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Dearie asks Trump lawyers whether they believe FBI lied about seized documents — Order by Mar-a-Lago special master is the first time Donald Trump's attorneys have been asked to confirm or deny his claims in court — The Mar-a-Lago special master on Thursday ordered Donald Trump's lawyers …
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The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Reason and Insider
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Mar-a-Lago special master orders Trump team to back up any claims of FBI ‘planting’ evidence — The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump's lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence …
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How Trump's terrible day went from bad to worse — See Trumps reaction to New York attorney general's lawsuit — Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) is a CNN legal analyst and a professor at the University of Texas School of Law. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
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Slate, The Atlantic and Lawfare
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Special master in Mar-a-Lago case asks Trump to back up his allegation that FBI ‘planted’ evidence — The special master appointed to review documents federal agents seized at Donald Trump's Florida estate has given the former president until next Friday to back up his allegation that FBI planted evidence in the search on Aug. 8.
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Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, CNBC and Washington Examiner
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New Marquette Law School national survey finds a third of the public and three-fifths of Republicans don't believe Trump had secret documents at Mar-a-Lago; Biden's approval rating rises to 45% from 36% in July — MILWAUKEE — A new Marquette Law School national survey finds that 33% of adults …
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Washington Post, Townhall, Daily Kos, The Hill, USA Today and Marquette University …
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Appeals Court Thoroughly Rebukes Federal Judge in Ruling on Mar-a-Lago Files — The Eleventh Circuit federal appeals court has granted the Justice Department's requests that it be permitted to (a) withhold approximately 100 documents bearing classification markings from a special-master review …
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CNN, Washington Post, CBS News, The Bulwark, BizPac Review, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Townhall, The Liberty Loft, New York Daily News, Insider and NBC News
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Trump to Hannity: Presidents can declassify documents ‘by thinking about it’
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A thorough rebuke of Judge Aileen Cannon's pro-Trump order
A thorough rebuke of Judge Aileen Cannon's pro-Trump order
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Vanity Fair, Slate, The Mahablog, Vox, Law & Crime and Axios
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Pennsylvania poll: Fetterman and Oz in close race for Senate; Shapiro holds big lead over Mastriano — With just over six weeks until the general election, Democratic candidates are holding leads in both the Pennsylvania gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, according to a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll.
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EXCLUSIVE: Hunter gone wild! Unhinged videos show the president's son dancing shirtless, slipping down a waterslide naked and entertaining hookers at debauched pool party in $4,140-per-night Malibu rental — WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT — Videos and photos obtained …
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Russia's military divided as Putin struggles to deal with Ukraine's counteroffensive, US sources say — Russia's military is divided over how best to counter Ukraine's unexpected battlefield advances this month, according to multiple sources familiar with US intelligence …
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Russia's Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons
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Telegraph, The Sun, Global Community Weekly, Al Jazeera and The Guardian
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
The million-man mistake: Russians hit the streets after Putin mobilization decree
The million-man mistake: Russians hit the streets after Putin mobilization decree
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Washington Examiner, Institute for the Study of War, Insider, Vox, Politico and The Guardian
Cristina Gonzalez / Politico:
UN General Assembly — Russian escalation — EU reaction
UN General Assembly — Russian escalation — EU reaction
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Top GOP senators reject Trump's declassification comments and call for proper storage of secret records — Several GOP senators raised new concerns Thursday about former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, rejecting his claim that he could simply declassify the secret records by “thinking about it.”
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PoliticusUSA and The Guardian
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House Candidate Says He Served in Afghanistan, but Air Force Has No Record of It
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House GOP cuts loose candidate who misled about military service
House GOP cuts loose candidate who misled about military service
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HuffPost, Daily Kos, Axios, The Daily Wire and The Guardian
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Trump Made N.Y. Attorney General's Fraud Case Virtually Unbeatable — New York Attorney General Tish James raised eyebrows when she refused last-minute settlement overtures from former President Donald Trump. Her 222-page lawsuit filed Wednesday doubles down, asking for wide-ranging penalties …
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US lawsuit puts Donald Trump's Scottish resorts under scrutiny — For years now, searching questions have been asked of how Donald Trump arrived at the valuations of his two golf resorts in Scotland. — In 2018, when Trump was in office, The Scotsman reported how he told the US Office …
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Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
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The Moscow Signals Declassified: Irradiating Richard Nixon — For more information, contact: — 202-994-7000 or nsarchiv@gwu.edu — Regions — Hide/Unhide Taxonomies … Hide/Unhide Section — The Soviets exposed then Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat …
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US Capitol rioter and alleged Nazi sympathizer sentenced to 4 years in prison — Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an ex-Army reservist and US Capitol rioter who said January 6, 2021, was “exhilarating” and felt like “civil war” was sentenced on Thursday to four years behind bars.
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Raw Story, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Daily Kos
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It's Time to Stop Platforming the “Big Lie” Playbook — Noah Bookbinder is the president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and a former federal corruption prosecutor. — Before, during, and after the January 6 attacks, Donald Trump turned to social media …
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Youngkin's meeting with Va. delegation gets heated over trans policy — The Virginia congressional delegation's bipartisan monthly meeting Monday started out cordial enough, with Rep. Bob Good (R) asking special guest Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to lead the delegation in a prayer before sitting down to a Chick-fil-A lunch.
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Punchbowl News and Blue Virginia
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Do people really support GOP governors sending migrants across the U.S.? — The right points to polling that it says backs up Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott. But the reality is less cut and dried. — The decisions by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) …
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Fox News, Life Its Ownself and National Review
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Can Weak Manchin Permitting Bill Be Strengthened? — After authorizing $370 billion in new funding for new, cleaner energy sources, Congress is turning to permitting reform: All the money in the world will not help if projects don't have permission to build.
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Manchin energy proposal picks up key GOP vote but still faces tough path to passage
Manchin energy proposal picks up key GOP vote but still faces tough path to passage
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Trump Support Remains Unmoved by Investigations, Poll Finds — Even during peak crises during his presidency, views of him were static. Post-presidency polls have continued the trend. — The American public's views of former President Donald J. Trump have remained remarkably stable across …
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The Liberal Patriot, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Liberty Loft, Progress Pond and NewsNation
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Over 1M Teslas recalled because windows can pinch fingers — Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the U.S. because the windows can pinch a person's fingers when being rolled up. Tesla says in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that the automatic window reversal system …
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Herschel Walker's Company Said It Donated Profits, but Evidence Is Scant — Back when he was a businessman running a food-distribution company, Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, said his company offered its customers more than just burgers and hot wings.
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Killed for Walking a Dog — This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. — There is no particular reason people should care about the shooting of Isabella Thallas …
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GOP trashes Dem public safety bills as attempt to hide past support for ‘defund the police’ — Republicans warned the bills would let the federal government exert too much influence on local police departments — ‘Defund the police’ cities now want more cops
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Associated Press and The Root
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Two Bombings in One Night? That's Normal Now in Sweden. — My country just voted in a right-wing government. The almost 500 bombings since 2018 may have something to do with it. — Yesterday morning, Swedes woke up to news of a kind that has become all-too familiar: During the night …
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I'm a professional dad who “leaned out” to support my wife's career — If we want an equal society, we need to get more comfortable with unequal marriages. — In 2016, I started to feel I was struggling at work. — Until then, my journalism career had been going well.
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The third rail Republicans can't stop touching — For two decades, campaign after campaign, Republican politicians have floated the idea of privatizing government entitlement programs including Social Security and Medicare. And campaign after campaign — from Paul Ryan to George W. Bush — it's been a loser.
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Washington Post, Common Dreams and Mock Paper Scissors
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Stacey Abrams has a surprising problem with Black voters — As Stacey Abrams took the stage at a recent campaign stop, one person at the crowded Atlanta event was at the top of her mind. “Daddy, stand up,” Abrams said as her father, Robert Abrams, was showered with applause before an audience of several hundred people.
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Breitbart, Erick Erickson's Confessions … and Georgia Public Broadcasting