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8:15 AM ET, August 17, 2023

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NBC News:
Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online  —  A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 others for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.  —  ATLANTA — The purported names …
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Washington Post:
Tim Scott announces second major ad buy of his presidential campaign  —  The $8 million buy will include television ads airing in Iowa and New Hampshire  —  The presidential campaign for Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is launching an $8 million advertisement buy, marking a second major investment …
The Daily Beast:
Unmasking the Co-Conspirators in Trump's Georgia Indictment  —  Trump's latest indictment includes 18 co-defendants and 30 unindicted co-conspirators.  Here's our attempt at figuring out as many as possible. … Donald Trump's fourth indictment is, on almost every level …
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Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
Clues point to identities of ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ in alleged Coffee County breach  —  The wide-ranging indictment of former president Donald Trump in Georgia accuses four of his supporters of conspiring to copy and distribute data from elections equipment in rural Coffee County …
Discussion: The Guardian
New York Times:
Trump Allies Likely to Be Booked at Notorious Atlanta Jail  —  The local sheriff has said the defendants would be treated like everyone else should they surrender at the jail; the process for Donald J. Trump could be different.  —  To locals, the jail is known simply as “Rice Street.”
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New York Times:
In Georgia Case Against Trump, a Trial as Soon as March Could Be a Stretch
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
DA seeks March 4 trial date for Trump Georgia election case
Associated Press:
Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman  —  A Texas woman was arrested and has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington and a member of Congress.
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani made desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills in Mar-a-Lago meeting  —  With his attorney in tow, Rudy Giuliani traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent months on a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills.
New York Times:
Santos Aide Who Impersonated McCarthy Staff Member Faces Federal Charges  —  The aide, Samuel Miele, was accused of impersonating the staff member in fund-raising appeals and was charged with wire fraud and identity theft.  —  A campaign associate of Representative George Santos …
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NBC News:
Feds indict fundraiser for Rep. George Santos for allegedly impersonating Speaker McCarthy aide
The Hill:   Santos fundraiser charged with impersonating House leadership aide
Adam Wren / Politico:
Pence-world poised for a showdown with Trump  —  'We've been waiting for this for a while,' the former vice president's senior adviser told POLITICO.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Pence tosses out a now well-honed line whenever he's asked how he could go from loyally defending Donald Trump to throwing spears at him on the debate stage.
Discussion: Arkansas Online, CNN and ABC News
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Top Georgia Republicans dismiss pro-Trump calls to change pardon rules  —  X  —  Georgia's most powerful Republican politicians rejected pro-Donald Trump calls to change the state constitution to give the governor direct authority to pardon those convicted of crimes.
Discussion: Raw Story, NPR and NewsNation
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Associated Press:
Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story
Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
US appeals court rules to restrict abortion pill use  —  A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, partially upholding a lower court ruling that alarmed abortion advocates and pharmaceutical companies.  —  The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court …
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Washington Post:
Appeals court embraces abortion-pill limits, sets up Supreme Court review
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
Inside the campaign to cancel sex ed  —  At the end of June, right-wing advocacy group Moms for Liberty held its annual summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The summit included a session called “Comprehensive Sex Education: Sex Ed or Sexualization” led by conservative education activist Kelly Schenkoske.
CNN:
Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content  —  New York CNN —  At least two brands have said they will suspend advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after their ads and those of other companies were run on an account promoting fascism.
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Medical school professor says children can be ‘gender hybrids’ like a ‘gender minotaur’  —  A professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine reportedly said children can identify as “gender hybrid” and compared them to the minotaur, a mythological creature.
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Hannah Grossman / Fox News:
Feminist medical school professor says trans kids identifying as ‘minotaurs’ are part of ‘gender revolution’
Discussion: Twitchy and National Review
Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones hits back at ‘sickening’ investigation targeting him, connection to Trump case  —  'I haven't done anything wrong,' Jones told Fox News Digital  —  EXCLUSIVE: Georgia's Republican lieutenant governor, Burt Jones, is hitting back at the targeting of him and his role …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Mike Lindell's Big ‘Election Crime’ Summit Flops at the Start  —  Naturally, Lindell almost immediately ran into technical issues during his latest attempt to prove the 2020 election was “stolen.”  —  MAGA pillow magnate Mike Lindell kicked off his latest “election crime” …
 
 
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Reuters:
Israel says Arrow-3 missile-killer sale to Germany approved by U.S.
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Associated Press:
Illnois will provide burial for migrant child who died on bus
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Celebrates Inflation Reduction Act's Effects on Law's First Anniversary
CNN:
White House orders federal agencies to shore up cybersecurity, warns of potential exposure
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Trump's Total Charges Could Result In More Than 700 Years In Prison
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White House inaction forces another FAA leadership change
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker apologizes for ‘religious freedom’ tweet
Matt Berg / Politico:
Marjorie Taylor Greene floats Senate run, says she's open to being Trump's VP
 

 
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