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4:01 PM ET, August 4, 2022

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Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis suspends Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren  —  “Our government is a government of laws, not a government of men,” DeSantis said.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes.
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
DeSantis Suspends Tampa Prosecutor Who Vowed Not to Criminalize Abortion  —  The stance of Andrew H. Warren, the elected state attorney of Hillsborough County, was reflected by several other prosecutors across the country.  —  MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida suspended the top prosecutor …
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Who is Andrew Warren? Meet the Tampa prosecutor Ron DeSantis just removed
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Four officers charged in connection to Breonna Taylor's death  —  Four Kentucky officers were federally charged for their roles in the death of Breonna Taylor, who died in 2020 after police forced entry into her home while executing a search warrant in relation to a drug-dealing investigation.
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WDRB:
4 former and current Louisville police detectives federally charged in Breonna Taylor raid
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Alice Tecotzky / The Daily Beast:
Feds Charge FOUR Louisville Cops Over Botched Breonna Taylor Raid
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Mr. Jones and Me  —  Is the Alex Jones joke over?  Or is it still on the rest of us?  —  In my former incarnation as a serial profile writer, I developed a high tolerance - and sometimes even an affinity - for rogues, creeps, and colorful liars.  Which is why it makes sense that I'd get along with Alex Jones, if only for an evening.
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Hey, that's my house: US aid worker realises Zawahiri villa is his old home  —  The Kabul property hit by a US drone was familiar.  It turned out Dan Smock had something in common with al-Qaida's leader  —  Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul  —  he balcony in Kabul where the head of al-Qaida was killed was a spot Dan Smock knew well.
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
How the Hellfire missiles took out al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri with minimal collateral damage
Discussion: The Dispatch
Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
WNBA's Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years  —  KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between Moscow …
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Sentencing of Wrongfully Detained American Brittney Griner
Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Live Updates: Brittney Griner Is Sentenced to 9 Years in a Russian Penal Colony
A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
The Distinct Shame of Senate Republicans  —  Think about what Republican senators must have known when they voted not to convict Trump during the second impeachment.  —  Watching the House Select Committee on January 6th hearings I was struck by one overriding question.
Washington Post:
As monkeypox strikes gay men, officials debate warnings to limit partners  —  Sex is a major driver of the global outbreak.  But health officials and longtime HIV activists say calls for abstinence don't work.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of gay men clad in leather, latex …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Monkeypox is ‘a public health emergency,’ U.S. health secretary declares
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Delays Minuteman III Missile Test Amid Tensions Over Taiwan  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the delay to avoid further inflaming relations with China, a defense official said  —  What's Next for Taiwan as U.S.-China Tensions Rise … The Biden administration postponed …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Senate Ratifies Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO  —  Resolution passed 95-1 as senators emphasize the expansion's importance to American security worldwide  —  Watch: Senate Votes to Add Finland and Sweden to NATO … The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly ratified the addition of Finland …
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Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
‘Social contagion’ isn't causing more youths to be transgender, study finds  —  “Social contagion” is not driving an increasing number of adolescents to come out as transgender, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics.  —  The study also found that the proportion …
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Sue Evans / Common Sense:
How Tavistock Came Tumbling Down
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John F. Harris / Politico:
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Have The Last Laugh on Samuel Alito  —  Justice Samuel Alito, in drafting Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, said he and the other justices who joined him in ending a constitutional right to abortion had no ability to foresee what the political implications would be.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Althouse
Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
A Bad Democratic Bet in the G.O.P. Primaries  —  Will Democrats come to regret the tactic of boosting extreme, election-denying Republican candidates?  —  In February, 2021, a few weeks after Peter Meijer became one of only ten Republican members of Congress to vote to impeach Donald Trump …
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
G.O.P. Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast  —  Thousands of migrants have been arriving on buses sent by the governors of Texas and Arizona.  Many have ended up in homeless shelters and on the streets.  —  WASHINGTON — Lever Alejos arrived in the nation's capital last week …
Discussion: Big League Politics and Twitchy
Slate:
The Big Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Another Jan. 6 Has One Potentially Fatal Flaw  —  On Wednesday, the Senate Rules Committee took a crucial step in acting to fix an almost 150-year-old statute that governs presidential elections to try to prevent a replay of the sort of attack on democracy we saw on Jan. 6, 2021.
Discussion: Washington Post
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden is still COVID-19-positive, but his cough is ‘improving,’ White House says  —  President Joe Biden's cough is clearing up, but he is continuing to test positive with a rebound COVID-19 case, according to the White House.  —  Biden is now in his fifth day of isolation after the White House disclosed …
Discussion: The Hill and Townhall
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Madeleine Davison / Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media are using Biden's rebound COVID-19 case to peddle anti-vaccine lies
Discussion: Big League Politics
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage  —  Rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall due to lack of staff.  Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms.  Arizona is allowing college students to step in and instruct children.
Michael Rezendes / Associated Press:
Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen  —  BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her.  —  The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Primaries bring big losses for incumbent GOP state lawmakers  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Wisconsin's longest-serving Assembly speaker, Republican Robin Vos has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights and push back against COVID-19 mandates.
Discussion: CNN, Insider and Wall Street Journal
 
 
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BBC:
Bank of England warns the UK will fall into recession this year
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Trumpists are winning. Here are 3 hidden reasons to fear them.
Discussion: CBS News and Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws
Discussion: Breitbart
Yousef Munayyer / The Nation:
Why Can't AIPAC Defend Israel?
Felix Salmon / Axios:
The most pro-business Supreme Court ever
Discussion: SSRN
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
MyPillow chief spends tens of millions in fresh crusade to push Trump's big lie
Discussion: Raw Story
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
As Iran Talks of Nuclear Advances, Negotiations With U.S. Restart
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Demi Lovato shows why declaring pronouns is nothing more than brainwashed, agenda-driven nonsense
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP is sick. It didn't start with Trump — and won't end with him.
Discussion: New York Times and New York Times
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Kansas Result Suggests 4 Out of 5 States Would Back Abortion Rights in Similar Vote