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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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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 Independent, Louder With Crowder, Raw Story and CNN
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.
Washington Examiner:
The Georgia indictment is the biggest threat to democracy yet
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Vox, The Guardian and The Daily Beast
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Majority of Americans think Trump's charges in Georgia election interference case are serious: POLL
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The American Independent, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Messenger, Raw Story, Mediaite, Political Wire, CNBC and Quinnipiac University Poll
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump prosecutor Fani Willis faces racist abuse after indicting ex-US president
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Breitbart, Louder With Crowder, BizPac Review, Althouse, Mediaite and USA Today
New York Times:
Defend Trump and ‘Hammer’ Ramaswamy: DeSantis Allies Reveal Debate Strategy — Hundreds of pages of blunt advice, memos and internal polling were posted online by the main super PAC backing the Florida governor, offering an extraordinary glimpse into his operation's thinking.
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Insider, The Messenger, CNBC, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, HuffPost and Bloomberg
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis debate memo urges him to defend Trump and take ‘a sledge-hammer’ to Vivek Ramaswamy — A memo authored by leaders of a pro-DeSantis super PAC outlined the “overarching goals” for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in next week's first GOP presidential primary debate.
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Insider, New York Times, Florida Politics, BizPac Review, Election Law Blog, Mediaite and Washington Examiner
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
How Republicans overhype the findings of their Hunter Biden probe — The Fact Checker … — Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, interview on Fox Business, May 11 … — Comer, interview on Newsmax, Aug. 10 — The House Oversight Committee, led by Comer …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Comer to NARA: Turn over all your Biden comms — as “Robert L. Peters”
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Seeks NARA Records Revealing How Then-VP Biden Mixed Official Government Duties with Family's Influence Peddling
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Twitchy, RedState, New York Post, Breitbart, Washington Times, National Review and The Gateway Pundit
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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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Woman Charged After Racist Tirade Threatening to Kill D.C. Trump Judge
Associated Press:
Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman
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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.
Washington Post:
Why Democrat Dean Phillips says Biden shouldn't run — The Minnesota Democrat said he is worried a Biden candidacy will lead to another Donald Trump presidency — Rep. Dean Phillips has nothing but good things to say about President Biden's time in office, supporting his policies …
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CNN:
Purported names, photos and addresses of Fulton County grand jurors circulate on far-right internet — Names, photographs, social media profiles and even the home addresses purportedly belonging to members of the Fulton County grand jury that this week voted to indict former President Donald Trump …
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Associated Press and Mediaite
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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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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.
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 …
Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Will Trump have his mug shot taken? — X — Will Donald Trump have his mug shot taken by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office? He's been spared that indignity in all three of his previous criminal cases. — But that might change now that he's been charged in Georgia.
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
How Trump Could Pull Off the Ultimate Upstage of the Republican Debate — He has 10 days to surrender and one of those days would crush the first debate. — ∙ Paid — 1. Prime Time — From the time of his (latest) indictment, Donald Trump has 10 days to surrender himself to the authorities in Fulton County.
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Forbes
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Hurricane Hilary could be first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years — Tropical Storm Hilary strengthened into a hurricane Thursday, with forecasters warning it could potentially bring devastating rainfall and high winds to Southern California this weekend.
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Wall Street Journal:
Hawaiian Electric Knew of Wildfire Threat, but Waited Years to Act — Four years ago, the utility said it needed to do more to prevent its power lines from emitting sparks. It made little progress, focusing on a shift to clean energy.
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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