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FBI searches Trump safe at Mar-a-Lago for possible classified documents  —  Search was court-authorized and related to long-running investigation, person familiar with the probe said.  —  Former president Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI had raided his Mar-a-Lago Club and searched his safe …
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Trump Supporters Are Calling for Civil War After FBI Search of Mar-a-Lago  —  “Civil war coming to America,” one Trump supporter wrote.  —  David Gilbert  —  After news broke that the FBI searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday, his supporters openly called …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Search Should Just Be Garland's Opening Act  —  We now know that the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have an active interest in Donald Trump because Trump told us so.  —  “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
If Trump broke a law on the removal of official records, would he be barred from future office?  —  Early reports that the F.B.I. search of former President Donald J. Trump's residence in Florida related to an investigation into whether he had unlawfully taken government files when he left …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox is furiously poisoning the well after the Mar-a-Lago search  —  “Partisan witch hunt,” “dark day for our republic,” “preemptive coup,” “Third World bullshit,” “Gestapo,” “Stasi”  —  Shortly before 7 p.m. ET on Monday night, former President Donald Trump issued a press release confirming …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The FBI's Mar-a-Lago ‘Raid’: It's about the Capitol Riot, Not the Mishandling of Classified Information  —  This search was almost certainly about much more than classified documents.  —  There's a game prosecutors play.  Let's say I suspect X committed an armed robbery, but I know X is dealing drugs.
Natalie Winters / The National Pulse:
REPORT: Judge Behind Mar A Lago Raid Is Epstein-Linked, Obama Donor.  —  Judge Bruce Reinhart - who is reportedly the most likely judge behind the warrant authorizing a raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar A Lago estate - is a former attorney who represented employees of convicted sex offender …
New York Times:
The search appears to be focused on materials Trump took from the White House.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump said on Monday that the F.B.I. had searched his Palm Beach, Fla., home and had broken open a safe — an account signaling a major escalation in the various investigations into the final stages of his presidency.
Washington Post:
Inside Biden's hot streak, from the poolside to the Capitol  —  As the president sought legislation that has eluded Democrats for decades, he made a key decision — to take himself largely out of the mix  —  President Biden sat by the White House pool on Saturday, taking in the Washington heat …
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Biden begins his victory lap after string of legislative wins
Discussion: Commentary Magazine
New York Times:
With Deal in Hand, Democrats Enter the Fall Armed With Something New: Hope
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Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Why Internet Leftists Are So Pissed About Democrats' Historic Climate Bill  —  By and large, climate activists have greeted the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the Senate on Sunday, as an imperfect but undeniably big victory in the battle against global warming.
Serena Williams / Vogue:
Serena Williams Says Farewell to Tennis On Her Own Terms—And In Her Own Words  —  This morning, my daughter, Olympia, who turns five this month, and I were on our way to get her a new passport before a trip to Europe.  We're in my car, and she's holding my phone, using an interactive educational app she likes.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Ron DeSantis Endorses Election Deniers  —  DeSantis isn't challenging Trump for the 2024 nomination.  He's auditioning to be Trump's understudy.  —  Pour one out for all the anti-anti-Trumpers who thought the grand eminence of the Sunshine State, America's Governor Ron DeSantis …
New York Times:
How Russia Took Over Ukraine's Internet in Occupied Territories  —  Internet traffic in Kherson is being diverted through Russia  —  Internet routing data for a service provider in Kherson shows traffic beginning to flow through Russian networks in May before fully transitioning by early June.
Discussion: NPR, more at Techmeme »
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Jordan Moreau / Variety:
‘The Flash’ Star Ezra Miller Charged With Felony Burglary in Vermont … Ezra Miller, the embattled star of Warner Bros.' “The Flash” movie, has been charged with felony burglary in Stamford, Vt., according to a Vermont State Police report.  —  According to the police report …
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Anxious New Yorkers Worry Whether Eric Adams Is the Man for the Moment  —  City residents are concerned about violent crime, housing costs, school budget cuts and homelessness.  Some believe that the mayor has not met the challenge.  —  Outside Liberty Pool in Jamaica, Queens …
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Tudor Dixon launches gender-based attack in historic Michigan governor's race  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For the first time ever in Michigan, voters in November will decide between two women when they cast their ballots for governor.  —  But the Republican nominee, Tudor Dixon …
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Pelosi on whether Taiwan trip was ‘worth it’: ‘Absolutely, without any question’  —  Pelosi said the trip had ‘overwhelming bipartisan support’  —  O'Brien touts Pelosi's Taiwan trip, slams China for ‘unacceptable’ response  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened up about her controversial trip …
Discussion: RedState and CBS News
Wall Street Journal:
Tilting at Climate Windmills  —  Schumer-Manchin will have little effect on the world's temperature.  —  Nearly all of Washington—Democrats, the press, lobbyists—is taking a victory lap with Senate passage of the Schumer-Manchin tax, climate and drug price control bill.
Discussion: Samizdata
Washington Post:
State supreme courts could soon decide on abortion, raising stakes of their midterm races  —  Mary Kay O'Brien had been working for a year to drum up interest in her campaign for Illinois Supreme Court, struggling to convince voters that it would affect them as a presidential or gubernatorial race would.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Texas church illegally performs ‘Hamilton’ with anti-LGBTQ message
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Democrats seek edge with women as Michigan prepares to vote on abortion
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Two vulnerable House Democrats suggest support for Manchin-Schumer bill could be in jeopardy over energy fee
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