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5:25 PM ET, August 1, 2023

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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 …
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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New York Times:
Trump PAC Down to $4 Million Cash on Hand After Legal Fees
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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John Hasson / Townhall:
Biden Allies Spread Photoshopped Pictures of the President to ‘Prove’ He's Fit for Second Term  —  As a growing number of Americans believe President Biden is too old for a second term in office, White House allies are employing a desperate strategy to convince voters that the President is fit enough to serve:
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Even Trump's indictments haven't shattered the deadlock between the parties. Here's why
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the 2024 Race and National Issues
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: Mediaite, Politico and Raw Story
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Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’  —  A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering …
Washington Post:
Michigan Republicans charged in connection with 2020 voting machine tampering  —  A Michigan prosecutor charged a former state lawmaker and a losing candidate for state attorney general Monday as part of an investigation into the improper acquisition of voting machines.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
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Karl de Vries / CNN:
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies at 71
Associated Press:
New Jersey's acting governor taken to hospital for undisclosed medical care
NBC News:
Former Lizzo dancers were weight-shamed and pressured while at strip club, lawsuit says  —  Three former dancers have filed a suit against Lizzo, accusing the singer of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.  —  LOS ANGELES — Three of Lizzo's former dancers have accused …
CNN:
Former Georgia state senator subpoenaed to testify before grand jury in 2020 election probe  —  Former Georgia Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan received subpoenas to testify before a Fulton County grand jury later this month, she told CNN.  —  The subpoenas to Jordan and independent journalist George Chidi …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Another GOP ‘bombshell’ fails to detonate  —  House Republicans are having a hard time selling the idea that Devon Archer's testimony was important  —  “Every day this bribery scandal becomes more credible,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Biden Spoke With Son's Associates, but Not About Business, Former Partner Says
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 …
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: Bloomberg, Raw Story, USA Today and Fox News
David Goldman / CNN:
What you need to know about the incandescent light bulb ban  —  New York CNN —  America's ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality.  Well, mostly.  —  A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year …
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: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
‘Am I wrong?’:  Ohio officer who released police dog on Black man defends himself on bodycam video  —  “He wasn't complying.  I mean, am I wrong?”  Circleville Police Officer Ryan Speakman can be heard saying after he unleashed a police dog on Jadarrius Rose.
Discussion: Raw Story and WFLA-TV
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Transgender People Face Further Erasure With Oklahoma Executive Order  —  The Republican governor ordered state agencies to use narrow definitions of “male” and “female” in their operations.  —  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday directed state agencies to use narrow definitions of …
Kelcie Moseley-Morris / Idaho Capital Sun:
Idaho AG can't prosecute providers for abortion referrals, federal judge orders in injunction  —  A federal judge in Idaho has granted a preliminary injunction barring Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador from taking legal action against medical providers who refer patients across state lines …
Reuters:
Ukraine and Poland call in envoys after war support comments  —  Ukraine and Poland called in the ambassadors from each other's countries on Tuesday as a dispute escalated after a foreign policy adviser to Poland's president said Kyiv should show more appreciation for Warsaw's support in its war with Russia.
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
Ben Wilson / Washington Free Beacon:
Missouri Democratic Party Advocates Burning Down Neighbor's House Over Trump Flags  —  The official Twitter account of the Missouri Democratic party advocated for burning down a home belonging to a supporter of former president Donald Trump.  —  The account responded to another user's tweet …
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Is there any way to shift the bizarre Republican conviction that only Trump will save them?  —  “They're not indicting me, they're indicting you.  I just happen to be standing in the way,” Donald Trump declared (again) in the wake of a new updated federal indictment connected to the classified documents case.
 
 
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Ben Orner / MLive.com:
Election deniers Dinesh D'Souza, Kari Lake highlight Michigan GOP fall conference
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
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
Bjorn Lomborg / Wall Street Journal:
Climate Change Hasn't Set the World on Fire
Discussion: CNN, Cafe Hayek, KLAS and Power Line
Ken Alltucker / USA Today:
Henrietta Lacks' family settles lawsuit over use of HeLa cells to advance medical research
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris takes center stage for White House with Biden on vacation
Discussion: Breitbart and Wall Street Journal
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Katie Britt recovering at home after ‘sudden onset of numbness’ in face, condition not life-threatening
Conrad Hoyt / Washington Examiner:
Memphis police arrest gunman outside Jewish school and prevent ‘potential mass shooting’
 

 
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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:
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