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Joe Conason / National Memo:
How Many Of ‘Her Emails’ Were Classified? Actually, Zero — Nearly every day fresh revelations emerge in the federal investigation of the national security and presidential records that Donald Trump purloined from the White House. So far, his alibis have been exposed one after another as empty …
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Hats off to Hillary: Prosecuting Trump in the shadow of Clinton's emails — THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — Hillary Clinton recently hawked a line of hats with a mocking logo — “But her emails.”
CNBC:
Sen. Lindsey Graham says he was stating the obvious with Trump riots claim — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham on Saturday defended saying there would be “riots in the streets” if former President Donald Trump was prosecuted for mishandling classified information.
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CNN:
Donald Trump has repeatedly called for lengthy jail sentences for those who he claimed mishandled classified information — Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the lengthy jailing of opponents of his who he claimed mishandled classified materials.
New York Times:
What the F.B.I. Seized From Mar-a-Lago, Illustrated — A court filing unsealed on Friday included a detailed inventory of the material that the F.B.I. removed in its Aug. 8 search of former President Donald J. Trump's office and storage area at Mar-a-Lago, his residence and private club in Florida.
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CNN:
After Mar-a-Lago search, Meadows turns over more texts and emails to Archives — Within a week of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over texts and emails to the National Archives that he had not previously turned …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans — The campaign arm of Senate Republicans had collected $181.5 million by the end of July — but spent 95 percent of it. A big investment in digital, and hyperaggressive tactics, have not paid off. — It was early 2021, and Senator Rick Scott wanted to go big.
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Biden Brings the War on Terror Home — President Biden in his primetime speech Thursday sure sounded like a man preparing to criminalize Trumpism. Is the White House expanding the great policy error of our time? — He looked shaky as he hobbled onstage Thursday night …
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Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
Biden speech denouncing Trump, ‘MAGA ideology’ sparks threats, calls for violence
Biden speech denouncing Trump, ‘MAGA ideology’ sparks threats, calls for violence
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BizPac Review, PoliticusUSA and GOP.com
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden's stark warning: The U.S. is threatened by its own citizens
Biden's stark warning: The U.S. is threatened by its own citizens
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Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Support for Legalized Abortion Grows Since Dobbs Ruling, WSJ Poll Shows — More than half of voters said the issue made them more likely to cast ballots in the midterm elections; majorities oppose 6-week and 15-week abortion bans — WASHINGTON—Voters have grown more supportive …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
‘Is there a purge?’: John Harwood's CNN exit viewed as strategy shift — The veteran White House correspondent's parting words were a defense of an outspoken kind of journalism that CNN insiders think has fallen out of favor under a new boss. — CNN parted ways with veteran White House …
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Washington Post:
Trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in GOP as double-edged sword — Republican campaigns hope rallies, robo-calls and virtual appearances by the former president can boost excitement in the party base without turning off moderates and independents — Donald Trump's political advisers …
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Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
How Trump's promised perks for Jan. 6 rioters could help form the next mob — Former President Donald Trump is all but certain to run for president again. And he's sending increasingly clear signals that he'd like to form another Jan. 6-style mob to help him secure the White House.
Stella Yifan Xie / Wall Street Journal:
China's Economy Won't Overtake the U.S., Some Now Predict — Slowing growth has dampened expectations that the Chinese economy will be the world's largest by the end of the decade — HONG KONG—The sharp slowdown in China's growth in the past year is prompting many experts to reconsider …
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Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
A Chesapeake Bay lighthouse is up for auction. So far, no one has bid on it. — Nobody wants it. — Not the nonprofits or preservationists. Not education agencies or community development groups or fishermen or lighthouse enthusiasts. — Maybe that's because the price …
Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Black Lives Matter leader accused of stealing $10 million from organization — The leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has been accused by former colleagues of stealing more than $10 million in donations from the organization for his own personal use, according to a lawsuit filed in court this week.
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Hillel Aron / Courthouse News Service:
Lawsuit accuses Black Lives Matter head of syphoning more than $10 million from donors
Lawsuit accuses Black Lives Matter head of syphoning more than $10 million from donors
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