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5:50 PM ET, September 12, 2022

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NBC News:
Texas woman arrested on charges she made death threats to judge in Mar-a-Lago documents case  —  A Texas woman has been arrested for allegedly making death threats against Aileen Cannon, the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's court fight against the Justice Department …
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Checks & Imbalances: See Who Else Has Visited Trump's Mar-A-Lago Office  —  Today we report on Steve Bannon's latest indictment, look at crypto legislation and catch up with Lev Parnas.  —  Donald Trump stored classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, including in his office, according to recent court filings by the Justice Department.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Latest Court Filing Attempts Legal Sleight of Hand  —  Trump's lawyers are arguing in the classified documents saga that he had the power to declassify those documents, but not necessarily that he did.  —  For weeks, former President Donald Trump has been raving on social media …
Discussion: emptywheel and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump lawyers suggest seized Mar-a-Lago documents may not be classified
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Yes, the Polling Warning Signs Are Flashing Again  —  Democrats are polling well in exactly the places where surveys missed most in 2020.  —  Ahead of the last presidential election, we created a website tracking the latest polls — internally, we called it a “polling diary.”
Washington Post:
John Fetterman needs to debate more than once for U.S. Senate  —  Debates about debates between candidates running for office are tedious, as barbs are traded over the number of matchups, the timing, the ground rules.  But the one being played out in Pennsylvania between Lt. Gov. John Fetterman …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Issues 40 Subpoenas in Jan. 6 Inquiry  —  Over the last week, it also seized the phones of two top Trump advisers, a sign of an escalating investigation two months before the midterm elections.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has issued about 40 subpoenas …
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Exclusive: 'I'm just not going to leave': New book reveals Trump vowed to stay in White House  —  Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told aides in the days following his 2020 election loss that he would remain in the White House rather than let incoming President Joe Biden take over …
Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
Let's hope this ruling against ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder has a ripple effect  —  For those of us who are tired of waiting for prosecutors to hold accountable Republican-elected officials who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a New Mexico judge last week provided …
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Politico:
Trump judges are on a tear
Discussion: Raw Story
Oliver Wright / The Times:
Biden can bring his Beast — but other dignitaries face taking bus … President Biden will have dispensation to take his armoured Beast to Westminster Abbey for the Queen's funeral next week, while lesser world leaders will have to make do with a shared bus.
Jed Graham / Investor's Business Daily:
Biden Approval Rating Gets Big Bounce From Young Americans  —  President Joe Biden's approval rating bounced higher over the past month, helped by lower gas prices and a series of legislative wins, a new IBD/TIPP Poll finds.  Younger Americans, in particular, rallied around Biden following approval …
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Ukraine makes more gains, pushes back to border in places  —  Ukrainian troops reclaimed more territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places as part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat from occupied land.
Axios:
Two Americas Index: Democracy deniers … - They're also a reality check against President Biden's speech that portrayed threats to democracy as solely driven by Republican supporters of former President Trump who refuse to accept that he lost the 2020 election.
Washington Post:
Trump backers flood election offices with requests as 2022 vote nears  —  The requests for records related to the 2020 election have complicated preparations for November, which some officials say may be the point  —  Supporters of former president Donald Trump have swamped local election offices across …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Supreme Court Is Vulnerable on Abortion  —  Thanks to ‘Dobbs,’ a majority of Americans are ready to put limits on its power.  —  Abortion rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 24, 2022.  —  Perhaps the biggest obstacle to Supreme Court reform …
Dawn Ennis / Forbes:
Ex-Trans Activist Chloe Cole In Her Own Words: 'I'm Autistic'  —  Note: A version of this report first appeared in The Los Angeles Blade.  Following publication, activist Chloe Cole tweeted that she is autistic, as both an explanation for why she sometimes struggles with her responses …
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's Surprise Visit To Washington D.C Sparks Arrest Speculation  —  Donald Trump made a surprise and unannounced visit to Washington D.C. on Sunday, prompting speculation and rumors about the reason for his trip.  —  A video of Trump arriving at Dulles Airport in Virginia …
CNN:
Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline  —  Now, he's detailing his main concern with Twitter  —  Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained by CNN that another outage elsewhere …
Haley BeMiller / The Columbus Dispatch:
Tim Ryan, J.D. Vance neck and neck in new Ohio Senate poll  —  With less than two months to go before Election Day, Ohio's U.S. Senate race is far from settled.  —  A USA TODAY Network Ohio/Suffolk University poll released Monday showed J.D. Vance and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan virtually tied …
Philippe Naughton / The Daily Beast:
Man Murdered Wife, Shot Daughter After Being Sucked Down ‘Q Rabbit Hole,’ Family Confirms  —  Igor and Tina Lanis were “loving and happy people” until Trump lost the 2020 election.  “My Qdad snapped and killed my family this morning,” his daughter posted on Reddit.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Is Putin facing defeat?  The ‘End of History’ author remains confident.  —  In mid March, less than a month after Russia invaded Ukraine, political scientist Francis Fukuyama offered a striking prediction: Ukraine will win.  —  Six months later, Ukraine is on the offensive …
Discussion: spiked
New York Magazine:
The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden's Laptop  —  The most invasive data breach imaginable is a political scandal Democrats can't just wish away.  —  Imagine the entirety of your digital existence plotted out before you: your accounts and passwords; your avatars; your contacts …
Discussion: Althouse
Steve Neavling / News & Views, Detroit Metro Times:
Prominent Republicans join coalition to support Whitmer for reelection  —  The formation of the group comes as the Michigan Republican Party struggles to unify ahead of the November election … More than 150 Michigan Republicans banded together to launch a group supporting …
Matt Sullivan / Rolling Stone:
Stephen Curry Is Putting It All on the Line  —  The NBA superstar has changed the game of basketball for the better.  Now, can he help change America?  —  STEPHEN CURRY HAS come a long way since the curious case of the government plot from outer space.  Five years ago …
Discussion: Mediaite, Jezebel, The Hill and Mercury News
Liz Schwartz / Shorenstein Center:
Brian Stelter Joins Shorenstein Center as Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow  —  The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that Brian Stelter will join the center as the Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The weirdest campaign in the country is happening in Pennsylvania  —  For as long as there have been campaigns, they have worked like this: You run to appeal to your party's base to win the primary and then, with that task done, you immediately begin to round off the hard edges of your policies …
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
 
 
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Gabriella Borter / Reuters:
Abortion clinic moves up the street to escape Tennessee's ban
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Arielle Mitropoulos / ABC News:
Biden pushes efforts to end cancer on 60th anniversary of JFK's ‘moonshot’ speech
Discussion: Politico and The White House
Gianna Melillo / The Hill:
Texas bar cancels drag brunch after threats
Discussion: Breitbart and Dallas Observer
Lauren Hirsch / New York Times:
Goldman Sachs Prepares for Layoffs as Deal-Making Slows
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Along the Texas-Mexico border, GOP enthusiasm mounts as Democrats defect over immigration concerns
Fox News:
Newt Gingrich hammers ‘absurdity’ of Jan. 6 Committee: ‘Americans should be insulted’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Democrats spend tens of millions amplifying far-right candidates in nine states
 Earlier Items: 
Vivek Ramaswamy / Politico:
The Grand Old Party of Crybabies
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden's midterm self-edit: Less talk about inflation woes
Discussion: Breitbart and Progress Pond
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Ari Fleischer Accused Of Bowing To Saudi LIV Golf Employer After Halting 9/11 Tweets
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Plaintiff in Wacky Laura Loomer ‘Fraud’ Suit: Take My Name Off
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sneak peek: How Trump fired his man in Manhattan
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russia's Retreat in Ukraine Pokes Holes in Putin's Projection of Force
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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