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5:15 PM ET, August 12, 2023

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CNN:
First on CNN: Fulton County DA to present Trump election subversion case to grand jury early next week  —  An Atlanta-area prosecutor has notified at least one witness to appear before a grand jury early next week, the most significant indication of her intention to seek indictments …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Fulton grand jury to hear Trump case early next week  —  X  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will begin presenting her 2020 elections interference case against former President Donald Trump and others to a grand jury early next week.
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Trump Election Interference Case to Go to Grand Jury in Georgia Early Next Week  —  Atlanta-area prosecutors have indicated that they will go before a grand jury early next week to present the results of their investigation into election interference by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies …
Discussion: NBC News and CBS News
New York Times:
Republicans Wanted a Special Counsel Investigation of Hunter Biden.  Now Many Oppose It.  —  Although some G.O.P. lawmakers see the appointment of David C. Weiss as a vindication of their strategy, others criticize the now-scuttled plea deal he struck with Mr. Biden.
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
DeSantis Gets Heckled and Trolled on His Big Day With Trump in Iowa  —  The Florida governor was hoping to have the stage to himself, but Donald Trump and his supporters have made that hard to achieve.  —  It's been said that a bad day at the fair is always better than a good day at work.
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
‘Liar,’ ‘loser,’ a ‘national security threat’: Hurd rips into Trump  —  Republican presidential hopeful and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd ripped into former President Trump on Friday, calling him a “liar,” “loser” and “national security threat.”  —  Hurd, who has been sharply critical …
Discussion: HuffPost
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CNN:
Judge Chutkan says Trump's right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Sheriff Says Former Trump Doctor Threatened to Beat Officer  —  Republican Congressman Ronny Jackson reportedly threatened a state trooper and vowed retribution against a local sheriff after he was briefly detained at a rodeo in July.  —  A Texas Republican who previously worked …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Sheriff: Ronny Jackson threatened to ‘beat’ state trooper after being handcuffed at rodeo
Clay Wirestone / Kansas Reflector:
In Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans' First Amendment rights  —  Marion County Record papers for sale in the newspaper's office beside a collection of Kansas Press Association awards on Aug. 11, 2023, the day the office was raided by local law enforcement.  (Sam Bailey/Kansas Reflector)
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
See where Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking 301 military promotions  —  From Alabama to Asia, the scope of senior military officers frozen in place by a dispute between Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is vast, including not only the incoming leaders of the Joint Chiefs …
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
James West / Mother Jones:
Debunking Florida's Argument That Slavery Could Benefit the Enslaved, in 120 Seconds  —  In my latest video, I tackle the controversy surrounding Florida's teaching standards.  These new guidelines, approved last month, sparked an avalanche of criticism by suggesting that enslaved Americans …
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump blames left for legal costs  —  Trump's Save America PAC shrank from over $100 million at the beginning of last year to $3.6 million after bankrolling legal fees for the former president and his allies.  —  Former President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed his political enemies …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and New York Times
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
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Pence previews debate strategy at Iowa State Fair: Attack on abortion  —  Pence supports a national 15-week abortion ban  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence signaled Friday he will go on attack on abortion at the upcoming Republican presidential primary debate.
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
 
 
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