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5:30 PM ET, July 31, 2023

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump Crushing DeSantis and GOP Rivals, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  The twice-indicted former president leads across nearly every category and region, as primary voters wave off concerns about his escalating legal jeopardy.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump is dominating his rivals …
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New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the Race for Republican Nominee for President  —  Do you think the United States is on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?  —  ALL  —  GENDER  —  AGE  —  RACE/ETHNICITY  —  RACE/ETHNICITY  —  EDUCATION  —  RACE/EDUCATION
Alex Roarty / Miami Herald:
‘We gotta get DeSantis indicted’: Ally quips DeSantis would benefit from prosecution, too  —  How can Ron DeSantis regain momentum in the 2024 GOP presidential primary?  —  A key ally suggests jokingly that the Florida governor needs to get indicted, just like his chief rival Donald Trump.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Fani Willis warns Fulton leaders ‘stay alert’ as decision looms  —  News and analysis from the politics team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  X  —  As potential charges against former President Donald Trump in Georgia loom, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis warned …
Tresia Bowles / WXIA-TV:
DA Fani Willis gives more insight into decision over Trump Georgia election investigation
Politico:
Playbook: Three big questions about the battle for the Senate
Discussion: The Hill and The Dispatch
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Georgia judge skewers Trump's bid to derail potential charges  —  The judge declined to halt the Fulton County district attorney's investigation into 2020 election interference.  —  A state judge in Georgia has rejected Donald Trump's bid to derail his potential prosecution for attempting to subvert the 2020 election results.
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Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Charles Koch-Tied Group Seeks to Block Trump From GOP Nomination
New York Times:
Twitter Threatens to Sue Center for Countering Digital Hate Over Research  —  The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter's parent company, accusing it of trying to hurt the social platform with its research.  —  Elon Musk has over the last year …
Associated Press:
Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama, officials tell AP  —  President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama and ending months …
CNN:
Former business partner says Hunter Biden sold ‘illusion’ of access to Joe Biden, source says  —  Devon Archer told the House Oversight Committee on Monday that his former business partner, Hunter Biden, was selling the “illusion” of access to his father, according to a source familiar …
Axios:
Scoop: Why Biden's team soured on Dems' election lawyer … - Elias argues Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media.  — Biden's team, long guided by lawyer Bob Bauer, is concerned that while Elias' approach …
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ABC News:
Mar-a-Lago property manager does not enter plea in classified documents probe  —  Carlos De Oliveira is facing charges in the special counsel's investigation.  —  The newest defendant charged as part of the classified documents case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Joe Rogan Says It's a ‘Fact’ That Jan. 6 Was a False Flag, Cites Ray Epps  —  Rogan promoted the conspiracy theory that Epps was an “agent provocateur” for the feds, a baseless claim that has led to a defamation suit against Fox News.  —  Wildly popular podcaster Joe Rogan once again pushed …
ABC News:
Lori Vallow Daybell sentencing updates: Mother facing life in prison for ‘doomsday’ plot  —  A jury found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty in the murder of her two children.  —  Lori Vallow Daybell is set to be sentenced on Monday for the killing of two of her children in what prosecutors argued was a doomsday plot.
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
DeSantis' latest comments slammed by anti-abortion group as ‘unacceptable’  —  The rebuke from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is a tough one for the governor, who signed major abortion restrictions into law.  —  The nation's leading anti-abortion group on Monday called Gov. Ron DeSantis' failure …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Fox News Star Bill Kristol Joins Fight to Get FCC to Come Down on Fox  —  Kristol said the FCC should “fully consider the fitness” of Fox to broadcast as the Dominion case proved that the company “repeatedly disseminated false news.”  —  Bill Kristol, the neoconservative commentator …
Discussion: Twitchy
Mohamed Younis / Gallup:
Confidence in U.S. Military Lowest in Over Two Decades  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are now less likely to express “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the U.S. military, with a noticeable decline that has persisted for the past five years.  The latest numbers …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Missouri wants to kill a man on Tuesday despite competency questions  —  Two appeals court judges — an Obama and a Trump appointee — halted Missouri's scheduled execution of Johnny Johnson.  Then the full court stepped in.  —  Over the weekend, the full U.S. Court of Appeals …
Discussion: New York Daily News
Spotify:
President Joe Biden ON: How to Navigate the Path of Grief with Resilience and Hope & Ways to Make Challenging Decisions Under Pressure  —  Listen to this episode from On Purpose with Jay Shetty on Spotify.  In this very special episode, it is my great honor to be invited to the White House …
 
 
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
4 Senate Democrats call on Garland to sue fossil fuel industry
Wall Street Journal:
California Privacy Agency Opens Probe Into Private Data Collected by Cars
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Climate Change Obsession Is a Real Mental Disorder
Discussion: Breitbart and Cafe Hayek
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Abortion advocates sue Alabama AG over prosecution threats for out-of-state travel
BBC:
Zelensky after Moscow drone attack: War coming back to Russia
Matt Holt / The Messenger:
Senate Super PACs Raise Big Money Preparing for 2024 Showdown
Discussion: NBC News
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Commerce Secretary Raimondo Plans August China Trip as Tensions Over Tech Controls Simmer
Discussion: The Messenger
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The right once again gins up a baseless claim of intimidation
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive Video - Trump: McConnell Health Problems ‘Sad,’ He Should Step Down as ‘We Have to Have’ New GOP Leader in Senate
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The first five years and the next five years of Popular Information
Politico:
GOP splits further over Tuberville's military blockade as it stretches through summer
Discussion: The Daily Caller and KTSM-TV
NBC News:
GOP lawmaker ‘screamed’ curse words inches from Senate pages' faces and ‘shooed’ them, source says
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
 

 
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