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3:50 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 …
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
Discussion: 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
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.
CNN:
Dual citizen of France and Canada who mailed ricin to Trump sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison  —  A dual citizen of France and Canada who sent letters containing homemade ricin to then-President Donald Trump and eight Texas law enforcement officials was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison.
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.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Comer to NARA: Turn over all your Biden comms — as “Robert L. Peters”; Update: “JRB Ware”?  —  Call this the Pierre Delecto Twist in the Case of the Influence-Peddling Bidens.  Where Mitt Romney adopted a nom de plume for social-media sock puppetry, Joe Biden apparently put his pseudonym to a more, ah, commercial use.
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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
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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
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.
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Democratic Group Plans $10 Million Push to Protect Election Officials  —  The group is starting a new venture that will focus on five battleground states: Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada and Wisconsin.  —  A group that works to elect Democrats as the top election officials …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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NIH News Release:
Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached historic highs among adults 35 to 50
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NBC News:
Sinema calls for Biden admin and Tuberville to find ‘middle ground’ in abortion standoff
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Petition to change Washington Commanders back to Redskins reaches over 100,000 signatures
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