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1:40 PM ET, August 17, 2023

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ABC News:
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:
Indicted Ex-Trump Official's Weird ‘Witches’ Gripe Gets The Treatment Online … LOADING
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
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 …
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 and NPR
Washington Examiner:
The Georgia indictment is the biggest threat to democracy yet
Discussion: Vox, The Guardian and The Daily Beast
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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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:
Hunter Biden is a sensitive topic that advisers rarely broach with the president
Discussion: The Messenger
Associated Press:
Biden's approval rating on the economy stagnates despite slowing inflation, AP-NORC poll shows
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
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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
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
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press and Mediaite
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NBC News:
Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Forbes
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.
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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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
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