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8:00 PM ET, August 13, 2023

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CNN:
Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump's team is behind voting system breach  —  Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump's legal team …
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New York Times:
How Trump Benefits From an Indictment Effect  —  In polling, fund-raising and conservative media, the former president has turned criminal charges into political assets.  —  Early on March 18, former President Donald J. Trump hit send on a social media post saying he would be “arrested on Tuesday of next week.”
Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Is Ground Zero for Trump Exhaustion as Another Indictment Looms  —  Case is a reminder of the 2020 election saga that has torn state GOP apart; 'It's just getting ridiculous'  —  PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.—Georgia has become ground zero for exhaustion over the legal drama surrounding Donald Trump …
Brady Leonard / Washington Examiner:
What is the plan, Trump?  —  Former President Donald Trump is notoriously a man of many words, as are his multitudes of surrogates and supporters.  The 45th president and his team have had quite a bit to say recently about the mental state of special counsel Jack Smith, “disloyal” Ron …
Washington Post:
Trump swoops into Iowa fair, defying customs and clashing with DeSantis  —  Pork chops, protesters of the Florida governor and a swift visit by the former president were at the center of a high-drama day  —  DES MOINES — The crowd that had craned to watch Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
DeSantis Gets Heckled and Trolled on His Big Day With Trump in Iowa
CNN:
First on CNN: Fulton County DA to present Trump election subversion case to grand jury early next week
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court is taking a wrecking ball to the wall between church and state  —  The Court's Republican majority has ground the Constitution's establishment clause down to a nub.  —  Last June, a previously obscure Oklahoma state board voted to allow two Roman Catholic dioceses to operate a charter school in that state.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Christie says no one has given him a loyalty pledge to sign  —  The RNC's loyalty pledge is a hot issue in advance of the first GOP debate.  —  Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday he has yet to sign the party's loyalty pledge because no one has given it to him.
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Trump creates spectacle with debate guessing game  —  Former President Trump is seeking to keep the spotlight on him by drawing out his decision on whether or not to join his fellow candidates in the first GOP presidential primary debate later this month.  —  Trump has been threatening …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Louis DeJoy: From Trump villain to Biden's clean energy buddy  —  The postmaster general has struck up an unexpected partnership with the president's green guru, John Podesta.  —  During the summer of 2020, there were few bigger Democratic super villains than Louis DeJoy.
Associated Press:
Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years  —  A fire that swept through a picturesque town in Maui this week has killed at least 89 people, authorities said Saturday, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century.
CNN:
Hunter Biden's lawyer says trial ‘not inevitable’ as scrutiny mounts  —  Hunter Biden's lawyer on Sunday said a trial is “not inevitable,” days after the Trump-appointed US attorney investigating the president's son was granted special counsel status following a breakdown in plea talks to resolve tax and gun charges.
Nicolás Misculin / Reuters:
Argentina set for primary vote with ruling Peronists fighting for survival  —  Argentines head to the polls on Sunday in primary elections, with voters set to punish the ruling center-left Peronist coalition, angry at inflation scraping 116% and a cost of living crisis that has left four in 10 people in poverty.
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)
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 …
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.
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 …
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