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1:35 PM ET, August 1, 2023

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Rolling Stone:
Trump's Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers  —  “John [Eastman] and Rudy [Giuliani] gave a lot of counsel,” one Trump advisor says ominously.  “Other people can decide how sound it was” … Plans for such a defense have been percolating since last year, the two sources say.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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New York Times:
Trump PAC Down to $4 Million Cash on Hand After Legal Fees  —  The scramble to cover legal bills for former President Donald J. Trump and his associates has prompted what appears to be the largest refund in federal campaign finance history.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump's political action committee …
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Trump's indictments are having diminishing returns for his political fundraising  —  The second indictment was not as powerful as the first.  —  Donald Trump's legal troubles have created windfalls for his political fundraising in the past.  And his team has not been shy about using various investigations …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Legal Fund Is a Lean, Mean Grift Machine  —  Donald Trump's new legal fund is a clever way to get around campaign finance laws.  —  When allies of former President Donald Trump launched his new legal defense fund, they created a group with few restrictions on how much it can raise …
New York Times:
Biden Shores Up Democratic Support, but Faces Tight Race Against Trump  —  A New York Times/Siena College poll found that President Biden is on stronger footing than he was a year ago — but he is neck-and-neck in a possible rematch against Donald Trump.  —  President Biden is heading …
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Even Trump's indictments haven't shattered the deadlock between the parties.  Here's why  —  Former President Donald Trump's mounting legal jeopardy is raising a stark political question: can anything break the sustained electoral stalemate that has left the country divided almost exactly …
Discussion: The Hill
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump grand jury in 2020 election probe arrives at court, fueling speculation an indictment is imminent  — Members of the grand jury hearing evidence in the special counsel probe of possible 2020 election interference by former President Donald Trump and others have begun to arrive at court.
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies unexpectedly after undisclosed medical issue  —  Oliver had been serving as acting governor while Phil Murphy was out of state.  —  New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver died Tuesday, one day after she was rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue.
Discussion: NBC News
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Karl de Vries / CNN:
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies at 71  —  New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver has died, her family said.  She was 71.  —  “She was not only a distinguished public servant but also our cherished daughter, sister, aunt, friend, and hero,” the Oliver family said in a statement on Tuesday.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Meet the “scholars” who created Florida's new Black history curriculum  —  To comply with the Stop WOKE Act, a 2022 law championed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), the state needed to create a new curriculum for Black history.  The law required the curriculum to “celebrate …
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story and Fox News
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Rape Trial Testimony Is Already Coming Back to Haunt Him  —  The Manhattan DA wants to use Trump's deposition in the E. Jean Carroll rape lawsuit to show how desperate he was to keep sexual allegations against him secret.  —  The Manhattan district attorney seeking to jail Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Weigel / Semafor:
‘This belongs in the Smithsonian’: Inside the meme video operation that swallowed Ron DeSantis' campaign  —  The Scoop  —  Senior aides to Ron DeSantis oversaw the campaign's high-risk strategy of laundering incendiary videos produced by their staff through allied anonymous Twitter accounts …
Conrad Hoyt / Washington Examiner:
Memphis police arrest gunman outside Jewish school and prevent ‘potential mass shooting’  —  Memphis police officers prevented a “potential mass shooting” when they shot and detained a gunman attempting to enter a Jewish school in the city on Monday, the department's police chief said.
New York Post:
Adams warns NYers migrant crisis is coming ‘to a neighborhood near you’ — as he slams Biden's liaison offer  —  Mayor Eric Adams warned New Yorkers on Monday the migrant crisis is coming “to a neighborhood near you” — and said President Biden's offer of just a liaison to help fix the debacle is hardly good enough.
Robert H. Bork Jr / Washington Examiner:
How ESG will hurt your retirement  —  A few years back, a Nevada man made millions of dollars selling lots on the moon , complete with “lunar deeds” to be framed and displayed.  It turned out to be a strong business plan.  At $24 an acre, lunar lots were snapped up by many eager buyers …
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Doc Detained at Rodeo While Assisting on ‘Chaotic’ Medical Emergency  —  The office of Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) was quick to assert that the former White House doctor had not been drinking.  —  Former White House doctor and current U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Bjorn Lomborg / Wall Street Journal:
Climate Change Hasn't Set the World on Fire  —  It turns out the percentage of the globe that burns each year has been declining since 2001.  —  One of the most common tropes in our increasingly alarmist climate debate is that global warming has set the world on fire.  But it hasn't.
Jon Haworth / ABC News:
Team USA teen cyclist killed by car in training accident just days before world championships  —  The investigation is ongoing and criminal charges could be pursued.  —  An up-and-coming teen American cyclist who was a member of the U.S. National Team was struck and killed by a car …
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Katie Britt recovering at home after ‘sudden onset of numbness’ in face, condition not life-threatening  —  Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) announced on Monday night that the senator is receiving outpatient care after experiencing a “sudden onset of numbness” in her face and is expected to need “several weeks” of recovery.
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Rep Tom Tiffany opts against running against Baldwin in Wisconsin Senate race  —  Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) announced Tuesday that he's opting against running in Wisconsin's Senate race against Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), becoming the second Republican to decide against running.
Fox News:
Hunter Biden told Archer that Chinese chairman loved him for his ‘last name,’ posse of ‘godlike Aryan men’  —  Joe Biden had coffee with Hunter Biden's Chinese business partner, Archer told Congress  —  Hunter Biden told business partner Devon Archer that the Chinese tycoon who helped …
Discussion: RedState, New York Post and Daily Mail
Washington Free Beacon:
House Democrat Says Hunter Biden Called His Father During Business Meetings  —  Joe Biden claimed he ‘never discussed business’ with Hunter  —  Hunter Biden often called his father, Joe Biden, on speakerphone during business meetings, a Democratic lawmaker said Monday …
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Statement on Devon Archer's Testimony
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris takes center stage for White House with Biden on vacation  —  With President Biden in Delaware for a week-long vacation, Vice President Harris is taking center stage for the White House.  —  Harris began her jam-packed week by sitting down with ABC News for a one-on-one interview.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Breitbart
 
 
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
California relying on fossil fuels for critical power amid record heat wave: ‘We need natural gas’
Discussion: Breitbart, The Hill and The Guardian
Mary Owens / SBA Pro-Life America:
SBA: Ron DeSantis' Position Is Unacceptable to Pro-Life Voters
Nikole Killion / CBS News:
Fulton County D.A. receives racist threats as charging decision against Trump looms
Politico:
House Dems sideline one of their own leaders in the fight over food stamps
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US limits visa waiver for Hungarians
NBC News:
Driver who hit 6 farm workers says it was an accident and he fled in panic
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Aria Bendix / NBC News:
$11 million awarded to family of woman who died after taking kratom, an opioid-like herb
Discussion: Fox News and The Messenger
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Trump Is So Hard to Beat
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