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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll gives Republicans the edge in most races — The latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll paints a bleak picture for Georgia Democrats in November, with every statewide candidate aside from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock facing a sizable deficit less than two months before the election.
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Barbara Rodriguez / The 19th:
Stacey Abrams: It is ‘wrong’ to compare her refusal to concede with Trump's stolen election rhetoric — ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams on Monday cautioned against conflating her refusal to concede in the 2018 Georgia governor's race with former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election …
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Washington Examiner, RedState, Townhall, The Hill and The Bulwark
Washington Post:
Video appears to undercut Trump elector's account of alleged voting-data breach in Georgia — On Jan. 7, 2021, a group of forensics experts working for lawyers allied with President Donald Trump spent eight hours at a county elections office in southern Georgia, copying sensitive software and data from its voting machines.
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Washington Examiner, Daily Kos and Mediaite
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Eli Okun / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Is it Republicans who are facing an enthusiasm gap? — TRUST BUT VERIFY — We have new polling out from POLITICO and Morning Consult today that offers some interesting glimpses into which party voters trust more on a variety of issues.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New York Times:
Videos Show Trump Allies Handling Georgia Voting Equipment — The footage raises new questions about efforts by Trump affiliates in a number of swing states to gain access to and copy sensitive voting software after the 2020 election. — Newly released videos show allies …
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The Hill, Daily Kos and Boston.com
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump team tells 11th Circuit Mar-a-Lago probe is a ‘document storage dispute’ that ‘spiraled out of control’ — Trump's legal team filed a response to the DOJ's motion for a partial stay in the 11th Circuit — Trump attorney on why the DOJ does not want a special master
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Politico, Washington Examiner, USA Today, CBS News, CNN, CNBC, Roll Call, Washington Times and Axios
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has more legal problems of his own making
Trump has more legal problems of his own making
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Associated Press, Raw Story and Mediaite
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents
Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents
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USA Today, HuffPost, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Hill, Raw Story, The Daily Wire, The Full Belmonte, Digby's Hullabaloo and Insider
Linda Chavez / The Bulwark:
The Cruelty and Dishonesty of the DeSantis Immigration Stunt — Especially galling: The men and women he used as props are in the U.S. legally. — Of all the excuses he could muster, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's explanation that he flew some fifty asylum seekers to Martha's Vineyard last week because …
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Miami Herald, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Law & Crime and The Guardian
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Emma James / Daily Mail:
Special delivery for Joe? Plane used by Florida Gov. DeSantis to send 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard is now heading to Delaware airport near Biden's two homes!
Special delivery for Joe? Plane used by Florida Gov. DeSantis to send 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard is now heading to Delaware airport near Biden's two homes!
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WFLA-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, RedState, Florida's Voice, Fox News, Louder With Crowder, The Daily Caller, Ace of Spades HQ and The Daily Wire
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Conspiracy Theorists Want to Run America's Elections. These Are the Candidates Standing in Their Way — Nobody recognizes Adrian Fontes when he walks into a Phoenix lunch spot near his office. The former recorder of Maricopa County looks like any other Arizona dad: a neat beard …
Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
Bret Baier wanted to rescind Fox News' decision to call Arizona for Biden in 2020 and wrote in an email, ‘The Trump campaign was really pissed,’ book says — Fox News anchor Bret Baier “was ready to give into” pressure from Trump after the network said he lost Arizona, new book says.
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HuffPost, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA, more at Mediagazer »
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Bret Baier Wanted Fox to Rescind Arizona Call, ‘Put It Back’ in Trump's ‘Column’
Bret Baier Wanted Fox to Rescind Arizona Call, ‘Put It Back’ in Trump's ‘Column’
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Mediaite
Jessica Piper / Politico:
What the numbers really say about abortion and Democrats in the midterms — Democrats have been on a voter registration tear since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. There's just one problem for them — they are digging out from under major Republican gains in the previous 18 months.
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Townhall and Washington Examiner
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Chaotic Politics of Lindsey Graham's Abortion Bill
The Chaotic Politics of Lindsey Graham's Abortion Bill
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, HuffPost and Blue Virginia
Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
The Trump/DeSantis War May Start Sooner Than You Think — The best defense is a good offense. — Donald Trump is not a patient man. Patience is a virtue, after all, and Trump has never had much regard for virtue. But he's been surprisingly patient with his one serious rival …
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The Message Box, NBC News, Florida Politics, The Daily Beast and Washington Examiner
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Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden over seating position at Queen's funeral — Former president claims if he was still in the White House he would have been sat nearer the front — Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden over his seating position at the late Queen's state funeral.
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Insider, The Times, The Guardian, USA Today, The Liberty Loft and HuffPost
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever
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CNN, Insider, The Political Insider, Talking Points Memo and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Russian-occupied Donbas region to hold referenda on annexation — Russian-occupied territories in eastern Ukraine announced referenda on whether to join the Russian Federation. — Russian separatists have fought in the Donbas region, which consists of the self-identified Luhansk People's Republic …
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Reuters, National Review, 19FortyFive and The National Interest
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Suzy Weiss / Common Sense:
‘Crime Is a Construct’: My Morning With the Park Slope Panthers — In the last couple of months in Park Slope—the baby bjorn-wearing capital of bourgeois-bohemian New York—a thief absconded with $200,000 worth of jewelry in a smash and grab, three boys stole a bunch of iPhones off of subway riders …
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HotAir and National Review
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Elton John will perform at White House on Friday — Singer Elton John will perform at the White House Friday night, according to a release from the White House. — There is a large tent being erected on the South Lawn for the event, the construction of which began Monday, a White House official told CNN.
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New York Magazine, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Politico, The Hill and New York Daily News
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Spencer Brown / Townhall:
With Economy in Crisis, Biden to Host Elton John for White House Concert
With Economy in Crisis, Biden to Host Elton John for White House Concert
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Raw Story, NPR and Washington Times
Washington Post:
Trump's ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers — Accounts that rose to prominence spreading disinformation about the 2020 election now drive other polarizing debates, a Washington Post data analysis found — Three days after the 2020 election, Kyle Becker …
United States Space Force:
Space Force reveals official song: “Semper Supra” — ARLINGTON, Va — ARLINGTON, Va. - Every branch of the armed forces has an official song, from “The Army Goes Rolling Along” to “The Marines' Hymn.” Each song is part of the services' foundation and represents its values, traditions and culture.
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CNN, The Hill, DVIDS, Politico, Military.com, Defense One, Task & Purpose, Air & Space Forces Magazine and WHTM-TV
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
Scientists have calculated how many ants are on Earth. The number is so big it's ‘unimaginable.’ — A new estimate for the sheer number of ants on Earth comes to an “unimaginable” sum, one researcher said — It's the ants' world, and we're just visiting.
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Fortune and Ace of Spades HQ
John McCormack / National Review:
Romney Rips Schumer for Delaying Vote to Reform the Electoral Count Act — Loading... On July 20, a bipartisan group of 16 senators introduced a bill to clarify the Electoral Count Act, the 1887 law that governs how Congress counts the results of the Electoral College.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Election Law Blog
CNN:
These male politicians are pushing for women who receive abortions to be punished with prison time — A businessman turned state representative from rural Oil City, Louisiana, and a Baptist pastor banded together earlier this year on a radical mission. They were adamant that a woman …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
The Cheney 2024 conundrum — Liberals who lavish praise on Liz Cheney for her defiance of Donald Trump are making one thing crystal clear: Don't expect us to support her for president, or any other political office, for that matter. — The Wyoming Republican's anti-Trump maneuvers …
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National Review
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Manchin decries ‘revenge politics’ amid GOP resistance to permitting effort — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) condemned what he described as “revenge politics” as many Republicans have resisted his efforts to speed up the approval process for energy projects. — “It's like the revenge politics, basically revenge towards one person: me.
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Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Wisconsin 2022: Voters Splitting Tickets in US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections — Home Polls Wisconsin 2022: Voters Splitting Tickets in US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Leads Mandela Barnes By Four; Democratic Governor Tony Evers in Two Point Race With Tim Michels