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2:45 PM ET, August 4, 2022

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Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis suspends Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren  —  “Our government is a government of laws, not a government of men,” DeSantis said.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes.
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends ‘Soros-backed’ state attorney who refused to enforce abortion ban  —  DeSantis says Andrew Warren refused to enforce numerous Florida laws and wouldn't work with police  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for August 4  —  Republican Florida …
Washington Post:
As monkeypox strikes gay men, officials debate warnings to limit partners  —  Sex is a major driver of the global outbreak.  But health officials and longtime HIV activists say calls for abstinence don't work.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of gay men clad in leather, latex …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Biden officials plan to declare monkeypox a public health emergency  —  The move comes as officials scramble to boost access to monkeypox treatments and vaccines amid rising case counts.  —  The Biden administration plans to declare the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as soon …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Senate Ratifies Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO  —  Resolution passed 95-1 as senators emphasize the expansion's importance to American security worldwide  —  Watch: Senate Votes to Add Finland and Sweden to NATO … The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly ratified the addition of Finland …
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Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
WNBA's Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years  —  KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between Moscow …
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Sentencing of Wrongfully Detained American Brittney Griner
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP is sick.  It didn't start with Trump — and won't end with him.  —  It began where it ended, on the West Front of the United States Capitol.  —  On Jan. 6, 2021, an armed mob invited and incited by President Donald Trump smashed barriers, overpowered police and stormed the Capitol.
Discussion: New York Times
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
The Distinct Shame of Senate Republicans  —  Think about what Republican senators must have known when they voted not to convict Trump during the second impeachment.  —  Watching the House Select Committee on January 6th hearings I was struck by one overriding question.
John F. Harris / Politico:
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Have The Last Laugh on Samuel Alito  —  Justice Samuel Alito, in drafting Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, said he and the other justices who joined him in ending a constitutional right to abortion had no ability to foresee what the political implications would be.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Althouse
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
‘Social contagion’ isn't causing more youths to be transgender, study finds  —  “Social contagion” is not driving an increasing number of adolescents to come out as transgender, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics.  —  The study also found that the proportion …
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Sue Evans / Common Sense:
How Tavistock Came Tumbling Down
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
G.O.P. Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast  —  Thousands of migrants have been arriving on buses sent by the governors of Texas and Arizona.  Many have ended up in homeless shelters and on the streets.  —  WASHINGTON — Lever Alejos arrived in the nation's capital last week …
Discussion: Big League Politics and Twitchy
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage  —  Rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall due to lack of staff.  Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms.  Arizona is allowing college students to step in and instruct children.
Alice Tecotzky / The Daily Beast:
Feds Charge FOUR Louisville Cops Over Botched Breonna Taylor Raid  —  The current and former officers are charged with federal civil rights violations.  —  At a bombshell press conference on Thursday morning, the feds alleged that the infamously botched raid that led to Breonna Taylor's death …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Delays Minuteman III Missile Test Amid Tensions Over Taiwan  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the delay to avoid further inflaming relations with China, a defense official said  —  What's Next for Taiwan as U.S.-China Tensions Rise … The Biden administration postponed …
Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Hey, that's my house: US aid worker realises Zawahiri villa is his old home  —  The Kabul property hit by a US drone was familiar.  It turned out Dan Smock had something in common with al-Qaida's leader  —  Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul  —  he balcony in Kabul where the head of al-Qaida was killed was a spot Dan Smock knew well.
Michael Rezendes / Associated Press:
Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen  —  BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her.  —  The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints …
Discussion: Raw Story
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
'What Are Y'all Doing?':  Cruz Scorches FBI Director for Targeting Patriotic Symbols  —  In Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz took Wray to task for the Biden administration's politicization of the Bureau that's …
Min Joo Kim / Washington Post:
South Korea's president skips Nancy Pelosi meeting due to staycation  —  SEOUL — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leaders of Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan in her closely-watched tour this week — but not the South Korean president.  The official reason: He was on a staycation.
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Bloomberg:
South Korea Leader Snubs Pelosi Over Holiday, Adding to His Woes
Discussion: USA Today
Associated Press:
Primaries bring big losses for incumbent GOP state lawmakers  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Wisconsin's longest-serving Assembly speaker, Republican Robin Vos has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights and push back against COVID-19 mandates.
Discussion: CNN, Insider and Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Proposed Challenging Georgia Senate Elections in Search of Fraud  —  On the day of President Biden's inauguration, John Eastman suggested looking for voting irregularities in Georgia — and asked for help being paid the $270,000 he billed the Trump campaign.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Trumpists are winning.  Here are 3 hidden reasons to fear them.  —  As the noxious dust settles from this week's GOP primaries, some big storylines are coming into view: The Trumpists are ascendant, and in their hands, the threat of Trumpism will far outlast Donald Trump himself.
Discussion: CBS News and Talking Points Memo
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Reassessing the Race for the Senate  —  Dear Readers: Today through Tuesday, we're celebrating the 70th birthday of Center for Politics Director and Founder Larry Sabato.  A community of donors and friends of the Center have committed to match every gift raised for the UVA Center for Politics in his honor up to $25,000.
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
MyPillow chief spends tens of millions in fresh crusade to push Trump's big lie  —  Mike Lindell says he has poured up to $40m into wave of lawsuits and a new movie as US experts warn of threat to democracy  —  MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a fervent Donald Trump ally …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Kansas Result Suggests 4 Out of 5 States Would Back Abortion Rights in Similar Vote  —  The referendum in a reliably Republican state shows which party has the most energy on the issue.  —  There was every reason to expect a close election.  —  Instead, Tuesday's resounding victory …
Yousef Munayyer / The Nation:
Why Can't AIPAC Defend Israel?  —  When it comes to the lobby's massive spending in Democratic primaries, Zionism has become the cause that dare not speak its name.  —  The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is the most influential, if not the most notorious, pro-Israel lobbying organization.
Madeleine Davison / Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media are using Biden's rebound COVID-19 case to peddle anti-vaccine lies  —  When President Joe Biden was diagnosed with a “rebound” COVID-19 case, right-wing media seized the moment to attack vaccines, mask mandates, and other safety measures.  Some right-wing media figures lied …
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
WH chief John Kelly was secretly ‘listening to all’ of Trump's calls: Jared Kushner  —  John Kelly was secretly “listening to all” of President Donald Trump's conversations without telling him, first son-in-law Jared Kushner reveals in his forthcoming book.  —  Kushner writes that Trump …
 
 
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BBC:
Bank of England warns the UK will fall into recession this year
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
But His Emails! Feds Go After Peter Navarro's Secret Inbox
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hearing on stripping Rudy Giuliani's D.C. law license set for October
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
How the Hellfire missiles took out al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri with minimal collateral damage
Discussion: The Dispatch
Associated Press:
After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws
Discussion: Breitbart
Felix Salmon / Axios:
The most pro-business Supreme Court ever
Discussion: SSRN
Washington Post:
Yasmeen Abutaleb named White House reporter
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Senator Bernie Sanders:
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Says Inflation Reduction Act Doesn't Meet Needs of the American People
Discussion: Insider
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Demi Lovato shows why declaring pronouns is nothing more than brainwashed, agenda-driven nonsense
Brian Katulis / The Liberal Patriot:
Strong at Home Means Strong in the World
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How a Dem Congressional Staffer Faked Being an FBI Agent and Became a Fugitive
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows
Laina G. Stebbins / Michigan Advance:
Kelley says there were ‘unprecedented oddities’ in Tuesday's GOP gov. primary election
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