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11:35 AM ET, August 12, 2023

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge warns Trump: ‘Inflammatory’ statements about election case could speed trial  —  ‘The more a party makes inflammatory statements about this case ... the greater the urgency will be that we proceed to trial quickly.’  —  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan warned Donald Trump …
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CNN:
Judge Chutkan says Trump's right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’  —  US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set the tone for how she would preside over the election subversion against Donald Trump in a hearing Friday focused on what limits would be placed on how the former president …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Judge Chutkan ‘not amused’ as Trump lawyer keeps bringing up 2024 presidential campaign: reporter  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan does not want former President Donald Trump's lawyers to make his impending trial about the 2024 presidential election.  —  The Independent's Andrew Feinberg reports …
New York Times:
Judge Limits Trump's Ability to Share Jan. 6 Evidence
Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Deliver ‘Incriminating’ Info on Conspiracy-Peddling Sidney Powell
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones  —  Eric Meyer, publisher of the Marion County Record, answers questions in his newspaper office Friday after police seized computers, servers, cellphones and other items.
MacKenzie Ryan / The Guardian:
‘Better martyrs’: the growing role of women in the far-right movement  —  The pipeline from mommy blogger to Tradwife to book-banner is an important aspect of the extreme right wing in the US  —  Researchers who track how the far right in in the US mobilizes, self-promotes and recruits …
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Ron DeSantis and his backers paid $95,000 to an Iowa religious leader's group  —  As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scrambles to shore up his struggling run for the Republican presidential nomination, he has spent far more than any rival on courting an influential Christian conservative leader …
Politico:
Biden world resigned to a campaign shadowed by Hunter drama  —  The White House was privately frustrated by the appointment of a special counsel.  But Republicans were, too.  —  The appointment on Friday of a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden likely ensured that the probe of the president's son …
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Wall Street Journal:
Merrick Garland Names David Weiss as Special Counsel in Hunter Biden Investigation
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Hunter Biden could face trial as US special counsel named
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Judge gives former Tennessee state senator 21-month sentence over campaign finance crime  —  A former Tennessee state senator was given a 21-month prison sentence Friday for violating campaign finance laws.  —  Brian Kelsey, 45, pleaded guilty to concealing the transfer of $91,000 …
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Growing Segregation by Sex in Israel Raises Fears for Women's Rights  —  Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male rabbinical courts, and to bar women and men from mixing in many public arenas.  —  Reporting from Tel Aviv
Reuters:
FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail after judge revokes bail  —  A U.S judge on Friday revoked Sam Bankman-Fried's bail, after finding probable cause that the indicted founder of the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange tampered with witnesses at least twice.
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Sheriff: Ronny Jackson threatened to ‘beat’ state trooper after being handcuffed at rodeo  —  Aide to ex-White House physician says he wasn't drinking and shouldn't have been detained while trying to help a teen suffering a seizure.  —  Update:  —  8:20 p.m. with response from Jackson.
KXAN-TV:
3-year-old migrant child dies on Texas' border bus  —  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A child died on one of the buses that Operation Lone Star has been using to move migrants from the Texas border to other parts of the country, the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) said Friday.
Houston Keene / Fox News:
DeSantis torches Trump for refusing to sign GOP candidate pledge: 'You don't take your ball and go home'  —  GOP candidates are required to sign the pledge to be allowed on the debate stage  —  Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis torched former President Donald Trump …
Ty Rushing / Iowa Starting Line:
DeSantis Has Law Enforcement Block Iowa Journalist From Event  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign team today contacted law enforcement in an attempt to prohibit Iowa Starting Line reporters from covering his campaign in the Hawkeye State, according to Shelby County Sheriff's deputies.
John O'Connor / USA Today:
Illinois Supreme Court upholds state's ban on semiautomatic weapons  —  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state's ban on the sale or possession of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally.  —  In a 4-3 decision Friday …
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Chicago Tribune:
Illinois Supreme Court upholds state's sweeping gun ban
 
 
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