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1:15 PM ET, August 25, 2023

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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 …
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Josh Meyer / USA Today:
The Georgia election case against Donald Trump and 18 others is about to get ugly.  Here's why.  —  For former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and their 17 other co-defendants, the threat of jail time is getting very real for those charged, arrested and booked in the Georgia election fraud case.
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.
Discussion: New York Post and Political Wire
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Trump Gets a Mug Shot  —  If you happened to search the records for inmates housed in the Fulton County, Georgia, jail this evening, you would have found this.  Briefly.  —  No designation as “President Trump,” the way his new lawyer, Atlanta criminal defense lawyer Steve Sadow, referred to him in a motion today.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
5 more Trump defendants booked at Fulton jail overnight  —  X  —  Five more defendants in the Fulton County Trump case surrendered overnight at the Fulton County jail, hours after former President Donald Trump himself traveled to Atlanta to be booked.  —  First up, Michael Roman, a Trump campaign official.
New York Times:
Trump's mug shot is released, a first in his four criminal cases this year.
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
You can buy Trump's mugshot on a t-shirt
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Co-defendant in Georgia says false electors met at Trump's ‘direction’
Discussion: Raw Story
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says taking a mugshot was 'not a comfortable feeling, especially when you've done nothing wrong'
New York Times:
Trump Lands in Atlanta and Is Expected to Surrender at County Jail
Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
READ: Trump jail record in Georgia election case
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Mugshot  —  This presidential portrait was inevitable, wasn't it?  —  Think for a moment what it took to bring us to this point: the twisted, bizarre, tangled story, with so many chapters, and legions of enablers, rationalizers, clowns, cowards, and co-conspirators.
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The GOP's Dispiriting Display
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Ramaswamy raises $450,000 shortly after Republican debate  —  Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy raised $450,000 on Wednesday night after the first GOP debate, his campaign confirmed.  —  Tricia McLaughlin, a senior advisor for the campaign, confirmed the dollar amount, adding in a text message …
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Vivek Ramaswamy is America's demagogue-in-waiting
The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Isn't Turning on Vivek Ramaswamy—Yet
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Vivek and Nikki Show
Maui County:
County of Maui releases validated list of names of individuals who remain unaccounted for following  —  8/24/2023 — County of Maui releases validated list of names of individuals who remain unaccounted for following Lahaina wildfire disaster  —  The County of Maui on Thursday released …
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Watch Live  —  Good morning.  At last year's Jackson Hole symposium, I delivered a brief, direct message.  My remarks this year will be a bit longer, but the message is the same: It is the Fed's job to bring inflation down to our 2 percent goal, and we will do so.  We have tightened policy significantly over the past year.
Susan Tebben / Ohio Capital Journal:
Split ballot board approves reproductive rights amendment summary written by Ohio Sec. of State  —  In a 3-2 decision, the Ohio Ballot Board rejected using the full amendment proposal text for voters to see, and the approved summary language leaves out protecting contraception, fertility treatment and miscarriage care
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 …
Press & Sun-Bulletin:
Endicott man sentenced to federal prison for telephone threats to Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  A Broome County man will spend three months in federal prison for threatening a member of the U.S. Congress last year.  —  Joseph F. Morelli, 51, of Endicott was also sentenced to three years …
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
RNC Chooses Houston For Its Mid-Summer 2028 Nominating Convention  —  The Texas city, known for its hot and humid summers with no sea breeze, beat out Miami, Dallas and Salt Lake City for the honors.  —  MILWAUKEE ― Republicans on Friday officially chose Houston as the site of their 2028 presidential nominating convention.
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Fox News
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Maryland Court says parents can't opt kids out of LGBTQ+ curriculum: ‘Not a fundamental right’  —  Parents argued the inclusion of LGBTQ+ books indoctrinated their kids  —  A federal court in Maryland decided Thursday that parents can't opt their kids out of reading books with LGBTQ+ content in Montgomery County Schools.
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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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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
'He's an insider': Ramaswamy's deep ties to rightwing kingpins revealed
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
GOP support for gun restrictions slips a year after Congress passed firearms law
Discussion: The Messenger, The Nation and The Hill
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Sheriff investigating bomb threat at Fulton County courthouse
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