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6:45 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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Jessica Levinson / MSNBC:
Trump's response to the FBI search is definitely paying off — for DOJ  —  Donald Trump ramps up attacks against government agencies following FBI search of Mar-a-Lago  —  Former President Donald Trump's response to the FBI's search of his Mar-a-Lago residence is paying off ... for the Justice Department, not for him.
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
DOJ tells judge it has completed review of possible attorney-client privileged materials seized from Mar-a-Lago
Emily Peck / Axios:
Who student debt relief helps (and it's not who you think)  —  Despite what critics may say, student loan debtors who stand to benefit most from the relief plan announced last week aren't exactly latte-sipping elites. … Second, a significant percentage of student loan debtors didn't get a four-year degree.
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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 …
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Associated Press:
Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 10 dead  —  An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to storm the government palace and sparking clashes with security forces and between rival militias.
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Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
It's Open Season on Jews in New York City  —  Of the hundreds of hate crimes committed against Jews in the city since 2018, many of them documented on camera, only a single perpetrator has served even one day in prison  —  The attack that sent 31-year-old Yossi Hershkop to the hospital …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Rising Cost of Republicans' Investment in Trump  —  Republican leaders and donors are suddenly making worried noises about their political chances.  —  Five months ago, their party looked likely to take both the U.S. House and the Senate in 2022.  Republicans appeared ready to consolidate …
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden to give prime-time speech on ‘soul of the nation’ as voters prepare to cast midterm ballots  —  President Joe Biden plans to deliver a prime-time speech this week on how America's “rights and freedoms are still under attack,” returning to the core message of his 2020 campaign as Americans …
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden picks Hunter laptop denier for presidential intelligence board  —  President Joe Biden's latest pick for his Intelligence Advisory Board is an MSNBC pundit who was among dozens of former intelligence officials to sign a letter in 2020 claiming, without evidence …
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Conspiracy Theorist Advising Joe Biden on the Intelligence Community
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Proud Boy sentenced to 4.5 years in prison in Jan. 6 case, still says election was stolen  —  WASHINGTON — A former D.C. bartender and Proud Boy who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison on Monday.  —  Joshua Pruitt, 40, pleaded guilty in June …
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Ukrainian forces begin ‘shaping’ battlefield for counteroffensive, senior US officials say  —  Ukrainian forces have begun “shaping” operations in southern Ukraine to prepare the battlefield for a significant Ukrainian counteroffensive, two senior US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN.
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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 …
Politico:
DeSantis skips Zeldin fundraiser to attend service for fallen Florida officer  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis canceled a political fundraiser for Rep. Lee Zeldin Sunday night to attend services for a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent killed in the line of duty.
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Washington Post:
Iran sends first shipment of drones to Russia for use in Ukraine  —  Russian cargo planes left Tehran 10 days ago with UAVs, some of which have already malfunctioned, U.S. and allied officials say  —  Russian cargo planes have quietly picked up the first of scores of Iranian-made combat drones …
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Sues Kochava for Selling Data that Tracks People at Reproductive Health Clinics, Places of Worship, and Other Sensitive Locations  —  Agency Alleges that Kochava's Geolocation Data from Hundreds of Millions of Mobile Devices Can Be Used to Identify People and Trace Their Movements
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Wall Street Journal:   FTC Sues Idaho Company for Selling Sensitive Tracking Data
Wall Street Journal:
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Republican Paranoia Could Cost the Party in November  —  The terror that mainstream conservative Republican politicians have felt over the threat of being called insufficiently conservative — of being tagged as Republicans in Name Only — has made governing difficult for them since the 1990s.
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Discussion: Big League Politics
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
 
 
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Blake Flayton / Common Sense:
My Post-Graduation Plan? I'm Immigrating to Israel.
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine War Is Depleting U.S. Ammunition Stockpiles, Sparking Pentagon Concern
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Look to authoritarian parties abroad to see where the GOP is headed
Discussion: FrameLab
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
The “Banana Republic” Fallacy
Discussion: Alternet.org
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
In Facebook video, Doug Mastriano thanked pro-Confederate armed men for supposedly defending Gen. Lee statue
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Manhattan Has a Glut of Empty Offices. Hochul Wants to Build More.
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‘The Eye of the Storm’: Taiwan Is Caught in a Great Game Over Microchips
Abigail Shrier / The Truth Fairy:
“I Don't Want American Kids”  —  The Real Reason Parents Are Suddenly Choosing Language Immersion Schools
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor
Natalia Contreras / Votebeat Texas:
What brought down one Texas county's entire elections department? It was something in the water.
NBC News:
Persuadable voters are breaking for the Democrats, NBC News poll finds
Discussion: The Mahablog and Daily Kos
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
When an election denier becomes an election chief