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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump tells court that classified material should have been expected in presidential records found at Mar-a-Lago  —  Hear what ex-FBI special agent noticed in evidence photo taken inside Trump's home  —  Former President Donald Trump argued in a court filing Wednesday that the National Archives …
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Politico:
Trump team makes its 11th hour plea for independent review  —  WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Donald Trump's lawyers contended Wednesday that the Department of Justice is trampling on his rights and demanded an independent review of materials the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
How the DOJ has built a case against Trump for obstruction  —  FOLLOW THE STORY  —  I've been a naysayer on the notion that the Justice Department is trying to make a criminal case against former President Donald Trump based on the Mar-a-Lago raid, at least with respect to the offenses most often touted …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump's seized passports could be a problem for him, legal experts say  —  Donald Trump has complained that FBI agents' seizure of his passports showed that investigators ran amok as they searched his Florida resort, but new information about how and where the documents were found …
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Justice filing points to new legal trouble for Trump and lawyers, experts say  —  Prosecutors allege that Trump's team misled them about whether FBI agents were given all classified documents from Mar-a-Lago  —  Newly public details from the Justice Department's extraordinary criminal probe …
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian and USA Today
Lawfare:
A Justice Department Show of Force in the Mar-a-Lago Case
Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
Are Trump's Passports the FBI's Smoking Gun?
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The photo of classified documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, annotated
New York Times:
Trump's Legal Jab Left Him Open to Justice Dept. Strike
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Republicans notably silent, split as Trump probe deepens
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Mary Peltola, a Democrat, Defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska's Special House Election  —  Ms. Peltola notched a major upset against Ms. Palin and will finish the remaining four months of the term of Representative Don Young, who died in March.  —  In an upset with the potential to reverberate nationally …
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Iris Samuels / Anchorage Daily News:
Democrat Mary Peltola wins special U.S. House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress  —  Democrat Mary Peltola was the apparent winner of Alaska's special U.S. House race and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress, after votes were tabulated Wednesday in the state's first ranked choice election.
Joseph Gedeon / Politico:
Democrat Peltola beats Palin in Alaska special election upset
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Peltola beats Palin, wins Alaska House special election
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
What Republicans refuse to grasp about the ‘Clinton standard’  —  For those who don't care about factual details, the GOP's “Clinton standard” framing may very well have superficial appeal.  But it's still ridiculous.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham is facing quite a bit of criticism over his …
Discussion: NBC News and L.A.'s Newsletter
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
If It Were Anyone Else, They'd Be Prosecuted  —  Among the documents disclosed in a Justice Department filing last night in the case involving former President Donald Trump's possession of classified documents is a striking photograph, one showing documents marked secret and top secret strewn across the floor of Mar-a-Lago.
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
DOJ Is Likely to Wait Past Midterms to Reveal Any Trump Charges
Washington Post:
Fetterman campaign says stroke recovery factors into fall debate plans  —  Advisers say Fetterman can engage in one-on-one conversations but struggles with more chaotic auditory environments  —  Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's Senate campaign said Wednesday that his stroke recovery …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:   Dr. Oz and David McCormick will finally reunite
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Midterm Prospects Improve as Races Heat Up, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Independent voters, a key to victory in competitive general elections, are now tilting toward Democrats  —  Midterms 2022: Where Republicans and Democrats Stand on the Issues  —  Created with sketchtool.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
Michigan election board rejects abortion rights initiative  —  A Michigan elections board on Wednesday rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Defiant Rick Scott explains ‘strategic disagreement’ with McConnell over battle for Senate  —  Mitch McConnell is among the myriad Republicans questioning the Senate GOP's quality of candidates in the midterms.  Rick Scott wants everyone to stop doubting his recruits.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Pete Buttigieg has a bridge to sell you.  Just don't ask if it's linked to a campaign.  —  BERLIN, N.H.— Standing on a bridge with the picturesque Androscoggin River churning behind him, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hoisted an oversized novelty check made out to the “City of Berlin” for $19,534,391.
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Luke Goldstein / Washington Monthly:   Hey, Pete Buttigieg, Use Your Power to Get Us Better Airline Service
Madeleine Carlisle / TIME:
‘Gender Queer’ Author ‘Relieved’ After Court Rules Book's Sale Can't Be Restricted in Virginia  —  Maia Kobabe felt a wave of relief on Tuesday morning.  Waking up on the West Coast, an early morning peek at emails revealed a Virginia court had dismissed a lawsuit seeking to label Kobabe's book Gender Queer …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
New PAC forms to target anti-LGBTQ candidates  —  Agenda PAC says their aim is to defeat candidates who oppose same-sex marriage and other rights for LGBTQ Americans.  —  A new liberal super PAC is launching to defeat anti-LGBTQ candidates in the midterms and beyond.
Discussion: NBC News
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Why Yesterday's DOJ Filing Suggests a Trump Indictment Is Coming  —  Former president Trump is likely to be charged with obstruction of justice and causing false statements to be made to investigators.  —  WORLD  —  The Good Loser  —  By THE EDITORS August 31, 2022
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
A New York City Rug Expert Weighs In On Mar-a-Lago's Flooring  —  It's likely ‘machine-made.’  —  When the FBI released the photo of records allegedly taken by former President Trump strewn around a floor in Mar-a-Lago, it revealed not only haphazard keeping of the government's secrets, but also an incredibly tasteless rug underneath.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
IRS Sent Over $1 Billion In Stimulus Checks To Locked Up Criminals, Including Murderers  —  More than 1.1 million incarcerated individuals received COVID-19 stimulus checks, totaling over $1 billion dollars, according to internal data provided by the IRS.  —  Roughly 163,000 of those recipients …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu unites Jewish supremacist parties ahead of November's election  —  Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu in recent days united two radical right-wing Jewish supremacist parties as part of his effort to consolidate his bloc and win the November election.
CNN:
US war-gamed with Ukraine ahead of counteroffensive and encouraged more limited mission  —  Ukraine launches offensive in Russian-occupied Kherson region 02:19  —  In the buildup to the current Ukrainian counteroffensive, the US urged Kyiv to keep the operation limited in both its objectives …
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Commuter Tunnel Under the Hudson Won't Be Finished Until 2035  —  The crucial Gateway transit link from New Jersey to New York will now open three years later than expected and is likely to cost $2 billion more to construct.  —  Eight years ago, the head of Amtrak warned …
 
 
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America, Exporter of the Gender Revolution
Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Investigating parents of transgender youth has agency on ‘brink of collapse,’ staff warns
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
The White House:
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on the Alternative Plan for Pay Adjustments for Civilian Federal Employees
Fox News:
Texas sends buses of migrants to Chicago for first time, dropped off at train station
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McDermott campaign poll shows tight Indiana Senate race
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Mississippians with no water to drink? Blame racial politics.
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Miami Herald:
Cases against arrested voters on shaky legal ground. Florida issued them voter IDs
Discussion: Raw Story
American Prospect:
Why Obama-Era Economists Are So Mad About Student Debt Relief
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