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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
The New Evidence Against Donald Trump In The MAL Case Is BRUTAL — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. — Surprise! — With reporters clustered at the DC federal courthouse awaiting a possible Trump indictment …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Ex-Trump lawyer says evidence against him ‘overwhelming’ in Mar-a-Lago case — Ty Cobb, who represented Trump in Mueller investigation, says classified documents case is ‘tight’ after new charges filed — A former Trump White House lawyer said the evidence against the former president …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
‘These are my tapes’: Trump rips new charges in classified docs case — Donald Trump defended the handling of surveillance footage at his Florida home after being hit with new charges in his federal classified documents case. — The additional counts center on an alleged attempt …
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Shan Wu / The Daily Beast:
The New Trump Indictment May Be a Mixed Blessing — The charge arising from trying to delete a surveillance tape is helpful to prosecutors trying to prove Trump's criminal intent. But the indictment will also bring more delay. … The Trump indictment watch yesterday was not entirely …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The incredibly damaging timeline of the alleged Mar-a-Lago coverup — When former Donald Trump was first indicted by a federal grand jury in June, the world got its first peek at the strength of the evidence compiled by special counsel Jack Smith. It was, by all accounts, remarkable …
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Washington Post:
Trump charged with seeking to delete security footage in documents case
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump reacts to ‘abuse’ by DOJ: ‘This is what you get’ for leading the polls
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New York Times:
Trump Faces Major New Charges in Documents Case
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Absurd’: DeSantis car crash reveals he's using state vehicles for presidential campaign — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was involved in a car crash in Tennessee this week as he traveled for his campaign. He was unhurt in the incident. — However, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans like the hate DeSantis is selling. They just don't like him. — He's not tanking because of his extremism. On the contrary. — ∙ Paid … The Republican primary campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is already melting into a grease stain of incompetence.
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Lucy Hodgman / Politico:
‘No silver lining in slavery’: Scott slams DeSantis on Florida curriculum comments
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
More on McConnell and signs of a terrible September — With assists from POLITICO's Hill team — FROM MCCONNELL'S DESK: Burgess has a definitive look at how the Senate GOP is reacting to the minority leader's health scare — by cautiously planning an eventual leadership transition.
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Jedd Rosche / CNN:
McConnell's office says he will serve through 2024 as GOP leader
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NBC News:
Mitch McConnell vows to serve his full term as Republican leader
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell seeks to silence GOP speculation about his future
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
A Four-Way Race? The 2024 Presidential Contest is Anything But Settled. — Biden vs. Trump is the story today, but it's unlikely that voters will be satisfied choosing between a nearly 82-year-old incumbent and a 78-year-old challenger who may be a convicted felon.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“These people are admitting they lied to you”: Trump's own men undermine his “delusional” defense — Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows revelations show the Big Liars can't hide behind “delusional” defense — “For those that still believe there was widespread voter fraud, these people are admitting they lied to you.”
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HuffPost:
'It's Called Summer': GOP Brushes Off Record Heat Wave — Republicans say people concerned about unprecedented heat around the world should just chill out. — Unless you've been living underground or have a vested interest in turning a blind eye to reality, you know that climate change …
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Politico:
Abigail Spanberger tells Democrats she will run for governor — The centrist Democrat would leave a highly contested House seat should she follow through on those plans. — Rep. Abigail Spanberger , a centrist Democrat from Virginia who sits in a must-win seat for her party in 2024 …
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Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Bowed to White House Pressure, Removed Covid Posts — Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing pandemic to man-made virus — WASHINGTON—Facebook removed content related to Covid-19 in response to pressure …
New York Times:
The Mystery of How Tim Scott's Campaign Is Spending Its Millions — Most of the money spent by the senator's presidential campaign has gone to newly formed companies whose addresses are Staples stores in suburban strip malls. — Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina has more political money …
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JB Pritzker, Governor:
Gov. Pritzker Signs Bill Strengthening Protections Against Misinformation at ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ — Chicago—Governor JB Pritzker signed SB1909 into law, also known as the Deceptive Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers Act. This law bars so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” …
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Fox News:
Hunter Biden contradicts dad's claim nobody in family ‘made money from China’ — ‘My partner was associated with a Chinese energy company called CEFC,’ Hunter tells federal judge — Hunter Biden admitted to a federal judge Wednesday that he received over $600,000 from a Chinese Communist Party …
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