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5:20 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 …
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Politico:
Special counsel still scrutinizing finances of Trump's PAC  —  A week after the newest indictment of the former president, Jack Smith's investigation remains ongoing.  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's probe of efforts by Donald Trump and others to subvert the 2020 election remains ongoing …
Discussion: Raw Story, PoliticusUSA and NBC News
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Pence Adviser Trashes Former Boss, Backs Trump Instead
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 …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Is the Ron DeSantis slide reversible?
Discussion: USA Today
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
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Biden ‘ghost gun’ regulations  —  The justices, divided 5-4, allowed rules that seek to regulate gun-making kits in the same way as firearms to remain in effect while litigation continues.  —  WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Biden administration …
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 …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
What's at Stake in Ohio's Referendum on Amending the State Constitution
Politico:
Playbook: What Ohio might tell us about 2024
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump mocks ‘fat pig’ Chris Christie's weight  —  The former president made fun of the former New Jersey governor and 2024 Republican nomination rival during a speech in New Hampshire.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump mocked Chris Christie, one of his rivals …
Discussion: The Hill, Insider and USA Today
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
U.K. election regulator says hackers had access for over a year but elections still secure  —  Most of the voter information that was accessed was already public, the Electoral Commission said.  —  Hackers gained access to the U.K.'s election regulator, the Electoral Commission, for more than a year, the agency said Tuesday.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The GOP's meticulously laid plans for beating Jon Tester could go up in smoke  —  Rep. Matt Rosendale is moving closer to a Senate run despite some opposition from GOP leaders.  —  Top Republicans went all out to avoid a contentious primary in Montana's Senate race by urging GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale to stay in the House.
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 …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Arizona 2024: Senator Kyrsten Sinema's Independent Candidacy Could Help Democrats for U.S. Senate  —  Home Polls Arizona 2024: Senator Kyrsten Sinema's Independent Candidacy Could Help Democrats for U.S. Senate  —  Trump Pulling Away From GOP Field, Independents Shifting on President Biden
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Judge orders airline lawyers to take extremist advocacy group's “religious-liberty training”  —  U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr ordered three Southwest Airlines lawyers to take 8 hours of “instruction” from Alliance Defending Freedom as part of a contempt finding in an employment case.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Top Biden labor adviser steps down  —  Celeste Drake, a top labor adviser to President Biden, has stepped down from her post, according to the White House.  —  Drake, whose last day was on Sunday, is leaving to be deputy director-general of the International Labor Organization, starting on Aug. 14, the White House said.
CNN:
Exclusive: Former Coast Guard head covered up secret investigation into sexual assaults at the Coast Guard Academy  —  Tune into AC360 tonight at 8 pm ET for Chief Investigative Correspondent Pamela Brown's report.  —  CNN —  The then-leader of the US Coast Guard covered …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and PoliticusUSA
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Scott Waldman / Scientific American:
DeSantis's Florida Approves Climate-Denial Videos in Schools
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
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.
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Cops ID and Charge White Antagonists in Wild Alabama Dock Brawl  —  Richard Roberts, Allen Todd and Zachery Shipman will face assault charges for sparking the viral melee.  —  Alabama cops have started cracking down on the agitators who sparked a viral melee on a Montgomery, Alabama …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Abortion's role as an electoral litmus test hasn't faded a year after Supreme Court decision overturning Roe  —  Americans' discontent with the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade remains as potent as it was a year ago, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS …
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 …
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Patriot Front Faces Default in Black History Vandalism Case  —  The group defaced a mural of Black tennis star Arthur Ashe.  Neither Patriot Front nor its founder has shown up in court.  —  The white nationalist group Patriot Front and its founder, Thomas Rousseau, are facing default …
Discussion: New York Daily News
 
 
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Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
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Sean Cotter / The Boston Globe:
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Erin Couch / Cincinnati.com:
Lawsuit over Bethel Local Schools transgender restroom policy dismissed in federal court
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Finnish Christian officials face charges for LGBT criticisms as Biden admin asked to step in
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House Republicans are adding dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ measures to must-pass bills
Lacey Latch / Arizona Republic:
State Republicans formally oppose new national monument near Grand Canyon
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Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Turned the GOP Into the Party of Wishful Thinking
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