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10:40 PM ET, August 31, 2023

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators weigh ‘special’ meeting on their leadership after McConnell's freeze  —  It takes just five Republicans to force such a sitdown, the most direct way to specifically discuss their future amid revived questions about the leader's health.  —  A handful of GOP senators is weighing whether …
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Politico:
Playbook: Mitch McConnell's untenable silence
Discussion: Punchbowl News and National Review
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ingraham Wants Mitch McConnell to Resign Just So She Can Keep Calling Biden ‘Decrepit’
Washington Post:
McConnell ‘medically clear’ to do job, says attending physician to Congress
CNN:
McConnell appears to freeze while speaking with reporters in Kentucky
NBC News:
Mitch McConnell is ‘medically clear’ to continue work, U.S. Capitol doctor says
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Tim Darnell / Atlanta News First:
UPDATES: Trump hearings, trials will be YouTube live streamed  —  ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - For the first time in American history, cameras and live streaming coverage will be allowed inside the courtroom when a former U.S. president stands trial for allegedly running …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and USA Today
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp rejects talk of special session, says punishing Fani Willis carries risks  —  X  —  During a remarkable press conference, Gov. Brian Kemp quashed the idea of a special legislative session pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies to oust Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis …
HuffPost:
Proud Boys Joe Biggs, Zachary Rehl Sentenced For Jan. 6 Plot  —  Biggs, an Army veteran and former Infowars correspondent, was sentenced to 17 years for seditious conspiracy.  Rehl was sentenced to 15 years.  —  LOADING  —  Two leaders of the Proud Boys street gang were each sentenced Thursday …
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Washington Post:
Proud Boy leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 crimes
Jozsef Papp / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton judge says Trump court proceedings will be televised  —  X  —  A Fulton County judge on Thursday said that all court proceedings in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants will be live streamed and televised.
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Giuliani to enter not guilty plea in Fulton County case, waive arraignment  —  Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former lawyer, will waive arraignment and enter a not guilty plea in the Fulton County, Georgia case in which he's charged alongside the former president, according to his spokesperson.
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Trump enters not guilty plea in Fulton County, won't appear for arraignment
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Trump pleads not guilty, waives arraignment in Fulton
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Why Biden is now routinely taking the short stairs up to Air Force One  —  It's one of the iconic images of the American presidency: the commander in chief, standing and waving to the cameras from the top of the stairs leading into Air Force One.  —  But recently, President Biden …
Discussion: RedState and The Federalist
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
45 New Victims Allegedly ID'd in Leaked Chats From Andrew Tate's ‘War Room’  —  Paying members allegedly discussed chilling techniques to abuse and groom women into sex work.  —  Members of influencer Andrew Tate's “War Room” group discussed techniques for how to groom women …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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NBC News:
Trump campaign aide told police officers to ‘go hang yourself’ at Jan. 6 riot  —  Dylan Quattrucci, the deputy director of Trump's 2024 campaign in New Hampshire, recorded the expletive-laden video at the foot of the Capitol.  —  WASHINGTON — The No. 2 official in Hampshire …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: GOP donors fret over Scott's single status … Scott, 57, is among those trying to woo such fundraisers.  — The U.S. hasn't elected an unmarried person as president in 139 years. … - Scott's reluctance to say much about his private life has raised concerns among …
Discussion: Jezebel, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives:
Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms  —  On August 30, 2023, the Attorney General signed ATF's notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 2022R-17, “Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms,” which proposes to amend ATF's regulations to implement …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Thomas says he used private jet for security reasons after Dobbs leak  —  In required financial disclosure, Justice Clarence Thomas reports three 2022 trips on private jet of Harlan Crow  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reported three 2022 trips on the private jet …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
K-12 Education Satisfaction in U.S. Ties Record Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' satisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the U.S. has fallen six percentage points in the past year to match the record-low 36% reading on this measure, which Gallup has tracked for 24 years.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Giuliani loses support of billionaires Langone, Cooperman: 'I wouldn't give him a nickel'  — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not be getting help with his legal bills from many of the big-money donors who financed his 2008 campaign for president.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
US Department of Justice:
Man Pleads Guilty to Election-Related Threat Toward Georgia Public Officials  —  For Immediate Release  —  A Texas man pleaded guilty today in the Northern District of Georgia to posting a message online threatening several Georgia public officials following the 2020 election.
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
 
 
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Democrats Push to Subpoena Jared Kushner's Saudi-Backed Investment Firm
Washington Post:
For George Santos, a life in Brazil at odds with his GOP politics
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Daily Kos
Andy Rose / CNN:
Alabama attorney general says he has right to prosecute people who facilitate travel for out-of-state abortions
 

 
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Variety:
AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
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