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9:45 AM ET, August 25, 2023

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Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Trump's Mug Shot Gives His Haters Nothing  —  Donald Trump dropped in for a photo op in Georgia last night—not the usual kibbitz on the hustings for a former president, but a killer visual to end the week with: a mug shot.  —  And just like that, Trump was restored to his accustomed place in the Republican dogpile: everywhere.
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New York Times:
Trump's mug shot is released, a first in his four criminal cases this year.  —  The former president spent about 20 minutes at the Fulton County Jail, submitting to some of the routines of criminal defendant intake.  He was fingerprinted and had his photo taken.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says taking a mugshot was 'not a comfortable feeling, especially when you've done nothing wrong'  —  Trump told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that officials ‘insisted’ he take a mugshot  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump said Georgia officials “insisted” …
New York Times:
Trump Lands in Atlanta and Is Expected to Surrender at County Jail  —  The former president shook up his legal team before flying to Georgia on Thursday evening to face racketeering charges.  —  Here are the latest developments in the election interference case.
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
A Trump Mug Shot for History  —  The former president's booking photo is unprecedented.  And that's just the beginning of its significance.  —  As soon as it was taken, it became the de facto picture of the year.  A historic image that will be seared into the public record and referred …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The GOP's Dispiriting Display  —  The Republican debate was a mess.  —  The first GOP primary debate confirmed the end of the old Republican Party and squelched any hope for a normal presidential election in 2024.  —  First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:  —  An Inane Spectacle
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Vivek Ramaswamy is America's demagogue-in-waiting  —  The Republican debate became the entrepreneur's coming-out party, with the news media boosting him along his way  —  e thinks the climate crisis is a hoax, supports Vladimir Putin's aggression in Ukraine, and would gladly pardon Donald Trump on Day 1 of his would-be presidency.
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
The First Republican Presidential Debate Was Rife With Abortion Misinformation
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Party of One  —  Donald Trump may have been absent from last night's debate, but he still owns the GOP.
NBC News:
The stage could shrink for the second GOP primary debate
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Sarah Palin Says Civil War Is ‘Going to Happen’ After Trump's Arrest  —  ‘RISE UP’  —  Sarah Palin responded to Donald Trump's arrest in Georgia on Thursday night by talking up the possibility of civil war.  Speaking to Eric Bolling as the former president was booked at the Fulton County Jail …
Discussion: NBC News, RedState and Political Wire
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Co-defendant in Georgia says false electors met at Trump's ‘direction’  —  Shawn Still is a Georgia Republican charged alongside the former president in a racketeering conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election.  —  Shawn Still, a Georgia Republican charged alongside former President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Photos: Trump, Georgia co-defendants turn themselves in  —  Former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants are making their way to Atlanta to be booked after being indicted for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge schedules Trump codefendant Ken Chesebro for October trial in racketeering case
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House Republicans launch investigation into Fulton County DA after Trump indictment
Wall Street Journal:
The Last Days of Wagner's Prigozhin  —  On the run, the paramilitary chief crisscrossed his global business empire, desperate to show he was still in control; ‘I need more gold’  —  Yevgeny Prigozhin spent his final days planning for the future.  —  Last Friday, the warlord's private jet touched …
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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 …
Associated Press:
US intelligence assessment shows intentionally caused explosion crashed Wagner chief's plane
Washington Post:
Maui utility may have compromised evidence in fire probe, lawyers say  —  The utility removed damaged poles, lines and other equipment from where the Lahaina fire reportedly started, documents show, before investigators were able to view the scene  —  LAHAINA, Hawaii — The Hawaii power utility believed …
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Hawaiian Electric shares slide after Maui County sues for damages over deadly wildfires
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Debate ratings: 12.8 million watched GOP candidates minus Trump battle on Fox News  —  Nearly 13 million people watched the first Republican primary debate on Fox News on Wednesday night, well below the 20 million that tuned into Fox to watch the first GOP primary debate in 2015 — when Donald Trump debuted on the stage.
Meena Venkataramanan / Washington Post:
This scholar is pulling back the curtain on race in Shakespeare  —  Farah Karim-Cooper argues that the Bard has a race problem.  But that doesn't mean we have to love him less.  —  LONDON — The green-oak framed indoor theater of Shakespeare's Globe in London, illuminated by candles at showtime is dark and cavernous, even macabre.
Discussion: HotAir
About.usps.com:
RSVP: … About the Stamp  —  The Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp features an oil painting of her in her black judicial robe and iconic white collar.  The stamp captures her enduring spirit and tireless dedication to upholding the principles of the Constitution.
Discussion: UPI, WFLA-TV and USA Today
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:   US Postal Service to unveil stamp honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg
 
 
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