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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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Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis suspends Tampa prosecutor who took stance against criminalizing abortion providers — (CNN)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Tampa's elected prosecutor, Andrew Warren, for pledging not to use his office to go after people who seek and provide abortions or on doctors …
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends ‘Soros-backed’ state attorney who refused to enforce abortion ban — DeSantis says Andrew Warren refused to enforce numerous Florida laws and wouldn't work with police — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 4 — Republican Florida …
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Politico, RedState, The Daily Beast, LifeNews.com and New York Post
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
DeSantis Suspends Tampa Prosecutor Who Vowed Not to Criminalize Abortion
DeSantis Suspends Tampa Prosecutor Who Vowed Not to Criminalize Abortion
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WUSF Public Media, Wall Street Journal and Florida's Voice
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Who is Andrew Warren? Meet the Tampa prosecutor Ron DeSantis just removed
Who is Andrew Warren? Meet the Tampa prosecutor Ron DeSantis just removed
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Washington Examiner, CNN, Balloon Juice and WFLA-TV
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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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
'It's crazy': FBI Director Christopher Wray expresses deep concern for rising violence in US
'It's crazy': FBI Director Christopher Wray expresses deep concern for rising violence in US
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Politico, Washington Times and Political Wire
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
'What Are Y'all Doing?': Cruz Scorches FBI Director for Targeting Patriotic Symbols
'What Are Y'all Doing?': Cruz Scorches FBI Director for Targeting Patriotic Symbols
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Politico, Washington Examiner, The Federalist, RedState, Louder With Crowder, IJR, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
How the Hellfire missiles took out al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri with minimal collateral damage
How the Hellfire missiles took out al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri with minimal collateral damage
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The Dispatch
ABC News:
DOJ charges current, former police officers in connection with raid that killed Breonna Taylor — The department is investigating the Louisville Police Department. — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that the Department of Justice has filed charges against four former …
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Roberto Ferdman / VICE:
Cops Tied to Breonna Taylor's Death Arrested and Charged
Cops Tied to Breonna Taylor's Death Arrested and Charged
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Axios, RedState and Just The News
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Four officers charged in connection to Breonna Taylor's death
Four officers charged in connection to Breonna Taylor's death
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Alice Tecotzky / The Daily Beast:
Feds Charge FOUR Louisville Cops Over Botched Breonna Taylor Raid
Feds Charge FOUR Louisville Cops Over Botched Breonna Taylor Raid
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Courier-Journal, The Hill 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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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
Monkeypox is ‘a public health emergency,’ U.S. health secretary declares
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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
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Sentencing of Wrongfully Detained American Brittney Griner
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CNN, The Hill, The Spun, Insider, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Root, Mediaite, Sports Illustrated, Mother Jones, The Western Journal, PBS NewsHour and Townhall
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.
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Bernard Goldberg's Commentary, The Guardian, New Republic and Robert Robb
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 …
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Ace of Spades HQ, Big League Politics and Twitchy
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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LGBTQ Nation
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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.
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Washington Examiner and Althouse
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Kansas Provides a Roadmap for Democrats on Abortion — And exposes Republicans' own ‘coalition brain’ problem — The proposed state constitutional amendment that would have permitted state lawmakers in Kansas to prohibit abortion was soundly defeated yesterday, losing by a margin of nearly 20 points …
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Fox News, HuffPost, Bloomberg, Forbes, NPR, RedState, Associated Press, Morning Shots, Roll Call, FiveThirtyEight, Popular Information, Politico and Yahoo News
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Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
A Bad Democratic Bet in the G.O.P. Primaries
A Bad Democratic Bet in the G.O.P. Primaries
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Washington Post, HotAir, New York Times, National Review and The Daily Caller
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden says Manchin spending bill will ‘lower inflation,’ urges Congress to pass it ‘for America’ — Biden claims Manchin's $700B bill will not add to rapid inflation engulfing the US — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 4 — President Biden on Thursday again urged Congress to pass …
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Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Senate Democrats wait as Sinema considers supporting Manchin-backed spending bill
Senate Democrats wait as Sinema considers supporting Manchin-backed spending bill
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Politico, CNN and Washington Times
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.
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Kevin Drum, ArkansasTimes, Wikidworld and Joanne Jacobs
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.
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CNN, Insider and Wall Street Journal
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 …
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Raw Story
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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Charley Grant / Wall Street Journal:
CFPB Is Investigating Goldman Sachs's Credit-Card Practices — The bank said regulators are looking at areas including how it handles customer refunds — Goldman Sachs GS -0.39%▼ Group Inc. said Thursday that regulators are investigating business practices at its credit card unit.
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Josh Hammer / Newsweek:
Why Is Everyone Talking About the Claremont Institute? — , NEWSWEEK OPINION EDITOR AND HOST, “THE JOSH HAMMER SHOW” — On Wednesday, Elisabeth Zerofsky of The New York Times Magazine published a lengthy essay titled, “How the Claremont Institute Became a Nerve Center of the American Right.”
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump likely to be criminally charged in DOJ election probe along with other former White House officials, Obama AG Holder says — Former President Donald Trump “probably” will be indicted on criminal charges along with former White House officials as part of a Justice Department investigation …
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.
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