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10:25 PM ET, August 22, 2022

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New York Times:
Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago  —  The National Archives found more than 150 sensitive documents when it got a first batch of material from the former president in January, helping to explain the Justice Department's urgent response.
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John Solomon / Just The News:
Biden White House facilitated DOJ's criminal probe against Trump, scuttled privilege claims: memos  —  Long before it professed no prior knowledge of the raid on Donald Trump's estate, the Biden White House worked directly with the Justice Department and National Archives to instigate …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Exclusive: Justice Department issues new subpoena to National Archives for more January 6 documents  —  Why new Trump lawsuit shows disagreement behind the scenes 03:35  —  The Justice Department has issued a new grand jury subpoena to the National Archives for more documents as part …
Ty Ross / Occupy Democrats:
JUSTIFIED: Fox News just published an editorial that you won't believe came from them  —  After widespread criticism and deflection by Republican allies of Donald Trump — all scrambling to condemn the FBI's search of the ex-President's Palm Beach home — an unlikely source has pushed …
Bradley Moss / Fox News:
The Trump Mar-a-Lago search was justified  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for August 22  —  Ever since news broke two weeks ago that the FBI had executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago, the political world has been aflame with hyperbole, accusations, innuendo, and hysteria.
Discussion: Mediaite and Alternet.org
Washington Post:
Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers  —  Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump's 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNBC:
Trump sues to block DOJ from reviewing materials FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago until watchdog appointed  — Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to appoint a special watchdog to review documents seized from his Florida home by the FBI as part of a criminal investigation …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge says FBI's evidence for searching Mar-a-Lago is ‘reliable’
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge concedes that Trump affidavit may be heavily redacted
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:
Statement by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.  —  I am announcing today that I will be stepping down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Fauci Says He Will Step Down in December to Pursue His ‘Next Chapter’
New York Times:
An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives  —  A low-profile Republican financier donated his company to a new group run by the influential operative Leonard A. Leo.  —  WASHINGTON — A new conservative nonprofit group scored a $1.6 billion windfall last year via a little-known donor …
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Andrew Perez / The Lever:   Inside The Right's Historic Billion-Dollar Dark Money Transfer
Mallory Moench / San Francisco Chronicle:
Despite Newsom's veto, S.F. might push ahead with supervised drug consumption sites anyway  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed pilot programs where people could use drugs under the supervision of trained staff in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles …
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CNN:
White House leaning toward canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who make less than $125,000  —  . CNN's Blake Essig reports.  —  ' data-duration="02:56" data-source="CNN" data-affiliate-source-link="https:// www.cnn.com/" data-show-name="" data-show-url="" class="video-playlist__item" >
Discussion: Insider, Forbes, The Daily Caller and IJR
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: National Republicans bolster Herschel Walker with Senate control on the line  —  Republicans need a net gain of just one Senate seat to take control of the chamber in a political climate that favors the GOP.  So why is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lowering expectations of a flip?
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Fraudster Gets Five Years for $25 Million Scheme  —  ALFORD PLEA  —  A federal judge on Monday sentenced Florida man Stephen M. Alford to 63 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release for his role in a scheme to defraud the family of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
Discussion: Raw Story
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer.  Here's How.  —  In a first, the measure legally defines greenhouse gases as pollution.  That'll make new regulations much tougher to challenge in court.  —  When the Supreme Court restricted the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency …
Phil Davison / Washington Post:
David Kay, weapons inspector who helped disprove Iraqi WMDs, dies at 82  —  He concluded that no weapons of mass destruction existed in Iraq and that intelligence agencies had badly misjudged the available evidence  —  David A. Kay, the weapons proliferation expert who led a CIA-run operation …
Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and HuffPost
Los Angeles Times:
These celebrities are accused of drought restriction violations  —  They're among the biggest names in entertainment and sports: Sylvester Stallone, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Hart, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.  —  And as Southern California struggles with a third year of punishing drought …
Discussion: Breitbart
Emily Crane / New York Post:
64-year-old NYC man savagely beaten with rock in subway attack  —  A 64-year-old man was beaten with a rock in a brutal attack on a Brooklyn subway platform this weekend, cops said.  —  Intazar Dar was on his way home from work when he was randomly attacked at the Avenue H station in Midwood …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and PIX11
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
The horribly timed defenestration of Brian Stelter  —  In the spring of 2018, CJR's Pete Vernon profiled Brian Stelter, CNN's chief media correspondent.  It was the height of the Trump era, so the media—and Trump's relentlessness in attacking it—was a major story, and Stelter was ubiquitous in covering and analyzing it.
KSAT-TV:
$27 billion class action lawsuit announced for Uvalde victims and survivors  —  Charles Bonner of Bonner & Bonner Law is also representing victims in the Buffalo shooting  —  UVALDE - Some of the families affected by the Robb Elementary School mass shooting are now a part of a major lawsuit.
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
California congressman becomes latest Republican to invoke Nazis to defend Trump, bash Biden  —  Rep. Mike Garcia, a Republican who faces one of the most competitive House races in the country, likened the Biden administration to the Nazi regime during an interview on a conservative podcast last week.
Discussion: CNN
Richard Spencer / The Times:
Saudis sentence teenagers to death despite vow to stop  —  Saudi Arabia has resumed sentencing teenagers to death for protesting against the regime, despite promising earlier to end the practice.  Human rights monitors have recorded seven cases in which the death penalty has been sought …
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Trump PAC's $650,000 ‘charitable contribution’ to the Smithsonian will pay for portraits of Donald and Melania Trump  — Save America, one of Donald Trump's political committees, donated $650,000 to the Smithsonian.  — A Smithsonian official confirmed to Insider that the money will fund portraits of Donald and Melania Trump.
Saja Hindi / Denver Post:
Colorado GOP Sen. Kevin Priola switches party affiliation to Democrat, citing election conspiracies and climate denialism  —  Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola, a Henderson Republican, announced Monday morning that he is changing his party affiliation to Democrat.  —  Priola, considered …
Nolan Hicks / New York Post:
NYC could spend $300M annually to house migrants in hotels  —  The Big Apple could be on the hook for more than $300 million per year to provide shelter space in hotels for newly arrived migrants, a Post analysis shows.  —  City officials have either rented or announced plans …
Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:
GOP candidate said it's “totally just” to stone gay people to death  —  A GOP candidate in Oklahoma is getting attention for comments he made several years ago when he justified the death penalty by stoning for gay people.  When asked recently about it, he didn't disavow his previous comments.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Desperate Alex Jones Pleads for Forgiveness From Trump After Backing DeSantis  —  Three days after dumping Trump for DeSantis, Jones insisted he never “abandoned” the ex-president and urged Trump to call him.  —  Well, that didn't take long.  —  Three days after declaring he found someone …
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Boing Boing
 
 
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Olivia B. Waxman / TIME:
African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It's More Important Than Ever
Geneva Sands / CNN:
ICE officials under Trump told to wipe phones when leaving agency
Discussion: Political Wire
Bryan Anderson / WRAL-TV:
In memoir, NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson mulls 2024 run, calls for taking science, history out of elementary schools
Discussion: Raw Story
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Emails Show Omaha Police Planned Deal With Far Right-linked Gun Shop
Kenneth Tran / USA Today:
In Nevada, Democrats' midterm prospects look better despite headwinds: Suffolk poll
Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Oregonian
Wall Street Journal:
Academy of Pediatrics Responds on Trans Treatment for Kids
Annie Todd / Argus Leader:
Attorney general's office to investigate ethics complaint against Gov. Kristi Noem
Discussion: Democrats
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Biden bottoms out, pops back to 47% approval
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Election staff abruptly quits, upending rural Texas county
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