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3:45 PM ET, August 30, 2022

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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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Insider:
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: MSNBC, Mediaite and HuffPost
Jack Stebbins / CNBC:   Trump's Truth Social barred from Google Play store over content moderation concerns
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.
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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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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Bolsters Florida Legal Team
Discussion: Bloomberg
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 …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Common Dreams
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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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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 …
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and UPI
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Akiko Fujita / Yahoo Finance:   First Solar is investing $1.2 billion to expand U.S. factory footprint after IRA passage
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.
Discussion: Alternet.org
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.
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 …
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") …
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.
Discussion: Vox
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Insider
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 …
Discussion: Big League Politics
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden Will Call Out Republicans on Guns and Crime in Pennsylvania Speech  —  The president is expected to talk about his plans to address gun crime in an address in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.  —  WASHINGTON — For months, President Biden has tried to blunt attacks that he is soft on crime …
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 …
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.
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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Eric S. Edelman / The Bulwark:
Putin Thinks He Can Wait Out U.S. Support for Ukraine
Josh Israel / The American Independent:
Ted Cruz says FBI needs ‘complete housecleaning’ due to its ‘horrific’ abuse of power
Discussion: Twitchy
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Saudi woman jailed for 45 years over social media use, says group
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Rep. Mondaire Jones' Allies Accuse Key Progressive Group Of Misleading Him
 Earlier Items: 
CBS News:
Top-level FBI agent under fire for role in Hunter Biden investigation resigns
Jay Root / New York Times:
Skirting Ethics Order, Hochul Seeks Donations From Cuomo Appointees
Discussion: New York Post
Kate Bennett / CNN:
An ‘annoyed’ Melania Trump stays mum on Mar-a-Lago search as she promotes NFT business
Discussion: Insider
Ashley Fetters Maloy / Washington Post:
Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
What's Behind Trump's Private War With the Intelligence Community?
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
In his amended lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk names new defendants including Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, and ex-OpenAI board member and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
Biden admin finalizes its $6.6B CHIPS Act grant to TSMC; money will be disbursed in stages and TSMC is expected to receive at least $1B by the end of 2024
 
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