memeorandum: Pence previews debate strategy at Iowa State Fair: Attack on abortion (Chris Pandolfo/Fox News)

4:10 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 …

Discussion: HuffPost, Fox News, Washington Post, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit

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

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.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Mediaite and PoliticusUSA

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.

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.

Discussion: The Hill, PJ Media, RedState, The Daily Caller, The Messenger and CBS News

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

CNN:
Judge Chutkan says Trump's right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’

Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Judge Chutkan ‘not amused’ as Trump lawyer keeps bringing up 2024 presidential campaign: reporter

Discussion: REALITYCHEX.COM, The Federalist, The Daily Beast, RedState, Just The News and Political Wire

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

Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Sheriff: Ronny Jackson threatened to ‘beat’ state trooper after being handcuffed at rodeo

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Raw Story and Political Wire

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 …

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:

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RTÉ, The Post Millennial, Just The News, The Messenger, Political Wire, Politico and Associated Press

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 and RedState

Houston Keene / Fox News:
DeSantis torches Trump for refusing to sign GOP candidate pledge: 'You don't take your ball and go home'

Discussion: RedState, PJ Media, New York Post, Althouse, National Review and The Hill

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

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 …

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.

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