memeorandum: Mueller team moves another case toward sentencing (Josh Gerstein/Politico)

6:30 PM ET, May 29, 2018

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ABC has canceled ‘Roseanne’ after its star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rampage. — This post has been updated. — ABC announced Tuesday that it has canceled “Roseanne” after the show's star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic Twitter rampage Monday.

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CNNMoney:

Wanda Sykes quits ‘Roseanne’ after Barr's Twitter rant — Roseanne apologizes for Valerie Jarrett tweet — Roseanne Barr, one of ABC's biggest stars, apologized after a bizarre, racist Twitter rant Tuesday morning, and then announced she's “now leaving Twitter.” — ABC had no immediate comment.

Jon Levine / The Wrap:

Roseanne Rips Ex-Obama Aide Valerie Jarrett: ‘Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes Had a Child’ — Comedian uses racially charged joke about African American Obama adviser — Roseanne Barr waded into racial waters on Monday, suggesting that former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett …

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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:

Roseanne Barr Goes on Wild (And Racist) Tweetstorm About Clintons, George Soros, Chris Cillizza — UPDATE 1:45 p.m. EST: ABC has cancelled Roseanne. — ABC cancels Roseanne. ABC President Channing Dungey: “Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values …

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Natasha Korecki / Politico:

‘Roseanne’ canceled after star's racist tweet — ABC canceled the relaunched “Roseanne” program on Tuesday amid an uproar over a racist tweet by Roseanne Barr, the show's lead actor, about Valerie Jarrett, a longtime adviser and close friend of former President Barack Obama's.

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Joe Otterson / Variety:

‘Roseanne’ Canceled at ABC — ABC has pulled the plug on the revival “Roseanne.” — The move comes after series star Roseanne Barr made a comment on Twitter Tuesday morning referring to former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett as the offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.”

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Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Valerie Jarrett says ABC made the right call in canceling ‘Roseanne’ after racist comment

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Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
Roseanne Barr Dropped By ICM Partners After Racist Tweet

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Jane Coaston / Vox:
Roseanne goes full conspiracy theorist on Chelsea Clinton

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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
‘Roseanne’ Reruns Pulled From Paramount Network, TV Land, CMT and Laff

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite

John Koblin / New York Times:
Roseanne Barr Incites Fury With Racist Tweet, and Her Show Is Canceled by ABC

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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
‘Roseanne’ canceled after Roseanne Barr's racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett

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Associated Press:

The Latest: Court filing may show Russia probe nearing close — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the special counsel's Russia investigation (all times local): — The case of a California man who pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is moving closer to sentencing.

Josh Gerstein / Politico: Mueller team moves another case toward sentencing

Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Giuliani says Trump won't sit for Mueller interview unless all FBI source documents can be reviewed

Discussion: Mother Jones, Politico, Axios and The Daily Caller

Olivia Beavers / The Hill: Mueller moves toward sentencing for California man in Russia probe

Z. Byron Wolf / CNN:
Trump is winning his effort to demonize Mueller

Discussion: Raw Story

Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Kremlin says Mueller's Russia investigation is pointless

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Elizabeth Zwirz / Fox News:

Missouri Gov. Greitens expected to resign today amid sexual misconduct scandal, sources say — Embattled Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is expected to resign Tuesday amid a sexual misconduct scandal and allegations of misuse of a charity donor list, sources told Fox News.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday announced he is stepping …

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Peter Martinez / CBS News:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens resigns amid extramarital affair

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Associated Press:
The Latest: Missouri Gov. Greitens resigns amid scandals

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Politico:
Scandal-plagued Missouri governor resigns

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Meduza.io:

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is shot and killed in Kiev — Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was reportedly shot and killed in Kiev on Tuesday, May 29. According to fellow journalist Ayder Muzhdabaev, he was shot in the back while at home. A source told the website Obozrevatel.com …

Discussion: Politico

Courtney Kube / NBC News:

CIA report says North Korea won't denuclearize, but might open a burger joint — WASHINGTON — A new U.S. intelligence assessment has concluded that North Korea does not intend to give up its nuclear weapons any time soon, three U.S. officials told NBC News — a finding that conflicts …

Discussion: Vox and MSNBC

Washington Post:

Harvard study estimates thousands died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria — CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO — At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a new Harvard study released Tuesday, an estimate that far exceeds …

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Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed:
A New Study Says Nearly 6,000 Died In Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria. The Government Still Says 64 People Died.

Discussion: NBC News, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, Hullabaloo, Media Matters for America and Refinery29

David Harsanyi / The Federalist:

Obama Says 'I Didn't Have Scandals.' So What Are All These? — Democrats and media revisionists try to make eight years of abuse disappear. — At a Las Vegas tech conference last week, former president Barack Obama told an audience that his presidency had been scandal-free.

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Obama Administration's Hypocritical Pretext for Spying on the Trump Campaign

Discussion: Instapundit

The Daily Beast:
Trump's Plan for Political Survival: Blame Obama for Everything

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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:

Porn Leads To School Shootings, GOP Congresswoman Says — “I think that is a big part” of the spike in such attacks, Rep. Diane Black asserts. — WASHINGTON Does anyone know what kind of porn Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is watching? — Whatever it is, the 67-year-old Black …

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Jessica Pressler / The Cut:

Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It Somebody had to foot the bill for Anna Delvey's fabulous new life. The city was full of marks. — Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It — It started with money, as it so often does in New York.

Bloomberg:

Inside the Pro-Trump Effort to Keep Black Voters From the Polls — Breitbart News landed an election scoop that went viral in August 2016: “Exclusive: ‘Black Men for Bernie’ Founder to End Democrat ‘Political Slavery’ of Minority Voters... by Campaigning for Trump.”

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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:

Grassley: Fusion GPS Founder Gave ‘Extremely Misleading’ Testimony About Trump Work — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson of giving “extremely misleading” statements, if not telling “outright lies,” during Senate testimony in 2017.

Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: Fight Over Trump Jr.'s Testimony Simmers in the Senate

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Megyn Kelly attacks Starbucks for allowing anyone to use bathroom: ‘Do you really want to deal with homeless people?’ — NBC host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday lashed out at Starbucks over a policy that allows anyone to sit in the store or use the bathrooms — even if they are not paying customers.

Discussion: TIME, Washington Monthly, The Week and Splinter

Jennifer Calfas / TIME:

Please Don't Roast Marshmallows Over the Erupting Hawaii Volcano, USGS Warns — The U.S. Geological Survey took a break from giving serious updates about Hawaii's Kilauea volcanic eruption to confirm that no, you should not roast marshmallows over the scorching hot volcanic vents.

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HuffPost:

We Built A Twitter Ratio Bot That Tracks All Your Terrible Tweets — No bad tweet left behind. — Whatever Twitter was originally intended to be, it certainly wasn't this. Nazis roam free, celebrities melt down daily, entire news cycles run their course in a matter of minutes …

Nancy Cook / Politico:

Ross goes from Trump ‘killer’ to ‘past his prime’ — Investor Wilbur Ross was brought into the administration as one of President Donald Trump's “killers” — but in recent months, the commerce secretary has been increasingly marginalized, with his agency widely seen in the White House as a mess.