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2:30 PM ET, August 14, 2023

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Reuters:
Georgia court website briefly publishes, removes document about potential Trump charges  —  The Fulton County, Georgia, court's website briefly posted a document on Monday listing several criminal charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump that appeared related to his attempts to overturn …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Bid to Sink the Manhattan DA's Case Has Already Made It Stronger  —  Trump tried to drag the Manhattan DA into federal court and failed.  Now a judge's order in that case can be used to persuade a state court that Trump's charges should stick.  —  Donald Trump's attempts this summer …
Discussion: New York Daily News and Raw Story
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Why Georgia's case against Trump could be so damaging … - Willis is expected to present her case to a grand jury early this week. … - The law — inspired by federal statutes with the same name — allows prosecutors to string together crimes committed by different people toward one common goal.
Jonathan Turley / The Messenger:
Georgia on My Mind: A Fourth Trump Indictment Needs Something Other Than ‘The Call’  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing an external link to share the article on Twitter.An Email icon that opens an email with the article link …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Fully expected the downfall’: Inside DeSantis's brawls with Fla. Republicans  —  Some who knew the Florida governor in Tallahassee say they expected him to have trouble translating his governance of the state into a coalition that could win him the presidency
Discussion: Insider, Daily Kos, UPROXX and Raw Story
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Newsom vs. DeSantis debate stalling over Fox News audience
Discussion: The Hill, The Messenger and ABC7
Wall Street Journal:
Hunter Biden Says Prosecutors Reneged on Plea Deal  —  In brief filing, Biden legal team insists that deal to avoid charge on felony gun-possession should stand  —  Hunter Biden's legal team said late Sunday the Justice Department had decided to “renege on the previously agreed-upon plea agreement …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump jabs at judge in election case, testing warning against ‘inflammatory’ statements  —  Overnight, Trump called Chutkan ‘biased and unfair’ for comments during 2022 sentencing of Jan. 6 defendant.  —  Donald Trump slammed the judge presiding over his newest criminal case early Monday …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
McConnell in Winter: Inside the GOP Leader's Attempt to Thwart Trump  —  The Kentucky Republican is doing all he can to bolster Ukraine, preserve NATO and help his party maintain its Reaganite roots.  —  From the Senate floor and Washington fundraisers to awards banquets …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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David Cohen / Politico:
RFK Jr. backs 15-week federal ban on abortion, then reverses himself  —  “Today, Mr. Kennedy misunderstood a question,” his campaign said.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday said he would support a federal ban on abortion after the first three months of pregnancy …
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Washington Post:   White House steps up judicial confirmation efforts after slowdown
NBC News:
RFK Jr. says he'd sign a federal ban on abortions after three months of pregnancy
Rolling Stone:
Trump's ‘Co-Conspirators’ Are Already Starting to Turn on Each Other  —  “It is the 'please don't put me in jail, put that other guy in jail' strategy,” says one attorney working in Trump's legal orbit … A number of the ex-president's chief lieutenants and alleged co-conspirators in the plot …
Discussion: 19FortyFive and PoliticusUSA
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
In a small Kansas town, a brazen attack on press freedom  —  “These are Hitler tactics, and something has to be done.”  —  Those were the words of 98-year-old Joan Meyer, the co-owner of the Marion County Record, after her home and office were raided by the City of Marion's entire five-person police department on Friday.
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
The Case of the Internet Archive vs. Book Publishers  —  In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library.  Publishers sued.  Owning a book means something different now.  —  David Streitfeld has been writing about books and technology for 25 years.
ABC News:
Karen Pence ‘never felt afraid’ on Jan. 6: ABC News Exclusive  —  The former second lady said she felt “God's presence” despite the attack.  —  On Jan. 6, 2021, when then-second lady Karen Pence drew the curtains of the vice president's ceremonial office on Capitol Hill …
Discussion: The Hill, Insider and The Messenger
NBC News:
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blasts GOP senator's blockade of military promotions as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘unsafe’  —  Austin said the hold on nominations meant that “for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense, three of our military services are operating without Senate-confirmed leaders.”
NBC News:
Clarence Avant, the ‘Godfather of Black entertainment,’ dies at 92  —  Avant's unofficial title of the “Black Godfather” spanned the worlds of music, sports, entertainment and politics.  —  Clarence Avant, whose unofficial title of the “Black Godfather” spanned the worlds of music, sports …
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania.  But he lives in Connecticut  —  David McCormick had a clear explanation for why his fellow Republican, Dr. Mehmet Oz, lost a critical Pennsylvania Senate seat: Voters viewed the daytime television celebrity as an interloper …
 
 
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