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9:25 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 …
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
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.
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Politico:
'There's something missing': DeSantis can't escape Trump's shadow in Iowa  —  The Florida governor is aggressively campaigning in Iowa.  It's barely making a dent in the polls.  —  DES MOINES — Ron DeSantis had just spent two days riding on a bus all over Iowa, popping into convenience stores …
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis dogged by protesters at Iowa State Fair  —  Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds urged the demonstrators who interrupted her one-on-one interview with DeSantis to be “Iowa nice.”  —  Ron DeSantis' first experience with the Iowa State Fair has been anything but “midwestern nice.”
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Pence previews debate strategy at Iowa State Fair: Attack on abortion
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
Lisa Hagen / NPR:
Violent threats against public officials are rising.  Here's why  —  For extremism researchers, the shooting death this week of a Utah man who was alleged to have made violent threats against President Joe Biden and other public officials highlights a concerning trend.
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Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
Vos says lawmakers may consider impeachment if Protasiewicz doesn't recuse from redistricting cases  —  MADISON - If Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz does not recuse from lawsuits challenging the state's legislative boundaries, Republicans who control the state Legislature …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Former Rep. Al Lawson's Florida congressional seat could come back under new agreement  —  “This is a promising step forward for Black voters,” said the director of litigation and policy for the National Redistricting Foundation.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A major legal challenge …
Discussion: Florida Politics and Equal Ground
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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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 …
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)
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 …
 
 
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Congressman Steube:
U.S. Rep. Greg Steube Files Articles of Impeachment Against Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the United States, For High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Andrew Zhang / Politico:
Ramaswamy: U.S. is scared of China ‘because we depend on them’
Discussion: The Hill
James West / Mother Jones:
Debunking Florida's Argument That Slavery Could Benefit the Enslaved, in 120 Seconds
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CNN:
Nevada GOP Senate candidate raised money to help other candidates — the funds mostly paid down his old campaign's debt instead
Discussion: Political Wire
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
‘Liar,’ ‘loser,’ a ‘national security threat’: Hurd rips into Trump
Discussion: HuffPost
MacKenzie Ryan / The Guardian:
‘Better martyrs’: the growing role of women in the far-right movement
Discussion: Raw Story
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Growing Segregation by Sex in Israel Raises Fears for Women's Rights
 

 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Economist introduces AI translations into French, German, Mandarin, and Spanish for Espresso, its budget-friendly, “snack-sized” journalism app

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's new competition TV show, debuting October 30, will have entrepreneurs pitch judges, including Amazon execs; finalists' product will be sold on Amazon
 
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