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4:35 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:
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 …
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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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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CNN:
Hunter Biden is a sensitive topic that advisers rarely broach with the president
Discussion: The Messenger
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.
Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
‘Squad’ Democrat Ilhan Omar's World Cup trip funded by Hamas-tied Qatar  —  “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has come under fire from Democrats and Republicans for anti-Israel remarks, had her 2022 World Cup trip paid for by the government of Qatar, an Arab country that has been a top funder of the terrorist group Hamas.
NIH News Release:
Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached historic highs among adults 35 to 50  —  NIH-funded study also shows younger adults reported marijuana, vaping, and hallucinogen use at or near historically high levels.  —  For more information on substance and mental health treatment programs …
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
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.
Discussion: Mediaite and UPROXX
NBC News:
World chess body bars trans women from competing in women's events  —  The International Chess Federation's new guidelines also strip transgender men of previously won women's titles.  —  The international governing body of competitive chess is effectively banning transgender women …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Newsmax Pundit Urges Conservatives to ‘Be More Homophobic’  —  “We need to take it up a notch because these people have continued to do this because we failed to shame them,” she added.  —  Conservatives need to “be more homophobic” and “take it up a notch,” a right-wing pundit said Wednesday night …
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
House Republicans subpoena Citibank over info shared with FBI after Jan. 6  — House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan sent a subpoena to Citibank on Thursday, demanding information about whether the bank handed customer information over to law enforcement following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Discussion: The Messenger
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
House Judiciary subpoenas Garland, Wray over contact with social media companies  —  The House Judiciary Committee is escalating its probe into Biden administration efforts to address disinformation, issuing subpoenas to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
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 …
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Targets Individuals Involved in the Poisoning of Aleksey Navalny  —  WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is once again taking action to hold the Government of Russia accountable for its poisoning of Russian opposition …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Menendez Rating Drops  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Public opinion of federal officeholders in New Jersey has dipped in the past year, but U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is the only one who has lost ground with fellow Democrats.  The latest Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds that most residents feel …
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 …
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 …
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.
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
Washington Post:
Inside the Russian effort to build 6,000 attack drones with Iran's help  —  Leaked documents show that Moscow is progressing toward its goal of mass-producing UAVs it could use to pummel Ukrainian cities  —  The engineers at a once-bustling industrial hub deep inside Russia were busy planning.
 
 
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
The Hard-Tweeting Defense Lawyer GOP Candidates Have Learned to Fear
Discussion: HotAir and Mediaite
NBC News:
Sinema calls for Biden admin and Tuberville to find ‘middle ground’ in abortion standoff
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Democratic Group Plans $10 Million Push to Protect Election Officials
Discussion: Political Wire
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Comer to NARA: Turn over all your Biden comms — as “Robert L. Peters”; Update: “JRB Ware”?
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Petition to change Washington Commanders back to Redskins reaches over 100,000 signatures
Discussion: National Review and Breitbart
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Hurricane Hilary could be first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years
Bloomberg:
Credit Suisse's Nazi Probe Did Not Review All Available Records, Report Says
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Democrat asks Oversight chair to refer former Commanders owner Dan Snyder to DOJ
Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Will Trump have his mug shot taken?
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani made desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills in Mar-a-Lago meeting