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A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Popular In Politics] Thursday, August 10, 2023 [1. Is This The Indictment That Really Hurts Trump?]( [Polls suggest that voters might take charges related to the attempted reversal of the 2020 election more seriously than past indictments.]( Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was indicted for the third time. Federal prosecutors have charged him with four counts of conspiracy and obstruction in relation to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. [Read more]( [2. All Of Trump’s Indictments Could Seriously Bog Down His Campaign]( [Former President Donald Trump’s growing list of indictments may throw a wrench into his campaign schedule next year.]( Former President Donald Trump’s year just got even busier. [Read more]( [3. Will Three Indictments Prove Too Much For Trump’s Campaign?]( [SlackChat_Amelia_08.03.23_v01_ag]( Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. [Read more]( [4. If RFK Jr. Wants To Be President, He’s Running In The Wrong Primary]( [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president as a Democrat, but his favorability ratings are much higher among Republicans.]( A certain presidential candidate has been very popular lately. He appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast. House Republicans invited him to testify before Congress on censorship. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, also a Republican, has suggested that if he becomes president, he might nominate him to lead the Food and Drug Administration or Centers for Disease Control. GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he’d consider him to be his running mate. [Read more]( [5. Trump’s Rivals Can’t Compete With His Version Of Masculinity]( [TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-ELECTION-TRUMP]( The contest to prove which Republican is the manliest is in full swing. Over the past few months, the GOP candidates have been falling over each other to prove their athletic worth. (Did you know Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is a distance runner? Or that South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott can throw a football? Or that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin — who’s not even running — plays basketball?) And earlier in the summer, there were reports that some aides in former President Donald Trump’s campaign were urging him to engage in some decidedly juvenile comparisons with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis about penis size. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Ohio Voters Weigh In On Abortion (Indirectly)]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.