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10:35 AM ET, August 3, 2023

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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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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 …
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 …
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.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump's Threat to Democracy Is Now Systemic  —  Each time GOP leaders have had the opportunity to move away from Trump, the party has sped past the off-ramp.  —  The long-awaited federal indictment of Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election may be necessary to contain …
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 …
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.
New York Times:
Trump 2024: Running for President, and to Beat the Rap
Politico:
Trump's indictment for Jan. 6 turns Mike Pence into a litmus test
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Newly Revealed Text Messages Show GOP Officials At Ground Zero Of Election Conspiracy Outlined By Trump Indictment
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Prepares to Make Familiar Trip to Courthouse, This Time in Washington
New York Times:
From Right-Hand Man to Critical Witness: Pence at Heart of Trump Prosecution
New York Times:
Messages Point to Identity of Co-Conspirator 6 in Trump Indictment
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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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 …
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis agrees to debate Gavin Newsom
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
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 …
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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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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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 …
Discussion: Salon
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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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.
Discussion: The Hill and The Messenger
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Gay Louisiana doctor says he's leaving the state over its ‘discriminatory’ legislation  —  Dr. Jake Kleinmahon, who is just one of three pediatric heart surgeons in Louisiana, said he feels like the state has targeted families like his.  —  Heart doctor leaves Louisiana over state's anti-LGBTQ laws
Discussion: WDSU-TV
 
 
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David Brooks / New York Times:
On Anti-Trumpers and the Modern Meritocracy
Discussion: RedState and Althouse
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change
Discussion: The Messenger and PBS NewsHour
FlashAlert.net:
FBI Portland Seeking Additional Victims After Woman Escaped Makeshift Cinderblock Cell in Klamath Falls, OR (Photo)
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Biden beefs up his finance team with 3 senior hires
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
The hard left took over American institutions. It doesn't have to last.
Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
US sees price cap on Russian oil working despite upturn in prices
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Muvija M / Reuters:
Protesters drape home of UK PM Sunak in black fabric over oil policy
 Earlier Items: 
Maia Pandey / NBC News:
Toxic bacteria detected in several of Zion National Park's waterways
Olivia Rinaldi / CBS News:
Mike Pence seeks to assure donors he will qualify for RNC debates
Leah Remini / Leah's Substack:
I am suing Scientology and David Miscavige
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Scott Walker says if Trump is culpable, so are Schumer, Sanders
Discussion: SiriusXM