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1:20 AM ET, August 15, 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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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump, 18 others indicted for trying to overthrow 2020 Georgia election  —  X  —  Former President Donald Trump and 18 allies were charged on Monday with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.  —  In a sweeping 98-page indictment handed up by a Fulton County grand jury …
CNN:
READ: Trump indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, probe  —  An Atlanta-based grand jury on Monday indicted former President Donald Trump on state charges stemming from his efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat in the Peach State.
New York Times:
Georgia Trump Investigation  —  Grand Jurors Hear Hours of Testimony in Election Interference Case  —  Prosecutors brought at least three witnesses before a grand jury considering efforts by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies to overturn Georgia's results in the 2020 election.
CNN:
Exclusive: Former Republican legal officials endorse special counsel's speedy trial date proposal in Trump Jan. 6 case  —  Nearly a dozen Republican-appointed former judges and high-ranking federal senior legal officials on Monday endorsed the January 2, 2024, trial date proposed …
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
What to Know About Donald Trump's Four Indictments  —  From prosecutors and judges to charges and trial dates, it's all right here.  —  Former President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to face criminal charges when he was indicted in New York in April.
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
How a law associated with mobsters could be central in possible charges against Trump
Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
Mark Meadows, Trump's former White House chief of staff, will face his first post-2020 election-related indictment in Georgia
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Two Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn the Vote
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump tells Georgia witness not to testify
Jonathan Turley / The Messenger:
Georgia on My Mind: A Fourth Trump Indictment Needs Something Other Than ‘The Call’
Jewel Wicker / The Guardian:
'He's going to be very surprised': Georgia DA Fani Willis prepares to face off with Trump
Kate Selig / Washington Post:
Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision  —  ‘This is a monumental decision,’ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states  —  In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday …
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Michael A. Fletcher / ESPN:
‘Blind Side’ subject Oher alleges Tuohys made millions off lie  —  Retired NFL star Michael Oher, whose supposed adoption out of grinding poverty by a wealthy, white family was immortalized in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” petitioned a Tennessee court Monday with allegations that a central element …
Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
The Looming Supreme Court Nullification Crisis  —  “In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth,” Alabama Governor George Wallace proclaimed in his 1963 inaugural address at the state capitol in Montgomery, the first seat of the Confederacy, “I draw the line in the dust …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Bodycam video shows confrontation between U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson and law enforcement  —  The footage shows Jackson being tackled to the ground and placed in handcuffs, with the Amarillo Republican directing a profanity-laced tirade toward a trooper.  His office has said Jackson, a physician …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
DeSantis urges Bob Iger to drop Disney lawsuit, accept the end of ‘special privileges’  — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told CNBC that Disney CEO Bob Iger should drop his company's political retaliation lawsuit.  — The lawsuit centers on Walt Disney World's special tax district …
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
She Wasn't Able to Get an Abortion.  Now She's a Mom.  Soon She'll Start 7th Grade.  —  Ashley just had a baby.  She's sitting on the couch in a relative's apartment in Clarksdale, Miss., wearing camo-print leggings and fiddling with the plastic hospital bracelets still on her wrists.
Discussion: The Guardian, Insider and Eschaton
CBS News:
Coast Guard rescues 4 divers who went missing off the Carolinas  —  Four divers were found and rescued about 50 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, after going missing on Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.  Crews with the Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy had been searching for the divers since at least Sunday night.
Reuters:
China central bank unexpectedly cuts rates to support sputtering economy  —  China's central bank unexpectedly cut key policy rates for the second time in three months on Tuesday, in a fresh sign that the authorities are ramping up monetary easing efforts to boost a sputtering economic recovery.
Politico:
The GOP Senate candidate whose Trump ambassador stint is coming back to haunt him  —  National Republicans were wary of Jeffrey Gunter's bid to begin with.  He jumped into the Nevada primary anyway.  —  Republican Senate hopeful Jeffrey Gunter is learning a painful lesson: What happens in Reykjavik doesn't always stay in Reykjavik.
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
How America Got Mean  —  In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.  —  Over the past eight years or so, I've been obsessed with two questions.  The first is: Why have Americans become so sad?
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
DeSantis says he will slash ‘footprint’ of all DC federal agencies by 50 percent  —  GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to cut the “footprint” of all D.C. federal agencies in half if he is elected to the White House in 2024.  —  “We're going to let the economy function again …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
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