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10:25 AM ET, August 29, 2023

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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
How Trump's Election Lies Left the Michigan G.O.P. Broken and Battered  —  Infighting between Trump acolytes and traditionalists has driven away donors and voters.  Can the Michigan Republican Party rebuild in time for the presidential election?  —  The Michigan Republican Party is starving for cash.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Trump leads Republicans in Georgia despite Fulton County charges  —  X  —  Former President Donald Trump has a dominant lead over Republican rivals in Georgia despite his electoral setbacks in the state, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll that suggests …
Washington Post:
Meadows testifies in Atlanta; March trial date for Trump in D.C.  —  Trump D.C. trial set to begin in March amid GOP primaries and other trial dates  —  U.S. prosecutor says Trump's social media posts show need for quick trial  —  'Let's take the temperature down,' judge says in D.C. hearing
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
A shutdown wouldn't halt Trump's trials, so Republicans seek to rein in his prosecutors
Associated Press:
Biden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt’: AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch
Politico:
GOP salivates at the biggest campaign finance win since Citizens United  —  It could be a seismic shift in how tens of millions of campaign dollars are spent.  —  Republicans have waged a decades-long battle to blow up the campaign-finance laws that rein in big-money spending.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Eminem sends Vivek Ramaswamy a cease and desist letter demanding he stop rapping his music on the campaign trail  — Rapper Eminem has objected to Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy using his music on the campaign trail, DailyMail.com can exclusively report
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:   Ramaswamy Fires At Nikki Haley On Campaign Website: ‘Keep Lying, Namrata Randhawa’
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Eminem Hits Vivek Ramaswamy With Cease and Desist Following ‘Lose Yourself’ Performance: Report
Discussion: New Republic
Associated Press:
GOP silences ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat on House floor for day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts  —  Republican lawmakers voted Monday to temporarily silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during an already tense House floor session after determining …
Tami Luhby / CNN:
These are the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations  —  The Biden administration unveiled Tuesday the names of the first 10 drugs subject to price negotiations in Medicare.  —  They are: Eliquis, Jardiance, Xarelto, Januvia, Farxiga, Entresto, Enbrel, Imbruvica, Stelara …
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Says She Welcomes Public Scrutiny Of Court  —  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not offer any opinion, or speak directly about, recent calls for the justices to institute an official code of conduct.  —  LOADING
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy's Racist Con Game The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy's Racist Con Game  —  While the emerging GOP star benefits from the right's version of affirmative action, his ugly response to the Jacksonville shootings shows the cost—and constraints—of his strategy.  —  Pocket
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April Rubin / Axios:
“Fake news”: DeSantis campaign denies Trump claim he might drop out of 2024 race
David Catron / The American Spectator:
If Trump Sits on His Lead He May Lose Iowa
Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Faculty member shot and killed in a campus building, says University of North Carolina official  —  A University of North Carolina faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building, officials said Monday.  A suspect was arrested about an hour and a half after shots were reported …
Associated Press:
More than 60 people arrested at a gay wedding in southern Nigeria  —  Arrests of gay people are common in Nigeria, where the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act carries up to 10 years in jail for gay individuals.  —  ABUJA, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained …
Discussion: The Messenger
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Afghans who fought in secret CIA-trained force face legal uncertainty in the U.S.  —  Fighters from the “Zero Units” got work permits when they escaped to the U.S. Those permits expire soon, and now some fighters worry their CIA pasts might be working against them.
Devan Cole / CNN:
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro's testimony in contempt case is ‘weak sauce,’ judge says  —  The federal judge overseeing Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress criminal case on Monday called his defense arguments “pretty weak sauce,” injecting last-minute uncertainty into how the former Donald Trump adviser …
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CBS News:
Peter Navarro says Trump told him to assert privilege during Jan. 6 committee investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Politico:
Playbook: A first look at the big new Biden book  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IDALIA LATEST — From the National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. update: “IDALIA NOW A HURRICANE ... EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE LANDFALL ON WEDNESDAY.”
Emily Atkin / HEATED:
How Vivek Ramaswamy makes money from climate denial  —  At Wednesday's debate, Ramaswamy said he was the “only candidate who's not bought and paid for.”  That couldn't be further from the truth.  —  At the first Republican presidential debate last week, most of the candidates struggled …
Discussion: Mercury News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The chaos in Florida school libraries  —  For months, districts across Florida have purged books with LGBTQ characters and themes from school libraries.  The removal of these books followed the passage of the Parental Rights in Education Act in 2022, a bill championed by Governor Ron DeSantis …
Politico:
Mark Meadows takes stand in bid to derail Georgia criminal charges  —  The former top Trump aide testified that he viewed nearly everything as part of his official duties — an argument he hopes will give him immunity.  —  ATLANTA — Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows took …
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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Trump's trial calendar vs. the US political calendar
CNN:
A federal hate crime probe is underway after 3 people were killed in a racist rampage in Jacksonville, officials say.  Here's what we know  —  A federal hate crime investigation is underway after a White gunman with a swastika-emblazoned assault rifle killed three Black people at a Dollar General store …
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Neo-Nazis Repeatedly Targeted Jacksonville Before Mass Shooting
 
 
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