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7:45 PM ET, August 15, 2022

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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
Discussion: Reuters, Breitbart and Townhall
CNN:
DOJ opposes making public details in Mar-a-Lago search warrant's probable cause affidavit  —  The Justice Department is opposing the release of details in an affidavit that lays out the argument that investigators made to a federal magistrate judge explaining the probable cause …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Why Did Trump Take Classified Documents in the First Place?  —  We now know that the reason the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Donald Trump's Palm Beach residence last week is because the 45th president is under investigation for pocketing classified documents related to nuclear weapons …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ says release of Mar-a-Lago affidavit would harm ongoing criminal probe
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
Discussion: b'Raw Story and NBC News
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and b'Raw Story
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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Brad Reed / b'Raw Story:   Trump-loving conspiracy theorist gets sued by Michigan GOP clerk after she lobbed accusations of bribery
CNN:
Federal judge rules that Graham must testify in Georgia 2020 investigation
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 …
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: Politico, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
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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New York Times:
Eric Herschmann, Lawyer in Trump White House, Is Subpoenaed  —  Mr. Herschmann had access to high-level discussions about the plans to overturn the 2020 election and activities in the lead-up to Jan. 6.  —  Eric Herschmann, a lawyer who worked in the White House under former President Donald J. Trump …
Garion Frankel / Chalkboard Review:
REPORT: Minneapolis Will Fire ‘White Teachers’ First  —  MPS Violates Civil Rights Act  —  A new contract between Minneapolis Public Schools and the local teachers union mandates that white teachers must be fired first when any kind of staff downsizing is initiated.
Discussion: TNT Radio and Twitchy
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Eugene Volokh / Reason:   Race-Based Layoff Scheme at Minneapolis Schools
Evan Stambaugh / Alpha News:
Minneapolis teachers union contract calls for layoffs of white teachers first
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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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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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 …
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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
Jack Queen / Reuters:
Exclusive: Inside the Alex Jones jury room: tensions, pizza and ‘lizard people’  —  As the jury in the Alex Jones defamation trial gathered in a conference room in a Texas courthouse on Aug. 5 to decide how much the U.S. conspiracy theorist owed to two parents of a murdered Sandy Hook first-grader …
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
George Gascon recall effort fails to qualify for ballot in Los Angeles  —  The effort to recall District Attorney George Gascon of Los Angeles has failed to gain enough support for ballot qualification.  —  A total of only 520,050 of the 715,833 signatures collected in the recall effort were valid …
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.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine:
The Crypto Geniuses Who Vaporized a Trillion Dollars  —  Everyone trusted the two guys at Three Arrows Capital.  They knew what they were doing — right?  —  The boat was a beauty of a thing: some 500 tons across 171 feet of glass and steel as white as Santorini.
 
 
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