memeorandum: People are outraged now, but by 2024 most will have forgotten about the FBI raid on Trump (Christopher Tremoglie/Washington Examiner)

10:01 AM ET, August 15, 2022

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Trump's Shifting Explanations Follow a Familiar Playbook — The former president and his allies have given often conflicting defenses of his retention of classified documents, without addressing why he had kept them. — WASHINGTON — First he said that he was “working and cooperating with” …

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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:

Some Republicans Make a More Restrained Case for Defending Trump — When some G.O.P. members of Congress attacked the nation's top law enforcement agencies immediately after the F.B.I.'s search of Mar-a-Lago, it underscored deep fissures within the party. — WASHINGTON — As Republicans continued …

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Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:

People are outraged now, but by 2024 most will have forgotten about the FBI raid on Trump — The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence was the main topic of conversation on the Sunday political talk circuit. The discussion varied on each show but mostly consisted of whether or not Trump broke the law.

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Inside the White House's plan to sell itself — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — THE WEEK —Today: The congressional delegation visiting Taiwan is due to depart. ... Tuesday: Primaries in Alaska (which also has a special election for House) …

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NBC News:
FBI and DHS warn threats to federal law enforcement have spiked since Mar-a-Lago search

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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:

Election deniers march toward power in key 2024 battlegrounds — GOP nominees who dispute the 2020 results could be positioned to play a critical role in the next presidential election — First came Kristina Karamo, a community college instructor from Detroit who claimed without evidence …

Robert Draper / New York Times:

The Arizona Republican Party's Anti-Democracy Experiment — First, it turned against the establishment. Now it has set its sights on democracy — the principles, the process and even the word itself. — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

Linda Rawles / Arizona Republic:

There's only 1 way to fix the Arizona GOP: Make it lose in November — Opinion: The Arizona GOP is broken to this lifelong Republican, and the only way to fix it is to ensure our most deranged candidates lose in November. — What on earth has happened to the Arizona Republican Party?

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

Liz Cheney's political life is likely ending — and just beginning — JACKSON, Wyo. — The 2-minute video, meant ostensibly as the closing appeal to voters here, likely served much more as the launching point of a campaign that will last for years to come. — “No matter how long we must fight …

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Politico:

Cheney's next mission: Keeping her anti-Trump megaphone — JACKSON, Wyo. — When the Justice Department searched Donald Trump's home, signaling a possible escalation of investigative work that's drawing closer to the former president, it also created a complication for Liz Cheney.

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Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:

Iran denies involvement in Rushdie attack, says he brought it on himself — Iran denied any involvement Monday in last week's attack that left author Salman Rushdie with severe injuries after he was stabbed in the neck and abdomen onstage at an event in western New York.

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Mitchell Prothero / VICE:
Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect 'Had Contact With Iran's Revolutionary Guard'

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Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
Exclusive: Distraught mother of alleged Iranian sympathizer accused of trying to murder Salman Rushdie says her son returned home as religious zealot …

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Amatullah Shaw / BuzzFeed:

Sofia Carson Is Defending The Netflix Movie “Purple Hearts” Despite The Backlash Against It — Sofia Carson is defending her new movie Purple Hearts despite the backlash it's been receiving. — She stars as Cassie, a singer-songwriter who marries Luke, a Marine, to get healthcare benefits after being diagnosed with diabetes.

Kevin Johnson / USA Today:

Federal judge rejects Sen. Lindsey Graham's bid to quash grand jury subpoena in Georgia case — A federal judge in Georgia denied Sen. Lindsey Graham's bid to avoid testifying before a Atlanta-area grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 election, rejecting the Trump ally's claim …

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Washington Post:

New Afghanistan report an investigative roadmap, if GOP wins the House — The report contains new details about the number of Americans left behind and the paucity of State Department staff to process Afghans trying to flee. — Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee …

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Emily Miller / Emily Posts News:

Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger, toldyaso — FBI forensics report shows actor lied about how he killed Halyna Hutchins on the ‘Rust’ set — Actor Alec Baldwin repeatedly said he did not pull the trigger of the gun when he shot and killed his cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct. 21, 2021.

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