Plus: KFC stunt | Thursday, August 11, 2022
| | | | | | | Presented By Wells Fargo | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen · Aug 11, 2022 | | Good Thursday afternoon. Today's PM — edited by Kate Nocera and copy edited by Sheryl Miller — is 584 words, a 2-minute read. | | | | | | 1 big thing: Garland warns against attacking FBI |  | | | Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images | | | | Attorney General Merrick Garland went on live TV this afternoon to announce that the Justice Department has moved to unseal parts of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant, Axios' Erin Doherty reports. - Garland said he made the move because of what he called — in a considerable understatement — "substantial public interest in this matter." Trump can object to the filing being unsealed.
Why it matters: With rhetoric about the search rising online, Garland was stepping into the information vacuum to encourage calm. In his first public comments since Monday's search, Garland said he "personally approved" the decision to seek a search warrant — a move he said the department did not take "lightly." - "Where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means," he said.
⚠️ Threat level: Garland defended the FBI and its agents against increasingly violent rhetoric from the right. - "I will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked," he said. "The men and women of the FBI and the Justice Department are dedicated patriotic public servants every day."
Garland didn't take questions. |     | | | | | | 2. Wastewater goes mainstream |  | | | Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios | | | | When a case of poliovirus was recently detected in New York, health department officials immediately had a tool at their disposal to check for disease transmission: wastewater collected for COVID sampling. - While there was some level of wastewater surveillance before the pandemic, COVID supercharged it by prompting the creation of the National Wastewater Surveillance System, Axios' Tina Reed and Arielle Dreher report.
What's happening: Now investigators can use wastewater to look for the spread of diseases like monkeypox, polio, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus. - Universities have banded together to create their own networks of wastewater testing.
🧠 How it works: Virus levels in wastewater typically rise several days before an area sees an increase in clinical cases. - But since the sludge can't be used to pinpoint individual cases, it's not a replacement for test-and-trace and other public health tools.
Share this story. | | | | | | | | A message from Wells Fargo | | "It makes me feel a lot more positive about the future" | | |  | | | | David Miller never had the chance to apply the skills he learned in college and grad school to a job — until he joined Wells Fargo through its Neurodivergent Program. What you need to know: The program aims to create opportunities for those historically underserved in the job market. Here's how. | | | | | | 3. Catch up quick |  | | | Photo: Anna Szilagyi/AP | | | - Above, a boat lies on a dried lakebed in Velence, Hungary. The region's fourth severe heat wave of the summer — coupled with raging wildfires and a dire drought — is threatening at least 60% of Europe, Axios' Andrew Freedman reports. Go deeper.
- 🍔 McDonald's said it plans to start a phased reopening of some of its restaurants in Kyiv and western Ukraine as the war continues. Go deeper.
- An armed man in body armor tried to break into a security screening area at an FBI field office in Ohio today, then fled and was injured in an exchange of gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement. Go deeper.
| | | | | | | | 4. 🐦 KFC's artful troll |  | | | Via Twitter | | | | Consumer brands and governments have embraced the riskiest communication tool of them all ... trolling. - In this tricky quest to balance smarts and snark, KFC's Twitter feed stands out to Eleanor Hawkins, author of our new weekly newsletter, Axios Communicators.
KFC got creative by quietly unfollowing everyone except for five members of the Spice Girls and six dudes named Herb — including Axios' breaking-news reporter Herb Scribner — as an ode to its 11 herbs and spices. - The marketers behind the gimmick didn't pitch it to the press, but instead waited for Twitter users to notice and spread the word.
Behind the scenes from Herb: KFC sent him eleven $11 gift cards — and a trophy. | | | | | | | | A message from Wells Fargo | | Meaningful opportunities for people with diverse abilities | | |  | | | | In July, the Americans with Disabilities Act turned 32. Still, up to 80% of neurodiverse people are unemployed, reported the Harvard Business Review. To create more equal opportunities, Wells Fargo's Neurodiversity Program aims to hire 300 to 400 candidates by 2023. Meet a few of the hires. | | |  | | Are you a fan of this email format? It's called Smart Brevity®. Over 300 orgs use it — in a tool called Axios HQ — to drive productivity with clearer workplace communications. | | | | | | Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here.
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