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8:50 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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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.
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump tells Georgia witness not to testify … - “He shouldn't. … - Duncan, who criticized Trump's false election fraud claims in 2020, said Saturday that he had been told to appear Tuesday before the Fulton County grand jury.  — “Republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness,” he wrote in a post on X.
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
How a law associated with mobsters could be central in possible charges against Trump
Jewel Wicker / The Guardian:
'He's going to be very surprised': Georgia DA Fani Willis prepares to face off with Trump
Jonathan Turley / The Messenger:
Georgia on My Mind: A Fourth Trump Indictment Needs Something Other Than ‘The Call’
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Why Georgia's case against Trump could be so damaging
New York Times:
Two Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn the Vote
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 …
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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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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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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
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 …
Adam Wren / Politico:
The bad blood between the Trump and DeSantis camps  —  IOWA ILL WILL — No one expected the 2024 Republican presidential primary to be a pillow fight.  But no one was quite ready for the smashmouth campaigning that took place over the weekend at the Iowa State Fair, a traditionally joyous few days on the campaign calendar.
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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 …
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?
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Finger-pointing begins inside Trump team over Jan. 6 indictment  —  From the moment special counsel Jack Smith listed six co-conspirators in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 indictment but didn't name or charge them, a major question has been which of them might be tempted to flip and serve as witnesses for the prosecution.
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Political Wire and CNN
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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.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
DOJ fights Trump effort to reestablish secure facility at Mar-a-Lago  —  The Justice Department (DOJ) is fighting an effort from former President Trump's legal team to reestablish a secure facility in Mar-a-Lago, arguing he would be “the only defendant ever” in a classified document case to review evidence in their home.
Discussion: The Messenger and New York Times
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Nevada jumps in front of South Carolina in GOP early voting  —  After announcing its caucuses will be Feb. 8, only one of the four early states is left to set its primary date.  —  Nevada's 2024 GOP presidential caucuses will be on Feb. 8 of next year, jumping ahead of the South Carolina primary …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Newest “anti-woke” tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friends  —  A bizarre racist outburst at a Texas school board isn't an isolated event — it's part of a national pattern  —  Considering how rapidly the right's “war on woke” is expanding, it was perhaps inevitable …
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 …
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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