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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
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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Steve Vladeck / CNN:
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, Lawfare and The Gateway Pundit
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
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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Washington Post, CBS News, The Bulwark, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Daily Kos, Townhall, The Liberty Loft, New York Daily News, Insider and NBC News
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A thorough rebuke of Judge Aileen Cannon's pro-Trump order — From a panel that was two-thirds comprised of fellow Trump-nominated judges, no less. — As U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled twice in the Mar-a-Lago documents case for the former president who nominated her to the bench …
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Vox, Slate, The Mahablog, Law & Crime, Axios and PoliticusUSA
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Mar-a-Lago special master orders Trump team to back up any claims of FBI ‘planting’ evidence
Mar-a-Lago special master orders Trump team to back up any claims of FBI ‘planting’ evidence
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USA Today, Insider, Washington Examiner, Media Matters for America, New York Daily News, Law & Crime, CBS News and Balloon Juice
Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
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 …
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 …
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Daily Kos, USA Today, The Hill and Marquette University …
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Trump to Hannity: Presidents can declassify documents ‘by thinking about it’
Trump to Hannity: Presidents can declassify documents ‘by thinking about it’
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Talking Points Memo and Just The News
Katie Bo Lillis / CNN:
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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Raw Story, Нов …, Deseret News, The National Interest, Washington Post, CBS News and Foreign Policy
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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, Insider, Politico, ABC News, Institute for the Study of War, The Guardian and Vox
Reuters:
Russia's Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons
Russia's Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons
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The Sun, Al Jazeera, Global Community Weekly and The Guardian
Cristina Gonzalez / Politico:
UN General Assembly — Russian escalation — EU reaction
UN General Assembly — Russian escalation — EU reaction
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Washington Examiner, Google Podcasts and Associated Press
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
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 …
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
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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Renato Mariotti / Politico:
Trump Made N.Y. Attorney General's Fraud Case Virtually Unbeatable
Trump Made N.Y. Attorney General's Fraud Case Virtually Unbeatable
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CNBC, CBS News, Political Wire and Ground News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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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Georgia Public Broadcasting and Erick Erickson's Confessions …
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Rematch of 2018 Governor's Race is Tight
Rematch of 2018 Governor's Race is Tight
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The Hill and Political Wire
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Stacey Abrams says ‘no such thing’ as 6-week fetal heartbeat: ‘Manufactured sound’
Stacey Abrams says ‘no such thing’ as 6-week fetal heartbeat: ‘Manufactured sound’
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Washington Examiner, National Review, Politico, LifeNews.com, New York Post, Newsbusters, The Federalist, CNSNews, Townhall, Power Line, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
nsarchive.gwu.edu:
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 …
CNN:
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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Daily Kos and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Nazi sympathizer and Jan. 6 rioter who claimed he didn't know Congress met at Capitol to be sentenced Thursday
Nazi sympathizer and Jan. 6 rioter who claimed he didn't know Congress met at Capitol to be sentenced Thursday
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New York Times, HuffPost, Law & Crime, Rolling Stone, UPI and Althouse
Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
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, Progress Pond, The Liberty Loft and NewsNation
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Manu Raju / CNN:
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
Noah Bookbinder / Tech Policy Press:
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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Miami Herald:
Operatives linked to DeSantis promised to fly migrants to Delaware — but left them stranded — A black, luxury SUV with tinted windows pulled into a parking space along the side of a drab, two-story La Quinta motel planted on the northwestern edge of 12 lanes of highway that loop around downtown San Antonio.
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Talking Points Memo, RedState, Florida Politics, Twitchy, UPROXX, Vox, Digby's Hullabaloo, BizPac Review, Rolling Stone, CNN, Arizona Republic and IJR
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Biden to attend DNC event on Friday as White House continues to accelerate political activities — President Joe Biden will attend a Democratic National Committee event on Friday focused on drawing a clear contrast with Republicans in the lead up to the midterm elections, according to a DNC official.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
White House warns Graham abortion bill would create ‘nationwide health care crisis’
White House warns Graham abortion bill would create ‘nationwide health care crisis’
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Associated Press and IJR
Associated Press:
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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Reuters, CBS News, New York Daily News, UPI, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
South Korean president overheard insulting U.S. Congress as ‘idiots’ — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was caught on a hot mic Wednesday insulting U.S. Congress members as “idiots” who could be a potential embarrassment for President Biden if they did not approve funding for global public health.
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, The Daily Caller, Althouse and Fox News
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
U.S. watchdog estimates $45.6 billion in pandemic unemployment fraud — Applicants got aid using dead people's Social Security numbers and the names of people serving federal prison terms — A federal watchdog on Thursday found that fraudsters may have stolen $45.6 billion …
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The Hill, CBS News and Political Wire
New York Times:
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.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Dr. Oz's Fundraising Emails Spell Panic in Pennsylvania — While the Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee's barrage of apocalyptic emails may be a gimmick, it's also grounded in a harsh reality. And it's not just about Oz. — Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding.
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Raw Story
Paulina Neuding / Common Sense:
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 …
Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Arizona Senate Moves From Toss Up To Lean Democrat — While the summer bump Democrats experienced may have waned slightly post-Labor Day, they are still in an unexpectedly strong position to hold the Senate. The environment is a boost for now, but incumbents also continue to perform …
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
FBI hero paying the price for exposing unjust ‘persecution’ of conservative Americans — Bombshell allegations by FBI Special Agent Steve Friend contained in a whistleblower complaint filed late Wednesday with the Department of Justice inspector general reveal a politicized Washington, DC …
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Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft:
Saudi lobbyist oversees millions in dark money GOP campaign donations — Experts question former Sen. Norm Coleman's role as both foreign agent for Riyadh and Republican fundraiser. … Last year, former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, one of the Republican Party's biggest fundraisers …
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
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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Natalie Allison / Politico:
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