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1:45 PM ET, August 1, 2023

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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 …
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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 …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Donald Trump's $100 million PAC is down to just $3.6 million in cash  — Trump's Save America PAC raised over $15 million in the first half of 2023, spent over $30 million and now has about $3.6 million  — The drop in fundraising by the Trump PAC suggests the small-dollar donor operation …
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
New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the 2024 Race and National Issues
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Trump Is So Hard to Beat
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
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 and The Gateway Pundit
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Karl de Vries / CNN:
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies at 71
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
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ray Epps' Attorney Fires Back at Joe Rogan's Jan. 6 False Flag ‘Absurdity’  —  If Rogan is “truly interested in focusing on who instigated” the Jan. 6 riots, Epps' lawyer said, “he would find more truth in looking at the mirror.” … Ray Epps, the former Trump acolyte at the center …
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.
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 …
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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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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
Shia Kapos / Politico:
No Labels to GOP donors: We are your anti-Trump alternative  —  The bipartisan group sees an opportunity with donors who are disaffected with the leading candidates.  —  The centrist group No Labels has targeted Republican donors disaffected with Donald Trump, pitching its unity ticket …
 
 
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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
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris takes center stage for White House with Biden on vacation
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Driver who hit 6 farm workers says it was an accident and he fled in panic
Discussion: WBTV-TV and Washington Post
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
Washington Free Beacon:
House Democrat Says Hunter Biden Called His Father During Business Meetings
Tom Lavelle / Center for Countering Digital Hate:
Letters from the lawyers: Musk threatens CCDH with brazen attempt to silence honest criticism.
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video

Financial Times:
Media executives say that some brands were preparing to advertise on X once again, as Elon Musk was likely to gain an influential Trump administration role

Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube is testing a new feature that will let a small group of creators use AI to “restyle” licensed songs for their Shorts through prompts

 
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