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8:20 AM ET, September 1, 2023

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Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Nikki Haley Calls Senate A ‘Privileged Nursing Home’ After McConnell Freezes  —  “We need to know they're at the top of their game,” Haley told Fox News.  “You can't say that right now looking at Congress.”  —  LOADING  —  Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley urged aging lawmakers to accept …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators weigh ‘special’ meeting on their leadership after McConnell's freeze
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Is Nobody Doing Anything About Mitch McConnell?
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:
DeSantis-aligned super PAC asked for $50 million from donors on day of first GOP primary debate, leaked audio shows  —  In an urgent appeal to wealthy Republicans who had assembled in Milwaukee ahead of the first GOP presidential primary debate, top brass for the super PAC backing Florida …
Discussion: Twitchy, The Messenger and DC Enquirer
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New York Times:
DeSantis Super PAC's Urgent Plea to Donors: ‘We Need 50 Million Bucks’  —  In an audio recording made just before the first G.O.P. debate, the super PAC's chief strategist disparaged rivals and described an expensive attempt to thwart Donald Trump in Iowa.  —  Hours before the Republican Party's …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: GOP donors fret over Scott's single status
Discussion: Jezebel, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Insider:
Trump rambled so much in a NY fraud case deposition that a lawyer griped, 'we're going to be here until midnight'  — Trump gave long-winded answers while being deposed in NY AG Letitia James' financial-fraud lawsuit.  — He went on and on about his “beautiful” and “tremendous” golf courses, a new transcript shows.
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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
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.
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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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.
Daniel Han / Politico:
New Jersey governor says state can't handle NYC migrants  —  The Democratic governor's comments come as the Biden administration considers Atlantic City airport for housing.  —  Gov. Phil Murphy suggested Thursday that New Jersey does not have the resources to take an influx of migrants …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Schlapp Held an Exorcism at CPAC Offices After Junior Employees Resigned  —  Matt Schlapp wanted to rid the CPAC offices of evil spirits, so he got a Catholic priest to sprinkle holy water on the office furniture and employees, multiple sources said.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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 …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
'It's amateur hour': Democrats panic about state of the Pennsylvania party  —  It's not just the presidential race at stake.  A major state Supreme Court race is this year.  —  PHILADELPHIA — In anticipation of a major gathering of rural activists a few weeks ago, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party printed …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, NH Journal and The Hill
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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NBC News:
Proud Boy Joe Biggs receives 17 years in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case
Washington Post:
Proud Boy leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 crimes
NBC News:
White House ramps up war room to battle expected GOP impeachment inquiry  —  President Biden's aides studied the Clinton White House's 1998 response to impeachment as a model for a vigorous defense and making Republicans pay a political price.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has stood …
Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: How the Media Covered Fetterman's Stroke vs. McConnell's ‘Freeze’  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R., Ky.) 30-second senior moment during a press gaggle on Wednesday has drawn intense media scrutiny—including numerous think pieces on how old is too old for public service.
Discussion: Power Line and Politico
 
 
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Felix Light / Reuters:
Georgia's ruling party to try to impeach president over EU visits - Interpress
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Volunteer Moms Poring Over Archives to Prove Clarence Thomas Wrong
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Mitch McConnell is ‘medically clear’ to continue work, U.S. Capitol doctor says
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Giuliani loses support of billionaires Langone, Cooperman: 'I wouldn't give him a nickel'
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Hunter Biden's firm, Joe's VP office exchanged more than 1,000 emails: records
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Thomas says he used private jet for security reasons after Dobbs leak
 

 
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