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How a law associated with mobsters could be central in possible charges against Trump

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened her investigation into Donald Trump after the release of a recording of a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger

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Tommy Tuberville reportedly doesn't live in Alabama − should he still be its senator?

Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville has come under scrutiny following reports that he recently sold the last remaining properties he owns in the state that he represents in the U.S. Senate. Instead, Tuberville appears to live almost full time at his beach house in the Florida panhandle.

The Conversation

Experts: Trump is "witness tampering"

"This is going to go so very badly for Trump," predicted MSNBC legal analyst Katie Phang

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RFK Jr claims he ‘misunderstood’ question after supporting abortion ban

Presidential contender’s campaign claims he ‘misheard’ reporter’s question to explain total reversal of position

The Independent UK

Mitch McConnell’s GOP colleagues have ‘grown alarmed’ about aging senator’s health

GOP lawmakers are questioning whether Mr McConnell can see out his Senate term

The Independent UK

Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action

New guidance from the Biden administration urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on their campuses after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions

The Independent UK

Trump assails judge in 2020 election case after she warned him not to make inflammatory remarks

Donald Trump is attacking the federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against him days after she warned him not to make inflammatory statements about the case

The Independent UK

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1.5% of all absentee/mail-in ballots were rejected in 2022

Voters cast 36,683,450 absentee/mail-in ballots in the 2022 general election. Of that total 549,824—or 1.5%—were rejected, roughly equal to the 1.4% rejection rate in 2018, the most recent midterm election, and up from the 1.0% and 0.8% rejection rates in the 2016 and 2020 presidential election cycles, respectively.

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Trump "dares" Judge Chutkan with attack

Trump claimed the judge overseeing his election conspiracy case "obviously wants me behind bars"

Salon

Trump wildly inflates size of crowd at Iowa State Fair

It is not clear where Trump got the numbers that he had record attendance

The Independent UK

Chicago mayor to introduce the police department’s counterterrorism head as new superintendent

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will introduce the police department’s counterterrorism head as his choice for police superintendent of the nation’s third-largest city

The Independent UK

Trump hits out at Georgia district attorney as fourth indictment looms

Former US president could soon face charges in state of Georgia over his efforts to overturn 2020 election results.

Al Jazeera

Trump praises ‘terrific’ white supremacist conspiracy theorist

Laura Loomer, banned from social media after describing herself as ‘proud Islamophobe’, draws approval from former president

The Guardian - US

Voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to decide on ballot initiative to create an alternative police team to address certain calls related to mental health

Voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, will decide in Nov. 2023 on a citizen-initiated ballot measure that would create the Mobile Community Responder Pilot Program (MCRPP). The program would be designed as an alternative first response to various types of calls related to mental and behavioral health, substance use, welfare checks, family…

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Prosecutors charge Donald Trump and 18 others with election interference crimes – as it happened

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PragerU's true goal: "Indoctrinate" kids

What Ron DeSantis wants to teach kids: Racism and inequality don't matter, and politics can't solve injustice

The Guardian - US

Trump has no serious first amendment defense in a court of law. Here’s why

Words that criminal defendants have written or spoken are used against them all the time. Perhaps you’ve heard of a confession?

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles: hotel workers’ strike ignites backlash among academics

Academics are boycotting their annual meeting after they say leadership spurned a union request to move online or cancel

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Donald Trump expected to face 2020 election charges in Georgia this week

Witness summonses give clear indication prosecution is about to start, with indictments also expected against a dozen others

Salon

"Anti-woke" movement jumps the shark

A bizarre racist outburst at a Texas school board isn't an isolated event — it's part of a national pattern

Ballotpedia

1.5% of all absentee/mail-in ballots were rejected in 2022, roughly equal to 2018

Welcome to the Monday, August 14, 2023, Brew.

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis faces ‘pudding fingers’ chant and other protests during Iowa campaign stop

‘B****es get stuff done’ group tails second-place GOP candidate in early caucus state

The Independent UK

Trump mocked for sarcastic response to 2020 election interference question: ‘You know the answer’

‘He didn’t say no’

WEKU

Alabama lost a voting rights case at the Supreme Court. It's still trying to win

Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

The Independent UK

How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump

Just one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of state could overturn his election loss, district attorney Fani Willis announced she was looking into possibly illegal “attempts to influence” the results

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