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Trump Declares ‘Total Victory’ Over Letitia James

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President Trump quickly claimed “total victory” over the case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James after a New York appeals court dismissed a $500 million civil business fraud fine.

Said Trump: “She is a Trump Deranged Lunatic! They made me bond the outrageous sum, which never happened before, and which cost me Millions of Dollars a month. It should have never been allowed to happen, and everyone knew it!”

NPR: An appeals court throws out a massive civil fraud penalty against President Trump.

Kamala Harris to Kick Off Book Tour

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Former vice president Kamala Harris is set to embark on a 15-city book tour to promote her new memoir, 107 Days, her first series of planned public appearances around the country since she lost the presidential election in November, the Washington Post reports.

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Trump to Patrol D.C. Streets with National Guard

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President Trump said he plans to go out on patrol with the Metropolitan Police Department and National Guard troops around Washington, D.C., on Thursday night amid a federal crackdown on crime, The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “I’m going to be going out tonight, I think, with the police and with the military, of course. So we’re going to do a job.”

ABC News: Trump says he will go out with police, military to patrol DC Thursday night.

Trump Softens Enforcement of Gun Laws in D.C.

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“Washington DC’s top federal prosecutor says that her office will pursue the toughest criminal charges for arrests made in the Trump administration’s purported crime crackdown, even as the office softens enforcement of a DC law that makes it illegal to possess rifles and shotguns in the city,” CNN reports.

House Panel May Subpoena Kamala Harris

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said that testimony from former Vice President Kamala Harris would be “helpful” in his panel’s probe of former President Biden’s mental acuity and his White House’s use of autopen during his term, The Hill reports.

Said Comer: “I think that it would be helpful to hear from Kamala Harris. We haven’t decided whether or not we’re going to issue the subpoena or not, but certainly she’s welcome to come to the committee.”

Appeals Court Throws Out $500M Penalty Against Trump

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“An appeals court on Thursday threw out a more than $500 million judgment against President Trump and his business empire in a sharply splintered ruling that paves the way for further proceedings before New York’s highest court,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The decision from a five-judge panel provides a significant legal boost for Trump in the case, which was brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.”

Trump Portrays Cities as Chaotic Dystopias

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Washington Post: “As Trump ramps up the military presence in Washington — and hints that he may move to take over other cities — his crackdown punctuates a frequent Republican message that American cities embody chaos, lawlessness and immorality, despite widespread recent drops in violent crime.”

“With cities increasingly liberal and rural stretches ever more conservative, Republicans have a growing incentive to attack urban areas as the epitome of all that is wrong with America.”

Enshittification

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Coming soon: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow.

“It’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.”

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Deportations Reach New High After Summer Surge

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“President Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations may be coming closer to reality. Until June, deportations had lagged behind immigration arrests and detentions. By the first week of August, deportations reached nearly 1,500 people per day, according to the latest data, a pace not seen since the Obama administration,” the New York Times reports.

“With an infusion of cash from Mr. Trump’s domestic policy bill signed in July — an extra $76 billion that Immigration and Customs Enforcement can spend over a little more than four years — the agency appears poised to scale its operations even further.”

Democratic Darling Showered with GOP PAC Money

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“Texas Democrat James Talarico has built a national profile railing against GOP billionaires in politics — but has quietly accepted funds from a PAC backed by one of the wealthiest donors in the Republican Party,” Politico reports.

“The single biggest donor to Talarico’s state House reelection bid last year was a group funded by casino mogul Miriam Adelson, according to state campaign finance data.”

Countries Are Strategizing How to Please Trump

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Bloomberg: “Governments have made an array of concessions and overtures to notch a better deal with Washington, or to simply please Trump…”

“That coveted Nobel is a common approach. Several leaders have nominated Trump for the award, including those in Pakistan — amid its dispute with India — and in Cambodia, after its clash with Thailand. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used it to cement his bond with the US president during a meeting last month.”

Bernie Sanders Sees Eye-to-Eye with Trump on Intel

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“There’s at least one senator supportive of President Donald Trump’s negotiations to take a government stake in chip maker Intel: Bernie Sanders (I-VT),” Punchbowl News reports.

“The Trump administration revealed this week that it is working to turn CHIPS Act grants Intel received into equity in the company. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC such a move will ensure the federal government gets ‘a good return for the American taxpayer instead of just giving grants away.'”

“Here’s the thing, though: this idea was first proposed by Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).”

How Tiffany Trump’s Husband Has Benefited Financially

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New York Times: “Michael Boulos was an aspiring businessman, just a few years out of college, when he knelt in the White House Rose Garden in January 2021 and asked President Trump’s daughter Tiffany Trump to marry him.”

“Almost immediately after she said yes, Mr. Boulos, his family and their associates were benefiting financially from his proximity to his soon-to-be in-laws.”

About Political Wire

goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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