memeorandum: As the FBI comes under threat, its leader tries to stay out of fray (Washington Post)

8:25 AM ET, August 21, 2022

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Daughter of prominent Putin supporter killed in Moscow car bomb attack — Daria Dugina's nationalist father Alexander Dugin said to have influenced Russian leader's decision to invade Ukraine — The daughter of a Russian ideologue who is one of the most prominent supporters …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, National Review, CBS News, ABC17NEWS, Fox News, The Guardian and Voice of America

New York Times:

As Attacks Mount in Crimea, Kremlin Faces Rising Domestic Pressures — With the drumbeat of Ukrainian strikes inside Russian-held territory, the visceral reality of war is becoming increasingly apparent to Russians. — Nearly six months into the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin still refers …

Discussion: BBC, Voice of America and The Guardian

Laurence Dollimore / Daily Mail:

Putin's new false flag operation? Russian propaganda channel claims troops have been poisoned in Ukraine amid fears the Kremlin is planning to use fake news as an excuse to use chemical weapons — The Kremlin's propaganda arm has claimed Russian troops were ‘poisoned in a chemical attack in Ukraine’ …

Discussion: The Guardian, Alexander Ziperovich, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit

New York Times:

The Final Days of the Trump White House: Chaos and Scattered Papers — Government documents that President Donald J. Trump had accumulated were with him in roughly two dozen boxes in the White House residence. They were to go to the National Archives, but at least some ended up in Florida.

Discussion: Insider, Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone and Raw Story

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Giuliani Associate Sought Pardon for Him After Jan. 6, Book Says

Discussion: Insider, Alternet.org, PIX11, Mediaite and Raw Story

Herb Scribner / Axios:

Texas migrant buses overwhelm New York, Washington D.C. — New York and Washington, D.C., have become overwhelmed as Texas continues to send buses of migrants to those cities. … This immediately puts migrant families into subpar conditions right when they arrive.

Discussion: Twitchy

Megan McArdle / Washington Post:

Why Trump voters are hurting their own cause in the midterms — The Democratic Party has no better friend at the moment than Donald Trump. — An overwhelming majority of voters pronounce themselves unsatisfied with the condition of the country: Gross domestic product has fallen …

Discussion: Associated Press, Politico, Fox News, New York Times, Michael-In-Norfolk and Plain Dealer

Washington Post:

As the FBI comes under threat, its leader tries to stay out of fray — FBI Director Christopher A. Wray confronts a rise in threats against the FBI stemming from the search for classified documents at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago — From the moment news broke of the FBI's search …

Discussion: Insider, American Greatness and HuffPost

Mike DeForest / WKMG:

3rd resident of The Villages admits to voting twice in the 2020 election — Joan Halstead avoids jail time under pre-trial diversion program — THE VILLAGES, Fla. - A third resident of The Villages has admitted to voting twice during the 2020 election, court records show.

Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:

Trump set to ask court for ‘special master’ to review Mar-a-Lago evidence — Legal motion would seek appointment of official to decide what materials can be used in investigation, attorney and sources say — Donald Trump is expected to seek the appointment of a special court official …

Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and CBS News

CBS News: Trump considering filing motion calling for “special master” to review evidence seized from Mar-a-Lago, attorney says

Eugene Volokh / Reason:

Ramaswamy, Ho, and Goldman — A surprising (to me) controversy. — In Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam, lawyer and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy talks about his internship at Goldman Sachs—an internship that he starts by saying was coveted because Goldman was …

Sam Janesch / Baltimore Sun:

Dan Cox says he will oppose step to count mail-in ballots earlier — Republican gubernatorial nominee, who helped spread President Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread election fraud in 2020, is criticizing Maryland officials' legal action that would allow local election workers …

Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:

Abortion battle delays flood aid for New Orleans amid hurricane fears — The abortion rights battle between conservative states and their liberal cities claimed another casualty on Thursday after Louisiana state officials delayed storm aid to New Orleans even as the city faced a flood advisory …

Discussion: CNN

Yelena Dzhanova / Insider:

GOP candidate and anti-abortion advocate running for Michigan governor said rape victims find ‘healing’ by being forced to have a baby — Tudor Dixon, the GOP nominee for Michigan governor, said rape victims and a child born of rape could form a “bond.” — She used this argument …

Discussion: HuffPost, Jezebel, Newsweek, Political Wire and Mediaite

Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:

Trump-backed Kari Lake endorses antisemitic GOP candidate who said ‘Jews will go to hell’ — Republican candidate for Arizona governor Kari Lake has endorsed a conservative antisemitic candidate for the Oklahoma state Senate who once said that Jewish people “will go to hell.”

Discussion: Arizona Republic, Axios, Fox News and Mediaite