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Politico:
'There's enormous frustration': Trump forces Republicans off-script... again — The investigation into Donald Trump's handling of classified national security records is forcing Republicans into a strained defense during a pre-midterm sprint in which they'd much rather be talking about Joe Biden.
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HotAir, Mediaite, The Guardian and Raw Story
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Trump posts dozens of memes attacking Biden, the FBI, and others as the former president's allies beg him to keep quiet — Since the Mar-a-Lago raid in early August, Trump has taken to social media to lash out. — He has routinely promoted or commented on posts and memes that bashes Biden, Democrats, or the FBI.
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Alternet.org, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
‘Do Not Drink The Water’: Jackson Water System Failing For 180,000 People — Jackson's water system is failing and water across the city is entirely unsafe to drink, officials said at an emergency briefing Monday night. State leadership have warned all residents of Mississippi's capital city …
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Jackson, Mississippi, without reliable running water — Mississippi faces major water crisis in wake of severe flooding — The city of Jackson, Mississippi, was without a reliable water supply Monday after rain and flooding pushed the Pearl River to dangerous levels, officials said.
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USA Today, New York Times, CNN, The Hill, Forbes, The Daily Wire, Associated Press, Zandar Versus The Stupid, UPI, KTVX-TV, Reuters, NewsNation, CBS News and Fox News
Brian Bennett / TIME:
Republicans Search for Someone Who Can Sue Over Biden's Student Loan Debt Plan — To find the authority to cancel billions of dollars in student loans, President Biden turned to two words in a 2003 law: “national emergency.” — President George W. Bush had troops in Afghanistan and Iraq …
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Associated Press and Insider
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House conservatives prep plans to impeach Biden
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RedState and The Dispatch
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump hires former Florida solicitor general in criminal probe of Mar-a-Lago documents — Chris Kise, Florida's former solicitor general who served on Gov. Ron DeSantis's transition team, inked a contract to represent Donald Trump in the criminal case that resulted in the FBI search …
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The Daily Beast and CNN
Washington Times:
Top agent exits FBI amid charge of political bias undermining Hunter Biden probe, sources say — A senior FBI official in the bureau's Washington field office has abruptly resigned after coming under congressional scrutiny for suspected political bias in handling the investigation of Hunter Biden's laptop computer.
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Chris Brennan / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
More Republicans back Josh Shapiro for Pennsylvania governor — The ranks of Republicans rejecting State Sen. Doug Mastriano, their party's nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, grew this week as a former national security Cabinet member and a former Trump administration lawyer endorsed …
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Philadelphia Magazine and Washington Examiner
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Bragged He Had ‘Intelligence’ on Macron's Sex Life … For Trump, that has been a subject of intense — and tawdry — interest for years. — Specifically, Trump has bragged to some of his closest associates — both during and after his time in the White House …
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Politico, Insider, Raw Story, The Spectator World and Political Wire
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Here are the signs Republicans' hopes for a ‘red wave’ are receding ahead of the 2022 elections — Analysis: The GOP may still make gains this fall. But the Supreme Court's abortion ruling, declining gas prices and Trump's re-emergence give Democrats fresh cause for optimism.
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Fox News, Daily Kos, FiveThirtyEight and New York Times
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
From a Republican ‘tsunami’ to a ‘puddle’: Why the forecast for November is changing
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Washington Examiner
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Senate GOP candidate Blake Masters suggests diversity at Federal Reserve is harming the economy
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The Hill, Mediaite, Bloomberg, New York Times and Townhall
Politico:
Republicans fight abortion backlash with ads — and stealth website edits — Democrats have been hammering GOP candidates on abortion since the fall of Roe v. Wade. That's left some Republicans scrambling to try to figure out how to soften the blow. — A number of Republicans are trying …
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Hill and National Review
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Dems interfere in GOP primary in New Hampshire
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
Bill Barr Made the Decision to Clear Trump, and That Should Still Frighten Us — The memo released last week by the Justice Department closing the book on the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election is a frightening document.
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Alternet.org
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy-one percent of Americans now approve of labor unions. Although statistically similar to last year's 68%, it is up from 64% before the pandemic and is the highest Gallup has recorded on this measure since 1965.
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Vox
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Ukraine lures Russian missiles with decoys of U.S. rocket system — KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine may be outgunned but in the latest sign it is not yet outfoxed, a fleet of decoys resembling advanced U.S. rocket systems has tricked Russian forces into wasting expensive long-range cruise missiles on dummy targets …
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Alternet.org, Reuters, Atlantic Council, New York Times, World Socialist Web Site and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
CNN:
Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters scrubbed language on campaign website saying the 2020 election was stolen from Trump — Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters removed language from his website following his primary win that included the false claim that the 2020 election …
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Arizona Republic, IJR, Talking Points Memo, Insider, HuffPost, Daily Kos and Big League Politics
The Verge:
How Twitter's child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor — Internal documents and Twitter employees reveal the need for massive investment to remove illegal content — but executives haven't listened — In the spring of 2022, Twitter considered making a radical change to the platform.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Secret Service official at center of Jan. 6 committee probe retires — Tony Ornato, the senior Secret Service official who served as a top aide in Donald Trump's White House and faced scrutiny from the Jan. 6 select committee earlier this summer, announced his retirement Monday.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Truth Social's Google Play Store holdup — Google hasn't yet approved Truth Social's Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation, a Google spokesperson tells Axios. … - “Last week Truth Social wrote back acknowledging our feedback …
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Forbes and The Daily Dot, more at Techmeme »
Jay Root / New York Times:
Skirting Ethics Order, Hochul Seeks Donations From Cuomo Appointees — Gov. Kathy Hochul's campaign says contributions from board and commission members and their families are fair game because she did not appoint them. — ALBANY, N.Y. — On the road to building one of the largest campaign war chests …
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New York Post
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Ron DeSantis' First Voter Fraud Bust Is Quickly Imploding — The governor's own administration greenlighted the defendants' voter registration applications. Now it has arrested them for voting. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a spectacle out of the round of arrests …
Discussion:
Politico, Raw Story and Florida Politics
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
What's Behind Trump's Private War With the Intelligence Community? — The former president is serially criminal, loves dictators, and hates being held accountable. No wonder he despises the U.S. intelligence community. … When you are at war with the truth, you attack the truth tellers.
Kate Bennett / CNN:
An ‘annoyed’ Melania Trump stays mum on Mar-a-Lago search as she promotes NFT business — Shortly after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this month, former President Donald Trump fumed on social media about agents rummaging through his wife's clothing and personal items.
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Insider
Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
Biden Tests His Political Muscle as Midterm Travel Blitz Begins — President Joe Biden is kicking off a travel stretch intended to save the Democratic Party's majorities in Congress with visits to two pivotal states that will provide an early test of his political clout ahead of November's midterm elections.
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The Hill, CBS News, Axios, Washington Examiner, Townhall, Breitbart and Albuquerque Journal
Ashley Fetters Maloy / Washington Post:
Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. — The curtailing of abortion rights and general political turmoil have made many in the U.S. see dual citizenship as an escape hatch — On the morning of June 27, Julie Schäfer logged into her work computer and sat stunned at what she saw.
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
NBC's ‘Meet the Press’ Shakeup Puts Chuck Todd in Jeopardy … This reporting appears as one of several scoops featured in this week's edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.
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