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1:45 PM ET, August 12, 2023

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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’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge warns Trump: ‘Inflammatory’ statements about election case could speed trial
Reuters:
FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail after judge revokes bail
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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Jon Levine / New York Post:
GOP 2024 candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ‘open’ to pardon of Hunter Biden  —  GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is considering issuing hundreds of pardons should he be elected president — eventually including members of the Biden family.  —  “After the I am leading the great revival.
Wall Street Journal:
Merrick Garland Names David Weiss as Special Counsel in Hunter Biden Investigation
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  —  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.
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 …
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.
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
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 …
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: Washington Examiner
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Right Wingers Furious That The FBI Killed A Man Threatening Biden.  Trump's Truth Social Tipped Agency Off  —  Truth Social, the social media company owned by Donald Trump, tipped off the FBI to threats Craig Robertson was making against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg back in March …
Andrew Zhang / Politico:
Ramaswamy: U.S. is scared of China ‘because we depend on them’  —  Ramaswamy promised he would push back more forcefully against China as president.  —  Speaking at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy warned that the United States was too dependent on China …
Discussion: The Hill and Iowa Capital Dispatch
CNN:
Nevada GOP Senate candidate raised money to help other candidates — the funds mostly paid down his old campaign's debt instead  —  Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown created a political action committee to “help elect Republicans” but most of its funds were spent paying down debt from his failed previous campaign.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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