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5:15 PM ET, August 10, 2023

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ProPublica:
Clarence Thomas' 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel  —  Co-published with CNN  —  Friends of the Court: SCOTUS Justices' Beneficial Relationships With Billionaire Donors  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' decadeslong friendship …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Ron DeSantis is running for president but doesn't believe in democracy  —  Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is staying in the presidential race because he thinks he's the best bet for the Republican Party if Donald Trump can't be the nominee.  He can't defeat Trump because he's …
HuffPost:
Clarence Thomas' 38 Vacations: The Billionaires Who Have Treated Supreme Court Justice To Luxury Travel
Ryan Randazzo / Arizona Republic:
Trump adviser groped 2 women in 2021 at Scottsdale club, one tells police  —  A woman says Boris Epshteyn, a special adviser to Donald Trump, repeatedly groped her and her sister inside a Scottsdale nightclub in 2021, according to police body camera footage obtained by The Arizona Republic.
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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn was accused of groping 2 women at an Arizona club in 2021: ‘That Tony Soprano looking dude’
Discussion: USA Today
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Special Counsel Proposes January Date for Trump's Election Interference Trial  —  Mr. Trump's legal team will get to suggest its own timetable for the case next week and will surely object to the government's proposal.  —  The prosecutors overseeing the indictment of former President Donald J. Trump …
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NBC News:
Security bolstered for judge overseeing Trump election case
Discussion: MSNBC
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump unleashes on Biden as legal problems mount  —  Former President Trump on Thursday unleashed a torrent of insults against President Biden, attacking him in personal terms as Trump's legal problems continue to mount.  —  “What Crooked Joe Biden, who can't string two sentences together …
Discussion: 19FortyFive and Washington Post
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
‘Anonymous’ Trump critic mulled Election Day suicide
Discussion: RedState
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:   Pelosi reemerges as top Trump adversary
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Sen. Joe Manchin Again Teases Defection From Democratic Party  —  The West Virginia moderate has often refused to go along with the Democratic agenda in Washington.  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) said Thursday he's thinking about leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an independent.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin says he's thinking ‘seriously’ about becoming an independent  —  Sen. Joe Manchin III, a centrist West Virginia Democrat who has at times sparred with his party, said Thursday that he has “seriously” considered leaving the Democratic Party ahead of the 2024 election.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House GOP will subpoena Biden family, says Republican chairman  —  House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said that his committee, which has been investigating the foreign business dealings of President Biden's family members, will eventually move to subpoena …
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
A real reporter angers Biden with “a lousy question” about phone calls with Hunter
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court puts Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal on hold  —  The Biden administration urged the court to block a deal that lets the Sackler family avoid future lawsuits related to opioid pandemic.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court put the bankruptcy reorganization of opioid maker Purdue Pharma …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Tommy Tuberville: Florida's third senator?  —  The Fact Checker  —  “Tuberville lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife Suzanne.”  — website of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)  —  In late June, Tommy Tuberville traveled to the Wiregrass region of Alabama, which borders Florida.
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - Trump gains ground in Iowa while DeSantis drops by NINE POINTS: Poll shows Florida governor needs huge recovery in crucial caucus state - while Tim Scott surges to third  — Focus in the GOP race shifts to Iowa on Thursday for the state fair  — A DailyMail.com poll shows …
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Washington Post:
Trump, aide plead not guilty in documents case.  De Oliveira does not enter plea.  —  FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Donald Trump and one of his two co-defendants on Thursday pleaded not guilty in federal court to multiple charges alleging that the former president kept classified documents …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Candidate Plagiarized Massive Segments of His College Thesis  —  Controversial GOP congressional candidate Anthony Sabatini appears to have lifted massive segments of his college thesis from Wikipedia and gotten away with it—until now. … Right-wing Florida Republican congressional …
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
New York Times:
U.S. Reaches Deal With Iran to Free Americans for Jailed Iranians and Funds  —  Five American detainees will eventually be allowed to leave Iran in exchange for Tehran gaining access to $6 billion for humanitarian purposes and the United States freeing several jailed Iranians.
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Anita Hofschneider / Grist:
Wildfires just destroyed a Maui town.  Next year could be worse.  —  The raging fires have killed at least 36 people and caused what is expected to be billions of dollars in damages.  Climate change could prompt more of the same.  —  This post has been updated.  —  Nelly Niumatalolo couldn't believe it when she heard it.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The truth about Monique Worrell  —  On November 3, 2020, Monique Worrell (D) was elected state's attorney in Florida's 9th Judicial District, which includes Orange and Osceola counties.  Worrell won in resounding fashion, collecting 395,979 votes and defeating her opponent by a two-to-one margin.
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Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda / Washington Examiner:
Suspended Soros-linked central Florida prosecutor blasts DeSantis as a ‘dictator’
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Nikki Haley signs RNC pledge to support eventual GOP nominee but makes one small edit  —  RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel made the ‘Beat Biden pledge’ a requirement for candidates wishing to participate in party-sanctioned debates  —  FIRST ON FOX: GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley …
Politico:
House GOP weighs shutdown escape hatch: A deal with Dems  —  House Republicans are nearing an uncomfortable realization: They may have to rely on their opponents to help avoid a government shutdown.  —  If Speaker Kevin McCarthy has any hope of avoiding a shutdown this fall, he'll probably need help from Democrats.
Daniel McGraw / The Bulwark:
Why the Ohio Special Election Backfired for the GOP  —  “AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS VOTE more and more, what they were trying to do and the way they were trying to do it was just kind of creepy.”  —  Outside a polling place in Cleveland on Tuesday, a thirtysomething art teacher was explaining to me her …
 
 
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Raw Story:
Report warns state voter purges are a growing threat to democracy
Discussion: The Federalist and City Journal
Reuters:
US set to unveil long-awaited crackdown on real estate money laundering
CNN:
Biden says ‘every asset that we have will be available’ to Hawaii residents affected by wildfires
Peter Van Dalen / Politico:
Trump is a serious threat to the union of American states
Discussion: Raw Story
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump calls Barr ‘coward’ for not prosecuting Hunter Biden, investigating election fraud
Dan Collyns / The Guardian:
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated
New York Post:
Adams warns Biden's inaction on migrant crisis will ‘decimate’ NYC
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
A former RNC researcher on the RNC's reality distortion field
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Golf legend Phil Mickelson wagered more than $1 billion over decades, lost around $100 million, gambler claims
US Department of Justice:
Indictment charges former soldier with stealing vehicle, crashing into Army facility
Discussion: The Messenger and The Daily Caller
Edward J Markey / The Guardian:
Private jets are awful for the climate. It's time to tax the rich who fly in them
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
July CPI report shows inflation gauge rose 3.2%, less than expected
Alexander Nazaryan / New York Times:
Rewild the National Mall
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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