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6:30 PM ET, September 7, 2023

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David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Willis blasts congressman's ‘interference’ in Fulton Trump probe  —  X  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Thursday blasted a congressman who has pledged to investigate her handling of an indictment of former President Donald Trump and others.  —  U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump tells judge he may try to move Georgia election interference case to federal court  —  Former President Donald Trump on Thursday formally notified the judge overseeing the Georgia election subversion case that he “may” try to move the state case into federal court.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jim Jordan seeks docs from Jack Smith's dealings with attorney in Trump classified records fight
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Things That Happened Today
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Peter Navarro Convicted of Contempt of Congress Over Jan. 6 Subpoena  —  The verdict made Mr. Navarro the second top adviser to former President Donald J. Trump to be found guilty of contempt for defying the Jan. 6 committee's investigation.  —  Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to President Donald J. Trump …
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NBC News:
Former Trump aide Peter Navarro's trial set for closing arguments in contempt of Congress case  —  The trial has moved at a brisk pace, with opening statements and witness testimony taking just one day.  The jury is expected to begin deliberating Thursday.  —  Closing arguments are scheduled …
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump White House official Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena  —  Trump White House official Peter Navarro was convicted Thursday of contempt of Congress charges filed after he was accused of refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden faces negative job ratings and concerns about his age as he gears up for 2024
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Best Anti-Trump Argument Can't Be Used
Discussion: National Review, Raw Story and NBC News
Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: ‘How am I in this war?’:  New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire's Ukraine dilemma  —  Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Musk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Ships: Report  —  ULTIMATE CONTROL  —  Elon Musk secretly ordered SpaceX engineers to switch off the Starlink satellite communications network near the coast of occupied Crimea in order to thwart a Ukrainian surprise attack …
Discussion: Page Six, Just some stuff and Eschaton
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Kavanaugh says ethics changes may be coming to Supreme Court  —  CLEVELAND — Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said Thursday that he is “hopeful” the Supreme Court soon will take specific steps to deal with ethics issues at the court and boost public confidence in the institution.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:   Brett Kavanaugh says justices are working on ‘concrete steps’ on ethics
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Sen. JD Vance Gets Shot Down As He Tries To Pass Bill Banning Mask Mandates  —  COVID is rising, so Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) responded by proclaiming that masking didn't work, the COVID uptick is no big deal, and he tried to pass a bill banning mask mandates.  —  Video of Vance:
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Washington Post:
A few schools mandated masks. Conservatives hit back hard.
NBC News:
Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison  —  The “That '70s Show” star was found guilty in May of raping two women more than two decades ago.  —  LOS ANGELES — “That '70s Show” star Danny Masterson was sentenced Thursday to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women …
Vogue:
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Has Made History—And Waves  —  In June 2019, Karine Jean-Pierre was moderating a forum for presidential candidates when a protester rushed the stage.  It's a famous video: Finding herself seated between the oncoming protester and then senator Kamala Harris …
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Trump's Border Wall Caused Major Cultural And Environmental Harm, Watchdog Finds  —  A new report details the “devastating” consequences of Trump's promise to construct a “big, beautiful wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border.  —  LOADING  —  The construction of former President Donald Trump's wall along …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Alex Guillén / Politico:
Trump's border wall caused ‘significant’ cultural, environmental damage, watchdog finds
Discussion: Bloomberg
Amelia Neath / The Independent:
Famed tech journalist deletes X account with epic rant at Elon Musk and his ‘cesspool’ site  —  Tech writer legend slams X owner Elon Musk for threatening to ban and sue the Anti-Defamation League  —  Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar Borrowing Spree: SpaceX Funds His Twitter Acquisition
New York Times:
Abortions Rose in Most States This Year, New Data Shows  —  Legal abortions most likely increased in the United States in the first six months of the year compared with 2020, an analysis of new estimates shows, as states with more permissive abortion laws absorbed patients traveling …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Disney drops all but free speech claim in political retaliation suit against DeSantis  —  Disney on Thursday amended its federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to focus solely on its First Amendment claim that the governor politically retaliated against the company.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Orlando Sentinel
Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
DeSantis lashes out at audience member over Jacksonville shooting  —  “That is such nonsense!”  DeSantis yelled at an audience member who blamed his policies for the shooting.  —  MIAMI — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis got into a heated argument during a press conference on Thursday …
Allison Fisher / Media Matters for America:
Fox News runs ads for Mike Huckabee's climate-denial book targeted at children  —  RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CARLY EVANS, ILANA BERGER & SHARON KANN  —  Former Arkansas governor, frequent Fox News commentator, and Trinity Broadcast Network host Mike Huckabee — who once joked that the threat …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
DeSantis and Ramaswamy Call Proud Boys' Sentences ‘Excessive’ and ‘Wrong’  —  The two G.O.P. presidential candidates also floated the idea of pardoning some of the Jan. 6 defendants if they are elected.  —  At least two Republican presidential candidates are criticizing as excessive recent prison sentences …
Hamed Aleaziz / Los Angeles Times:
Biden administration considers forcing migrant families to remain in Texas  —  Immigration and the Border  —  The Biden administration is considering forcing some migrant families who enter the country without authorization to remain near the border in Texas  —  can we just list the border states then?
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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NBC News:
DeSantis sending forces into Mexico would create ‘major crisis,’ says fmr. foreign minister
Discussion: NPR and The Bulwark
David French / New York Times:
The Contagious Corruption of Ken Paxton
Discussion: The Hill
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Public schools are the latest target of the right's con culture
 Earlier Items: 
Saul Elbein / The Hill:
World is releasing greenhouse gases at level unprecedented in geologic history, scientist says
Reuters:
Rescuers race to save ill US cave explorer trapped 3,000 feet underground
CNN:
Michigan fake elector described planning with Trump campaign attorneys: ‘Mike Pence and Congress [to] make that decision’
Discussion: Raw Story
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: A majority of Americans believe Joe Biden, as VP, was involved with son's business dealings
Popular Information:
Pennsylvania school district requires social studies classes to incorporate right-wing propaganda
Discussion: Progress Pond
 

 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Economist introduces AI translations into French, German, Mandarin, and Spanish for Espresso, its budget-friendly, “snack-sized” journalism app
 
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