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4:30 PM ET, August 24, 2023

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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
The Most Unsettling Presidential Debate Spectacle Ever  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  Sign up for the email version.  —  What WAS That?  —  When one of America's two major political parties has become a cult of personality …
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Wall Street Journal:
A Very Good Republican Presidential Debate  —  Without Trump, the candidates could fight about their policies.  —  Donald Trump ducked the first Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, and his absence did the party and country a favor.  Voters were able to hear eight other candidates …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The winners and losers from the first Republican debate  —  Eight Republican presidential candidates who sought some kind of traction against former president Donald Trump faced off Wednesday night at the first debate of the 2024 GOP primary race in Milwaukee.  Trump was absent.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Nikki Haley Is the Best Trump Alternative  —  I have a bunch of friends and acquaintances who are Never Trump, maybe-Trump or kind-of-Trump Republicans.  They've been looking around for the candidate they can support and give their dollars to, somebody who is an antidote to Donald Trump and who can win a general election.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Why do Republicans even bother with this whole farce?
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump suggests in Carlson interview that U.S. could see more political violence
NBC News:
The stage could shrink for the second GOP primary debate
Politico:
The spiciest moments of the first GOP debate
Associated Press:
US intelligence assessment shows intentionally caused explosion crashed Wagner chief's plane  —  A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment has found that the plane crash presumed to have killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion, according to U.S. and Western officials.
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Wall Street Journal:
Early Intelligence Suggests Prigozhin Was Assassinated, U.S. Officials Say  —  Preliminary findings indicate it wasn't surface-to-air missile that took down Wagner leader's plane  —  The plane carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, crashed as the result …
Reuters:
Exclusive: US believes missile inside Russia likely shot down Prigozhin's presumed plane, US officials say  —  The United States believes a surface-to-air missile originating from inside Russia likely shot down the plane presumed to be carrying mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Wednesday, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday.
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Prigozhin was likely killed in plane crash: Pentagon  —  Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was likely killed in the plane that crashed Wednesday about 100 miles from Moscow, the Pentagon said Thursday.  —  Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the U.S. believes that Prigozhin died …
Los Angeles Times:
Russian mercenary chief and mutineer Prigozhin killed in jet crash, state media say
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Mark Meadows Surrenders to Jail After His Last-Minute Plea Fails  —  His bond was set at $100,000.  —  Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Thursday on allegations he—along with the former president and 17 others—schemed to keep Trump in power after losing the 2020 election.
Discussion: USA Today, The Hill, Raw Story and UPI
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CNN:
House Judiciary Committee launches inquiry into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis  —  The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee has opened a congressional investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a development that was first reported by CNN and comes the same …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House Republicans launch investigation into Fulton County DA after Trump indictment
New York Times:
Trump Shakes Up His Georgia Legal Team Ahead of Atlanta Booking
Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Trump replaces top Georgia lawyer ahead of surrender  —  Former President Donald Trump has replaced his top Georgia lawyer ahead of his surrender Thursday evening, sources tell CNN.  —  Drew Findling, the lawyer who has led Trump's defense in Georgia, is being replaced by Steven Sadow …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jim Jordan launches probe into Georgia Trump prosecution  —  House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) fired off a sweeping request for documents dealing with former President Trump's prosecution for election interference in Georgia, asking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) to turn over all records relating to the case.
Discussion: Breitbart, CNBC, Raw Story and Just The News
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Fulton County prosecutors ask judge to set Oct. 23 trial on Trump racketeering charges  —  A trial just two months from now seems implausible given the torrent of anticipated pretrial motions and complex legal issues likely to be litigated before a jury can be seated.
Andrew Zhang / Politico:
Ronna McDaniel: 'We're not going to win' in 2024 if we don't talk abortion  —  The RNC chair praised the discussion about abortion during Wednesday's debate.  —  Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said the discussion about abortion during Wednesday's Republican debate was part …
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PolitiFact:
Fact-check: What Republican candidates got right, wrong in first debate on Fox News
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
US Postal Service to unveil stamp honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg  —  The U.S. Postal Service is set to unveil its new stamp honoring late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this October.  —  The Postal Service announced Thursday it will hold a first-day-of-issue ceremony in October …
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About.usps.com:
RSVP: … About the Stamp  —  The Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp features an oil painting …
Discussion: USA Today
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Asylees and Refugees in Hiring  —  For Immediate Release  —  Asylees and Refugees With Relevant Information Should Contact the Justice Department  —  The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation …
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Michael Sheetz / NBC News:   DOJ sues SpaceX, alleging hiring discrimination against refugees and asylum seekers
Los Angeles Times:
Orange County mass shooter identified as ex-cop targeting estranged wife, sources say  —  A gunman who officials say killed three people and wounded six others Wednesday night at a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon was a former police officer, according to officials.  —  Orange County Dist.
Denise Chow / NBC News:
Some emperor penguin sites experienced ‘total breeding failure’ because of sea ice loss  —  Using satellite images, scientists at the British Antarctic Survey found that sea ice in 2022 broke up long before penguin chicks would have developed their waterproof feathers, making it unlikely they could survive.
 
 
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