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2:50 PM ET, August 7, 2023

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Washington Post:
‘Fake’ elector plot raised concerns over legal peril, indictment shows  —  A contingency plan, a crime or a ‘donkey show’?  Doubts across seven states and within the Trump campaign  —  Six weeks after the 2020 election, senior campaign officials for Donald Trump called a group …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
There's a Good Reason Trump Aides Don't Think the New Indictment Is a Joke  —  A number of Donald Trump's current aides are involved in the latest case against their boss.  That could put them in some very difficult positions. … Donald Trump has publicly joked about the four latest felony charges brought against him.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump and his new lawyer are not on the same page about judge's recusal  —  The former president's public statements are already diverging from the advice of his newest lawyer, John Lauro.  —  Donald Trump blared Sunday morning that his legal team would be “immediately asking for recusal” …
Ankush Khardori / New York Magazine:
The Pelosi Factor … If you were going to draw up a list of the people most responsible for the latest indictment of Donald Trump, the former president himself would be at the top, followed by the prosecutors who have brought the case.  Republicans in Congress perversely deserve a great deal of credit …
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Will Trump's Social Media Behavior Cost Him in Court?  —  “If you go after me, I'm coming after you.”  That's what Donald Trump posted Friday afternoon on Truth Social.  —  Uh-oh.  Experts immediately suggested that a few more posts like that could land a fellow in contempt of court for defiance of an order.
Dawn White / WXIA-TV:
Fulton County insiders expect former President Donald Trump to be indicted this week in Georgia  —  It would be a state indictment and could be the most significant out of all the indictments since someone can only be pardoned on federal charges.  —  ATLANTA — Many people in Fulton County …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
If Trump committed ‘a technical violation of the Constitution,’ it's not a crime, his lawyer says
Amanda Terkel / NBC News:
‘Of course he lost’: Ron DeSantis rejects Trump's 2020 election claims  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday rejected Donald Trump's claim that he was the true winner of the 2020 presidential election in his most forceful comments to date on the matter.  —  “Whoever puts their hand …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Republican Party's Split on Economics  —  Why an argument over economic policy is roiling the party.  —  The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has spent the last few months trying to boost Gov. Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign.  It has called his legislative record …
New York Times:
Trump Calls for Recusal of Judge as His Lawyer Denies Pence's 2020 Claims
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll dismissed, DA can get deposition  — A federal judge dismissed a counterclaim by Donald Trump against the writer E. Jean Carroll in her pending lawsuit that accuses him of defaming her after she wrote that he had raped her.
Hillary Rodham Clinton / The Atlantic:
The Weaponization of Loneliness  —  To defend America against those who would exploit our social disconnection, we need to rebuild our communities.  —  The question that preoccupied me and many others over much of the past eight years is how our democracy became so susceptible to a would-be strongman and demagogue.
Washington Post:
Most disapprove of Biden's handling of climate change, Post-UMD poll finds  —  Less than 3 in 10 Americans say they know a good or great deal about the Inflation Reduction Act, though many voters in both parties support some of its key climate programs  —  Nearly one year after President Biden enacted …
Discussion: The Hill and The Messenger
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
The White House plays it cool as ‘Bidenomics’ struggles to catch on
Discussion: The Dispatch and Washington Post
CNN:
Officer who held back crowd during George Floyd's murder sentenced to over 4 years in prison  —  Tou Thao, the former Minneapolis police officer who held back a crowd of bystanders during George Floyd's fatal arrest in May 2020, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison Monday …
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg / USA Today:
Former Minneapolis officer sentenced to nearly 5 years for role in George Floyd's killing
Discussion: Associated Press and The Messenger
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Some conservatives have surprising ‘Barbie’ take despite criticisms of liberal agenda  —  ‘Barbie’ surpassed $1 billion in global box office sales, despite ‘woke’ claims  —  Some conservatives are standing by the film “Barbie,” despite criticisms and reviews that blasted the blockbuster film for an allegedly liberal agenda.
NBC News:
Nursing pillows are associated with more than 160 infant deaths, NBC News investigation finds  —  Federal officials are poised to propose the first safety requirements for nursing pillows.  An industry-supported group is fighting back, arguing that government regulation of the widely used product could discourage breastfeeding.
 
 
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