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8:05 AM ET, August 21, 2022

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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’ …
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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
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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Giuliani Associate Sought Pardon for Him After Jan. 6, Book Says  —  The letter, which also requested that Rudolph W. Giuliani be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was intercepted before reaching President Donald J. Trump.  —  An associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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
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 …
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
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
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 …
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 …
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Trump in ‘Really Dangerous Territory,’ Maybe Committed ‘Treason’: Kirschner  —  Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said Friday that Donald Trump is in “really dangerous territory” legally, and that the former president may have committed “treason.”  —  Trump faces multiple investigations …
Discussion: Insider
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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 …
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.”
 
 
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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
Associated Press:
Finland asks: Does a prime minister have a right to party?
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Vanessa Romo / NPR:
The woman accused of stealing Pelosi's laptop gets to attend Renaissance Faire
Discussion: New York Post
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Where Are All the Manhattan Voters in August? Try the Hamptons.
Romy Ellenbogen / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis touted their arrest. But ex-felons say they weren't told they couldn't vote.
Carter Walker / LancasterOnline:
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Matt Phillips / Axios:
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Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Microsoft plans to add the latest installment of Call of Duty to Xbox Game Pass at launch this fall, a major shakeup of its video game sales strategy

Will Knight / Wired:
OpenAI's entire Superalignment team, which was focused on the existential dangers of AI, has either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups

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