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11:15 AM ET, August 17, 2022

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Liz Cheney's next move  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SCOOP: CHENEY'S NEXT MOVE — Rep. LIZ CHENEY is wasting no time beginning the next phase of her bid to prevent DONALD TRUMP's return to office.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
What Liz Cheney's Lopsided Loss Says About the State of the G.O.P.  —  She hoped Jan. 6 would be a turning point for Republicans.  And while it did prove to be a dividing line, it was those who crossed Donald J. Trump who have faced electoral consequences.  —  Representative Liz Cheney's martyr …
Katherine Fung / Newsweek:
Read Liz Cheney's Concession Speech as Congresswoman Ousted in Wyoming  —  Representative Liz Cheney delivered a powerful concession speech on Tuesday night after Wyoming Republicans ousted her from her House seat representing the state's at-large district.  —  Cheney was defeated …
Punchbowl News:
8/17/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM.  —  HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY WAS IN WYOMING THIS WEEK FOR HIS ANNUAL DONOR RETREAT, WHICH WAS LOADED WITH MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES (INCLUDING ELON MUSK, THE WORLD'S RICHEST PERSON) WHO WANT HIM TO BECOME THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Discussion: NBC News and ABC News
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Cheney's Wyoming defeat is a win for Trump and a decisive blow to fading GOP establishment  —  The resounding defeat of Liz Cheney was more than the rejection of a brave and principled individual.  It was the repudiation of values and a worldview that have shaped the Republican Party for well over a generation.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Liz Cheney Is Defeated by Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman in Wyoming
Insider:
Liz Cheney converted her House campaign-finance committee to a leadership PAC hours after losing her primary, filing shows
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC New York
Victoria Marshall / The Federalist:
Liz Cheney Is No Martyr. Just Another Rich, Entitled Member Of The D.C. Establishment
Washington Post:
Trump is rushing to hire seasoned lawyers — but he keeps hearing ‘No’  —  The former president's current legal team includes a Florida insurance lawyer who's never had a federal case, a past general counsel for a parking-garage company and a former host at far-right One America News
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
F.B.I. Interviewed Top White House Lawyers About Missing Trump Documents
Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin Survive Primary Battles, but a Democrat Breaks Through  —  ANCHORAGE — Two of the most prominent women in Alaskan Republican politics — Senator Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin — appeared to be on divergent paths early Wednesday following the state's special election and primary.
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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Jared Kushner's ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir  —  In this lengthy book, Kushner recounts the time he spent in the White House during his father-in-law's term.  —  Buy Book ▾ … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.
Associated Press:
Scientists warn of dire effects as Mediterranean heats up  —  While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea's summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves.  From Barcelona to Tel Aviv …
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Edward Ring / American Greatness:
Green Fascists Are Destroying the World  —  The green agenda needs to become the topic of open, honest, balanced, and very public debate.  —  Earlier this summer, the CO2 Coalition was banished from LinkedIn.  The CO2 Coalition, with only three full-time employees and an annual budget of under $1 million …
Andrew Lapin / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Texas school district orders librarians to remove a version of Anne Frank's diary from shelves  —  (JTA) - A school district in suburban Fort Worth, Texas, has ordered its librarians to remove an illustrated adaptation of “The Diary of Anne Frank” from their shelves and digital libraries …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Taking the Fifth should disqualify a politician from taking office  —  Donald Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 400 times in New York's investigation into his business's finances.  Of course, the defeated former president and alleged pilferer of nuclear secrets has every right …
Washington Post:
Inside the 100-day U.S. struggle to stop monkeypox  —  The nation's top health officials believed they had finally hit upon a solution to quell weeks of public criticism about the straggling government response to the monkeypox outbreak spreading across the country this summer.
Discussion: National Review and Vanity Fair
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter  —  Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists  —  A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced …
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Giuliani arrives to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe  —  Rudy Giuliani arrived at an Atlanta courthouse Wednesday under a judge's order to appear before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.
Alex Whitney / KMTV:
Officials discuss defunding FBI in wake of Mar-A-Lago search  —  OMAHA, Neb (KMTV) — Defunding law enforcement is a topic that has come up a lot over the last couple of years.  —  Conservative voters and politicians typically oppose any efforts to defund law enforcement but some are changing their tune when it comes to the FBI.
TargetSmart Insights:
Not Just Kansas; Women Motivated to Vote in States with Repro Rights at Risk  —  As we detailed in our analysis last week, the electorate in Kansas changed dramatically in the days after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision leaked.  Kansans turned out in record numbers in the primary and delivered …
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Planned Parenthood to spend record $50M in midterm elections
Discussion: The Hill and ABC17NEWS
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
A Rant: ‘Team Normal’ Republicans, Stop Whining That Democrats Won't Help You  —  Your Trump problem is just that: Your problem.  —  Dear readers,  —  I have a rant for you today.  —  I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the “bellyaching and scolding from establishment Republicans” …
Associated Press:
German leader condemns Abbas' ‘50 Holocausts’ remark  —  Germany's chancellor said Wednesday that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks” made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin, accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians over the years.
Ursula Perano / The Daily Beast:
Video Shows Dr. Oz Saying He Has Two Houses.  He Actually Has 10.  —  It's a simple question for most people: How many houses do you own?  But apparently, it's not so simple for Dr. Oz. … It's a question most Americans can answer pretty easily: “How many houses do you own?”
Chris Geidner / Law Dork, with Chris Geidner:
The Biden administration's emergency care abortion guidance goes to court(s)  —  Texas says the guidance is “subverting the Supreme Court's holding in Dobbs,” even as Idaho, also fighting the administration, says that claiming a “wide and deep conflict” is a “false picture.”
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Vance, DeSantis rally puts ‘highly unusual’ restrictions on press  —  Journalists must agree to give access to their footage to the event organizer, pro-Trump GOP youth group Turning Point USA, and explain how they intend to use it  —  Journalists hoping to cover a Republican rally featuring Florida …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Yellen Directs I.R.S. to Embark on $80 Billion Overhaul Plan  —  The Treasury Secretary's priorities include clearing a backlog of unprocessed tax returns, revamping antiquated technology and hiring thousands of new employees.  —  A day after President Biden signed into law a sweeping climate …
Discussion: Bloomberg and MONETARY CURRENT
Elise Labott / Politico:
‘This Was the Albatross Around His Neck All Year’  —  For many Americans, the one-year anniversary of the disastrous withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is a sober milestone marking one of the country's biggest foreign-policy mistakes in modern history.  But for President Joe Biden …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Aleem Maqbool / BBC:
Ukraine war: Thousands of Jews quit Russia amid fears of persecution  —  Russia is facing the mass migration abroad of large numbers of its Jewish population, with at least one in eight leaving the country since its war with Ukraine began.  —  The Jewish Agency helps Jews around the world move to Israel.
 
 
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Mike Glenn / Washington Times:
Taliban seized more than $7B in U.S.-provided weapons when Afghan government fell
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Matthew Choi / The Texas Tribune:
AP, Texas Tribune and other newsrooms ask court to unseal Henry Cuellar search warrant
Corrinne Hess / Journal Sentinel:
Evers administration changes direction after appointing convicted felon to juvenile justice group. Appointee faces a trial in new case.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Peter Baker / New York Times:
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