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11:50 PM ET, August 8, 2023

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Haley BeMillerColumbus / The Columbus Dispatch:
Issue 1 failing overwhelmingly in early vote results  —  Issue 1 is losing big in early results released Tuesday night from across Ohio.  —  Early numbers show the issue failing overwhelmingly in larger counties including Franklin, Hamilton, Cuyahoga, Summit, Lucas, Montgomery and Stark.
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Ohio Voters Reject Constitutional Change Intended to Thwart Abortion Amendment  —  The contest was seen as a test of efforts by Republicans nationwide to curb voters' use of ballot initiatives.  —  Ohio voters rejected a bid to make it harder to amend the State Constitution on Tuesday …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
In a win for abortion-rights supporters, Ohio voters reject Issue 1  —  Ohioans voted down a proposal that would have made it harder to pass future proposed constitutional amendments in the state, including one in November about abortion rights.  —  Here's how Ohio's August special election could affect abortion rights
Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
GOP attempt to stymie abortion in Ohio backfires spectacularly  — Ohioans issued a major rebuke to Republican officials on Tuesday night.  — Voters rejected a gambit to get ahead of an abortion rights vote this November.  — The result illustrates that the GOP is still struggling …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Arizona coalition seeks to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution next year  —  In the 14 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, advocacy groups have sought to protect abortion rights through state constitutional amendments.  —  A coalition of reproductive …
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Ohio voters reject changes to ballot process in a win for abortion rights  —  This has massive implications for this fall's abortion rights measure.  —  In yet another major rebuke of Republicans over abortion rights, voters in Ohio on Tuesday handily turned down a GOP-led effort …
Grace Panetta / The 19th:
Ohio voters reject measure aimed at blocking abortion rights amendment  —  The defeat of Ohio's Issue 1 is a blow to efforts by conservatives who want to raise barriers to passing ballot measures that would establish a right to abortion. … Ohio voters rejected an effort that would have made it harder …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
CNN Projection: Ohio voters reject effort that would make it harder to amend state constitution
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Guardian
Associated Press:
Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The right wants to decide how states decide on abortion
Discussion: CNN
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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 …
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
DA probing efforts to overturn Georgia election results likely to present case to grand jury next week: Sources
Discussion: The Messenger and 19FortyFive
NBC News:   Trump election grand jury back at work in federal courthouse
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge schedules Friday hearing on protective order in election subversion case against Trump  —  US District Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduled a hearing for Friday at 10 a.m. ET on the scope of a protective order - the rules imposed for the handling of evidence - in the special counsel's election subversion case …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge sets Friday hearing for Trump protective order in election case
Axios:
Scoop: Kari Lake prepares to enter Arizona Senate race  —  Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake is staffing up for a Senate campaign in anticipation of an October launch, making Arizona ground zero to replay — and relitigate — GOP losses in the last two elections.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Arizona 2024: Senator Kyrsten Sinema's Independent Candidacy Could Help Democrats for U.S. Senate
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.
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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Michael J. Coren / Washington Post:
Is it cheaper to refuel your EV battery or gas tank?  We did the math in all 50 states.  —  Gasoline cars are cheaper to refuel than electric vehicles.  —  I've heard this claim pop up everywhere from Massachusetts to Fox News over the past two years.  My neighbor even refuses to plug …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Roberts and Barrett join liberals as Supreme Court revives federal ghost gun restrictions  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to freeze a lower court order that bars the government from regulating so-called ghost guns - untraceable homemade weapons - as firearms under federal law.
Olivia George / Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa mayor's big catch on Keys fishing trip? 70 pounds of cocaine.  —  Mayor Castor, the former Tampa police chief, was with family when they spotted $1.1 million worth of drugs.  —  There was something in the water, black and bobbing.  —  The package adrift in the Atlantic caught the eye …
Maia Pandey / NBC News:
What to know about the EG.5 coronavirus subvariant, now dominant in the U.S.  —  Although the updated booster shots expected in the fall don't target EG.5, experts said they may nonetheless offer some protection.  —  A new coronavirus variant, EG.5, now accounts for the largest proportion …
Marc Novicoff / Politico:
A Simple Law Is Doing the Impossible.  It's Making the Online Porn Industry Retreat.  —  Pornhub has pulled out of multiple states rather than comply with age-verification laws.  —  On June 15, 2022, a freshman legislator in Louisiana's House of Representatives accomplished something …
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.
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Biden to Restrict Investments in China, Citing National Security Threats  —  The measure to clamp down on investments in certain industries deemed to pose security risks, set to be issued Wednesday, appears likely to open a new front in the U.S.-China economic conflict.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Said EV Maker Proterra Was ‘Getting Us in the Game.’ It Just Declared Bankruptcy.  —  Biden repeatedly praised green energy company as his energy secretary held stock in it  —  President Joe Biden promoted the company.  Its top executive landed a spot on a White House board.
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmaker's Wife Makes Little Free Libraries a Culture War Battleground  —  Arkansas State Rep. Stephen Meeks' spouse boasted she's been “swapping out” books for Bibles. … The wife of an Arkansas Republican state lawmaker has expanded the culture wars to miniature free libraries …
Discussion: ArkansasTimes and Raw Story
 
 
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Hillsborough schools cut back on Shakespeare, citing new Florida rules
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