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4:20 PM ET, August 22, 2023

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New York Times:
How Mark Meadows Pursued a High-Wire Legal Strategy in Trump Inquiries  —  The former White House chief of staff, a key witness to Donald J. Trump's efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss, maneuvered to provide federal prosecutors only what he had to.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump attorneys guided false electors in Georgia, GOP chair says  —  The false electors were later used by Trump allies to attempt to foment a conflict on Jan. 6, 2021 and derail the transfer of power to President Joe Biden.  —  Former Georgia Republican Party Chair David Shafer said attorneys …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Majority of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers believe Trump won the 2020 election  —  The new NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll shows Trump's unfounded claims he won the last election remain salient ahead of the Iowa GOP caucus.  —  More than half of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
State senator eyes new panel as way to punish Fani Willis over Trump indictments  —  Commission, starting in October, will have power to sanction and even remove prosecutors  —  X  —  Several Republican lawmakers are seeking ways to sanction Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis …
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Attorney John Eastman surrenders on charges in Trump's Georgia 2020 election subversion case  —  John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president's 2020 election loss.
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump's bond set for $200,000 in Fulton County
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Fox News restricts Trump team's access to debate “spin room”  —  Fox News hit back at former President Trump late Monday after he declined to appear at the GOP presidential debate the network will host Wednesday in Milwaukee. … - Trump senior aides who had indicated they'd be in the spin room …
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CNN:
Trump already taped Tucker Carlson interview that is expected to air on GOP debate night, sources say
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why do Republicans disproportionately believe health misinformation?  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had only one comment to add when sharing a wildly conspiratorial article alleging that the recent surge in covid cases could be a way to force compliance with vaccination efforts …
Discussion: KFF
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men's network  —  Revealed: Charles Haywood, creator of the Society for American Civic Renewal, has said he might serve as ‘warlord’ at the head of an ‘armed patronage network’  —  The founder and sponsor of a far-right network of secretive …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Trump vows massive new tariffs if elected, risking global economic war  —  Former president floats 10 percent tax on all foreign imports and calls for ‘ring around the collar’ of U.S. economy  —  Even in the face of growing personal legal peril, Donald Trump summoned his top economic advisers …
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Challenges Rick Scott for Senate in Florida  —  Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, the first South American immigrant elected to the House, is one of several Democrats who have entered the 2024 race.  —  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a Democrat who represented Miami for one term …
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Washington Post:
Former Democratic congresswoman to challenge Rick Scott for Florida Senate seat
Kylie Robison / Fortune:
Elon Musk plans to remove headlines from news articles shared on X  —  X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, is planning a major change in how news articles appear on the service, stripping out the headline and other text so that tweets with links display only an article's lead image …
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
DNC to troll GOP debate by flying anti-MAGA banner  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has plans to troll the Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday by flying a plane pulling a banner that knocks the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement around the venue.
Discussion: The Messenger
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USA Today:
Will Biden debate Trump if he's the Republican nominee? His campaign won't commit
Noble Predictive:
State of 2024 Utah GOP Presidential Primary  —  Trump has a Double-Digit Lead in a State that Once Rejected Him  —  Toplines and Crosstabs can be Found Here  —  The 2024 Republican presidential primary is in full swing, and Noble Predictive Insights (NPI) has new data on the state of the race.
Burnham & Gorokhov:
John Eastman Statement Upon Self-Surrender in Fulton County  —  I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought.  It represents a crossing of the Rubicon for our country, implicating the fundamental First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances.
CNN:
Trump leads in polls, money — and understanding the delegate race  —  Former President Donald Trump has attracted a lot of attention for his lead in the polls and the money race, but he's also already ahead in an essential area that's gotten less notice: the delegate process.
Nate Raymond / Washington Free Beacon:
Supreme Court Asked To Hear Case Testing Scope of Affirmative Action Ban  —  A parents group backed by a conservative legal organization asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to consider whether an admissions policy aimed at diversifying an elite Virginia high school is racially discriminatory.
Eden Villalovas / Washington Examiner:
Conservative activist sues law firms for ‘racially discriminating’ against fellowship candidates  —  A conservative activist who scored a major victory this summer when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of ending race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities is now working …
New York Times:
Ukraine's Forces and Firepower Are Misallocated, U.S. Officials Say  —  American strategists say Ukraine's troops are too spread out and need to concentrate along the counteroffensive's main front in the south.  —  Ukraine's grinding counteroffensive is struggling to break through entrenched Russian defenses …
Nolan D. McCaskill / The Messenger:
Indicted GOP Rep. Santos Goes on Offense to Reclaim his Narrative  —  The embattled congressman, who is facing felony charges in New York, is ‘sick and tired of the media’ telling his story  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing …
Discussion: Political Wire
Chelsey Cox / CNBC:
Recalled baby products sold on Facebook draw the ire of powerful committee in Congress  — House lawmakers cited the continuing sale of recalled baby products linked to infant deaths on Meta's Facebook in a probe into the listing of unsafe products.  — The inquiries follow thousands …
Discussion: The Messenger and NBC News
 
 
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Lawmakers want subpoena power in UFO inquiries
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
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US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Tibet abuses
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New York Post:
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