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9:45 AM ET, August 29, 2022

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New York Times:
Trump's Legal Team Scrambles to Find an Argument  —  The lawyers representing the former president in the investigation into his handling of classified documents have tried out an array of defenses as they seek to hold off the Justice Department.  —  On May 25, one of former President Donald …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The almighty vs. the alternative  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE WEEK —Today: Artemis I, the first step in NASA's new moon mission, launches in the morning.  VP KAMALA HARRIS speaks at the Kennedy Space Center. ...
Discussion: The Hill, Al Jazeera and New York Times
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Republicans Signal Worries About Trump and the Midterms  —  Few Republicans appeared on the major Sunday talk shows to defend the former president.  Those who did indicated that they would rather be talking about almost anything else.  —  WASHINGTON — Headed into 2022 …
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Trump Family Dunks on DeSantis: You're ‘Stealing’ Our Bit!  —  Donald Trump says the Florida governor is mirroring the former president — right down to the hand gestures  —  DONALD TRUMP HAS been complaining that Ron DeSantis is “stealing” from him.  —  According to three people who've spoken …
Discussion: Raw Story and American Greatness
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton posts dance floor pic in support of Finnish PM Sanna Marin  —  Hillary Clinton is throwing down in support of Finland's party-loving prime minister, Sanna Marin, reliving her own scandal from strutting her stuff in office — and urging her to “keep dancing” through the backlash.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: National Republicans going all-in for Herschel Walker  —  Was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell talking about Herschel Walker recently when he referred to “candidate quality” as he downplayed Republicans' chances of retaking the Senate?  McConnell has never offered more detail …
Washington Post:
Republicans are increasingly sharing misinformation, research finds  —  Republican candidates have dramatically increased how much they share from unreliable sources in just two years  —  Over the last several years, there's been a considerable increase in media coverage about misinformation and conspiracy theories in politics.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Politico:
Same-sex marriage puts Ron Johnson in a bind  —  The most endangered Senate Republican incumbent — who's trailing his reelection foe in one of the most closely divided states in the country — could face a tough vote just weeks out from Election Day on whether to enshrine same-sex marriage into law.
Wall Street Journal:
The Comey-Clinton Document Standard and Trump  —  WSJ Opinion: What Did We Learn From Justice's Mar-a-Lago Affidavit?  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Axios:
First look: McCarthy PAC's new offense play  —  House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy's leadership PAC has reserved another $37 million in TV time for the last two months before midterms — with $9 of every $10 targeting seats carried by President Biden in 2020 — Axios has learned.
Discussion: CBS News, Mother Jones and HotAir
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
When an election denier becomes a chief election official  —  Many of the election deniers running for secretary of state this year have spent their time talking about something they can't do: “decertifying” the 2020 results.  —  The bigger question — amid concerns about whether …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
High water mark for House insurgents  —  It's a banner year for insurgent House candidates: 2022 is posting the second-highest number of primary losses for House members since 1948. … - As is often the case in redistricting years, the two Democrats were the victims of shifting district lines …
Associated Press:
Liz Cheney in 2024?  Deep skepticism emerges in key states  —  As the sun set in Wyoming, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney described her blowout loss as the beginning of a more consequential step in her political career.  She summoned Abraham Lincoln, who lost elections for the House and Senate …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Michigan Republican deletes the entire ‘values’ section of his website just to ‘hide’ his anti-choice stance  —  Michigan state Sen. Tom Barrett, a Republican congressional candidate, reportedly removed the “values” section of his campaign website that revealed he opposes abortion rights.
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Detroit News:   Insider: Top Michigan Democrats may not need to debate GOP opponents, lawmaker suggests
Olivia Olander / Politico:
Beto O'Rourke postpones events after being hospitalized  —  Beto O'Rourke, Texas' Democratic candidate for governor, will “postpone events” after being hospitalized with a bacterial infection, he wrote Sunday on Twitter.  —  “While my symptoms have improved, I will be resting at home …
Discussion: HuffPost, NPR and Fox News
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Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Latest Covid Boosters Are Set to Roll Out Before Human Testing Is Completed  —  The FDA and vaccine makers say they are confident that shots targeting Omicron subvariants will work safely  —  Covid Variants Keep Getting More Infectious.  Here's Why.  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:   Fall Vaccination Campaign Will Bring New Shots, Worse Access
 
 
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
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Alexander Hall / Fox News:
Larry Hogan flirts with 2024 run, warns against GOP nominating ‘unelectable’ candidates
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John Bacon / USA Today:
American killed while fighting alongside Ukrainians in contested Donbas region
Discussion: CNN, Washington Examiner and The Hill
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Tries Mobster-In-Chief Role With Attacks On Law Enforcement
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Dan Boyd / Albuquerque Journal:
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Katie Balevic / Insider:
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
ABC's Jon Karl Reports Trump's Inner Circle is Freaking Out Over Their ‘Comically Inept and Inexperienced’ Legal Team
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Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters:
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Semafor plans to launch an invite-only newsletter for CEOs, The CEO Signal, in January 2025, written by former FT US News Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Robert Booth / The Guardian:
A coalition of newspapers, writers, movie producers, and others rejects UK's plans to create a copyright exemption for AI companies to train their models

 
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