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10:45 AM ET, August 23, 2022

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New York Times:
Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago  —  The National Archives found more than 150 sensitive documents when it got a first batch of material from the former president in January, helping to explain the Justice Department's urgent response.
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Ben Whedon / Just The News:
Full text of National Archives letter to Trump on classified documents  —  Just the News has obtained the full text of the letter that the National Archives sent to former President Donald Trump requesting classified documents.  —  Evan Corcoran Silverman Thompson 400 East Pratt Street Suite 900
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago were among government's most classified, letter shows  —  The National Archives found more than 700 pages of classified material — including “special access program materials,” some of the most highly classified secrets in government …
Discussion: The Guardian
John Solomon / Just The News:
Biden White House facilitated DOJ's criminal probe against Trump, scuttled privilege claims: memos  —  Long before it professed no prior knowledge of the raid on Donald Trump's estate, the Biden White House worked directly with the Justice Department and National Archives to instigate …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Dems' hopes for N.Y. come crashing down  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  COUNTDOWN — 11 weeks until Election Day.  —  PRIMARY DAY — Some of the year's most consequential (and highly anticipated) primary battles will be decided tonight …
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Litigation by Leak: Government Officials Leak New Details on the Mar-a-Lago Raid While Continuing to Oppose Disclosures in Court  —  One of the most glaring contradictions in the Mar-a-Lago controversy has been the Justice Department demanding absolute and unwavering secrecy over the FBI raid …
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CNN:
Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies  —  Video by John General, Zach Wasser and Logan Whiteside, CNN Business,  —  Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Legacy Is Convincing Idiots That They Should Run for Office  —  I get the appeal of having “outsiders” come in and “shake up the system.”  But MAGA candidates are proving the folly of the know-nothing candidate. … Donald Trump has left his mark on the American body politic in myriad ways.
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Washington Post:
Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers  —  Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump's 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
White House leaning toward canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who make less than $125,000  —  White House officials have been weighing — and leaning toward — the cancellation of up to $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower tied to an income threshold, CNN has learned.
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Bethania Palma / Snopes.com:
Is This a List of ‘Banned Books in Florida Schools and Libraries’? … Amid a push by U.S. Republican legislators to limit children's access to books in schools and libraries about sensitive topics, some social media users in August 2022 posted a list that allegedly contained titles of …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Warrant Had No Legal Basis  —  A former president's rights under the Presidential Records Act trump the statutes the FBI cited to justify the Mar-a-Lago raid.  —  WSJ Opinion: After Mar-a-Lago, Let Voters Decide Trump's Future  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Pete Buttigieg's Feeble Policy on Flight Cancellations  —  The transportation secretary could be doing far more with his existing authority.  The new DOT rule could make matters worse for consumers.  —  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies before the House Transportation …
U.S. Embassy in Ukraine:
Security Alert - U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine  —  Event: The Department of State has information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days.  Russian strikes in Ukraine pose a continued threat to civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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Olivia Olander / Politico:
State Department advises U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine now, says Russia is ‘stepping up efforts’ against civilians
Politico:
The biggest special election since Dobbs: What to watch on Tuesday's primary day  —  Some of the biggest elections of the summer are happening Tuesday, including a closely watched New York special election that's also an opportunity to gauge the nation's political environment ahead of November.
Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Caller and UPI
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Darel E. Paul / Compact Magazine:
The Republic of Work Isn't Working  —  To understand a country's values and identity, look to its immigration and naturalization policies.  The United States' first immigration law, the Naturalization Act of 1790, limited immigrant citizenship to “free white persons,” expressing …
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
A Majority of Americans Say the Border Crisis Is an ‘Invasion,’ Poll Says
Discussion: Summit News
Mark Kelly:
Momentum grows as more Republican leaders back Mark Kelly's campaign  —  Republican and Independent leaders from across Arizona continue to throw their support behind Senator Kelly … — Mark Kelly  —  What these leaders have to say about Mark:  —  Paul Hickman, President & CEO …
Joshua Tait / The Bulwark:
The Problem With Right-Wing ‘Regime’ Talk  —  What the new paranoid buzzword reveals about the New Right.  —  In the right-wing commentariat's reaction to the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago, a new buzzword dropped.  —  “The regime's decision to take out Trump Banana Republic-style was woefully miscalculated.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly FOP picked problematic doctors for police ‘injured on duty’ benefit  —  Jay Glickman traveled from Philadelphia in the spring of 2012 to the neon lights of Las Vegas, the city that assures visitors that the decisions they make there won't follow them home.Glickman, a physician, wasn't alone.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer.  Here's How.  —  In a first, the measure legally defines greenhouse gases as pollution.  That'll make new regulations much tougher to challenge in court.  —  When the Supreme Court restricted the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency …
Discussion: Washington Post and Rolling Stone
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New York Times:
In Ukraine, a Nuclear Plant Held Hostage
Discussion: Informed Comment and UPI
Bryan Bender / Politico:
White House launches new war on secrecy  —  The government keeps way too many secrets, the Biden administration asserts.  The sprawling spy community — made up of 18 separate intelligence agencies — sees it quite differently.  —  But despite differing worldviews, the White House …
Mary Katharine Ham / Reason:
A Belated Vindication for School Reopeners  —  The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now, by Anya Kamenetz, PublicAffairs, 352 pages, $17.99  —  Twelve years after he was acquitted of murder, O.J. Simpson and a ghostwriter penned a book called If I Did It.
Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
‘The Future We Deserve’: This Florida Gen Z Candidate Thinks He Can Chart a New Path For the Youth  —  ORLANDO — Tucked in a small strip of offices downtown, Maxwell Frost's campaign headquarters shows all the frenzied signs of a primary Election Day rapidly approaching …
Kurt Bardella / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Why CNN's efforts to appease democracy's enemies will backfire  —  Since 2016, MAGA propagandists like Kayleigh McEnany, Jason Miller, Jeffrey Lord, Rick Santorum, Ben Ferguson, Steve Cortes, Corey Lewandowski have at one time or another been on the CNN payroll.
 
 
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MSNBC:
Right-wing dark money gets $1.6 billion donation from one donor
Washington Post:
The Department of Homeland Security's watchdog needs watching
Discussion: The Intercept
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Redistricting pitted Maloney and Nadler against each other. Now, the hostile NY primary will reach its conclusion
Discussion: RedState and Washington Times
New York Post:
Good riddance to dangerous Dr. Fauci
Carla Babb / Voice of America:
VOA Exclusive: Former CENTCOM Commanders Say the US Not Safer Following Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jeff Coltin / City & State New York:
Hakeem Jeffries again challenges the left, on the eve of the primary
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Youngkin plans midterm campaign stops — including a 2024 early state
Discussion: Blue Virginia
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Olivia B. Waxman / TIME:
African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It's More Important Than Ever
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Fraudster Gets Five Years for $25 Million Scheme
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Raw Story
Mallory Moench / San Francisco Chronicle:
Despite Newsom's veto, S.F. might push ahead with supervised drug consumption sites anyway
Geneva Sands / CNN:
ICE officials under Trump told to wipe phones when leaving agency
Discussion: Political Wire
Los Angeles Times:
These celebrities are accused of drought restriction violations
Discussion: IJR, Rolling Stone and Breitbart