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9:20 PM ET, August 15, 2022

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New York Times:
Trump Executive Nears Plea Deal With Manhattan Prosecutors  —  Allen H. Weisselberg, who was charged with participating in a tax scheme, will not cooperate with the district attorney's investigation into Donald J. Trump.  —  Allen H. Weisselberg, a longtime top executive …
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Weisselberg to plead guilty in Trump tax case: report
Discussion: Bloomberg and RedState
NBC News:
Ex-Trump Org. official Allen Weisselberg expected to plead guilty in tax case
Discussion: Reuters, Just The News and ABC13
New York Times:
Giuliani Is Told He Is a Target of Trump Election Investigation in Georgia  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, as former President Donald J. Trump's personal lawyer, spearheaded efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power.  —  ATLANTA — Lawyers for Rudolph W. Giuliani have been told that he is a target …
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Washington Post:
Trump-allied lawyers pursued voting machine data in multiple states, records reveal  —  A team of computer experts directed by lawyers allied with President Donald Trump copied sensitive data from election systems in Georgia as part of a secretive, multistate effort to access voting equipment …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Georgia investigation is heating up, and it's ominous for Trump  —  The investigation into Donald Trump's attempts to pressure election officials in Georgia to help overturn the state's 2020 results has always been the most direct threat to the former president.
Brad Reed / b'Raw Story:   Trump-loving conspiracy theorist gets sued by Michigan GOP clerk after she lobbed accusations of bribery
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump ‘will do whatever’ he can to ‘help the country’ after FBI raid: ‘Temperature has to be brought down’  —  Trump said his representatives reached out to DOJ to offer to help amid outrage over the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for August 15
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Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Trump claims FBI agents seized THREE of his passports during ‘sneak attack’ raid at Mar-a-Lago - as he warns DOJ ‘terrible things are going to happen’ if it doesn't cool things down  — Donald Trump claimed his passports were ‘stolen’ in the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago  — If true, he cannot leave the country
Wall Street Journal:
Merrick Garland Weighed Search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago for Weeks  —  Attorney general took signature deliberative approach to the move; Justice Department asks judge not to unseal affidavit that provided basis for search  —  FBI Seized Classified Documents in Trump Search, Inventory Shows
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Justice Department asks not to disclose affidavit behind Mar-a-Lago search  —  Unsealing the document could reveal the scope of the inquiry against Donald Trump, whose team is rattled by recent events  —  The US justice department asked a judge Monday to keep sealed the affidavit that gave …
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump's head-spinning excuses for Mar-a-Lago documents are already piling up.  Insiders warn that's bad news for him  —  From accusations of ‘planted evidence’ to claims of blanket declassification, the former president has ticked through a number of excuses for holding onto the classified documents
Discussion: b'Raw Story
CNN:
DOJ opposes making public details in Mar-a-Lago search warrant's probable cause affidavit
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Senate G.O.P. Campaign Arm Slashes TV Ad Buys in Three States  —  In a sign that fund-raising trouble is taking a serious toll, a key political committee cancels ad plans in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  —  The Republicans' Senate campaign committee has slashed its television ad reservations …
Discussion: HotAir, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
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Natalie Allison / Politico:   GOP slashes ads in key Senate battlegrounds
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Justice Department subpoenas former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann  —  A federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6 attack has subpoenaed Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann for documents and testimony, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Torsten Ove / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Mercer County man charged with threats to kill FBI agents after Mar-a-Lago search  —  A Mercer County man threatened to murder FBI agents last week after the bureau's search of Donald Trump's Florida estate, saying “come and get me you piece of [expletive] feds” and “I am going to [expletive] …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Pennsylvania Man Charged With Threatening F.B.I. After Mar-a-Lago Search
Discussion: NBC News, b'Raw Story and Axios
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney's political life is likely ending — and just beginning  —  JACKSON, Wyo. — The 2-minute video, meant ostensibly as the closing appeal to voters here, likely served much more as the launching point of a campaign that will last for years to come.  —  “No matter how long we must fight …
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Washington Post:
For never-Trump conservatives, it's never-ending misery
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Eriq Gardner / Puck:
Angelina Jolie v. Brad Pitt: The F.B.I. Lawsuit Revealed  —  Federal agents drew up a statement laying out the case for arresting Pitt.  But after meeting with an assistant U.S. attorney, they decided not to pursue criminal charges.  Now Jolie is demanding to know more.
Discussion: Mediaite
Eugene Volokh / Reason:
Race-Based Layoff Scheme at Minneapolis Schools  —  The Minneapolis Public Schools have adopted a race-based layoff provision that violates the Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.  “A Minneapolis teachers union contract stipulates that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned before …
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Garion Frankel / Chalkboard Review:
REPORT: Minneapolis Will Fire ‘White Teachers’ First
Marc Andreessen / Andreessen Horowitz:
Investing in Flow  —  Our nation has a housing crisis.  —  The demographic trends driving America's housing market are impossible to ignore: our country is creating households faster than we're building houses.  Structural shortages in available homes for sale push housing prices higher …
Meduza.io:
Russian military command reportedly leaves Kherson after losing crucial bridges  —  Russia's military command is relocating to the left bank of the Dnipro River, according to Natalia Gumenyuk, the spokesperson for Ukraine's southern command.  As a result, Russia will no longer have command centers in the city of Kherson.
Discussion: pravda.com.ua
Sam Thielman / FOREVER WARS:
Substack Retaliates Against FOREVER WARS Editor  —  Spencer took the newsletter off Substack when his contract ended.  They got mad at the blog post explaining why and took away Sam's freelance gigs because he...edited it  —  Edited and With a Coda by Spencer Ackerman
New York Times:
The Rise of the Worker Productivity Score  —  Across industries and incomes, more employees are being tracked, recorded and ranked.  What is gained, companies say, is efficiency and accountability.  What is lost?  —  Produced by Aliza Aufrichtig and Rumsey Taylor
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Longtime GOP insider Cheri Jacobus: America is “not going to recover from Donald Trump”  —  Former Republican strategist says her party can't be salvaged — and if Trump isn't punished, America is “done for”  —  The numerous catastrophes of the Age of Trump could all have been averted, or greatly mitigated.
 
 
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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
2 ex-cops charged in George Floyd killing reject plea deals
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Election deniers march toward power in key 2024 battlegrounds
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
G/O Media sells The Onion to Global Tetrahedron, a new Chicago firm owned by former Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson; former NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins is CEO

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

Financial Times:
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