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Trump's legal advisers urge him to cancel press conference to refute Georgia allegations: Sources — Trump had announced a plan to release info on alleged election interference. — Former President Donald Trump's promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed …
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Washington Examiner:
The Georgia indictment is the biggest threat to democracy yet — Trust in America's institutions is at an all-time low. Partisan hostility is high and growing. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's political indictment of not just former President Donald Trump but 18 other Republicans …
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Vox, The Guardian and The Daily Beast
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Ex-Trump Aide Says Trump's Use Of Word ‘Riggers’ Is A Racist Dog Whistle — “I do think that's deliberate,” said Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump's former White House communications director. — LOADING — Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said she believes …
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The Guardian, The Independent, Louder With Crowder, Althouse, Raw Story, Mediaite, CNN and USA Today
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 …
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Majority of Americans think Trump's charges in Georgia election interference case are serious: POLL — The former president now faces four indictments; he denies all wrongdoing. — In a week where former President Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time, a majority (63%) …
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The Messenger, Mediaite, Raw Story and Political Wire
Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Texas woman charged with threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump case, Democratic congresswoman — Abigail Jo Shry, of Alvin, Texas, is accused of threatening to harm U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). — WASHINGTON — A Texas woman faces federal charges …
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emptywheel:
As Xitter's Lawyer Stalled DOJ, Elon Musk Met with Jim Jordan (Twice!) and Kevin McCarthy — Elon Musk has been eerily quiet about being held in contempt by Beryl Howell since the DC Circuit opinion was first released on August 9. — It's not like him to pass up the opportunity to make an obnoxious comment.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
You Could See The Appeals Court Ruling on the Abortion Pill Coming From a Mile Away — Now, all the lawyers seeking to ban mifepristone will need to do is talk very fast and use the word “abortifacient” a lot. — Cassandra got a very raw deal. She was always right and her curse …
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Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
US appeals court rules to restrict abortion pill use
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Washington Post:
Appeals court embraces abortion-pill limits, sets up Supreme Court review
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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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Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Will Trump have his mug shot taken?
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
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 …
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The Guardian
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Insider:
Rudy Giuliani pocketed $300,000 from farmers investing in anti-Biden documentary that was never made, lawsuit claims — A lawsuit claims Rudy Giuliani was paid $300,000 while pitching investors on an anti-Biden film. — Giuliani allegedly said it would be a “kill shot” that would sink Joe Biden's campaign.
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.
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Crooks and Liars and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Special counsel raises new conflict of interest concerns for De Oliveira's lawyer — The special counsel has raised new conflict of interest concerns over a lawyer. — LIVE — Special Counsel Jack Smith raised new conflict of interest concerns Wednesday about another attorney representing …
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The Messenger, The Guardian, Raw Story and CNN
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 …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Of Americans Say Trump Should Be Prosecuted On Federal Criminal Charges Linked To 2020 Election, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds …
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The Messenger, Washington Times, Navigator, The Hill, HuffPost, WKRG-TV, NBC News, CNBC and Political Wire
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DeSantis slips to lowest level of support in Quinnipiac 2024 polling
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HuffPost, RedState, Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, Breitbart, Balloon Juice and Political Wire
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Nikki Haley wants to be ‘Madame President.’ GOP voters aren't sold. — The only woman on the Republican debate stage debates how to run as a woman. — When Nikki Haley launched her bid for president, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador proclaimed it was time to …
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NBC News, The Hill, The Messenger, The Daily Caller and TIME
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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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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