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Dearie asks Trump lawyers whether they believe FBI lied about seized documents — Order by Mar-a-Lago special master is the first time Donald Trump's attorneys have been asked to confirm or deny his claims in court — The Mar-a-Lago special master on Thursday ordered Donald Trump's lawyers …
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Special master in Mar-a-Lago case asks Trump to back up his allegation that FBI ‘planted’ evidence — The special master appointed to review documents federal agents seized at Donald Trump's Florida estate has given the former president until next Friday to back up his allegation that FBI planted evidence in the search on Aug. 8.
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New York Times, HuffPost, UPI, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA

New Marquette Law School national survey finds a third of the public and three-fifths of Republicans don't believe Trump had secret documents at Mar-a-Lago; Biden's approval rating rises to 45% from 36% in July — MILWAUKEE — A new Marquette Law School national survey finds that 33% of adults …
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Trump's legal woes mount without protection of presidency — Stark repudiation by federal judges he appointed. Far-reaching fraud allegations by New York's attorney general. It's been a week of widening legal troubles for Donald Trump, laying bare the challenges piling …
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Mar-a-Lago special master orders Trump team to back up any claims of FBI ‘planting’ evidence — The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump's lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence …

How Trump's terrible day went from bad to worse
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Trump to Hannity: Presidents can declassify documents ‘by thinking about it’
Trump to Hannity: Presidents can declassify documents ‘by thinking about it’
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CBS News, Talking Points Memo, USA Today and Just The News
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Appeals Court Thoroughly Rebukes Federal Judge in Ruling on Mar-a-Lago Files
Appeals Court Thoroughly Rebukes Federal Judge in Ruling on Mar-a-Lago Files
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Company hired to arrange DeSantis' migrant flights is tied to high-level state official — When Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration needed a company it could trust to carry out a controversial program to transport migrants to other states, it chose an unusual option.
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Meet Daniel Uhlfelder, Ron DeSantis' “Chief Tormentor” — Miami native Daniel Uhlfelder is determined to torment Ron DeSantis and get inside the “seriously sick” Florida governor's head. … Standing outside a small airport in the Florida Panhandle on Monday night, attorney …
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Talking Points Memo, Twitchy and BizPac Review

Florida migrant-moving company gave GOP cash, has ties to DeSantis' immigration ‘czar’ and Rep. Matt Gaetz — The air charter company Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration hired for his migrant-moving program has contributed big money to some top allies of the governor and was once legally represented …
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Daily Kos, Digby's Hullabaloo, Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Do people really support GOP governors sending migrants across the U.S.?
Do people really support GOP governors sending migrants across the U.S.?
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Fox News, National Review and Life Its Ownself

'It's a 100% mobilisation': day one of Russia's drive to build its army — Reports ethnic minorities may be disproportionately affected while protesters in Moscow drafted on arrest — ummons delivered to eligible men at midnight. Schoolteachers pressed into handing out draft notices.
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RedState, Slate, Reuters and Washington Post
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Putin ‘passes secret law to send one million Russians to fight in Ukraine’
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Marcus Parekh / Telegraph:
Russia could use nuclear weapons to defend new territories, warns Medvedev
Russia could use nuclear weapons to defend new territories, warns Medvedev
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U.S. has sent private warnings to Russia against using a nuclear weapon — The Biden administration has been sending messages to Moscow about the grave consequences that would follow the use of a nuclear weapon in Ukraine — The United States for several months has been sending private communications …
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Russia's military divided as Putin struggles to deal with Ukraine's counteroffensive, US sources say
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Russia's Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons
Russia's Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
The million-man mistake: Russians hit the streets after Putin mobilization decree
The million-man mistake: Russians hit the streets after Putin mobilization decree
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Pennsylvania poll: Fetterman and Oz in close race for Senate; Shapiro holds big lead over Mastriano — With just over six weeks until the general election, Democratic candidates are holding leads in both the Pennsylvania gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, according to a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll.
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House GOP cuts loose candidate who misled about military service — The House GOP campaign arm is slashing a near-$1 million ad buy meant to target Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) — essentially walking away from what could have been an easy pickup for the party.
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House Candidate Says He Served in Afghanistan, but Air Force Has No Record of It
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Fox News, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars

Trump Made N.Y. Attorney General's Fraud Case Virtually Unbeatable — New York Attorney General Tish James raised eyebrows when she refused last-minute settlement overtures from former President Donald Trump. Her 222-page lawsuit filed Wednesday doubles down, asking for wide-ranging penalties …
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Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
US lawsuit puts Donald Trump's Scottish resorts under scrutiny
US lawsuit puts Donald Trump's Scottish resorts under scrutiny
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The National Interest, Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway

Two numbers that should worry Republicans about Trump 2024 — It's hard to find anyone these days who is a) paying attention to Republican politics and b) thinks Donald Trump is not going to run for president for a third time in 2024. But even as Republican go hurtling toward what feels …
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Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
Trump Support Remains Unmoved by Investigations, Poll Finds
Trump Support Remains Unmoved by Investigations, Poll Finds
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The Liberal Patriot, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Liberty Loft and Progress Pond

EXCLUSIVE: Hunter gone wild! Unhinged videos show the president's son dancing shirtless, slipping down a waterslide naked and entertaining hookers at debauched pool party in $4,140-per-night Malibu rental — WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT — Videos and photos obtained …

The Moscow Signals Declassified: Irradiating Richard Nixon — For more information, contact: — 202-994-7000 or nsarchiv@gwu.edu — Regions — Hide/Unhide Taxonomies … Hide/Unhide Section — The Soviets exposed then Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat …
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Youngkin's meeting with Va. delegation gets heated over trans policy — The Virginia congressional delegation's bipartisan monthly meeting Monday started out cordial enough, with Rep. Bob Good (R) asking special guest Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to lead the delegation in a prayer before sitting down to a Chick-fil-A lunch.
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Punchbowl News, Digby's Hullabaloo and Blue Virginia

Stacey Abrams has a surprising problem with Black voters — As Stacey Abrams took the stage at a recent campaign stop, one person at the crowded Atlanta event was at the top of her mind. “Daddy, stand up,” Abrams said as her father, Robert Abrams, was showered with applause before an audience of several hundred people.
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Erick Erickson's Confessions … and Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Jan. 6 Twitter witness: Failure to curb Trump spurred ‘terrifying’ choice — In an exclusive interview with The Washington Post, a former Twitter official explains what motivated her startling Jan. 6 committee testimony — In an explosive hearing in July, an unidentified former Twitter employee testified …

Alex Jones Managed to Shill Products and Ask For Crypto Donations While Testifying In Court — Jones mumbled, digressed, yelled, and shilled his way through a heated, shambolic day of testimony. — Anna Merlan — Alex Jones took the stand on Thursday in the second defamation trial against him and Infowars.
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I'm a professional dad who “leaned out” to support my wife's career — If we want an equal society, we need to get more comfortable with unequal marriages. — In 2016, I started to feel I was struggling at work. — Until then, my journalism career had been going well.

4-Day Workweek Brings No Loss of Productivity, Companies in Experiment Say — More than 70 companies in Britain are undergoing a six-month experiment in which their employees get a paid day off each week. So far, most companies say it's going well. — Most of the companies participating …

Arizona Senate Moves From Toss Up To Lean Democrat — While the summer bump Democrats experienced may have waned slightly post-Labor Day, they are still in an unexpectedly strong position to hold the Senate. The environment is a boost for now, but incumbents also continue to perform …
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Washington Examiner

US Capitol rioter and alleged Nazi sympathizer sentenced to 4 years in prison — Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an ex-Army reservist and US Capitol rioter who said January 6, 2021, was “exhilarating” and felt like “civil war” was sentenced on Thursday to four years behind bars.