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11:00 AM ET, August 25, 2022

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Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Trump Calls For Mitch McConnell To Be ‘Immediately’ Replaced As Senate GOP Leader  —  Trump has repeatedly attacked McConnell since the GOP leader admitted Republicans are struggling in their attempt to win Senate control.  —  Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed Senate Minority …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC chief on tape to donors: We need help to win the Senate  —  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel rallied major donors Wednesday to get behind the GOP's efforts to flip the Senate — a plea that comes amid rising concerns in the party over its candidates' lagging fundraising totals and its overall prospects.
Discussion: Insider, Daily Kos and The Dispatch
Wall Street Journal:
The Half-Trillion-Dollar Student-Loan Executive Coup  —  Biden's student-loan write-off is an abuse of power that favors college grads at the expense of plumbers and FedEx drivers.  —  WSJ Opinion: The Tough Politics of Student Debt Forgiveness  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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Washington Examiner:
Biden to the working class: Drop dead
Discussion: HotAir and RedState
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Says This Law for the Troops Gives Him Authority To Cancel Harvard Grads' Debt
Discussion: RedState, Power Line and Instapundit
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Pennsylvania 2022: Fetterman Holds Four-Point Lead Over Oz for US Senate; Shapiro Leads Mastriano by Three  —  Home Polls Pennsylvania 2022: Fetterman Holds Four-Point Lead Over Oz for US Senate; Shapiro Leads Mastriano by Three  —  Majority of Voters Say Oz's NJ Residence Makes Them Less Likely to Vote for Him
Discussion: HotAir, RedState and Washington Times
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Not-So-Enthusiastic Pennsylvania GOP Support for Oz  —  Over in Impromptus, Jay writes: … I'd note that there's at least a bit of evidence that maybe not everything is pure tribalism in Pennsylvania, as there are some signs that a significant chunk of the state's Republicans are reluctantly and unenthusiastically backing Oz.
Discussion: CNN
The Daily Beast:
Eight Sources Say Feds Are Not Done With Matt Gaetz  —  It's been a quiet couple months in the probe into allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz was involved in underage sex trafficking.  But few involved think it's over.  —  When Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) beat his primary challenger Tuesday …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Stop improving things right now!  Everyone must suffer as I did!  —  DISGUSTING!  AWFUL!  I have just received word that life is getting marginally better for some people, and I am white-hot with fury!  This is the worst thing that could possibly happen!
Discussion: Althouse
Politico:
How Trump has spent his days since the feds searched his home  —  As he finds himself, once more, in legal jeopardy—standing at the epicenter of a media storm of his own making, his political future changing course in real time—Donald Trump has done what Donald Trump likes to do.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Congressman-Elect Deems Trump ‘Essentially Traitorous,’ Says 'If I Had Done What He Did, I Would've Been in Jail'  —  Congressman-Elect Pat Ryan appeared on Wednesday's Alex Wagner Tonight, one day after scoring a big win in a special election in New York's 19th district.
Discussion: New York Post
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. memo to not charge Trump in Russia probe released
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Republicans' Other Dobbs Problem  —  Their coalition contains a lot of voters who aren't that religious and aren't especially keen on abortion bans.  And they may not vote this November.  —  Dear readers,  —  Democrats had a strong election night on Tuesday, continuing their streak …
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi's 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law  —  The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to uphold a Jim Crow law that Mississippi's white-supremacist leaders adopted in 1890 in an attempt to disenfranchise Black residents for life.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mississippi Today
CNN:
Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo  —  The Uvalde school board voted unanimously Wednesday evening to immediately terminate the contract of district police chief Pete Arredondo, three months after a teenaged gunman took the lives of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary.
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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Meet the Former C.I.A. Officer Vying to Defeat Elise Stefanik  —  Matt Castelli spent nearly 15 years hunting down terrorists.  Now, he is taking on a top Republican he says no longer adequately represents her upstate New York district.  —  GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Matt Castelli has spent much of his career in the shadows.
Deanna Garcia / Spectrum News NY1:
Dan Goldman breaks down his win in NY-10  —  In one of his first interviews since the Associated Press declared him the winner in Tuesday night's Democratic primary, former federal prosecutor and first-time candidate Dan Goldman told Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Wednesday his opponents in the race have yet to congratulate him.
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Craig Pittman / Florida Phoenix:
Developers back out of Florida panther protection proposal  —  Documents show they were too cheap to do what's required to save them  —  August is usually the worst month to be in Florida.  We're wilting from the heat and humidity and watching the National Weather Service bulletins because it's peak hurricane season.
New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Submit Redacted Affidavit Used in Trump Search Warrant  —  In its most complete form, the document would disclose important details about the government's justification for taking the extraordinary step of searching Mar-a-Lago this month.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department …
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
White House moves staffers to finalize makeover of press operation  —  The White House has finalized the senior ranks of its press and communications office, months after Jen Psaki's departure led to an internal shuffling.  —  The moves elevate several people with ties to SKDK …
Martijn Konings / Boston Review:
The Asset Economy Strikes Again … The resurgence of inflation has created a strange situation.  Inflation is bad for ordinary people: their money buys less of what they need.  But the prevailing approach to containing inflation is also bad for ordinary people: higher interest rates depress economic activity and keep wages down.
CBS News:
Sen. Klobuchar plans to bring Pete Buttigieg to the State Fair butter carving booth Thursday  —  FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A lot of people lined up outside the gates of the Minnesota State Fair Thursday morning, and among them was Sen. Amy Klobuchar.  —  “I think people now see the lighthouse on the horizon.
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Starbucks illegally withheld raises from union workers, labor board says  —  The coffee chain has been trying to tamp down a national organizing campaign  —  Starbucks illegally withheld wages and benefits from thousands of unionized baristas, the National Labor Relations Board alleged in a complaint Wednesday.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Biden administration moves to formalize DACA and shield it from legal challenges  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule to transform the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy for more than 600,000 so-called “Dreamers” into a federal regulation …
Washington Post:
The FTC's newest member wants to scrutinize how tech may harm kids  —  Happy Thursday!  Here's a tidbit: Today's newsletter is likely the first time a South American-born tech policy reporter has interviewed a South American-born FTC commissioner.  —  On a programming note …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
IRS to Start Spending Its $80 Billion Budget by Hiring People to Answer the Phone  —  Beefed-up enforcement will take time; for now, the IRS will use the money to hire customer-service representatives  —  WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is planning to spend the first big chunk …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Five Florida Men Arrested on Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach  —  Defendants Were Allegedly Affiliated With a Militia Group, Were Among Rioters on Lower West Terrace  —  WASHINGTON — Five Florida men, all self-identified militia members, were arrested today on charges stemming …
Discussion: VTDigger and The Yeshiva World
Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Facebook, Twitter dismantle a U.S. influence campaign about Ukraine  —  Accounts promoting a U.S. government messages violated the platforms' rules against coordinated inauthentic behavior  —  Facebook and Twitter disrupted a web of accounts that were covertly seeking to influence users …
 
 
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Wire:
‘Full-On Battle Mode’: Conservative Leaders Put Walmart On Notice For Promising To Pay For Abortions
Discussion: IJR
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration refuses to identify Kabul airport bomber who killed 13 Americans
Washington Post:
Millions in covid aid went to retrain veterans. Only 397 landed jobs.
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
DeSantis-backed ‘pro-parent’ school board candidates rack up victories all over Florida
Discussion: HotAir and WKMG
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
A very spendy September?  —  SEPTEMBER PREVIEW: SPENDING DRAMA— Funding the government …
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Lee Harris / American Prospect:
House Leadership Delays Social Security Expansion While Crafting Tax Breaks for Rich Retirees
Discussion: The National Interest
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Judge blocks part of Idaho's abortion law from taking effect
Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Latest filing sheds more light on Fulton DA's election interference probe
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Lights out at South Sudan embassy of NYC diplomat accused of rape... as his government claims it'll act ‘urgently’ …
Jessica Huseman / Votebeat Texas:
Ken Paxton bucks legal precedent and secretary of state's advice in letting anyone examine ballots right after elections
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Crane / New York Post:
FBI brass warned agents off Hunter Biden laptop due to 2020 election: whistleblowers
ABC News:
Foreign politicians, an indicted election clerk and Vanilla Ice: Inside the revolving door of Trump's Mar-a-Lago