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10:20 AM ET, August 7, 2023

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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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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
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 …
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 …
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Trump prosecutor Jack Smith would rip up Americans' right to free speech  —  Day by day, the Biden administration is robbing your right to speak freely.  —  This time, Team Biden wants to gag defendants from criticizing government prosecutors.  —  That's how courts are run in countries like Pakistan, Russia and North Korea.
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.
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
If Trump committed ‘a technical violation of the Constitution,’ it's not a crime, his lawyer says
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  —  The president made a big bet on owning the economy.  His team says give it time.  —  President Joe Biden is risking a lot on “Bidenomics.”  But, about two months in, his efforts to sell his sweeping economic agenda don't appear to be working.
Discussion: Washington Post
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Kevin McCarthyism: Why the GOP's culture war on the troops will end badly  —  MAGA Republicans could learn a lot from the fall of another notorious McCarthy. … Today's Republican Party could learn a lot from “Tailgunner” Joe McCarthy's disastrous effort 70 years ago to treat the military as a right-wing political plaything.
Reuters:
Exclusive: North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker  —  An elite group of North Korean hackers secretly breached computer networks at a major Russian missile developer for at least five months last year, according to technical evidence reviewed by Reuters and analysis by security researchers.
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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 …
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.
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.
Bloomberg:
US Government Shutdown Threat Builds in Post-Downgrade Fallout  — Fitch's downgrade provides fresh ammo in the next fiscal fight  — An October shutdown would complicate Fed policy making  —  A fresh fiscal showdown is brewing in Washington that threatens to complicate …
Discussion: HuffPost
 
 
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Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor
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