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8:30 AM ET, August 21, 2022

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Max Seddon / Financial Times:
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 …
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New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Opens Murder Investigation After Blast Kills Daughter of Putin Ally  —  Daria Dugina died after the vehicle she was driving exploded outside Moscow on Saturday.  Her father, Aleksandr Dugin, is said to have influenced President Vladimir Putin's views, including on the war in Ukraine.
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’ …
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.
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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 …
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 …
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
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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
 
 
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Trump in ‘Really Dangerous Territory,’ Maybe Committed ‘Treason’: Kirschner
Discussion: Insider
New York Times:
In India, New Wave of Trauma as 11 Convicted of Rape and Murder Walk Free
Dennis Aftergut / The Hill:
President Biden: Please honor this Army hero
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Associated Press:
Finland asks: Does a prime minister have a right to party?
Discussion: ABC17NEWS
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
The woman accused of stealing Pelosi's laptop gets to attend Renaissance Faire
Discussion: New York Post
Marlow Stern / Yahoo News:
B.J. Novak Shuts Down Bill Maher's ‘Cancel Culture’ Nonsense
Romy Ellenbogen / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis touted their arrest. But ex-felons say they weren't told they couldn't vote.
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Bloomberg:
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