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Sam Baker / Axios:
Trump's First Amendment defense in Jan. 6 case is shaky, experts say — Former President Trump's legal team says he's been indicted for actions that are protected by the First Amendment — and that the First Amendment will ultimately exonerate him. … - “Donald Trump had every right …
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Washington Examiner:
Jack Smith's dangerous criminalization of dissent — “The attack on our nation's capital on Jan. 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,” special counsel Jack Smith said on Tuesday as he unveiled his latest indictment of former President Donald Trump.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Indictment Mystery: Did Someone Spill About the Trump-McCarthy Jan. 6 Call? — It's one of the more intriguing mysteries about the new Trump indictment: Why are details about Trump's call with McCarthy on Jan. 6 unsourced? What could it mean? — The 45-page federal indictment …
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Trump, Five Lawyers and Their Conspiracy Against Our Democracy — Former President Donald Trump has again been indicted by a federal grand jury. The four-count indictment lays out how Trump refused to accept that he lost the 2020 election. It describes how he contested the election in court and …
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New York Times:
Trump Election Charges Set Up Clash of Lies Versus Free Speech — The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump over his efforts to retain power accuses him of conspiracies built on knowing falsehoods. His supporters say he is protected by the First Amendment.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Jeffrey Clark plotted to reverse Trump's loss. Now he's a GOP luminary.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Prepares to Make Familiar Trip to Courthouse, This Time in Washington
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DeSantis vows to ‘start slitting throats on day one’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Sunday said he would “start slitting throats on day one” when it comes to taking on the “deep state.” — DeSantis made the remarks at a barbecue campaign event in Rye, N.H., hosted by former Sen. Scott Brown (R-N.H.).
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Josh Rogers / New Hampshire Public Radio:
NH Republicans size up DeSantis, as he offers harsh rhetoric in primary campaign — Every Republican running for president not named Donald Trump has to hope they benefit from the former president's latest criminal indictments. But no candidate may need the lift more than the one every poll shows …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Ron DeSantis agrees to debate Gavin Newsom on Fox News — The California governor has been trying to get his Florida Republican counterpart to engage. On Wednesday, he got it. — Govs. Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom have tentatively agreed to debate — one hosted by Fox News.
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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis agrees to debate Gavin Newsom
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
35 South Carolina lawmakers, leaders endorse DeSantis White House bid
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Percentage of Republicans who think Biden's 2020 win was illegitimate ticks back up near 70% — The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that President Joe Biden's 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a new CNN poll fielded throughout July.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Half of Americans think the economy is getting worse, despite months of stronger economic news — Despite months of increasingly positive economic indicators, the American public remains negative about the state of the nation's economy, with 51% saying they think the economy is still …
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The Messenger, National Review and The Daily Caller
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
‘So Sad!’ Trumpworld Delights That This Aide May Be in Legal Trouble — Trump's aides maintain that the former president is totally innocent and the latest indictment is a witch hunt. They're also happy to see one aide potentially in trouble. … When the latest indictment of Donald Trump came …
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Raheem J. Kassam / The National Pulse+:
EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police Chief Called Jan 6 Events ‘A Cover Up’ in Tucker Carlson Interview HIDDEN By Fox News. — Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund told then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson that events surrounding the January 6th riots at the U.S. Capitol appear to have been a “cover up …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who Tucker Carlson guest said was a fed is arrested by the FBI
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Arizona Republicans wanted to hand-count ballots. Then they saw the price tag — and the errors. — Election workers spent three days counting 850 ballots in Mohave County. They made errors in 46 races. — An Arizona county has decided not to hand-count its ballots in next year's elections …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Majority in U.S. Say Biden Administration Ethics Are Subpar — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans rate the ethics of “top Biden administration officials” more negatively than positively in Gallup's first measure of this assessment since President Joe Biden took office.
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The Hill, Washington Times and The Messenger
Noble Predictive:
The Sinema Situation: Gallego's Edge and the Enigma of Sinema's Independent Run — Sinema's Third-Party Run Does Not Guarantee a GOP Victory in Arizona Senate Race — As the 2024 Arizona Senate race looms, recent public opinion polling data from Noble Predictive Insights' (NPI) …
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The Hill and Political Wire
William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
Cornel West Owes More Than Half a Million in Unpaid Taxes — The presidential candidate has made raising taxes on the rich a fixture of his campaign. He's shorted the IRS more than the median salary in six of the last 20 years. … Veteran Ivy League professor and bestselling author …
Reuters:
Russia fines Apple for not deleting ‘inaccurate’ content on Ukraine conflict — This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine — A Moscow court fined Apple (AAPL.O) 400,000 roubles ($4,274) on Thursday for not deleting …
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Politico, The Messenger and TASS
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Two expelled Tennessee lawmakers vying to win back seats in Thursday special election — Two Tennessee lawmakers who were expelled from the state legislature earlier this year are vying to win back their seats in a special election Thursday. — Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) …
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Democrats' last anti-abortion lawmaker gets leadership endorsements — After getting exiled by most of his party in 2022, Henry Cuellar, Democrats' last anti-abortion incumbent, was left to fend for himself against a progressive primary challenger — the biggest scare of his career.
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Insider and The Texas Tribune
Reese Gorman / Washington Examiner:
Biden investigation: Full Devon Archer testimony released — The House Oversight Committee released the full transcript from Monday's Devon Archer interview, in which he testified that Hunter Biden had his father on speakerphone 20 times around business associates and that Burisma officials …
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Rudy Giuliani in Vile New Audio Transcripts: ‘Jewish Men Have Small Cocks’ — The transcripts were filed on Tuesday by Noelle Dunphy, who is suing the former Trump lawyer for sexual harassment — RUDY GIULIANI WAS sued for sexual harassment earlier this year by Noelle Dunphy, a former staffer at his firm.
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Fox News:
Hunter Biden laid out ‘price of power’ in texts with Devon Archer: ‘you are a Biden’ — 'It's the price of power and the people questioning you truly have none,' Biden said to Archer in 2019 — First son Hunter Biden sent a series of texts to his now-former friend and business partner …
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