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1:50 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: Washington Post and New York Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Parsing Trump's post-surrender comments in Georgia  —  Donald Trump's visit to Georgia on Thursday was brief.  He flew in to Atlanta, drove to the Fulton County Jail, surrendered to authorities, was processed on criminal charges and then released.  Back into the SUV and back to the airport …
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.
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.
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Trump Gets a Mug Shot
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Lock Him Up? A New Poll Has Some Bad News for Trump
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The GOP's Dispiriting Display
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
New York Times:
Trump's mug shot is released, a first in his four criminal cases this year.
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
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: Fox News
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
GOP picks Houston for Republican National Convention in 2028  —  The decision comes a full year before the GOP holds its 2024 nominating event.  —  The Republican Party will host its 2028 convention in Houston, party officials decided in a private meeting on Friday.
The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Isn't Turning on Vivek Ramaswamy—Yet  —  The first GOP debate launched Ramaswamy to the front of the field challenging Trump—putting his ambitious campaign under the MAGA microscope. … Vivek Ramaswamy may have opened the first Republican presidential debate by ripping …
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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 …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
'He's an insider': Ramaswamy's deep ties to rightwing kingpins revealed  —  Republican candidate brands himself as an ‘outsider’ but has close links to prominent figures Leonard Leo and Peter Thiel  —  Vivek Ramaswamy has described himself as an “outsider”, accusing rivals …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
How one Republican nearly blew a lead bigger than Trump's — and what it means for 2024  —  Bob Dole's 1996 near-collapse in Iowa after racking up a huge polling lead offers some hope for Trump challengers, but the underlying numbers show key differences.  —  For Republicans hoping to avoid …
Giulia Carbonaro / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Sold Mar-a-Lago Before Arrest, Listing Claims  —  A Zillow listing claimed to have shown that Donald Trump has sold his signature Mar-a-Lago luxury residence in Florida.  The listing claimed the resort was purchased on August 4—weeks before the former president voluntarily turned himself …
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:
DeSantis group prepares $25 million ad buy in Iowa and New Hampshire  —  Commitment by Never Back Down comes as supporters hope his debate performance reverses polling slide  —  Supporters of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plan to buy at least $25 million in television advertising in Iowa …
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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Katie Bo Lillis / CNN:
Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Following Elon Musk's lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation
Press & Sun-Bulletin:
Endicott man sentenced to federal prison for telephone threats to Marjorie Taylor Greene
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
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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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
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NBC News:
Sheriff investigating bomb threat at Fulton County courthouse
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
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