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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.
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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 …
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Trump campaign rejected offer to buy Biden daughter's diary  —  Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign rejected an offer to buy President Biden's daughter's stolen diary, federal prosecutors say.  —  Why it matters: The revelation comes amid a criminal investigation into how the diary …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
WaPo editors: Biden's Academia bailout is “a regressive, expensive mistake”  —  Make no mistake about it — Joe Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan is a bailout of Academia, and it's as bad or worse as the Washington Post's editorial board declares.  Allahpundit mentioned it in his earlier round …
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Democrats' student loan backlash
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump slams Biden student loan handout as ‘election enhancing money grab’: ‘Stop voting for Democrats!’
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
New Student Debt Changes Will Cost Half a Trillion Dollars
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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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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getrevue.co:
Franklin & Marshall Poll Release: August 2022
Discussion: Political Wire
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Not-So-Enthusiastic Pennsylvania GOP Support for Oz
Discussion: Common Dreams and CNN
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The gaping hole in our knowledge of the Trump documents
Discussion: Insider, Baltimore Sun and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's secret papers and the ‘myth’ of presidential security clearance
Discussion: Raw Story
David Corn / Mother Jones:
J.D. Vance Appeared With Podcaster Who Once Said “Feminists Need Rape”  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, is typically described as the bestselling author …
NBC News:
In Arizona, Blake Masters backtracks on abortion, scrubs campaign website  —  Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters softened his tone and scrubbed his website's policy page of tough abortion restrictions Thursday, as his party reels from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and Politico
Reade Pickert / Bloomberg:
US Corporate Profits Soar, Taking Margins to Widest Since 1950  —  A measure of US profit margins has reached its widest since 1950, suggesting that the prices charged by businesses are outpacing their increased costs for production and labor.  —  After-tax profits as a share of gross value added …
Anthony Effinger / Willamette Week:
Polling Shows Portlanders Are Scared of Downtown—and of Their Own Neighborhoods  —  On the bright side: 57% are still willing to visit the central business district.  —  Expand  —  It's no secret downtown Portland is a shadow of its former self.  —  Cellphone data tells the tale.
Discussion: HotAir
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘swatted’ for second time in two days, police say  — Police responded to another false 911 call at the home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, authorities confirmed.  — It was the second “swatting” call in two days targeting the Republican congresswoman, who is supported by former President Donald Trump.
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Washington Post:
Tesla demands removal of video of cars hitting child-size mannequins  —  The move comes amid heightened sensitivity to criticism of the software that is under public and regulatory scrutiny  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is demanding an advocacy group take down videos of its vehicles striking …
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
New York Times:
Austin Orders Overhaul to Better Protect Civilians During U.S. Combat Operations  —  A Pentagon plan envisions broad changes to military doctrine, planning and training aimed at mitigating the risk of harm to noncombatants.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Thursday announced sweeping changes aimed …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sean Hannity and Other Fox Stars Face Depositions in Defamation Suit  —  The depositions are one of the clearest indications yet of how aggressively Dominion Voting Systems is moving forward with its suit against the media company.  —  Some of the biggest names at Fox News have been questioned …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
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.
Charlie Gasparino / Fox Business:
Trump's social media app facing financial fallout  —  Truth Social's finances may be in significant disarray, sources say  —  Rove says Trump's demand for special review not ‘likely’ to happen  —  Former President Donald Trump's social media outfit, Truth Social, is locked in a bitter battle …
Discussion: Mediaite
Conover Kennard / Crooks and Liars:
Political Director Of Texas Right To Life Arrested For Soliciting A Minor  —  When Republicans claim that Democrats are doing something evil, it's just a matter of projection.  I'm sure QAnon will be all over this, right?  According to Current Revolt, Texas Right to Life told the outlet …
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FBI agents behind controversial Hunter Biden briefing in 2020 ordered to talk  —  Two top Senate Republicans want to interview the FBI officials behind a controversial summer 2020 FBI briefing on Russia.  —  Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to the two FBI employees …
Washington Post:
N.Y. House race may not be settled as Niou weighs run against Goldman  —  On Tuesday, former federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman was projected to be the winner of the Democratic nomination in New York's newly redrawn 10th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press …
 
 
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Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Netanyahu's Latest Iran Speech Deserves Gold Medal for Chutzpah
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitter labeled factual information about covid-19 as misinformation
Adam Manno / The Daily Beast:
Laid-Off HBO Max Execs Reveal Warner Bros. Discovery Is Killing Off Diversity and Courting ‘Middle America’
Discussion: Breitbart and The A.V. Club
Washington Post:
Manchin delivered for Democrats. Can they return the favor?
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Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
How a far-right, Christian cellphone company ‘took over’ four Texas school boards
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. toughened positions in Iran deal response, Israeli officials say
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Trump World's Mar-a-Lago Offensive Backfires
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