday, they sounded as if they were living in parallel universes. Both stuck firmly to their lines -- the British prime minister demanding that the European Union reopen the Brexit agreement, the French president saying that's not possible. [CNN]HISPANIC JOURNO GROUP REJECTS FOX AS SPONSOR The National Association of Hispanic Journalists rescinded Fox News’ sponsorship of an upcoming national conference and denounced the conservative news organization for promoting racism. [HuffPost]HOW THE HEAD OF THE NRA STAYED IN POWER Previously undisclosed documents reveal a sweeping effort by top officials and lawyers to oust the longtime head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre. Not only has he remained, but he continues to influence the president and is purging those who plotted against him. [The New York Times]BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR FARMERS AS CHINA TRADE WAR HEATS UP Many Midwestern farmers decided last winter to plant soybeans assuming that, by now, Trump’s trade war with China would be over and China be buying about a third of U.S. soybeans. Instead, China’s 25% tariff on U.S. soybeans remains in place and trade tensions are rising. [HuffPost]
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