memeorandum: Friends with Benefits: Sussmann Trial Further Exposes the FBI and Washington Establishment (JONATHAN TURLEY)

11:45 AM ET, May 30, 2022

Top Items:

Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:

Fox News Anchor Makes Impassioned Call for Gun Control, Cuts Off Colleague Who Said Biden 'Isn't Uniting': 'He Can't Do It Alone' — Fox News anchor Arthel Neville made an impassioned call for gun control in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas …

Discussion: ABC News, HuffPost, Raw Story, CBS News and CNN

Travis Caldwell / CNN:

9-year-old describes escaping out a window during the Uvalde school shooting as anger mounts over law enforcement's response — (CNN)As a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week and began firing, one student says his teacher — wounded by bullets — had to text 911 for help after a phone call did not go through.

Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story, KDFX-TV, U.S. Department of Justice and New York Times

Scott Pelley / CBS News:

What makes the AR-15 style rifle the weapon of choice for mass shooters? — The mass murder last week at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has something in common with America's deadliest massacres - the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle. Variations of the AR-15 were used in this month's massacre …

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller and NPR

David French / The French Press:
To Do the Right Thing, You Might Have to Die

Discussion: The Daily Wire, New York Times, CNN, Breitbart, IJR, Washington Post and Politico

Abigail Adcox / Washington Examiner:
Kinzinger says he is ‘open’ to ban on AR-15 and other gun reforms

Discussion: Politico, The Kitchen Pundit, CNN, Twitchy, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, CBS News, Fox News, The Hill, RedState, POLITICUSUSA, Politico and HuffPost

Alexandra Berzon / New York Times:

Lawyer Who Plotted to Overturn Trump Loss Recruits Election Deniers to Watch Over the Vote — A central figure in the scheme to reverse the 2020 election is mobilizing grass-roots activists into an “army of citizens” trained to aggressively monitor elections. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: Raw Story

Theodore R. Johnson / The Bulwark:

Memorial Day—for All Americans — We may disagree with one another about our vision for our country, but so did the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines we honor today. — In the summer of 2004, as a young naval lieutenant and aide-de-camp to a three-star general …

Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
Memorial Day: Veterans launch Green Beret PAC to prevent another Afghanistan-style ‘travesty’

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Arlington National Cemetery to conduct 154th Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony

Discussion: TODAY.com and The Moderate Voice

JONATHAN TURLEY:

Friends with Benefits: Sussmann Trial Further Exposes the FBI and Washington Establishment — Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the Hill on Sussmann trial and what it revealed about the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the combined Russian collusion investigations.

Discussion: RedState

Washington Post:

Ukraine suffers on battlefield while pleading for U.S. arms — 'They're just raining down metal on us,' said a soldier fresh from the front line where Russia is advancing — DONETSK OBLAST, Ukraine — The ambulances hurtled into the parking lot one after the other, each carrying wounded troops directly from the nearby front line.

Discussion: nationalinterest.org

Megan Messerly / Politico:

Austin pushing to effectively decriminalize abortion ahead of ruling on Roe — The state's so-called trigger law, which would take effect 30 days after a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe, includes the nation's harshest criminal penalties on abortion. — The city of Austin is attempting …

Nahal Toosi / Politico:

The Putinologist: CIA chief's long history with Putin gives him special insight — Half of Washington, D.C., is in the business of analyzing Vladimir Putin's every word and move these days. But when CIA Director William Burns speaks of the Russian leader, an autocrat waging a brutal war on Ukraine, his words carry unusual weight.

Discussion: The Bismarck Cables and Wall Street Journal

Julia Shapero / Axios:

Merrick Garland warns of democracy under threat in Harvard speech — Attorney General Merrick Garland warned about threats to democracy in the U.S. and abroad in a commencement speech at Harvard University on Sunday. … - Garland also urged the students, members of the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and U.S. Department of Justice

Washington Post:

The Uvalde shooting ‘stirred something’ in him. So he gave up his gun. — UVALDE, Tex. — For years, even as mass shootings swept the country, Richard Small bristled at any talk of tighter gun restrictions, viewing it as nothing more than politically driven finger-pointing that would do little …

Discussion: Raw Story and KSAT-TV

New York Times:

362 School Counselors on the Pandemic's Effect on Children: ‘Anxiety Is Filling Our Kids’ — In a Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope and relate. — American schoolchildren's learning loss in the pandemic isn't just .

Discussion: Twitchy and The Hill

Brett Sokol / New York Times:

F.B.I. Investigates Basquiat Paintings Shown at Orlando Museum of Art — A subpoena raises questions about an exhibition of works “purported to be by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.” — Give this article- - - Read in app — The ongoing cultural fascination with the life and work …

Discussion: Newslit Daily and The Hill

TMZ.com:

Nancy Pelosi's Husband Paul Arrested for DUI in Napa (UPDATE) — UPDATE — 5:54 AM PT — 5/30 — Paul was involved in a car crash, and that's how officers spotted him. At 10:26 PM Saturday night, the CHP got a call about a 2-car crash in the Napa area, this according to the collision report obtained by TMZ.