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emptywheel:
The Superseding Trump Indictment Is about Obstruction as Much as Immunity — In this Xitter thread, I went through everything that had been added or removed from the superseding indictment against Trump, based on this redline. The changes include the following: — Removal of everything having to do with Jeffrey Clark
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CNN:
‘My identity is stolen’: Photos of European influencers used to push pro-Trump propaganda on fake X accounts — Luna, a self-described 32-year-old “MAGA Trump supporter” from the battleground state of Wisconsin, has gained a huge following since she joined X, formerly Twitter, in March.
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New Republic and CIR
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Jack Smith attempts to immunity-proof his January 6 Trump indictment. Mostly. — Donald Trump was indicted again on Tuesday, a superseding indictment in Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of the former president for his actions seeking to overturn the 2020 election.
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Associated Press, Reason, Forbes, USA Today, Today's Edition Newsletter, Default, The National Pulse, The Daily Caller, Esquire, The Status Kuo, The Spectator World, Agence France-Presse, Lucian Truscott Newsletter, Al Jazeera, Civil Discourse …, Raw Story, DNyuz, acecomments.mu.nu, Law & Crime, Daily Caller News Foundation, Townhall, Scripps News, CNBC and Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone:
Trump Goes Full Fascist in Truth Social Posting Spree
Trump Goes Full Fascist in Truth Social Posting Spree
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Raw Story and Business Insider
Michelle L. Price / Los Angeles Times:
Trump shares social posts with QAnon phrases, calls for jailing lawmakers and special counsel
Trump shares social posts with QAnon phrases, calls for jailing lawmakers and special counsel
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Talking Points Memo, HuffPost and New Republic
Business Insider:
Trump's new indictment is 9 pages shorter — there's a good reason for that
Trump's new indictment is 9 pages shorter — there's a good reason for that
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DNyuz
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's new indictment rocks his newly reshaped race against Kamala Harris
Trump's new indictment rocks his newly reshaped race against Kamala Harris
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The Hill, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Sun-Sentinel, Daily Caller News Foundation, Forbes, ComingSoon.net, The Atlantic, Townhall, UPI, HotAir, Politico and ABC News
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's ‘incident’ at Arlington National Cemetery matters — Donald Trump's appearance at Arlington National Cemetery this week was already controversial. Then the public learned about an “incident.” — In modern American politics, the vast majority of officials in both parties …
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Daily Kos, Vanity Fair, NPR, Esquire, Mock Paper Scissors, Washington Post, NBC News and freebeacon.com
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Colin McCullough / CNN:
Fresh controversy brews over Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit
Fresh controversy brews over Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit
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The Hill, Scripps News, USA Today, The Guardian, NPR, Rolling Stone, CNBC, The Bulwark, CBS News, Mother Jones, The Mahablog, Newsbusters, Politico, PoliticusUSA, New Republic, ABC7, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Alternet.org, DNyuz, New York Daily News, IJR, Mediaite, New York Times, FIRST DRAFT, Breitbart, HuffPost, Axios, Washington Times and Eschaton
Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt
The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt
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Balloon Juice
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan — Republican-led states challenged the plan aimed at reducing the burden on borrowers, including a provision that would reduce their monthly payments. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed …
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court refuses to allow Biden's student loan repayment plan — for now — The Biden administration plan, known as Save, offers lower monthly student loan payments and a faster path to loan cancellation for millions of borrowers. — The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused …
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Washington Examiner, USA Today, SCOTUSblog, Fox Business, Fox News and The Hill
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘This is simply insane’: Questions raised about vetting of J.D. Vance amid new blow-up — During an appearance on “Morning Joe” on Wednesday morning, MSNBC host Symone Sanders Townsend expressed shock that another damaging video of Republican Party vice president candidate J.D. Vance …
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Democrats and Plain Dealer
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk, Eyeing Edge for Trump, Hires Republican Political Adviser — The move suggests that Mr. Musk, the world's richest person, is preparing to become even more involved in the presidential campaign and beyond. — Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has hired a Republican operative …
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Jim Jordan subpoenas firm tied to daughter of Trump judge over conflict allegations — The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the CEO of a political consulting firm that employs the daughter of the judge who presided over former President Donald Trump's New York hush money trial.
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Rick Perlstein / American Prospect:
The Election Story Nobody Wants to Talk About — A Q&A with David Neiwert, America's foremost writer and thinker on far-right extremism, on what might happen if Trump wins—or loses. — Members of the Proud Boys rally in front of the Ohio State Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio, January 6, 2024.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's latest Putin apologia deserves more attention — “They are surging into Russia. Ok? You are going to end up in World War III.” — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Ugly, Shameless New Offer to RFK Jr. Hands Dems a Big Weapon — Because Donald Trump always—of course—places the national interest before his own narrow political needs, he is now prepared to name Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to a second-term transition team, a Trump adviser tells The New York Times.
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The Gateway Pundit, Reuters, New York Times, Semafor, Sun-Sentinel and Media Matters for America
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Donald Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. exposes the campaign's QAnon strategy
Donald Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. exposes the campaign's QAnon strategy
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New York Post, The Guardian, Raw Story and Axios
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Zuckerberg's Spineless Surrender: Rehashing Old News To Enable False GOP Narratives — Two bits of news came out of the letter Mark Zuckerberg sent to Rep. Jim Jordan this week (and how people responded to it), neither of which are what you're likely to have heard about.
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump promoted another Truth Social account that calls for killing his political opponents — Former President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account to “retruth” a supporter's meme calling for the imprisonment of Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and other prominent figures.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media stock falls below $20 per share, a first since company went public … The months long Trump Media stock slide continued Wednesday, as shares of the company majority-owned by former President Donald Trump fell below $20 for the first time since the Truth Social maker went public in March of this year.
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USA Today, Forbes, Quartz and Digby's Hullabaloo
Myah Ward / Politico:
Democrats are chasing a high-risk, high-reward strategy in Georgia — If Democrats want to win the state again, they have to improve their margins, particularly among Black and working-class voters. — Kamala Harris returns to Georgia this week in her first post-convention campaign stop …
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New York Times, Silver Bulletin, The Hill, New York Daily News, Wide World of News, USA Today, NBC News, Semafor and The Status Kuo
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New Republic:
Bad News for Trump: Surprise Data Shows Pro-Kamala Surge in New Voters — It's often said that Kamala Harris's entry into the race has transformed this contest. But does this also mean that Harris has a real chance at changing the composition of the electorate, by bringing more low-propensity Democratic voters into the process?
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USA Today, Associated Press, Off Message, The Guardian, HuffPost, Instapundit and Raw Story
CNN:
New January 6 footage reveals Pelosi's focus on Trump in hours after insurrection — The morning after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was clear: She wanted attention to be on getting Donald Trump out of office.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
New video shows Nancy Pelosi calling Trump a ‘domestic enemy’ shortly after Jan. 6 attack
New video shows Nancy Pelosi calling Trump a ‘domestic enemy’ shortly after Jan. 6 attack
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New York Post, Digby's Hullabaloo, New Republic, The Hill, RedState, Breitbart, The Post Millennial, CBS News, Townhall, USA Today, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Alternet.org, Politico and Political Wire
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How to give thousands to Trump without giving his campaign a cent — The former president is constantly expanding the array of ways his supporters can put more money in his pockets. — One of the defining characteristics of Donald Trump's rallies is the emergence of an ad hoc marketplace of Trump-related merchandise.
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Metro.co.uk, The Guardian, New Republic, DNyuz, HuffPost, USA Today, Raw Story, Quartz and Bloomberg
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Biden drug cost cap will save seniors about $1,100 a year, AARP study finds — More than a million U.S. seniors will save $1,100 in prescription drug costs every year under a provision in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, according to a new report released Wednesday.
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New Hampshire Bulletin and MediaRoom
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: A huge surge in Democratic optimism — but no big bounce for Harris — after the DNC — In the wake of last week's Democratic National Convention, Americans now think Vice President Kamala Harris has a better chance of winning the November election (39%) …
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Forbes, The Hill, Townhall and Issues & Insights