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9:40 PM ET, August 20, 2022

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New York Times:
The Final Days of the Trump White House: Chaos and Scattered Papers  —  Government documents that President Donald J. Trump had accumulated were with him in roughly two dozen boxes in the White House residence.  They were to go to the National Archives, but at least some ended up in Florida.
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Romy Ellenbogen / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis touted their arrest.  But ex-felons say they weren't told they couldn't vote.  —  DeSantis said 20 people across the state were arrested for voter fraud.  Those arrested worry what it'll do to their livelihood.  —  When Romona Oliver registered to vote in early 2020 …
Sam Janesch / Baltimore Sun:
Dan Cox says he will oppose step to count mail-in ballots earlier  —  Republican gubernatorial nominee, who helped spread President Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread election fraud in 2020, is criticizing Maryland officials' legal action that would allow local election workers …
Marlow Stern / Yahoo News:
B.J. Novak Shuts Down Bill Maher's ‘Cancel Culture’ Nonsense  —  On Friday night, Bill Maher welcomed an unlikely guest to Real Time: B.J. Novak, the Office writer/co-star, bestselling author, and filmmaker.  —  Novak visited the HBO program to promote his feature directorial debut Vengeance …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
The woman accused of stealing Pelosi's laptop gets to attend Renaissance Faire  —  Here ye!  Here ye!  —  When Riley Williams, who is accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 insurrection, was released from jail last year, the judge ordered that Williams …
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:
Abortion battle delays flood aid for New Orleans amid hurricane fears  —  The abortion rights battle between conservative states and their liberal cities claimed another casualty on Thursday after Louisiana state officials delayed storm aid to New Orleans even as the city faced a flood advisory …
Yelena Dzhanova / Insider:
GOP candidate and anti-abortion advocate running for Michigan governor said rape victims find ‘healing’ by being forced to have a baby  — Tudor Dixon, the GOP nominee for Michigan governor, said rape victims and a child born of rape could form a “bond.”  — She used this argument …
Discussion: HuffPost, Jezebel and Occupy Democrats
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
GOP Gov. Hopeful Tudor Dixon Says She Opposes Abortion for Child Rape Victims Because of the ‘Bond’ Between Mother and Resulting Baby
Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:
Trump-backed Kari Lake endorses antisemitic GOP candidate who said ‘Jews will go to hell’  —  Republican candidate for Arizona governor Kari Lake has endorsed a conservative antisemitic candidate for the Oklahoma state Senate who once said that Jewish people “will go to hell.”
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   Arizona GOP candidate melts down after being confronted for endorsing lawmaker who says ‘Jews will go to hell’
Associated Press:
Finland asks: Does a prime minister have a right to party?  —  In a leaked video, Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and singing with friends at a private party.  The 36-year-old leader poses for the camera.  She sits on her knees, hands behind her head.  She's entangled in a group hug.
Discussion: ABC17NEWS
Carter Walker / LancasterOnline:
‘Flow from the pulpit:’ The LifeGate church members providing security to Doug Mastriano [Video]  —  Doug Mastriano is running an unconventional campaign for governor.  He's not raising a lot of money.  He prefers to attend closed-door events with his base or campaign at public events where reporters are often kept at arm's length.
Matt Phillips / Axios:
Here are some signs that inflation is calming down  —  Prices are falling on a host of important products, and supply chains are starting to sort themselves out, too. … High prices and product bottlenecks aren't gone, but they're getting a lot better.  — For financial markets …
Dennis Aftergut / The Hill:
President Biden: Please honor this Army hero  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  In today's American political scene, a haunting question keeps coming to mind: “Is this really who we are?”  —  It arose last week after an AR15-toting assailant invaded the FBI's Cincinnati office.
 
 
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Penelope Green / New York Times:
Norah Vincent, Who Chronicled Passing as a Man, Is Dead at 53
Discussion: Althouse and Boston.com
CBS News:
Trump considering filing motion calling for “special master” to review evidence seized from Mar-a-Lago, attorney says
Discussion: Fox News
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Where Are All the Manhattan Voters in August? Try the Hamptons.
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Washington Post:
Chinese leader asked Biden to prevent Pelosi from visiting Taiwan
Discussion: Breitbart and Fox News
NBC News:
Pro-Ukrainian saboteurs are behind blasts at Russian military sites, Ukrainian official says
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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