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7:30 PM ET, August 27, 2022

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Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
Joe Biden Mocks Donald Trump Over Claim He ‘Declassified Everything’  —  President Joe Biden has mocked former President Donald Trump for claiming that he secretly declassified all of the classified documents that were recovered by the FBI during the Mar-a-Lago raid.
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Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
WATCH: Karl Rove says Secret Service could have ratted Trump out over classified docs  —  A Secret Service member tasked with safeguarding former President Donald Trump may have been the one to spill the beans about the classified material at Mar-a-Lago, according to Karl Rove.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Reading between the redacted lines: What affidavit tells us about DOJ's Trump intentions  —  Predictably, it was much nothing about ado.  —  To what should be the surprise of no one, the Justice Department so thoroughly redacted the affidavit supporting the FBI's raid of Donald Trump's Mar …
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Trump legal team says redacted affidavit raises ‘more questions than answers’  —  Trump's legal team claims that heavily redacted document is evidence that a neutral third party is necessary to monitor DOJ handling of evidence  —  What did we learn from the heavily redacted affidavit?
Discussion: RedState and Townhall
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump's narrative takes big hit with affidavit's release
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Digby's Hullabaloo
Wall Street Journal:
The Mar-a-Lago Affidavit: Is That All There Is?  —  The redacted 38-pages add to the evidence …
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 …
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CNN:
US intelligence chief tells Congress she's conducting damage assessment of documents taken from Mar-a-Lago  —  Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has sent a letter to the House Intelligence and House Oversight committee chairs, saying the intelligence community is conducting …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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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Jim Acosta / CNN:
First on CNN: Utah Senate candidate accuses motorist of threatening him with gun  —  Utah independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin has accused a motorist of brandishing a firearm and pointing it at him and his wife as the couple was driving home from a campaign event in April.
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
As DeSantis Campaigns on Education, Crist Picks Teacher as Running Mate  —  Karla Hernández-Mats, head of the largest teachers union in the region, criticized the Republican governor for attacking educators.  “This is what dictators do,” she said.  —  MIAMI — In choosing the head …
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: NBC News and Raw Story
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: Eschaton and Breitbart
Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
As Republicans stumble - could Democrats really hold on to the Senate?  —  Republicans need just one seat to regain the chamber, but recent failures mean things are looking up for the Democrats  —  Things appear to be looking up for Democratic Senate candidates.
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 …
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NBC News:
FBI responds to Mark Zuckerberg claims in Joe Rogan show  —  The day after Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook limited a polarizing story ahead of the 2020 election because of an FBI warning, the federal agency said it can only alert a private entity of a potential threat, not require it to take action.
Andre M. Perry / Brookings:
Biden's student debt cancellation doesn't solve the root problems facing borrowers—but it's a start  —  After months of uncertainty, doubt, and debate among pundits and policymakers, this Wednesday saw President Joe Biden finally announce the details of his administration's long-awaited action on student debt cancellation.
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
Nearly 100 Republicans demand Pelosi hold Biden accountable for $500B student debt handout
Discussion: Insider
 
 
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Anita Chabria / Los Angeles Times:
Violent crime is spiking in Trump's California. These counties blame everyone but themselves
John Hendricks / Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal:
Conflagration declared for Rum Creek fire in Josephine County
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
The reckless rage of the lawless
Nicholas Grossman / The Daily Beast:
If Prosecuting Trump Sets a ‘Dangerous’ Precedent—So Does Letting His Crimes Slide
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
In DeSantis's Florida, Teachers Navigate Curriculum Restrictions
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Woman carrying fetus without a skull to seek abortion in another state following Louisiana ban
 Earlier Items: 
Benoit Faucon / Wall Street Journal:
Iran and Russia Are Cementing an Alliance With Grain, Drones and Satellites
Discussion: CNN
John Solomon / Just The News:
Retired FBI boss disassembles Trump search warrant: Feds ‘going to regret this’
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 

 
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