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2:35 PM ET, August 27, 2022

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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans, Once Outraged by Mar-a-Lago Search, Become Quieter as Details Emerge  —  In the minutes and hours after the F.B.I.'s search of former President Donald J. Trump's residence in Florida this month, his supporters did not hesitate to denounce what they saw as a blatant abuse of power …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Possibility of Obstruction Looms Over Trump After Thwarted Efforts to Recover Documents  —  Unredacted portions of the affidavit point to a crime that has been overshadowed amid disputes over classified information.  —  WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department proposed redactions …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump's narrative takes big hit with affidavit's release  —  One of former President Trump's main claims about the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago is being undermined by Friday's release of a key affidavit.  —  Trump has pushed the narrative that he and his lawyers were cooperating …
Andrew Weissmann / New York Times:
What the Redacted Affidavit Shows in the Trump Mar-a-Lago Case  —  We always knew that whatever information about the Mar-a-Lago search would be released on Friday by a federal court was not going to help Donald Trump.  —  We know that not just because Judge Bruce Reinhart already concluded …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Affidavit for the Search of Trump's Home, Annotated
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
William Barr Rips Trump For ‘Pandering To Outrage’ Over Mar-A-Lago Search
Discussion: New York Post and Breitbart
New York Times:
Trump Inquiry Fueled in Part by Concern Over Intelligence Sources  —  Documents related to the work of clandestine sources are some of the most sensitive and protected in the government.  F.B.I. agents found some in boxes retrieved from Donald J. Trump's home.
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Politico:
Intel officials to assess national security fallout from Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents  —  The U.S. intelligence community will evaluate the potential national security risks stemming from former President Donald Trump's possession of top-secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The Mar-a-Lago Affidavit: Is That All There Is?  —  The redacted 38-pages add to the evidence that the FBI search really was all about a dispute over documents  —  WSJ Opinion: Mar-a-Lago and the Swamp's Obsession With Donald Trump  —  Created with sketchtool.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Truth Social faces financial peril as worry about Trump's future grows  —  Payment disputes and a dwindling audience have fueled doubts about the former president's Twitter clone  —  Former president Donald Trump's Truth Social website is facing financial challenges as its traffic remains puny …
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Olesia Plokhii / Washington Post:
Roland Mesnier, White House pastry chef for a sweet quarter-century, dies at 78  —  He was a confident and methodical patissier who took as his motto ‘perfection is no accident’  —  Roland Mesnier, the French-born pastry chef who whipped up desserts for five presidents and dignitaries …
Discussion: The Hill
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Zachary D. Carter / In The Long Run:
The Real Student Debt Debate  —  It's about the social order.  —  I have a new piece up for Slate on the history of debt relief as an essential safety valve for a functioning credit-based economy.  Hillary Frey is running a great shop over there, and I encourage you to read Mark Joseph Stern's piece …
Discussion: Breitbart and Eschaton
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Pennsylvania candidate Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform at Army War College  —  Three years before retiring from the U.S. Army in 2017, Donald Trump-backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College …
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Doug Mastriano Wore a Confederate Uniform in a Faculty Photo
Discussion: Mediaite
Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Of all the legal threats Trump is facing, is this the one that could take him down?  —  The quiet workings of a Georgia grand jury hearing evidence of election fraud could represent the ex-president's greatest danger  —  Donald Trump's lawyers are earning their keep.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
New York Times:
Promoting His Memoir, Kushner Offers Tortured Defenses of Trump  —  Jared Kushner, who spent his years in the White House evading responsibility for his father-in-law's most extreme moves, has had to answer for some of them on his book tour.  —  WASHINGTON — Making the rounds promoting his new memoir …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
The reckless rage of the lawless  —  William S. Cohen is a former secretary of defense and former Republican senator from Maine.  William H. Webster is a former director of the FBI and the CIA and a retired judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
In DeSantis's Florida, Teachers Navigate Curriculum Restrictions  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis is battling what he calls “indoctrination” in schools.  New laws have left many teachers questioning everything from pride flags to “The Great Gatsby.”  —  Erin Brown, a teacher in St. Johns County …
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Woman carrying fetus without a skull to seek abortion in another state following Louisiana ban  —  Louisiana woman denied an abortion despite baby's fatal birth defect  —  A Louisiana mother said she was denied an abortion even though doctors told her that her baby had a rare birth defect and would not survive.
 
 
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Nicholas Grossman / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: CNN
David Eggert / Crain's Detroit Business:
State bureau recommends certification of abortion-rights, voting ballot initiatives
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Grablick / DCist:
D.C. Delays Enforcement Of Student COVID Vaccine Mandate Until 2023
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
DeSantis Suspends 4 Elected School Board Members After Report on Parkland
Melissa Montalvo / Fresno Bee:
Gavin Newsom ‘cannot support’ UFW-backed farmworker union bill, calls for negotiation
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Failed effort to recall George Gascón had a good chance of winning, new poll shows
Discussion: Washington Examiner and HotAir
New York Times:
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