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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Some of Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Critics Went to College for Less Than $400 per Year — When the Biden Administration announced Wednesday that it would cancel $10,000 of federal student loans for Americans making under $125,000 per year, and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients at the same income level …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Half-Trillion-Dollar Student-Loan Executive Coup — Biden's student-loan write-off is an abuse of power that favors college grads at the expense of plumbers and FedEx drivers. — WSJ Opinion: The Tough Politics of Student Debt Forgiveness — Skip Ad — in 15 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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Justice News:
Florida Residents Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Interstate Transportation Of Stolen Property — Pleas Follow Filing of Criminal Information Alleging Defendants Stole Property Belonging to Immediate Family Member of a Then-Former Government Official — Damian Williams …
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New York Times:
Florida Pair Pleads Guilty in Theft of Biden's Daughter's Diary — Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander admitted to participating in a conspiracy that saw Ashley Biden's diary end up in the hands of the conservative group Project Veritas near the end of the 2020 campaign.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump reportedly oversaw collection of classified Mar-a-Lago docs — The more Donald Trump took a direct, hands-on role in keeping highly classified materials, the more he's personally responsible for this scandal. — In the wake of the FBI's search at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's Republican allies …
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Washington Post, The Hill and The Daily Caller
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The gaping hole in our knowledge of the Trump documents
The gaping hole in our knowledge of the Trump documents
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Baltimore Sun, Raw Story and HotAir
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Pennsylvania 2022: Fetterman Holds Four-Point Lead Over Oz for US Senate; Shapiro Leads Mastriano by Three — Home Polls Pennsylvania 2022: Fetterman Holds Four-Point Lead Over Oz for US Senate; Shapiro Leads Mastriano by Three — Majority of Voters Say Oz's NJ Residence Makes Them Less Likely to Vote for Him
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Not-So-Enthusiastic Pennsylvania GOP Support for Oz
The Not-So-Enthusiastic Pennsylvania GOP Support for Oz
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Submit Redacted Affidavit Used in Trump Search Warrant — In its most complete form, the document would disclose important details about the government's justification for taking the extraordinary step of searching Mar-a-Lago this month. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department …
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Politico:
Justice Department proposes deletions for Mar-a-Lago affidavit — Get ready for a whole lot of ████████. — Justice Department attorneys proposed sweeping redactions Thursday to the secret document that justified the FBI search …
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Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Trump Calls For Mitch McConnell To Be ‘Immediately’ Replaced As Senate GOP Leader — Trump has repeatedly attacked McConnell since the GOP leader admitted Republicans are struggling in their attempt to win Senate control. — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed Senate Minority …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC chief on tape to donors: We need help to win the Senate
RNC chief on tape to donors: We need help to win the Senate
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Richie McGinniss / Newsweek:
‘I Was in Kenosha Two Years Ago, Kyle Rittenhouse Is Not a Hero’ — Before the shooting started, at 11:36 p.m. on August 25, 2020, I ran into Kyle Rittenhouse in front of a gas station and interviewed him for several minutes. He was a 17-year-old kid with a semi-automatic rifle …
The Daily Beast:
Eight Sources Say Feds Are Not Done With Matt Gaetz — It's been a quiet couple months in the probe into allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz was involved in underage sex trafficking. But few involved think it's over. — When Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) beat his primary challenger Tuesday …
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi's 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law — The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to uphold a Jim Crow law that Mississippi's white-supremacist leaders adopted in 1890 in an attempt to disenfranchise Black residents for life.
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Raw Story and Mississippi Today
Politico:
How Trump has spent his days since the feds searched his home — As he finds himself, once more, in legal jeopardy—standing at the epicenter of a media storm of his own making, his political future changing course in real time—Donald Trump has done what Donald Trump likes to do.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An expert on the right urgently warns: Beware of another Oklahoma City — Consider the events of this month alone: Members of a militia in Michigan were convicted of a plot to kidnap the state's Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer. We've seen numerous threats and attempts at violent attacks against the FBI.
CBS News:
Sen. Klobuchar plans to bring Pete Buttigieg to the State Fair butter carving booth Thursday — FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A lot of people lined up outside the gates of the Minnesota State Fair Thursday morning, and among them was Sen. Amy Klobuchar. — “I think people now see the lighthouse on the horizon.
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Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Republicans' Other Dobbs Problem — Their coalition contains a lot of voters who aren't that religious and aren't especially keen on abortion bans. And they may not vote this November. — Dear readers, — Democrats had a strong election night on Tuesday, continuing their streak …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Stop improving things right now! Everyone must suffer as I did! — DISGUSTING! AWFUL! I have just received word that life is getting marginally better for some people, and I am white-hot with fury! This is the worst thing that could possibly happen!
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CNN:
Minnesota's GOP nominee for top elections official called changing voting rules ‘our 9/11’ after ‘the big rig’ in 2020 — The Republican nominee to be the top elections official in Minnesota said changing the rules around voting following the 2020 “big rig” was “our 9/11,” …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Obama enters the chat — Former President Barack Obama is jumping full-on into the midterms with a fundraiser for the Senate Democrats' campaign arm, Axios has learned. … - Tickets for the New York City event are $25,000-a-pop for general admission and $50,000 for VIP, the invite says.
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Craig Pittman / Florida Phoenix:
Developers back out of Florida panther protection proposal — A Florida panther that had been hit by a car is released back into the wild with a collar attached to track it. Credit: Brandon Basino, FWC — Quality Journalism for Critical Times — August is usually the worst month to be in Florida.
Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Court: Arkansas can't ban treatment of transgender kids — A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can't enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender affirming medical care. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judge's ruling temporarily blocking …
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine — Texas, the largest state to restrict abortions, now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield. — Copy link — Performing an abortion is now a felony punishable by up to life …
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Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Gov. Kemp's attempt to avoid testifying in Trump election investigation in court today — A Fulton County judge on Thursday morning will hear arguments about whether Gov. Brian Kemp should be forced to testify before a grand jury examining potential criminal interference in Georgia's 2020 elections.
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Politico, Washington Post and Albuquerque Journal
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Trump World's Mar-a-Lago Offensive Backfires — It turns out the former president tried to block FBI access to retained classified documents, but Biden intervened. — In my columns Monday and Tuesday, I stressed that President Trump could talk himself into being charged by the Justice Department …
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Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
Tax rebates 2022: Direct one-time checks worth $150 will be sent out in just months — Hundreds of thousands of New York City homeowners will receive tax rebates thanks to legislation passed and signed by city leadership. — Mayor Eric Adams signed the legislation on Wednesday …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. toughened positions in Iran deal response, Israeli officials say — When Israeli national security adviser Eyal Hulata arrived in Washington this week, his government was highly concerned that the Biden administration was about to make new concessions to reach a nuclear deal with Iran.
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Algemeiner.com and The Times of Israel
David Enrich / New York Times:
How a Corporate Law Firm Led a Political Revolution — The untold story of Jones Day's push to move the American government and courts to the right. — On a balmy Saturday night in June, Traci Lovitt hosted a 50th birthday party for her husband, Ara, at their 9,800-square-foot Westchester mansion overlooking Long Island Sound.
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Martijn Konings / Boston Review:
The Asset Economy Strikes Again … The resurgence of inflation has created a strange situation. Inflation is bad for ordinary people: their money buys less of what they need. But the prevailing approach to containing inflation is also bad for ordinary people: higher interest rates depress economic activity and keep wages down.
Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
How a far-right, Christian cellphone company ‘took over’ four Texas school boards — Patriot Mobile markets itself as “America's only Christian conservative wireless provider.” Now the Trump-aligned company is on a mission to win control of Texas school boards.
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