Morning Reads – Thursday, August 12, 2021

Peaches 

• What $750k will get you in Texas, Michigan, and Georgia 
• Former U.S. Attorney Pak testifies to Senate committee about resigning
• And coverage from CNN 
• Georgia elections chief seeks constitutional ban on voting that’s already illegal
• Georgia’s Mask and Vaccine Drama on Full Display at Athens City Hall
• Prosecutors: Atlanta Kids Got Donations for Notorious Gang
• Stacey Abrams’ silence causing great disturbance among Democrats
• Dems file FEC complaint against Rep. Buddy Carter
• State lawmakers barred from touring Arrendale prison
• COVID aside, Are songbirds in Georgia dying from an unknown disease?

Jimmy Carter 

• Judge refuses to toss out Dominion defamation suits against Powell, Giuliani and Lindell
• Biden slams Trump
• Government Wants a Greater Role in How Americans Access Internet
• IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”
• The Media Falsely Accused a Rockies Fan of Shouting a Racial Epithet
• Officials still looking for parents of 337 separated children, court filing says
• If You Build It, They Will Come: Apple Has Opened the Backdoor to Increased Surveillance and Censorship Around the World

Sweet Tea

• Animal shelter puts lonely pets on Tinder
• Your politeness is being judged 
• The pay-for-play scandal behind many sexy Maxim, Playboy ‘covers’