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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
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 …
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 …
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: Insider, Mediaite and Alternet.org
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge says FBI's evidence for searching Mar-a-Lago is ‘reliable’
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
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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ProPublica:
How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts  —  In the largest known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, industrialist Barre Seid funded a new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, who guided Trump's Supreme Court picks …
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Fauci plans to step down in December after half a century in government  —  Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's preeminent infectious-disease expert who achieved unprecedented fame while enduring withering political attacks as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response under two presidents …
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
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 …
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Insider
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
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
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
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Did opposition to Liz Cheney boost far-right candidates in Wyoming? … The line snaked out from the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds Industrial Building and down the road outside.  Voters stood in the warming August sun, waiting for an opportunity to cast their ballots Tuesday in Wyoming's most discussed primary election in memory.
Discussion: RedState and Reuters
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Liz Cheney Dares Kevin McCarthy And Jim Jordan To Subpoena Her
Discussion: Daily Kos
Geneva Sands / CNN:
ICE officials under Trump told to wipe phones when leaving agency  —  The phones of several top Trump-era Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were deactivated when they left their positions and the data contained on them likely wiped, a court filing released late last week shows.
Discussion: Political Wire
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
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Bloomberg:
YouTube Bans Andrew Tate After Sexist Remarks, But He's Still on Twitch  —  A YouTube channel associated with Andrew Tate, an online influencer and self-described misogynist, was disabled Monday, as Google's video website joins a growing list of social media platforms taking action against the personality in the last week.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Biden bottoms out, pops back to 47% approval  —  With the help of Democrats bailing out his sinking approval ratings, President Joe Biden has started to recover just in time to begin a national 2022 election trip.  —  Rasmussen Reports, the sole pollster still conducting daily presidential approval ratings …
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports
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
David Montgomery / Washington Post:
Can Antony Blinken Update Liberal Foreign Policy for a World Gone Mad? … As he packed for a security conference in Munich in mid-February, Secretary of State Antony Blinken added an unexpected detour to Manhattan.  The United Nations Security Council was meeting, and Blinken had word …
Olivia B. Waxman / TIME:
African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It's More Important Than Ever  —  On the first day of one of the first AP African American Studies classes ever taught, Marlon Williams-Clark rattled off a list of Black luminaries to see how many his students had heard of.
 
 
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Richard Spencer / The Times:
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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
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
After attacks and primary challenge, Wisconsin GOP leader still stands by Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Emails Show Omaha Police Planned Deal With Far Right-linked Gun Shop
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In Upstate N.Y., a test for Democrats running on abortion to stop GOP wave
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George Thomas / The Atlantic:
Mike Pence Owes the Country an Explanation
Olivia Yarvis / The Texas Tribune:
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