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5:50 AM ET, May 20, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election  —  WASHINGTON — Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son.  One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Expands to Israeli Entrepreneur With U.A.E. Ties  —  Investigation has sought testimony regarding work of Joel Zamel, founder of several private consulting firms  —  WASHINGTON—Special counsel Robert Mueller's probe is looking more closely into Middle Eastern involvement …
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Report Suggests Blackwater Founder Erik Prince May Have Lied to Congress  —  He told Congress he didn't meet with the Trump campaign.  A new story says he did. … Blackwater founder Erik Prince appears to have a problem.  The New York Times reported Saturday that Prince …
Discussion: Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
Texas school shooter killed girl who turned down his advances and embarrassed him in class, mother says  —  As he heard the gunshots approaching down the hall Friday morning, Santa Fe High School student Abel San Miguel, 15, hid with a handful of classmates in the art class storage closet.
Discussion: FOX40, The Daily Caller and The Week
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Washington Post:
Texas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice.  And still 10 people died. … SANTA FE, TEX. — They, like so many others, thought they had taken the steps to avoid this.  —  The school district had an ­active-shooter plan, and two armed police officers walked the halls of the high school.
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Texas Shooting Suspect Seems ‘Weirdly Nonemotional,’ Lawyer Says  —  The 17-year-old student who authorities said killed 10 people when he opened fire in an art class in his Houston-area high school appeared to be disoriented on the morning after the rampage, one of his lawyers said Saturday.
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael Rodriguez / Monitor:   Family mourns news that Pharr churchgoer among school shooting victims
Washington Post:
Alleged school killer Dimitrios Pagourtzis had a fondness for trench coats and a growing darkness
Discussion: Off the Kuff and ThinkProgress
Lawfare:
'The Day that We Can't Protect Human Sources': The President and the House Intelligence Committee Burn an Informant  —  It wasn't that long ago that both the executive branch and the legislature in this country considered the protection of intelligence sources a matter of surpassing national importance.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
In Huge Disappointment, the FBI's Super-Secret Trump Informant Turns Out to Be . . . Stefan Halper
Discussion: Politico, RealClearPolitics and IJR
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Why does Trump get away with corruption?  Because Bill and Hillary Clinton normalized it  — Scandals continue to pile up on the Trump administration — yet the president's approval ratings are on the rise.  — One reason is that it's been embedded in political culture most prominently …
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Jennifer Wright / New York Post:
It's time for Bill Clinton to take a walk in the Chappaqua woods  —  It's 2018.  One of the world's most powerful married men had a 22-year-old intern perform oral sex on him in his office.  He's been accused of sexual assault by three other women.  One claims, as is the case with so many of the men …
New York Daily News:
Al Sharpton says royal wedding shows white supremacy is ‘on its last breath’  —  Al Sharpton said the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who is biracial, is a sign that white supremacy is “on its last breath.”  —  Sharpton spoke of the nuptials during …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and IJR
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New York Times:
The Last Days of Time Inc.  —  It was once an empire.  Now it is being sold for parts.  —  Time Inc. began, in 1922, with a simple but revolutionary idea hatched by Henry R. Luce and Briton Hadden.  The two men, graduates of Yale University, were rookie reporters at The Baltimore News …
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Jamie Crawford / CNN:
US withdrawing aid from northwest Syria  —  Israel: Dozens of Iranian targets hit in Syria  —  (CNN)The United States is withdrawing assistance from northwest Syria as the Trump administration reviews hundreds of millions of dollars in stabilization aid to Syria, a State Department official has told CNN.
Frank Camp / Daily Wire:
WATCH: Andrew Pollack, Father Of Slain Parkland Student, Advocates For Metal Detectors, Single-Point Entry, And Armed Guards At Schools  —  On Friday, Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the Parkland shooting in February, appeared on CNN's “Anderson Cooper 360” to discuss safe schools in the wake of the Texas shooting.
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
CA Rep. Devin Nunes launches desperate fundraising pitch — in Virginia  —  With no accomplishments to speak of, Devin Nunes is touting his role as a doormat for Trump and begging East Coast donors to save him from voters in his own district.  —  Since Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …
 
 
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Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
Rob Reiner: We've Never Had TV Networks Align with a President!
Washington Post:
As tensions with Trump deepen, Europe wonders if America is lost for good
Washington Post:
In Bahrain, a smoldering insurgency reveals the resilience of Iran's proxy war
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
Germany Acts to Tame Facebook, Learning From Its Own History of Hate
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher and Bari Weiss Cruelly Blame Palestinians for Gaza Massacre
Wall Street Journal:
China Rejects U.S. Target for Narrowing Trade Gap
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Michael Grimm Is Out Of Prison And Trying To Win Back His Seat In Congress.  Anthony Scaramucci Is Here To Help.
Discussion: Mediaite
Lois Weiss / New York Post:
Brookfield buys partnership in Kushner-owned 666 Fifth Ave. in $120M deal
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Cohen's Attorneys Accuse Michael Avenatti of Professional Misconduct in New Court Filing
John Light / Talking Points Memo:
Aaron Schlossberg Is Our Duke Of The Week
Discussion: New York Post and Common Dreams
Libby Schaaf / Washington Post:
No, Mr. President, I am not obstructing justice
Discussion: Breitbart and CNN
Roger L Simon / PJ Media Home:
The Inspector General's Report Will Expose the MSM as Treasonous
Discussion: The Mahablog
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Melania Trump returns to the White House after hospital treatment
Discussion: Reuters, New York Magazine and ABC News
Axios:
Shocking details emerge from China's re-education camps for Muslims
Discussion: Instapundit
 

 
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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:
A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime
 
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