memeorandum: The Latest: Mattis: ‘Possibly some good news’ on summit (Associated Press)

3:15 PM ET, May 25, 2018

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After summit pullout, South Korea and China have little appetite for Trump's ‘maximum pressure’ — SEOUL — President Trump credited his “maximum pressure” campaign of sanctions and threats with bringing North Korea to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear weapons program.

Discussion: ABC News, Axios, Politico, The Week, Mediaite and RedState

Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:

President Trump Is a Better Dealbreaker Than Dealmaker — His blown-up North Korea summit proves it. — At 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, I was speaking with a senior Administration official involved in the preparations for President Trump's summit with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and American Thinker

Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Says North Korea Summit May Be Rescheduled

Discussion: Townhall, CNN, Washington Post, New Republic, BBC, Axios, Roll Call, The Intercept and Outside the Beltway

NBC News:
Inside the summit collapse: Trump wanted to cancel before N. Korean leader could

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Guardian, Just Security, The Atlantic, South China Morning Post, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, CNN, The Daily Beast, Hot Air, VICE News, Associated Press, The Week, BBC, The Straits Times, The American Conservative and Washington Times

Associated Press:
The Latest: Mattis: ‘Possibly some good news’ on summit

Discussion: IJR, Fox News, Joe.My.God. and Daily Wire

Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post: Trump's true talent isn't negotiating. It's marketing.

Conrad Black / American Greatness: Making International Relations Great Again

Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Lindsey Graham On “Spygate” And President Trump And War On The Korean Peninsula

Discussion: Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The American Conservative and Washington Free Beacon

Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
White House gift shop ‘Deal of the Day’: Trump-Kim summit souvenirs

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Week, CNN and The Daily Caller

Associated Press: No deal: Inside Trump's decision to walk on NKorea summit

New York Times:

At Trump Tower, Michael Cohen and Oligarch Discussed Russian Relations — Eleven days before the presidential inauguration last year, a billionaire Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin visited Trump Tower in Manhattan to meet with Donald J. Trump's personal lawyer and fixer …

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Axios, New York Magazine, VICE News, Joe.My.God., KTLA, The Week, Raw Story, Political Wire and Mediaite

CNN:
Russian oligarch met with Michael Cohen at Trump Tower during transition

Discussion: Daily Kos

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Ex-aides say congressman and wife made them his servants — Rep. Tom Garrett and his wife made staffers pick up groceries, clothes — even dog poop, multiple former employees to the freshman Republican told POLITICO. — Freshman Rep. Tom Garrett (R-Va.) and his wife turned the congressman's staff …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Axios, Raw Story, The Week, Mediaite, Political Wire, The Daily Beast and The American Spectator

Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:

'We're closed!': Trump vents his anger over immigration at Homeland Security secretary — President Trump began berating Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in the Oval Office earlier this spring, according to administration officials, griping about her performance and blaming her for a surge in illegal border crossings.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, AOL, Balloon Juice, Shakesville, New York Magazine, Joe.My.God., The Week, Raw Story and Splinter

Indianapolis Star:

‘This is surreal,’ parent says of Indiana school shooting — Chad Lancaster, who has an eighth-grade daughter and sixth-grade son at the middle school, said he heard from his ex-wife in a phone call. — Their daughter, hiding under her desk, called the mother. She told her to run.

Discussion: Vox, Refinery29, Raw Story, KTLA, CBS Chicago and Splinter

WDTN-TV:
2 in critical condition, one in custody after shooting at Indiana school

Discussion: Daily Wire

Sabrina Russello / WALV-TV: Two victims transported to hospital after Noblesville school shooting

WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
At least 2 injured in shooting at Indiana middle school; student in custody

Discussion: Mother Jones, Breitbart, Townhall and IJR

Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:

The Real Constitutional Crisis — The FBI and Justice Department continue evading congressional oversight. — Democrats and their media allies are again shouting “constitutional crisis,” this time claiming President Trump has waded too far into the Russia investigation.

NBC News:
Ned Price Devin Nunes wants to run an intel operation for the White House — against our intelligence agencies

Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo

Andrew Egger / Weekly Standard:
Why Is Devin Nunes So Quiet?

Discussion: Shareblue Media

Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:

T-Mobile Says It Hired Lobbying Firm Tied to Former Trump Aide Corey Lewandowski — Company says contract with Turnberry Solutions includes help on pending deal with Sprint — WASHINGTON— T-Mobile US Inc. TMUS -.53% is getting advice from Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager …

Aaron Katersky / ABC News:

Harvey Weinstein released on $1M bail after arrest on rape, sexual abuse charges — Harvey Weinstein turned himself into police in New York City this morning to face rape and sexual misconduct charges, before being released on $1 million cash bail and fitted with a GPS tracking device.

Discussion: CNN, WTVR-TV, Associated Press and twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »

Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Behind the Scenes of Harvey Weinstein's Impending Arrest

Sara M Moniuszko / USA Today:
Rose McGowan, Asia Argento, President Trump react to Harvey Weinstein charges

Discussion: New Republic, CNN, The Daily Beast and Mediaite

CNN:

GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati — (CNN)The Republican nominee for a US House seat in Illinois has said the September 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job and that singer Beyonce Knowles has ties to the Illuminati.

Discussion: The Slot, Raw Story and Daily Caller News Foundation

Bob Norman / WPLG-TV:

Parents call for investigation into Stoneman Douglas assault involving sheriff's son — Embattled former Deputy Scot Peterson handled case 4 years ago — PARKLAND, Fla. - Several parents of victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre said that if former Broward Sheriff's …

Discussion: Daily Wire, Front Page Magazine and twitchy.com

NBC News:

Black Cube: Inside the shadowy Israeli firm accused of trying to undermine the Iran deal — As Rebecca Kahl remembers it, something felt odd about the initial email. It came in May 2017 from a woman named Adriana Gavrilo, who claimed to work for a London-based private equity firm.

Jeff Collins / Orange County Register:

Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it's OK to not sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors — U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a group of Realtors last week that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell their homes to gays and lesbians, a statement that cost him the support of a key national Realtor group.

Discussion: Mother Jones, BuzzFeed, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, NewNowNext, Vox, Human Rights Campaign, Roll Call, Towleroad, The Week, Raw Story, CBS Los Angeles and Splinter

Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:

Border Patrol union calls Trump's National Guard deployment ‘colossal waste’ … A month after President Trump called for sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, the head of the national Border Patrol union called the deployment “a colossal waste of resources.”

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, Shakesville, Mother Jones, MSNBC, IJR, The Week, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo

Bloomberg:

Mick Mulvaney Is Having a Blast Running the Agency He Detests — One of the first things Mick Mulvaney did last year after President Trump asked him to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was to read the statute dictating the agency's powers.

Discussion: RGA and Axios

Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
A lot of people heard what Barney Frank said about the new banking law. Few knew he works for a bank.

Discussion: FAIR, Splinter and Reuters

Christina Capatides / CBS News:

Mussels off the coast of Seattle test positive for opioids — As more and more American communities grapple with opioid addiction, the human toll of the epidemic has grown in both scope and severity. And now, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have found evidence …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, AOL, Boing Boing, Sean Hannity and Daily Caller News Foundation

Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:

Mike Meru Has $1 Million in Student Loans. How Did That Happen? — Escalating tuition and easy credit have yielded a class of student-loan borrowers with spectacular debt they may never pay back — DRAPER, Utah—Mike Meru, a 37-year-old orthodontist, made a big investment in his education.

Discussion: Daily Caller News Foundation

Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:

Concerned by Trump, Some Republicans Quietly Align With Democrats — WASHINGTON — Since Donald J. Trump began dominating American politics more than two years ago, Democrats concerned about his policies and behavior have taken solace in a group of influential Republicans who have consistently assailed …

Discussion: RedState, Talking Points Memo and Splinter

Emily Heil / Washington Post:

Trump says the first lady is ‘doing great.’ She hasn't been seen in public for two weeks. — First lady Melania Trump, who spent five nights in the hospital following a kidney procedure, has been out of public view for 15 days running — an unusually long absence even for a first lady who relishes life outside the spotlight.

Discussion: Sputnik International, The Daily Caller and CNN

Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:

Conservatives Tout ‘Good Guy With a Gun’ Theory After Armed Men Killed Oklahoma Shooter … Two “good guys with a gun” stopped a potential mass shooter at a restaurant Thursday night in Oklahoma City, providing more fuel for the ongoing gun debate as yet another school shooting occurred Friday morning.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, twitchy.com, Townhall and NPR

USA Today:

Keith Olbermann takes an expanded role at ESPN, including a return to ‘SportsCenter’ — Keith Olbermann's most recent return to ESPN just became more prominent. — Olbermann, who has made appearances on various ESPN shows in recent months, will have an increased role on the network as part …

Discussion: NewsBusters, Washington Free Beacon and Wall Street Journal

CBS News:

EPA: Pruitt spent $3.5 million on security during first year in office — Taxpayers spent about $3.5 million on security for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt during his first year in office, according to records released by the agency Friday.

Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:

Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam? — Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam War. He was an old-school journalist, a patriot, a man who came of age covering World War II as a wire-service reporter and then taking …

Victoria Guida / Politico:

In veiled message to Trump, Powell warns against meddling on Fed rates — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday issued his sternest warning yet that politicians should not interfere with interest-rate policy, in what appeared to be a precautionary message to President Donald Trump.

Discussion: One America News Network

Sam Levin / The Guardian:

Stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally, called a criminal: how police targeted a black activist — Exclusive: records show police surveilled and tried to charge a citizen journalist attacked at a California rally. Does it fit a pattern of punishing black protesters?

Dana Kennedy / The Daily Beast:

John Travolta's Former Scientology Pals Speak Out: He's 'Got a Dark Side and He's Reckless' … CANNES, France - The gay rumors? — Try sitting five inches from John Travolta's wife, in the Carlton Hotel's Grace Kelly suite overlooking the shimmering Mediterranean without being overwhelmed by cognitive dissonance.

Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Wire

Joseph Cox / Motherboard:

Leaked Documents Show Facebook's Post-Charlottesville Reckoning with American Nazis — After a white supremacist killed a protester in Charlottesville in 2017, Facebook pushed to re-educate its moderators about hate speech groups in the US, and spell out the distinction from nationalism and separatism …

Discussion: The Week, more at Mediagazer »