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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” …
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 …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Judge dismisses Trump's defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll  —  A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed Donald Trump's defamation counterclaim against the writer E. Jean Carroll, handing a fresh legal defeat to the former president as he seeks another White House term.
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 …
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Security increases for judge assigned to Donald Trump's January 6 criminal case  —  Security for the federal judge assigned to oversee the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has been increased in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC.
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 …
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
There's a Good Reason Trump Aides Don't Think the New Indictment Is a Joke
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
Dawn White / WXIA-TV:
Fulton County insiders expect former President Donald Trump to be indicted this week in Georgia
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman, awaiting potential indictment, asks judge to postpone his disbarment proceedings  —  The lawyer who advised Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6 is known as “co-conspirator 2” in the special counsel's newest case.  —  Attorney John Eastman, an architect of Donald Trump's …
emptywheel:
Judge Cannon Blows Off Concerns about Walt Nauta's Conflicted Representation  —  Before I attempt to explain the substance of the order that Aileen Cannon issued in response to DOJ's request for a Garcia hearing, let me point out how it looks on the docket.  —  Before DOJ filed its motion …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
The Secret Hand Behind the Women Who Stood by Cuomo?  His Sister.  —  For nearly two years, Madeline Cuomo back channeled with grass-roots activists to help smear her brother's accusers.  He was “seeing everything,” she told his defenders.  —  The menacing posts began cropping up on Twitter …
Discussion: New Republic and New York Post
SSU:
SSU detains russian informant preparing enemy air strike on Mykolaiv region during President's visit (video)  —  The SSU has detained an informant of russian intelligence services who on the eve of the visit of the President of Ukraine to Mykolaiv oblast was collecting information on the planned events.
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.
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.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
John Eastman shows the path from misinformation to revolution  —  Tom Klingenstein is a major donor to Republican political candidates and the chairman of the board of directors of the right-wing Claremont Institute.  It is not entirely clear which of those roles spurred his recent interview …
Discussion: Raw Story
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:
Leader of Texas' largest county takes leave from job for treatment of clinical depression  —  Lina Hidalgo was just 27 years old and had never previously held elected office when she pulled a stunning upset in 2018, jolting her to national attention.  —  HOUSTON — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo …
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Advocates denounce Biden administration's deportation ‘perp walks’  —  Immigration advocacy groups are slamming the Biden administration for distributing videos of families boarding deportation flights to tout its repatriations of foreign nationals.  —  A coalition of 11 groups Friday called …
Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
The Mystery Behind Russia's Secret VIP Flight to North Korea  —  The stealthy military flight comes a week after Russia's defense minister visited Pyongyang with the goal of convincing North Korea to boost weapons sales to Moscow.  —  A Russian military plane made a mysterious trip to Pyongyang on August 1, according to flight radar.
Insider:
Rudy Giuliani puts luxury Manhattan apartment on the block for $6.5 million  — Rudy Giuliani's 3-bedroom Upper East Side co-op apartment just hit the market.  — The unit, in a landmarked Madison Avenue building, has extensive wood paneling and a library.
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
CNN:
Acting US deputy secretary of state meets with military junta leader in Niger  —  Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with the some of the leaders of the military junta in Niger Monday, she told reporters on a call.  —  Nuland met with Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou …
Discussion: Reuters, Financial Times and Al Jazeera
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
China hacked Japan's sensitive defense networks, officials say  —  Tokyo has strengthened its defenses after a major cybersecurity breach, but gaps remain that could slow information-sharing with the Pentagon.  —  In the fall of 2020, the National Security Agency made an alarming discovery …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
Benjamin Ryan / NBC News:
FDA policy allowing more gay and bisexual men to donate blood goes into effect
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Republican Party's Split on Economics
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Partisan Gaps Expand Most on Government Power, Climate
Ron DeSantis / USA Today:
America's economy is decimated. As president, I have a plan to rebuild it.
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