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12:25 PM ET, August 29, 2022

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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents already examined by FBI, Justice Dept. tells judge  —  A “filter team” has “completed its review” of material possibly covered by attorney-client privilege, the court filing says.  —  FBI agents have already finished their review of possibly privileged documents seized …
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New York Times:
Trump's Legal Team Scrambles to Find an Argument  —  The lawyers representing the former president in the investigation into his handling of classified documents have tried out an array of defenses as they seek to hold off the Justice Department.  —  On May 25, one of former President Donald …
Washington Post:   Naming of special master could complicate Mar-a-Lago documents case
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Republicans Signal Worries About Trump and the Midterms
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham's vile ‘riots’ threat gives away Trump's game  —  “If there's a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham on Fox News, there will be “riots in the streets.”  —  The South Carolina Republican's quote has been relentlessly skewered …
NBC News:
Persuadable voters are breaking for the Democrats, NBC News poll finds  —  WASHINGTON — If it's Monday ... NASA places Artemis I rocket launch was scrubbed for Monday. ...  The Biden administration announces it will suspend taking orders for free at-home Covid tests due to a lack of congressional funding, per NBC's Monica Alba. ...
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:   QAnon Accounts Found a Home, and Trump's Support, on Truth Social
NewsGuard:   Misinformation Monitor: August 2022
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
3 dead, including suspected shooter, in Oregon grocery store attack  —  Gunman opens fire in Oregon grocery store, killing two  —  Three people, including the suspected shooter, are dead following an attack Sunday night at a grocery store in Bend, Oregon, police said.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: National Republicans going all-in for Herschel Walker  —  Was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell talking about Herschel Walker recently when he referred to “candidate quality” as he downplayed Republicans' chances of retaking the Senate?  McConnell has never offered more detail …
Discussion: RedState
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
How Raphael Warnock Doubled His Income Since Joining the Senate
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Trump Family Dunks on DeSantis: You're ‘Stealing’ Our Bit!  —  Donald Trump says the Florida governor is mirroring the former president — right down to the hand gestures  —  DONALD TRUMP HAS been complaining that Ron DeSantis is “stealing” from him.  —  According to three people who've spoken …
Discussion: Raw Story and American Greatness
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Trump's Second Term Would Look Like This  —  Ever since the U.S. Senate failed to convict Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection and disqualify him from running for president again, a lot of people, myself included, have been warning that a second Trump term could bring about the extinction of American democracy.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The Comey-Clinton Document Standard and Trump  —  WSJ Opinion: What Did We Learn From Justice's Mar-a-Lago Affidavit?  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton posts dance floor pic in support of Finnish PM Sanna Marin  —  Hillary Clinton is throwing down in support of Finland's party-loving prime minister, Sanna Marin, reliving her own scandal from strutting her stuff in office — and urging her to “keep dancing” through the backlash.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
When an election denier becomes an election chief  —  Many of the election deniers running for secretary of state this year have spent their time talking about something they can't do: “decertifying” the 2020 results.  —  The bigger question — amid concerns about whether they would fairly administer …
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Retiring AP reporter chronicles 4 decades covering Congress  —  In the waning moments of Democrats' four-decade hold on the House, I saw a gesture that seems unthinkable today.  On the evening of Nov. 29, 1994, they let the top Republican preside, briefly, over the chamber.
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Axios:
First look: McCarthy PAC's new offense play
Discussion: CBS News and Mother Jones
Allison P. Davis / The Cut:
Meghan of Montecito … The conditions are right for confession.  It is a beautiful August day in Montecito, in a beautiful sitting room, in a beautiful home.  Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, a lively 3-year-old with a shock of ginger curls identical to his father's, toddles into the room demanding …
Daria Shulzhenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Ukraine reportedly begins advancing to liberate country's south  —  Ukraine's Armed Forces have launched an offensive “in many directions in the south of Ukraine,” Natalia Humeniuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Operational Command South, said on Aug. 29.  —  Humeniuk said that the situation …
The Times of Israel:
Iran's Raisi threatens Israel, says no return to nuke deal if IAEA probe continues  —  Iranian president says there won't be agreement if inspectors continue to investigate undeclared sites, warns Israel against carrying out threat to destroy Tehran's nuclear program
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
How will the Iran deal work? - explainer
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
Republicans are increasingly sharing misinformation, research finds  —  Republican candidates have dramatically increased how much they share from unreliable sources in just two years  —  Over the last several years, there's been a considerable increase in media coverage about misinformation and conspiracy theories in politics.
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor  —  Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.
NBC News:
Biden administration to stop sending free at-home Covid tests Friday  —  Federal government to end its free at-home Covid test program  —  The government will end its giveaway of Covid-19 at-home tests Friday because of insufficient congressional funding, a senior Biden administration official said Sunday.
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Pa. governor hopeful bets he can win by not moderating Trumpian stances
Discussion: Reuters
Maxine Joselow / Washington Post:
In fast-warming Nevada, climate bill may not lift Democrats
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Abigail Shrier / The Truth Fairy:
“I Don't Want American Kids”  —  The Real Reason Parents Are Suddenly Choosing Language Immersion Schools
Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
There's a reason why hoarding classified documents is a crime
Discussion: Alternet.org, Mediaite and The Dispatch
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Tim Pool's News Site Plagiarized the Mainstream Media He Claims to Hate
Natalia Contreras / Votebeat Texas:
What brought down one Texas county's entire elections department? It was something in the water.
Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Mark Meadows called to testify in Georgia DA's escalating Trump criminal probe
Discussion: Politico
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
It's Open Season on Jews in New York City
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Commanders' Brian Robinson Jr., shot twice in D.C., is in stable condition
Jake Kerridge / Telegraph:
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Dante Chinni / NBC News:
Supreme Court ratings plummet after abortion decision
ABC News:
Post-Dobbs landscape fuels Democrats' optimism: The Note
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and PoliticusUSA
Debra Heine / American Greatness:
Lawyer: January 6 Clients Are Being Tortured
Discussion: Instapundit
Andrew Solender / Axios:
High water mark for House insurgents
Politico:
Same-sex marriage puts Ron Johnson in a bind
Associated Press:
Liz Cheney in 2024? Deep skepticism emerges in key states