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10:00 AM ET, August 8, 2022

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New Yorker:
Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals  —  How Mark Milley and others in the Pentagon handled the national-security threat posed by their own Commander-in-Chief.  —  In the summer of 2017, after just half a year in the White House, Donald Trump flew to Paris for Bastille …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive photos: Trump's telltale toilet  —  Remember our toilet scoop in Axios AM earlier this year?  Maggie Haberman's forthcoming book about former President Trump will report that White House residence staff periodically found wads of paper clogging a toilet — and believed the former president …
Popular Information:
The people behind the bizarre non-profit trying to kill Biden's climate agenda  —  This story is being published in partnership with FWIW, a newsletter tracking digital spending, strategy, and trends in our elections.  —  For more than a week, a group called United for Clean Power has run …
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Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Senate passes $739bn healthcare and climate bill after months of wrangling  —  Inflation Reduction Act will reduce planet-heating emissions and lower prescription drug costs - and give Biden a crucial victory  —  Senate Democrats passed their climate and healthcare spending package on Sunday …
Politico:
The Sinema-Manchin split that shaped Dems' deal  —  For months, Joe Manchin was the Democrat with all the leverage.  At the end, even he had to cede some ground.  —  After Manchin agreed with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the party-line tax, health care and energy bill …
The White House:
Statement by President Biden on Senate Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show  —  The Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald …
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: Paul Manafort admits he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset  — Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chairman, sat down for an exclusive interview with Insider.  — Manafort made his first public admission that he shared polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Paul Manafort in his first in-depth interview since going to prison for Trump: 'I don't apologize'
Discussion: The Hill
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Wisconsin, G.O.P. Voters Demand the Impossible: Decertifying 2020  —  Donald Trump's supporters have turned anger over his defeat two years ago, and the false notion that it can still be reversed, into central campaign issues ahead of the battleground state's primary.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:   Trump's pick for Wisconsin governor won't weigh in on 2020 results
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘No One Can Convince Me’ Jan. 6 Rioters Weren't Antifa
Discussion: Mediaite
Alexander Vindman / Foreign Affairs:
Stop Tiptoeing Around Russia … For the last three decades, the United States has bent over backward to acknowledge Russia's security concerns and allay its anxieties.  The United States has done so at the expense of relations with more willing partners in Eastern Europe—Ukraine in particular.
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The Bulwark:
With Enough Help, Ukraine Can Win
Trita Parsi / MSNBC:
Biden already has two foreign crises on his hands.  It's not too late for him to avoid a third.  —  The last thing America needs right now is a three-front foreign crisis.  Yet here we are.  —  Americans are tired, at odds with themselves and in no shape to handle more foreign entanglements …
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Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran, U.S. Close In on Nuclear Deal Text but Hurdles Remain
Discussion: The Forward, Al-Monitor and WTOP News
Washington Post:
China expands military drills, escalates threats against Taiwan  —  China has announced additional live-fire drills in the Bohai and Yellow seas, as Beijing broadcasts its fury over a visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) with military exercises near the island.
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Nancy Pelosi's Childlike Diplomacy Mirrors America's Childlike Posture Toward China
Washington Post:
Abortion bans complicate access to drugs for cancer, arthritis, even ulcers  —  Some chronically ill women face questions about critical medications that could be used to end a pregnancy.  —  Becky Hubbard, 46, has decided to get sterilized so that she can go back on the only medication …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
‘Nobody wants a runoff’: Georgia braces for chance of overtime — again  —  All of the pieces are falling into place for Georgia to decide control of the Senate again.  And just like in 2020, it might take extra weeks of campaigning to do it.  —  Public polling data shows the race between …
Discussion: New Republic
Tim Miller / Morning Shots:
I'm Sorry, But He's Running  —  Trump's CPAC speech was his 2024 blueprint.  —  Hey y'all, it's Tim in for Charlie with your Monday Morning Shots (you might need to make it a Jägermeister after reading today's).  —  First, a few quick housekeeping items:
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
‘Baffling and traumatizing’: Queens man arrested at Rockaway Beach after off-hours swim  —  Andre Velasquez arrived at Rockaway Beach on Friday afternoon hoping to beat the sweltering heat with a cool swim in the open ocean.  —  Instead, he was escorted from the sand in handcuffs …
German Lopez / New York Times:
A Drop in Murders  —  Despite the grim headlines, 2022 is less violent so far than last year.  —  Crime, murder and mass shootings have dominated headlines this year.  Just over the weekend, a shooting in Cincinnati wounded nine people, and another in Detroit killed one and wounded four.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
The White House:
Statement by President Biden on the Ceasefire in Gaza  —  I welcome the announcement tonight of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza-based militants after three days of hostilities.  —  Over these last 72-hours, the United States has worked with officials from Israel, the Palestinian Authority …
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The Lawfare Podcast:
Decoding Aleksandr Ionov's Influence Operation with Thomas Rid and Brandon Van Grack
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
IRS: Gestapo in the Making
Discussion: jihadwatch.org
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
One year after Afghanistan, spy agencies pivot toward China
Discussion: HotAir
Bloomberg:
Five US States Will Decide If the 2024 Election Can Be Stolen
Discussion: Dispatches From Exile
 Earlier Items: 
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Manchin's Donors Include Pipeline Giants That Win in His Climate Deal
Discussion: The Mourning
Rachel Cohrs / STAT:
In a massive victory for Democrats, Medicare is poised to negotiate drug prices
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
The case of a lifetime  —  For a Buffalo lawyer, the investigation of one mass shooting leads him back to another
Stephen Pollard / Telegraph:
Amnesty is now utterly morally bankrupt