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11:10 AM ET, August 8, 2022

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New Yorker:
Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals  —  How Mark Milley and others in the Pentagon handled the national-security threat posed by their own Commander-in-Chief.  —  In the summer of 2017, after just half a year in the White House, Donald Trump flew to Paris for Bastille …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
New Book Chronicles Trump's Fraught Relationship With Top Military Officials  —  Mr. Trump once asked his chief of staff why his military leadership couldn't be more like the German generals who had reported to Adolf Hitler, according to an excerpt.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump told …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘No One Can Convince Me’ Jan. 6 Rioters Weren't Antifa
Discussion: Mediaite
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive photos: Trump's telltale toilet  —  Remember our toilet scoop in Axios AM earlier this year?  Maggie Haberman's forthcoming book about former President Trump will report that White House residence staff periodically found wads of paper clogging a toilet — and believed the former president …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Axios to Sell Itself to Cox Enterprises for $525 Million  —  The digital media company's founders, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz, will continue to run the company.  —  Axios, the digital media company that quickly gained traction since its founding five years ago …
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: Paul Manafort admits he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset  — Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chairman, sat down for an exclusive interview with Insider.  — Manafort made his first public admission that he shared polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Paul Manafort in his first in-depth interview since going to prison for Trump: 'I don't apologize'
Discussion: The Hill
Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Senate passes $739bn healthcare and climate bill after months of wrangling  —  Inflation Reduction Act will reduce planet-heating emissions and lower prescription drug costs - and give Biden a crucial victory  —  Senate Democrats passed their climate and healthcare spending package on Sunday …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How it really happened: the Inflation Reduction Act
Discussion: Power Line and LGBTQ Nation
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show  —  The Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald …
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Tim Miller / Morning Shots:
I'm Sorry, But He's Running  —  Trump's CPAC speech was his 2024 blueprint.  —  Hey y'all, it's Tim in for Charlie with your Monday Morning Shots (you might need to make it a Jägermeister after reading today's).  —  First, a few quick housekeeping items:
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Maps in Four States Were Ruled Illegal Gerrymanders.  They're Being Used Anyway.  —  A Supreme Court shift, frowning on changes close to elections, gives House Republicans a big advantage in November.  —  WASHINGTON — Since January, judges in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Ohio have found …
Stephanie Liechtenstein / Politico:
Agreement on nuclear deal within reach but obstacles remain  —  VIENNA — Indirect talks between Iran and the U.S. on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal are expected to conclude Monday in Vienna, putting the final draft of an agreement in front of negotiators from Washington and Tehran.
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Trita Parsi / MSNBC:   Biden already has two foreign crises on his hands. It's not too late for him to avoid a third.
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran, U.S. Close In on Nuclear Deal Text but Hurdles Remain
Discussion: The Forward, Al-Monitor and WTOP News
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
‘Baffling and traumatizing’: Queens man arrested at Rockaway Beach after off-hours swim  —  Andre Velasquez arrived at Rockaway Beach on Friday afternoon hoping to beat the sweltering heat with a cool swim in the open ocean.  —  Instead, he was escorted from the sand in handcuffs …
Popular Information:
The people behind the bizarre non-profit trying to kill Biden's climate agenda  —  This story is being published in partnership with FWIW, a newsletter tracking digital spending, strategy, and trends in our elections.  —  For more than a week, a group called United for Clean Power has run …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Wisconsin, G.O.P. Voters Demand the Impossible: Decertifying 2020  —  Donald Trump's supporters have turned anger over his defeat two years ago, and the false notion that it can still be reversed, into central campaign issues ahead of the battleground state's primary.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump's pick for Wisconsin governor won't weigh in on 2020 results
Discussion: WTOP News
Alexander Vindman / Foreign Affairs:
Stop Tiptoeing Around Russia … For the last three decades, the United States has bent over backward to acknowledge Russia's security concerns and allay its anxieties.  The United States has done so at the expense of relations with more willing partners in Eastern Europe—Ukraine in particular.
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The Bulwark:
With Enough Help, Ukraine Can Win
German Lopez / New York Times:
A Drop in Murders  —  Despite the grim headlines, 2022 is less violent so far than last year.  —  Crime, murder and mass shootings have dominated headlines this year.  Just over the weekend, a shooting in Cincinnati wounded nine people, and another in Detroit killed one and wounded four.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Nancy Pelosi's Childlike Diplomacy Mirrors America's Childlike Posture Toward China  —  The Chinese have done and will do a great deal of damage to America, but not nearly as much as we have done to ourselves.  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's sin was not in going to Taiwan per se.
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Washington Post:
China expands military drills, escalates threats against Taiwan
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
‘Nobody wants a runoff’: Georgia braces for chance of overtime — again  —  All of the pieces are falling into place for Georgia to decide control of the Senate again.  And just like in 2020, it might take extra weeks of campaigning to do it.  —  Public polling data shows the race between …
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
Abortion bans complicate access to drugs for cancer, arthritis, even ulcers  —  Some chronically ill women face questions about critical medications that could be used to end a pregnancy.  —  Becky Hubbard, 46, has decided to get sterilized so that she can go back on the only medication …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Strangers huddled together under a tree. Then lightning struck.
Discussion: WTOP News
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Schedule Is Heavy on Delaware, Light on Press Interviews and Golf
The Lawfare Podcast:
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David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
IRS: Gestapo in the Making
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One year after Afghanistan, spy agencies pivot toward China
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Bloomberg:
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Erin Durkin / Politico:
Adams condemns Texas governor for busing migrants to New York
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Manchin's Donors Include Pipeline Giants That Win in His Climate Deal
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Rachel Cohrs / STAT:
In a massive victory for Democrats, Medicare is poised to negotiate drug prices
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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