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2:20 PM ET, August 5, 2023

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Politico:
Feds alert judge to Trump's 'If you go after me, I'm coming after you!' post  —  Prosecutors say the former president's message on Truth Social raises specter he might use evidence to target witnesses.  —  Prosecutors on Friday night called a judge's attention to a social media post from Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
Awkwardness in Trump's circle: Top aides could be trial witnesses  —  Some of Trump's closest advisers are referenced in charges against him, potentially putting them in a bind as cases advance  —  At least seven currently serving advisers to former president Donald Trump took actions …
New York Times:
Trump's Legal Team Is Enmeshed in a Tangle of Possible Conflicts  —  Former President Donald J. Trump's growing cast of lawyers is marked by a web of overlapping interests encompassing witnesses, co-defendants and potential targets.  —  M. Evan Corcoran, a lawyer who accompanied former …
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
DOJ prosecutors request gag order after Trump arraignment, citing social media threats  —  Justice Department Special counsel Jack Smith appealed to the federal judge overseeing former President Trump's election fraud case Friday evening to issue a protective order for evidence, citing social media threats.
David Jackson / USA Today:
'I'm coming after you:' Donald Trump responds to latest arraignment with new threats
New York Times:
Clarence Thomas's $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It  —  The vehicle is a key part of the justice's just-folks persona.  It's also a luxury motor coach that was funded by someone else's money.  —  Justice Clarence Thomas met the recreational vehicle of his dreams in Phoenix, on a November Friday in 1999.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Messenger and Insider
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
John Eastman Comes Clean: Hell Yes We Were Trying to Overthrow the Government  —  THE BACKCHANNEL  —  I want to return to this revelatory interview with coconspirator John Eastman, the last portion of which was published Thursday by Tom Klingenstein, the Chairman of the Trumpite Claremont Institute …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
I regret to report the economic anxiety theory of Trumpism is back  —  In David Brooks's new column, he asks the American elite if they're the baddies.  But he's actually telling them a comforting fiction.  —  The question of why Donald Trump manages to maintain such a grip on the Republican base …
Donell Harvin / Politico:
Here's the Intelligence Assessment of Donald Trump that the Government Can't Write  —  Homeland Security officials can't use politicians' names in their assessments.  But I can.  —  Federal intelligence and national security agencies — from the FBI to DHS — are in universal agreement …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul  —  The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide.  —  Mara Hvistendahl is an investigative reporter focused on China.
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Push for Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to take on Rick Scott is growing  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has talked to Mucarsel-Powell about running.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There's a growing chorus of Democratic-aligned groups calling for former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell …
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Democrats are drastically overperforming in 2023's special elections.  Is it a clue for Biden vs. Trump?  —  Some Republicans, however, caution against “reading too much into specials.”  —  Looking ahead to 2024, Democrats concede some cause for concern — including President Joe Biden's …
Discussion: Blue Virginia and Political Wire
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Another 2024 Republican Candidate Is Now Profiting Off Saudi-Backed LIV Golf  —  The upstart league is hosting a major tournament at The Greenbrier, owned by Senate hopeful Jim Justice — mirroring LIV's relationship with former President Donald Trump.  —  West Virginia governor …
Leonie Cater / Politico:
Moscow says JPMorgan stops processing Russia grain payments  —  Payments channel via the American bank was an alternative to SWIFT system for the Russian Agricultural Bank.  —  U.S. bank JPMorgan has stopped processing payments for the Russian Agricultural Bank, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Discussion: Reuters
 
 
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Associated Press:
North Carolina Rep. Manning's office says she has broken sternum after three-vehicle wreck
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Orlando Mayorquin / New York Times:
Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening DeSantis, Cruz and Other Republicans
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