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11:20 AM 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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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 WWLP-TV
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 …
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
You can buy Trump's mugshot on a t-shirt  —  Like clockwork, as soon as Trump's mugshot became available, money was being made off of it.  Everyone is getting in on the action.  Joe Biden sent out a fundraising letter, Etsy vendors have many products available from t-shirts to mugs (get it …
New York Times:
Trump's mug shot is released, a first in his four criminal cases this year.
Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
READ: Trump jail record in Georgia election case
New York Times:
Trump Lands in Atlanta and Is Expected to Surrender at County Jail
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
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Debate ratings: 12.8 million watched GOP candidates minus Trump battle on Fox News
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Vivek and Nikki Show
David Brooks / New York Times:
Nikki Haley Is the Best Trump Alternative
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Party of One  —  Donald Trump may have been absent from last night's debate, but he still owns the GOP.
Wall Street Journal:
A Very Good Republican Presidential Debate
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.
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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
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.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says taking a mugshot was 'not a comfortable feeling, especially when you've done nothing wrong'
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
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 …
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.
Discussion: TheBlaze, IJR and National Review
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Deadly storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power in Michigan  —  A severe storm in Michigan and northern Ohio left nearly 700,000 people without power Thursday night.  —  Winds of more than 75 mph downed trees, damaged homes and vehicles in hailstorms and killed at least four people in Michigan.
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 and Althouse
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 …
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 …
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Associated Press:
US intelligence assessment shows intentionally caused explosion crashed Wagner chief's plane
 
 
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