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12:10 PM ET, August 8, 2023

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Jack Goldsmith / New York Times:
The Prosecution of Trump May Have Terrible Consequences  —  Mr. Goldsmith served in the George W. Bush administration as an assistant attorney general and as special counsel to the general counsel of the Department of Defense.  —  It may be satisfying now to see Special Counsel Jack Smith …
Discussion: Salon, Fox News, The Dispatch and Twitchy
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Politico:
Playbook: What Ohio might tell us about 2024  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HE'S IN — “Mike Pence qualifies for first GOP debate,” by Zach Montellaro and Adam Wren  —  WEATHER REPORT — “Thousands of flight cancellations, 1.1 million lose power …
Lily Carey / The Columbus Dispatch:
High turnout, long lines: A look at Ohio's last weekend of early voting on Issue 1  —  Saturday and Sunday were the last days to vote early in-person on Issue 1 and turnout was high across Ohio with lines stretching around buildings in some counties.  —  While many projected low turnout …
Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Turned the GOP Into the Party of Wishful Thinking  —  Its leaders assumed he was a joke, tried to make peace with him, and reckoned he was finished after 2020.  —  For a political class that likes to think of itself as a hardened cadre of cold-eyed realists, the leadership …
Discussion: Morning Shots and Raw Story
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Pence Adviser Trashes Former Boss, Backs Trump Instead  —  ‘UNWORTHY’  —  Mike Pence's former national security adviser Keith Kellogg released a statement Monday calling his old boss “unworthy of the presidency” and expressing admiration for Donald Trump.
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.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump objects to strict limits on sharing evidence in election interference case
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
G.O.P. Contenders Feed Voter Distrust in Courts, Schools and Military
Discussion: al.com and Mediaite
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
DeSantis Replaces Campaign Manager with Florida Chief of Staff As He ‘Reloads’ (Exclusive)  —  James Uthmeier has earned the governor's trust as an always-on-offense political fixer, but he has no campaign experience  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
DeSantis' Florida approves classroom videos that compare climate activists to Nazis  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already come under fire after the administration formally approved the use of far-right PragerU videos as educational material in K-12 schools, owing to these videos' distorted takes …
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Scott Waldman / Scientific American:
DeSantis's Florida Approves Climate-Denial Videos in Schools
Discussion: WFLA-TV, Politico and Daily Kos
CNN:
House GOP eyes fall push for Biden impeachment inquiry  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been insistent: House Republicans are still gathering evidence and have yet to decide whether to open up a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.  —  “I didn't say I was doing an impeachment inquiry …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:   Trump Charges Could Speed Moves to Impeach or Censure Biden Officials
NBC News:
Joe Biden's brand is being tested like never before
Discussion: PJ Media, Just The News and Twitchy
Lacey Latch / Arizona Republic:
State Republicans formally oppose new national monument near Grand Canyon  —  KINGMAN, Ariz. — Top Republican leaders in Arizona held an emergency joint committee meeting in Kingman Monday night where they voted to formally oppose the creation of a new national monument near the Grand Canyon.
Discussion: The Messenger and Associated Press
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HuffPost:
Biden's Newest National Monument Will Block Uranium Mining Near The Grand Canyon
US Securities and Exchange Commission:
Press Release SEC Charges 11 Wall Street Firms with Widespread Recordkeeping Failures  —  Firms admit to wrongdoing and agree to pay penalties totaling $289 million  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against 10 firms in their capacity as broker-dealers …
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:   Wall Street firms paying millions in penalties over WhatsApp use
Michael Graham / NH Journal:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Trump Holds Big Lead in NH, DeSantis Drops to Tie With Christie  —  When Donald Trump returns to New Hampshire on Tuesday, he will be greeted by a Republican base that is overwhelmingly loyal to the former president.  —  How loyal?  In an exclusive new NHJournal/co-efficient poll …
Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
Global child sexual abuse probe that was launched after two FBI agents were killed leads to almost 100 arrests  —  The Australian Federal Police announced Tuesday that at least 13 children were rescued from further harm as a result of a joint operation with the FBI, dubbed “Operation Bakis.”
Axios:
Numb to Trump: Data shows drop in scandal interest  —  The public's attention to former President Trump's legal drama has declined with each subsequent indictment, according to new data pulled across television, social media and search activity. … - Searches spiked with all three indictments …
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
Florida school board reverses decision nixing access to children's book about a male penguin couple  —  “And Tango Makes Three” recounts the true story of two male penguins who were devoted to each other at the Central Park Zoo in New York.  —  Months after access to a popular children's book …
Touré / TheGrio:
Why the Montgomery Riverfront Uprising is making Black people so damn happy  —  OPINION: Black people came to the defense of a Black man being beaten by a white mob.  What's not to like?  —  Editor's note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author's own.
Orion Rummler / The 19th:
House Republicans are adding dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ measures to must-pass bills  —  Advocates are sounding the alarm about the high number of attacks against gender-affirming care, marriage protections and discrimination prevention. … House Republicans have embedded at least 45 anti-LGBTQ+ provisions …
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Appeals court halts new Biden rules on debt relief for defrauded students  —  The future of the Biden administration's rules to ease the path to student loan forgiveness for people who were defrauded borrowers by their college or whose schools abruptly close is in doubt.
 
 
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
DNC names leadership posts for 2024 presidential convention in Chicago
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
DeSantis targets foes with help from unconventional trio: His children
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Tucker Carlson could see Rebekah Mercer, Peter Thiel invest in his media company
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Dwindling Blue Dog Democrats look to stage a comeback for moderates
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Newsmax Ropes Matt Gaetz Into Battle to Become GOP's Comms Shop
Discussion: Raw Story
Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Officials Made 161 Voting Precinct Changes Since November 2022
Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
Arizona ‘audit’ leader wants texts with Michigan lawyer indicted over voting machines to stay secret
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Pence announces he's reached donor threshold to qualify for first Republican presidential debate
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Argentina's Next President Is on a Collision Course With Hyperinflation
CNN:
Acting US deputy secretary of state meets with military junta members in Niger
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Judge asks prosecutors to justify use of 2 grand juries in Trump documents case
SSU:
SSU detains russian informant preparing enemy air strike on Mykolaiv region during President's visit (video)
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Judge dismisses Trump's defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll
 

 
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