memeorandum: Paying in Cash May Become Constitutional Right for Austrians (Marton Eder/Bloomberg)

6:05 AM ET, August 4, 2023

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Inside the courtroom: Donald Trump, Jack Smith and a historic glance — The former president sat at the very same courtroom table that has been occupied by Jan. 6 defendants who stormed the Capitol in his name. — If you blinked, you missed it. — For a fleeting moment Thursday …

Discussion: Washington Post, CBS News, New York Times, The Moderate Voice, PBS NewsHour and Newsbusters

Washington Post:

Trump plans to use charges to revisit 2020 election, a fraught topic for GOP — Strategists in both parties agree that having Trump talking about election fraud and Jan. 6 hurts Republicans — Former president Donald Trump and some of his legal advisers see an upside to the latest criminal case …

Discussion: CBS News, National Review, CNN, Bloomberg, El País, New York Times, Washington Examiner, TASS, Politico and Al Jazeera

Jason Lange / Reuters:

Exclusive: About half of US Republicans could spurn Trump if he is convicted, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows — About half of Republicans would not vote for Donald Trump if he were convicted of a felony, a sign of the severe risks his legal problems pose for his 2024 U.S. presidential bid …

Discussion: Drezner's World, Associated Press, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Raw Story, Political Wire and TheBlaze

Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:

Arraignment — Today, the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, was arraigned on criminal charges. Again. — This time, it was on charges that should shake even the former president's strongest supporters to the core, although it's highly unlikely that they will.

Discussion: CBS News, Raw Story, The Hill, The Guardian and NBC 7 San Diego

New York Times:

John Eastman, the architect of plan to keep Trump in power, will not cooperate with prosecutors, his lawyer says. — The former president was arraigned in a Washington federal courtroom on four charges tied to his efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

Discussion: The Atlantic, RedState, Associated Press, UPI, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Life, Semafor, Forbes, Politico, HuffPost and Political Wire

Jeff Charles / RedState:

Al Sharpton Beclowns Himself, Displays His Ignorance About the Revolutionary War in Remarks on Trump Indictment — It looks like Rev. Al Sharpton needs to take a quick break from his politicking so he can brush up on his American history. During a recent interview, the so-called civil rights leader …

Discussion: One America News Network, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist, IJR, TheBlaze, Instapundit and Twitchy

Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:

Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Trying to Overturn the Election, Despite Us All Witnessing Him Trying to Overturn the Election — The ex-president was arraigned in a DC courthouse on Thursday. — Donald Trump was arraigned on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to a whole bunch of crimes.

Discussion: ABC News, Al Jazeera, Breitbart, Raw Story, New York Post, NPR, Fox News, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, NewsNation and Daily Kos

Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's “delusion” defense

Discussion: Compatible Creatures, The Bulwark, The Guardian, RedState, ABC News, New York Times, Washington Post, The Federalist, Daily Kos, Digby's Hullabaloo and emptywheel

Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Prosecutors Took Cautious Path in Connecting Trump to Jan. 6 Violence

Discussion: Ann Coulter, Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, Raw Story, The Hill, Fox News, Washington Examiner and NBC News

Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Exclusive: Barr obliterates Trump's defense: ‘He knew well that he had lost the election’

Philip Rotner / The Bulwark:
Coup Indictment: Here's Why Trump's Usual Defenses Won't Work

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, HotAir, National Review, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and NBC News

New York Magazine:
Chris Christie Says He Was ‘Honest’ When Questioned in Case Against Trump

Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and The Messenger

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pence Says Trump Pushed Him ‘Essentially to Overturn the Election’

Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, NBC News, UPI, IJR, HuffPost, Washington Post, CNN, CBS News, Just The News and The Messenger

Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Trump is arraigned and pleads not guilty to charges he conspired to overturn election

Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Caller News Foundation, Roll Call, Washington Post, New York Times, Idaho Capital Sun, Al Jazeera, Washington Times, Associated Press, LAist, Deadline, ABC News, NBC News, HuffPost and Bloomberg

Washington Post:
Trump pleads not guilty to charges that he plotted to overturn election

Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal, Law Dork with Chris Geidner, STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW, Metro.co.uk, IJR, NBC News, New York Times, USA Today, New York Daily News, The Hill, Insider, Daily Kos, Mediaite, WWLP-TV, KLAS, TASS, Chicago Sun Times and Political Wire

NBC News:
Trump indictment live updates: Former president pleads not guilty to 2020 election charges

Associated Press:
Trump pleads not guilty to federal conspiracy charges in 2020 election case. Follow live updates

College Board Newsroom:

Statement on AP Psychology and Florida — We are sad to have learned that today the Florida Department of Education has effectively banned AP Psychology in the state by instructing Florida superintendents that teaching foundational content on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal under state law.

Matt Lavietes / NBC News:

Florida effectively bans AP Psychology course over LGBTQ content, College Board says — The state's decision to restrict AP Psychology comes several months after its controversial decision to block AP African American Studies courses. — Florida “effectively banned” Advanced Placement Psychology classes …

Discussion: Fox News, Washington Post, Twitchy, Reuters, The Hill, Just The News, WFLA-TV, Diane Ravitch's blog and Raw Story

US Department of Justice:

Two U.S. Navy Servicemembers Arrested for Transmitting Military Information to the People's Republic of China — For Immediate Release — In two separate cases in the Southern and Central Districts of California, two U.S. Navy servicemembers were arrested for transmitting sensitive military information …

Discussion: CNN, Los Angeles Times, Politico, Al Jazeera, Wall Street Journal, Just The News, New York Daily News, Task & Purpose, UPI, Financial Times, RedState, New York Post, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, USA Today, The Hill and HotAir

New York Times:
Two U.S. Navy Sailors Charged With Helping Chinese

Discussion: Washington Post, US Department of Justice, Fox News, Bloomberg, Associated Press, The Messenger and Reuters

Adam Edelman / NBC News:

Tennessee Democrats expelled by GOP over protests win back their seats — Republican legislators expelled Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson in unprecedented state House votes in April, drawing national attention and accusations of racism. — The two Democratic state representatives …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post, Associated Press, UPI, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Fox News, USA Today, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, New York Daily News, The Messenger, CNN, The Root and Raw Story

Washington Post:

DeSantis calls for ‘slitting throats’ in government, escalating rhetoric — The two largest federal employee unions on Thursday denounced Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's recent vow that as president he would “start slitting throats” in the federal bureaucracy — the latest escalation …

Discussion: Common Dreams and The Messenger

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DeSantis vows to ‘start slitting throats on day one’

Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Examiner, RedState, Fox News, The Messenger, Florida Phoenix, Florida Politics, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, New Republic and PoliticusUSA

Marton Eder / Bloomberg:

Paying in Cash May Become Constitutional Right for Austrians — Cabinet wants to guarantee access to ATMs, cash payment option — Austria has one of highest densities of cash machines in EU — Austria's government plans to anchor the right to use cash in its constitution …

Discussion: Reuters

William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:

Joe Rogan Irresponsibly Suggests Kari Lake Has a Point About Election Fraud — Joe Rogan quickly veered into conspiracy territory in his most recent podcast. — Joe Rogan on Thursday let loose another doozy of a false claim, suggesting that despite a number of failed lawsuits and months …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, Breitbart, The Western Journal, New York Post, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Washington Post:

What if George Conway were Trump's defense lawyer? — Ruth Marcus is a Post Opinions columnist and one of the nation's foremost experts on the Supreme Court and the legal system. George Conway is a lawyer and one of Donald Trump's leading conservative critics.

Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Devon Archer said the opposite of what Republicans claimed — Soon after Hunter Biden's former business partner Devon Archer finished testifying before investigators working for the House Oversight Committee, two top House Republicans joined Sean Hannity's Fox News program in prime time.