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9:30 AM ET, August 29, 2023

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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 …
Discussion: The Hill, Semafor and Political Wire
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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.
April Rubin / Axios:
“Fake news”: DeSantis campaign denies Trump claim he might drop out of 2024 race  —  GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign on Monday dismissed former President Trump's suggestion that he had plans to drop out of the 2024 race. … - “Clearly, Donald Trump and his army of consultants …
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
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
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Politico:
Mark Meadows takes stand in bid to derail Georgia criminal charges
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Trump's trial calendar vs. the US political calendar
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump's federal trial for subverting election is scheduled for March
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Federal judge sets March trial date in Trump's election interference case
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 …
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
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 …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Samuel Wurzelbacher, Celebrated as ‘Joe the Plumber,’ Dies at 49  —  For Republicans in 2008, he briefly became a symbol of Middle America when he questioned the presidential candidate Barack Obama in an impromptu televised encounter.  —  Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who briefly became …
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
‘Joe The Plumber,’ who rose to fame after confronting Barack Obama on the 2008 campaign trail, dead at 49
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.
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 …
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
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:
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.”
The Daily Beast:
Media #MeToo Men Mount Pathetic Comebacks  —  This week, Confider checked on some of the media stars felled during #MeToo and learned that some of them have been trying to mount comebacks—with varying degrees of success. … Summer 2023 has been a busy time for alleged serial sexual harassers hoping …
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
Associated Press:
Biden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt’: AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Old.  Confused.  Corrupt.  Dishonest.  —  Those are among the top terms Americans use when they're asked to describe President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump …
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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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Politico:
GOP salivates at the biggest campaign finance win since Citizens United
Discussion: Raw Story
Aidan Quigley / Roll Call:
Rep. Clyde signals appropriations fight over Trump prosecutions
Emily Atkin / HEATED:
How Vivek Ramaswamy makes money from climate denial
Discussion: Mercury News
NBC News:
‘Doing the right thing’ was worth $40 million to this ex-Marine mother of three
Discussion: The Messenger
 Earlier Items: 
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Journalism fails miserably at explaining what is really happening to America
Discussion: Raw Story
Mackenzie Mays / Los Angeles Times:
California sues Chino school district, aiming to end policy notifying parents of student gender changes
Department of Transportation:
DOT Fines American Airlines $4.1 Million for Unlawfully Keeping Thousands of Passengers on the Tarmac for Hours
Emma James / Daily Mail:
Burning Man 2023: Nevada Rangers plow truck through Extinction Rebellion protest after the activists blocked road into festival causing ‘miles-long gridlock’