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7:10 AM ET, August 7, 2023

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New York Times:
Trump Calls for Recusal of Judge as His Lawyer Denies Pence's 2020 Claims  —  Former President Donald J. Trump spent the weekend on the attack on Truth Social while his lawyer, John F. Lauro, ran through a gantlet of interviews Sunday morning.  —  Appearing on five television networks Sunday morning …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
If Trump committed ‘a technical violation of the Constitution,’ it's not a crime, his lawyer says  —  Later on NBC's “Meet the Press,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, who sat on the House panel that investigated the Capitol riot, said Lauro's argument was “deranged.”  —  Chuck Todd pushes …
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Trump says he'll seek a new judge in election case  — Trump on Sunday called for recusal of the judge presiding over the federal case that alleges he illegally conspired to overturn his election loss in 2020.  — He claimed there is “NO WAY HE CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL,” in a post on his social media site.
Washington Post:
Awkwardness in Trump's circle: Top aides could be trial witnesses
ABC News:
Russian and Chinese ships patrolled ‘near Alaska’ but were not ‘a threat’: US officials  —  Four destroyers and P-8 aircraft were deployed to shadow the formation.  —  A Russian and Chinese naval formation patrolled “near Alaska” last week but “was not considered a threat,” U.S. Northern Command said Sunday.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Russia and China Sent Large Naval Patrol Near Alaska  —  Four U.S. destroyers were dispatched to monitor Russian and Chinese ships  —  A combined Russian and Chinese naval force patrolled near the coast of Alaska earlier this week in what U.S. experts said appeared to be the largest such flotilla to approach American shores.
emptywheel:
On January 19, 2022, SCOTUS Upheld Judge Tanya Chutkan's Decision Rejecting Trump's Executive Privilege Claims  —  On November 9, 2021, Judge Tanya Chutkan — the judge who randomly got assigned to Trump's January 6 prosecution — rejected Trump's request to enjoin the Archives from turning over documents to the January 6 Committee.
Discussion: The Mahablog
Nina Lakhani / The Guardian:
Racism at heart of US failure to tackle deadly heatwaves, expert warns  —  Racism is at the heart of the American government's failure to tackle the growing threat of deadly heatwaves, according to the author of an authoritative new book on the heating planet.
CNN:
Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor  —  Patrick Braxton accomplished something no Black man in his Alabama town had done in its 166-year history: he became mayor.  —  He told CNN he ran for office in 2020 to serve the fewer than 300 residents of Newbern …
Discussion: Raw Story
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Takes on a Forceful New Role in the 2024 Campaign  —  The vice president is trying to reclaim the momentum that propelled her to Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s side as a candidate and into the White House in 2020.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  In recent weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris …
Discussion: National Review, CNN and USA Today
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republican Attacks on ‘Woke’ Ideology Falling Flat With G.O.P. Voters  —  New polling shows national Republicans and Iowa Republican caucusgoers were more interested in “law and order” than battling “woke” schools, media and corporations.  —  When it comes to the Republican primaries, attacks on “wokeness” may be losing their punch.
New York Times:
Yellow, the Freight-Trucking Company, Declares Bankruptcy  —  A pandemic-era lifeline that the Trump administration predicted would turn a profit for the federal government failed to keep Yellow afloat.  —  Alan Rappeport, who covers the Treasury Department, and Madeleine Ngo …
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
DeSantis Camp Hit by Gloom as Aides Worry Race Is Slipping Away  — Aides frustrated and disappointed by campaign's inner workings  — DeSantis continues resetting bid as Trump holds primary lead  —  Ron DeSantis promised a reset of his presidential campaign.  Many of his campaign staffers are still waiting.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Campaign Anguishes His Storied Family  —  The presidential bid by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tested the bonds of an iconic Democratic clan that does not want him to run and does not know what to do about it.  —  Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent and has covered the past five presidents.
Discussion: UPROXX
 
 
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