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2:50 PM ET, September 1, 2022

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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden's 2020 victory  —  The conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice emailed lawmakers in two states in the weeks after the election  —  Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump's seized passports could be a problem for him, legal experts say  —  Donald Trump has complained that FBI agents' seizure of his passports showed that investigators ran amok as they searched his Florida resort, but new information about how and where the documents were found …
Discussion: Politico
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Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Why Donald Trump will soon be indicted  —  What will his defense be?  —  COMMENTARY  —  OPINION:  —  It gives me no joy to write this piece.  —  Even a cursory review of the redacted version of the affidavit submitted in support of the government's application for a search warrant …
Discussion: Raw Story, BizPac Review and Mediaite
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
How the DOJ has built a case against Trump for obstruction
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Former GOP Justice lawyers: Trump's in a heap of trouble
Discussion: NBC News
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump tells court that classified material should have been expected in presidential records found at Mar-a-Lago
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading  —  The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old school children, especially the most vulnerable.  —  National test results released on Thursday showed in stark terms …
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Midterm Prospects Improve as Races Heat Up, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Independent voters, a key to victory in competitive general elections, are now tilting toward Democrats  —  Midterms 2022: Where Republicans and Democrats Stand on the Issues  —  Created with sketchtool.
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Sean Golonka / The Nevada Independent:
Cortez Masto and Sisolak hold slim leads, are losing Hispanic support, AARP poll finds
Discussion: Political Wire
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Arkansas Senator's Election Rigging Claim Dissolves on Contact With Sanity
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Politico
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
After Sarah Palin's election loss, Sen. Tom Cotton calls ranked choice voting ‘a scam’
Iris Samuels / Anchorage Daily News:
Democrat Mary Peltola wins special U.S. House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:   Trump and accounting firm agree to give financial records to House Oversight Committee in deal to end court battle
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump reaches settlement agreement over financial records with House committee, accounting firm
Discussion: NBC News
Bloomberg:
Lukoil Chairman Ravil Maganov Dies After Falling From Hospital Window  —  Lukoil PJSC Chairman Ravil Maganov died after falling from a window in a Moscow hospital, according to Russian media reports.  —  Maganov died by suicide, Tass news agency said Thursday, citing an unidentified law enforcement official …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Defiant Rick Scott explains ‘strategic disagreement’ with McConnell over battle for Senate  —  Mitch McConnell is among the myriad Republicans questioning the Senate GOP's quality of candidates in the midterms.  Rick Scott wants everyone to stop doubting his recruits.
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Sen. Rick Scott / Washington Examiner:
Washington versus Republican voters  —  When I became the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republicans had just lost control of the Senate.  This does not merely mean Republicans lost the ability to lead committees; it means we lost the ability to control anything about what the Senate does.
Washington Post:
Republicans are readying lawsuits to block Biden's student debt plan  —  GOP attorneys general, top lawmakers and conservative groups are discussing legal options, alleging the White House's move to cancel student debt is illegal  —  Republican state attorneys general and other leading conservatives …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye SoRelle charged in Jan. 6 conspiracy case  —  WASHINGTON — Kellye SoRelle, the general counsel for the far-right organization the Oath Keepers, was arrested in Texas on Thursday after being indicted on four charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, the Justice Department said.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Oath Keepers attorney Kellye SoRelle arrested on Jan. 6 charges
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Donald Trump Is Still a Lunatic  —  Whether Trump's belief that he won in 2020 and will soon be reinstated as president is genuine or not, it makes him unfit for office.  —  On Truth Social this week, Donald Trump, in response to the news that the FBI had disgracefully put pressure on Facebook …
Jaclyn Allen / TheDenverChannel.com:
Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during ‘energy emergency’  —  22,000 people lost control of temperatures in their homes for hours Tuesday  —  DENVER — During the dog days of summer, it's important to keep your home cool.  But when thousands of Xcel customers …
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: Five Races Move in Democrats' Direction, Including Alaska  —  Republican strategists express optimism that the Inflation Reduction Act and President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan will help them shift the spotlight away from abortion and Donald Trump and back onto Democrats' spending measures and inflation.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
ABC News:
Cipollone, Philbin expected to appear Friday before federal grand jury probing Jan. 6: Sources  —  The two former top Trump White House lawyers were subpoenaed earlier.  —  Pat Cipollone in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 2022.  —  Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Former Trump White House lawyers expected to appear Friday before January 6 grand jury
Discussion: Associated Press
Clare Toeniskoetter / New York Times:
Why Do Some People in New Jersey Suddenly Have Bags and Bags of Bags?  —  A ban on single-use plastic and paper bags in grocery stores had an unintended effect: Delivery services switched to heavy, reusable sacks — lots of them.  —  Nicole Kramaritsch of Roxbury, N.J., has 46 bags just sitting in her garage.
Discussion: TheBlaze
Lorna Gibson / Common Sense:
Will I Ever See the $36 Million Oberlin College Owes Me?  —  My family was falsely accused of racism by a powerful school in a small town.  Our business was destroyed.  We won our case.  But the school is refusing to pay.  —  OBERLIN, OHIO — On the night of November, 8, 2016 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
Trump Megadonor Adelson's Republican Spending Spree Is Ending  —  Republicans aren't seeing as many big checks from one of their most generous benefactors, creating a financial hole for the GOP just as Democrats get a fundraising windfall tied to abortion.  —  Miriam Adelson along …
Discussion: Raw Story
Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
How many tanks does Russia really have?  —  Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is already going down in history as the biggest tank slaughter Europe has seen since World War II.  —  The Kremlin's reckless and unsuccessful blitzkrieg on Kyiv resulted in the loss of over 1,000 tanks - within just a few weeks after Feb. 24.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Brian Kemp's Running Mate Is a Fake Elector  —  Georgia's governor makes nice with MAGA by embracing the election deniers who think he cheated Trump.  —  Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp gets a lot of credit for resisting pressure from former President Donald Trump to “find the votes” …
 
 
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WTVM-TV:
Sen. Raphael Warnock's ‘Working for Georgia’ tour stops in Columbus
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Joe Anuta / Politico:
Hochul, Adams disagree on how to handle conceal-carry requests ahead of new gun-control law
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
U.N. Says China May Have Committed ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ in Xinjiang
David Averre / Daily Mail:
Outrage as Berkeley is now demanding students wear masks if they are not vaccinated against FLU
Reuters:
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Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity Deposed In Dominion Defamation Suit Against Fox News
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Beast
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
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 Earlier Items: 
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Michael Bennet virtually tied with GOP challenger Joe O'Dea in Colorado Senate race: Poll
Discussion: The Hill and NRSC
Federico Finchelstein / Washington Post:
Biden called Trumpism ‘semi-fascism.’ The term makes sense, historically.
Associated Press:
Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Tyrannical old Joe's secret police state
Discussion: Breitbart
Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP's midterm fear: Referendum on Trump
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
IRS Sent Over $1 Billion In Stimulus Checks To Locked Up Criminals, Including Murderers
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Just The News