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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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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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Political Flare, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Do Republicans agree with Trump's demand for a do-over election? — Donald Trump believes he should either be handed the presidency now or there should be a do-over election “immediately.” Do Republicans agree? — By all appearances, Donald Trump is looking ahead to 2024 and gearing …
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Raw Story, Daily Kos, Washington Post, The Liberty Loft and New York Post
NBC News:
Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform — Trump explicitly promotes QAnon conspiracy theories on Truth Social — Former President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning posting inflammatory messages on social media, including many explicitly promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Woke Up and Went on a 60-Post, QAnon-Fueled Social Media Spree — You can take the man off of Twitter, but you can't take the urge to post out of the man — FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump spent Tuesday morning feverishly sharing content from supporters on his social media platform Truth Social …
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HuffPost, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Daily Dot, Raw Story and Political Wire
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Is Sedition Now A Policy of the GOP?
Is Sedition Now A Policy of the GOP?
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Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Atlantic
New York Times:
Frustrations Mount at Washington Post as Its Business Struggles — With digital subscriptions and digital advertising revenue stagnating, the company is on pace to lose money this year. — In the years after Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, business boomed.
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HotAir, National Review, New York Post, The Daily Caller, OutKick, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Twitchy, more at Mediagazer »
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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Fox News, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Washington Post, CNN, The Daily Wire, New York Post, Law & Crime and KFOR-TV
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump adds former Florida solicitor general to legal team working Mar-a-Lago probe — Former President Donald Trump has hired Chris Kise, Florida's former solicitor general, to represent him in the criminal investigation related to the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in early August.
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Washington Examiner 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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Rick Rojas / New York Times:
Mississippi Governor Declares Emergency Over Drinking Water Crisis
Mississippi Governor Declares Emergency Over Drinking Water Crisis
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Jackson, Mississippi, without reliable running water
Jackson, Mississippi, without reliable running water
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Ashley R. Williams / USA Today:
Mississippi pump failure leaves 150,000 people without safe drinking water
Mississippi pump failure leaves 150,000 people without safe drinking water
Susan Dynarski / New York Times:
Why I Changed My Mind on Student Debt Forgiveness — As an economist who studies education, I long thought that forgiving student loans was a crude and inequitable tool for fixing student aid. College graduates, after all, are the winners in our society. College certainly changed my life …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House conservatives prep plans to impeach Biden
House conservatives prep plans to impeach Biden
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New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Liberty Loft, BizPac Review, RedState, Washington Examiner and The Dispatch
Brian Bennett / TIME:
Republicans Search for Someone Who Can Sue Over Biden's Student Loan Debt Plan
Republicans Search for Someone Who Can Sue Over Biden's Student Loan Debt Plan
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Denver Post and Insider
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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The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Verge, Insider, IJR, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit and Forbes, more at Techmeme »
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four — Home Polls Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four — The latest Emerson College Polling survey of the Georgia general …
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The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, RedState, Mediaite, The Blue State Conservative, LifeNews.com and Political Wire
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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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 …
Pippa Stevens / CNBC:
First Solar announces new U.S. panel factory following the Inflation Reduction Act — First Solar, the largest solar panel manufacturer in the U.S., said Tuesday that it will build a new panel factory in the U.S. — CEO Mark Widmar told CNBC the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act …
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Washington Examiner and UPI
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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.
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The Western Journal, The Daily Caller and New York Post, more at Techmeme »
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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Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
France reveals hidden swimming pools with AI, taxes them — Computer eyes in the skies make real estate tax evasion in France much harder. — Using an artificial intelligence computer vision system developed by French IT firm Capgemini, the French tax office (often called “Le Fisc") …
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ZeroHedge, Bloomberg and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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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DVIDS:
U.S. Navy Foils Iranian Attempt to Capture Unmanned Vessel in Arabian Gulf … The U.S. Navy prevented a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 29-30.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Bloomberg, UPI, Associated Press, The Daily Caller and USNI News
Texas Department of State Health Services:
Texas Confirms First Death of a Person with Monkeypox — News Release — The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox in Texas. The patient was an adult resident of Harris County who was severely immunocompromised.
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The Hill, The Texas Tribune, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, CBS News, Washington Examiner, KTVX-TV, Metro.co.uk, Insider, KXAN-TV and Forbes
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Death in Navy SEAL Training Exposes a Culture of Brutality, Cheating and Drugs — The elite force's selection course is so punishing that few make it through, and many of those who do resort to illicit tactics. — CORONADO, Calif. — Kyle Mullen always had the natural drive and talent that made success look easy.
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Spencer Burt / KSTU:
Utah FBI employee charged with sexually abusing multiple children — TOOELE, Utah — A man who works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation was arrested last week and charged with molesting multiple children. — Robert Alexander Smith, 65, faces four 1st-degree felony counts …
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Big League Politics
NBC News:
A third of Pakistan is underwater as deadly floods leave desperate residents facing ‘doomsday’ — More than 1,100 people killed, half a million moved to shelters after historic flooding hits Pakistan — CHARSADDA, Pakistan — A third of the country underwater. More than 1,000 people killed.
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, BBC, Albuquerque Journal, Al Jazeera, CNN, Voice of America and The Guardian
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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Cathy Free / Washington Post:
His emotional support animal is an alligator. They sleep in the same bed. — ‘When he turns his nose toward you, that means he expects a kiss,’ Joie Henney said — Joseph Henney's emotional support animal WallyGator goes with him almost everywhere, from the grocery store to walks in the park.
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New Jersey Online, The Western Journal, National Review, Althouse, Mediaite and KFOR-TV
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Garland bans political DOJ appointees from participating in campaign events — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday banned political appointees at the Department of Justice (DOJ) from participating in campaign events in any form, changing a longstanding agency policy.
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Politico, Bloomberg and Political Wire