"Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963
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Trump, 18 others indicted for trying to overthrow 2020 Georgia election
Former president charged with racketeering, other felonies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The US and Iran look for de-escalation
Risk of deepening nuclear crisis remains, but any efforts to contain it are welcom.
Financial Times
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Who’s who in the Georgia Trump indictment
In a 41-count, 98-page indictment handed up Monday by a Fulton County grand jury, former President Donald Trump and 18 allies are accused of committing more than a dozen felonies while trying to overturn Trump’s defeat in Georgia’s 2020 election.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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New Hampshire 2024: DeSantis Fades, Trump Maintains Lead in Primary
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Republican Primary voters in New Hampshire plan to support former President Donald Trump for the 2024 nomination, a 40-point advantage over all other candidates, similar to his 41-point lead in March. As the field of candidates has come more into focus since March, Florida Governor DeSantis no longer holds second place with double digits, instead has fallen to 8%.
Emerson College Polling
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Could Ted Cruz lose re-election?
Texas is in many ways one giant suburb. Dallas has a surprisingly small downtown area for a city that forms the core of the nation's fourth largest metro area. With suburbanites across the South abruptly shifting their voting patterns in the late 2010s and beginning to vote like their northern peers, the cost/benefit calculus for the GOP shifted abruptly.
RealClearPolitics, Sean Trende
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The Agony of Mike Pence
Why does he think the people who wanted to kill him will vote for him?
The Atlantic
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The Media Still Doesn’t Get Biden Voters
Joe Biden was swept into the White House by a record number of votes from a wide variety of Americans, and he’s not a charismatic leader who commands crowd and camera, singlehandedly inspiring new voters as Barack Obama or Donald Trump did. If conservative elites don’t like it, maybe they should stop behaving in ways that make Bidenism inevitable.
The Bulwark
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Special Counsel Proposes January Date for Trump’s Election Interference Trial
The former president’s legal team will get to suggest its own timetable for the case next week and will surely object to the government’s proposal.
The New York Times
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House GOP weighs shutdown escape hatch: A deal with Dems
House Republicans are nearing an uncomfortable realization: They may have to rely on their opponents to help avoid a government shutdown.
Politico
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Growing Warnings: Biden could get scorched by green dependency on red China
A growing chorus of critics, including some Democrats, argue that the administration's effort to grapple with America's foremost adversary is contradictory, illustrated in the White House's Beijing-empowering pursuit of ambitious climate change goals.
RealClearInvestigations
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Fox’s Chief Legal Officer Will Depart
Viet Dinh, an influential force inside the company, advised it through its $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.
The New York Times
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Republicans Wanted a Special Counsel Investigation of Hunter Biden. Now Many Oppose It.
Although some G.O.P. lawmakers see the appointment of David C. Weiss as a vindication of their strategy, others criticize the now-scuttled plea deal he struck with Mr. Biden.
The New York Times
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At the Iowa State Fair, DeSantis Can’t Seem to Catch a Break
The Florida governor was hoping to have the stage to himself, but Donald Trump and his supporters have made that hard to achieve.
The New York Times
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Pence is having a moment. It’s all about Trump and Jan. 6
At the Iowa State Fair, the former vice president is leaning into his actions on the day of the Capitol riot.
Politico
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Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump’s team is behind voting system breach
Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources tell CNN.
CNN
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GOP sees turnout disaster without Trump
Republican strategists are worried that if former President Trump doesn’t secure the GOP’s presidential nomination next year, or if he is kept off the ballot because of his mounting legal problems, it could spell a voter turnout disaster for their party in 2024.
The Hill
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Opinion Essay - Why Are So Many of Trump’s Alleged Co-Conspirators Lawyers?
The second federal indictment of Donald Trump describes conduct that posed a profound threat to our constitutional democracy — conduct that deserves serious punishment if proven. But the former president did not act alone. At least five and perhaps all six of the individuals who are alleged to have conspired with Mr. Trump to strip millions of Americans of their right to have their votes counted had a special duty to protect our constitutional system. They were lawyers.
The New York Times
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Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn blamed Jews for boarding trains to Auschwitz — here’s all the offensive comments he’s made about Jews
Flynn, a Christian nationalist who told Trump to suspend the Constitution, has a history of repeating antisemitic tropes.
The Forward
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Principles First'er LYNN SCHMIDT -- Pence: A man of character and integrity
If you care about liberal democracy here and abroad, while maintaining civility, it might be time to give Mike Pence a second look in the Republican primary election.
Wisconsin State Journal
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is out but not down
The Georgia member of Congress was booted from the Freedom Caucus, but it hasn’t hurt her standing back home.
Politico
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Georgians Putting Principles First
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Georgia State University’s Robert Buschman Appointed State Economist
August 16, 2023
Gov. Brian P. Kemp recently announced his appointment of longtime Principles First'er Robert Buschman as Georgia’s state economist, effective Sept. 1. Buschman is interim director of the Public Finance Research Cluster in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
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National Constitution Center Podcast | Judge Luttig on the Indictment of President Donald Trump
August 14, 2023
On this episode of We the People, Jeffrey Rosen has a special conversation with Judge J. Michael Luttig on his views on former President Trump’s indictment and the role Luttig played in defusing the fallout of the January 6 events at the U.S. Capitol.
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PBS NewsHour - Conservative retired judge says Trump 'corroded and corrupted American democracy'
August 14, 2023
An influential group of Republican legal voices called for a Jan. 2024 trial date to be set for Donald Trump for his attempt to overturn the presidential election. The group included former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge and one of the nation's leading conservative legal minds. Judy Woodruff spoke with Luttig for her series, America at a Crossroads.
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The Sweep and Force of Section Three
Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids holding office by former office holders who then participate in insurrection or rebellion. Because of a range of misperceptions and mistaken assumptions, Section Three’s full legal consequences have not been appreciated or enforced. This article corrects those mistakes by setting forth the full sweep and force of Section Three.
Prof. William Baude and Professor Michael Stokes Paulsen at the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 172, 2024
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The Totally Not Boring Story of the Most Normal Republican Presidential Candidate
Asa Hutchinson was a GOP star. Then came Donald Trump.
Ben Birnbaum at Politico
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The GOP’s Man in Kyiv Has a Message for Ukraine Skeptics
Republicans are divided over aid for Ukraine. Steven Moore is the guy working behind the scenes to keep them on board.
David Phinney at Politico
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McConnell in Winter: Inside the GOP Leader’s Attempt to Thwart Trump
The Kentucky Republican is doing all he can to bolster Ukraine, preserve NATO and help his party maintain its Reaganite roots.
Jonathan Martin at Politico
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The Fulton County Indictment: An Initial Examination
The document is unlike anything else pending against Trump in the scope of its allegations of criminality.
Benjamin Wittes at Lawfare
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Good Faith Podcast with Curtis Chang - Losing our Religion (with Russell Moore)
August 12, 2023
Russell Moore talks about his new book, “Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America.”
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Making Sense with Sam Harris - What Happened to the Republican Party?
August 12, 2023
Bret Stephens talks about the current state of the Republican Party: the strange attitudes toward Putin, the character of Tucker Carlson, the war in Ukraine, the 2024 Presidential election, how Trump captured the Republican Party, the criminal charges against Trump, and the future of conservatism.
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🚨🚨 #PrinciplesFirst alerts:
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🚨🚨 #PrinciplesFirst alert:
Credit where it’s due: @JamesComer acknowledges the similarity between Hunter Biden’s business dealings and Jared Kushner’s. Says Kushner “crossed an ethical line.”
Our public discourse advances when politicians apply principles to their side, too. https://t.co/TRfMOmBsVw— Principles First (@Principles_1st) August 11, 2023
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🚨🚨 #PrinciplesFirst alert:
@GovChristie defends the rule of law and our justice system: “Look, you know what, Hugh? I believe you can get a fair trial anywhere you’re venued in this country. I absolutely do.”
He’s absolutely right. America doesn’t have GOP and Dem juries. https://t.co/xOWoPZ4DRP
— Principles First (@Principles_1st) August 10, 2023
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