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The Daily Beast:
White House Demands TBS Cancel Samantha Bee's Show  —  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed comedienne Samantha Bee's comments about Ivanka Trump on Thursday.  “The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious.  The collective silence by the left …
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Television Academy Blocks Media From Tonight's Honors Ceremony Featuring Samantha Bee  —  In the wake of the Samantha Bee controversy whereby she called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c**t”, the Television Academy has put the kibosh on any press tonight attending its 11th Annual Television Academy Honors ceremony …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Chelsea Clinton resurfaces Trump meeting with Ted Nugent, who once called Hillary C-word  —  Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Clinton, on Thursday resurfaced a photo of President Trump  —  meeting with Ted Nugent, who once called her mother a “toxic c—,” …
Discussion: HuffPost, Washington Press and The Week
Sonia Rao / Washington Post:
Samantha Bee apologizes for calling Ivanka Trump a vulgar word after White House condemnation  —  Ivanka Trump sparked online outrage earlier this week when she tweeted a photo of herself with her younger son around the same time as reports circulated that the U.S. government had lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year.
Ashley Boucher / The Wrap:
Samantha Bee Loses Sponsors Over Ivanka Trump ‘Feckless C-t’ Comment
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
White House Condemns ‘Vile and Vicious’ Samantha Bee, Calls on Time Warner, TBS to Act
New York Times:
Dinesh D'Souza?  Really?  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  The handful of pardons that President Trump has granted so far may appear to be scattershot …
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Dinesh D'Souza Tells Backstory Of His Pardon  —  FBI Spy Stefan Halper's Media Contacts Could Pose A Problem, Retired FBI Officials Say  —  INVESTIGATIVE GROUP |  CHUCK ROSS  —  EXCLUSIVE: First Lady's Office Responds To Samantha Bee's Vulgar Tirade: ‘Double Standard Is Truly Astounding’
Discussion: twitchy.com
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
How Far Can Trump Go in Issuing Pardons?  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's use of his constitutional power to pardon criminals is proving to be as idiosyncratic as other aspects of his presidency.  On Thursday, he pardoned Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative author convicted …
Discussion: Lawfare
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Worthy Pardon for Dinesh D'Souza
Discussion: Washington Press and Spectator USA
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Wields Pardon Pen to Confront Justice System
Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
Trump to pardon despicable, hate-spewing fanboy felon who pleaded guilty
HuffPost:
Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He's A Pedophile  —  Nathan Larson also ran online forums for pedophiles and misogynists.  —  Nathan Larson, a 37-year-old accountant from Charlottesville, Virginia, is running for Congress as an independent candidate in his native state.
Discussion: The Week and babe
Tim Mak / NPR:
LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats  —  Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is facing legal peril, including an FBI raid of his home and office — and involvement in a civil lawsuit with porn star Stormy Daniels.  —  But in the past, it was Cohen who has sought …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Stormy's lawyer was told to choose between his job and TV appearances. He chose TV
Discussion: VICE News
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Listen: Michael Cohen Threatens Reporter With Lawsuit In 2015
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump repeatedly pressured Sessions on Mueller investigation  —  President Trump pressured Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reclaim control of the Russia investigation on at least four separate occasions, three times in person and once over the phone, according to sources familiar with the conversations.
Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Paramedics wanted to enter Parkland school where kids were dying.  BSO said no.  —  During the chaos of the Parkland school shooting, paramedics from Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department were desperate to go inside the building where students were wounded and dying.
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Daily Wire:   KASHUV & PRESTON: Broward Superintendent Runcie: A Strong Case For His Dismissal
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:   Educational decline: Homeschooling surges as parents seek safer option for children
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors interview Comey as they investigate whether McCabe should be charged  —  Investigators from the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office recently interviewed former FBI director James B. Comey as part of a probe into whether his deputy, Andrew McCabe, broke the law by lying to federal agents …
Jess McIntosh / ELLE:
I Went on a Date With Eric Schneiderman.  It Took Me Years to Process What Happened That Night.  —  Let's start at the beginning.  —  I'm 23, and the story I tell is called “The Time I Went Out with the (Relatively) Hot Older State Senator.”  I deploy it as a nerdy leg-up on the social ladder among friends.
BuzzFeed:
Joy Reid's Blog Published A Photoshopped Image Of John McCain As The Virginia Tech Shooter  —  The MSNBC host's controversial old blog posts continue to surface, as Reid and the network stick to hacking claims.  —  MSNBC host Joy Reid's new-defunct blog published an image …
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Meghan McCain Responds To MSNBC's Joy Reid Photoshopping John McCain's Face Onto A Mass Shooter
Discussion: Mediaite
VICE News:
Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party  —  Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party.  —  In the “knowledge panel” that provides easy access to information next to search results …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Robert Mueller Reveals The Price Tag For His Special Counsel Investigation  —  The special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has cost nearly $17 million dollars so far, according to a new report from the Justice Department.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Mueller's investigation cost $16.7 million in just under a year, new documents show
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Trump reportedly said he wants to stop German luxury car imports in the US  — Trump reportedly told French President Emmanuel Macron last month that he would maintain his trade policy with the aim of stopping Mercedes-Benz models from driving down Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report
David Brooks / New York Times:
One Reform to Save America  —  There are a bunch of different ways to do democracy.  In Western Europe, most countries have proportional representation and a lot of different parties representing voter interests.  In this country we've gone with a two-party system and winner-take-all elections.
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Curious Case of Mr. Downer  —  His story about the Papadopoulos meeting calls the FBI's into question.  —  To hear the Federal Bureau of Investigation tell it, its decision to launch a counterintelligence probe into a major-party presidential campaign comes down to a foreign tip …
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
Trump's Loudest Anti-Muslim Twitter Troll Is A Shady Vegan Married To An (Ousted) WWE Exec  —  @AmyMek anonymously spread hate online for years.  She can't hide anymore.  —  She was supposed to be a Russian bot.  That seemed like the best explanation for @AmyMek.  No normal person could be so prolific and prejudiced.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
THE MEDIA'S UNDENIABLE PRO-TRUMP BIAS  —  There is almost no point in writing a lede to this piece, given how likely it is that President Trump will do something disgraceful before it can be edited and published—so instead let's use that likelihood as the entire premise.
Hallie Jackson / MSNBC:
At least 8 white nationalists running for federal office  —  MSNBC's Morgan Radford spoke with white nationalists who are running for federal office this year on the Republican ticket.  According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least eight white nationalists are running, more than ever before.
Andrew Perez / MapLight:
Southern Co., CVS, Dow Chemical Funding Trump Dark Money Group Tied to Racist, Anti-Semitic Views  —  Three Fortune 500 companies have donated at least $1.6 million to a controversial pro-Trump “dark money” organization that's been criticized for racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-Muslim sentiments expressed by its staff.
Discussion: Splinter
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Rubio Campaign Volunteer and Ex-Florida Lawmaker Says Obama Looks Like a Monkey … Susan Goldstein previously served as a Florida state representative for western Broward County from 2004 to 2006.  She's now a prominent figure in Tallahassee and serves on the board of the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists.
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Expelled Venezuela diplomat stays in US  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Venezuelan diplomat expelled by the Trump administration last week in retaliation for President Nicolas Maduro's kicking out of the top American diplomat in Caracas has remained in the U.S. despite an order to leave the country within 48 hours.
Washington Post:
Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico  —  By Washington Post Staff May 31 at 9:43 AM  —  The move is certain to trigger retaliation by the E.U. against a range of American products, including Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles …
Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Giuliani's unwarranted attack on the Trump investigation  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  This past weekend, President Trump and the most visible member of his legal team, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, fired up their campaign against special counsel Robert Mueller.
 
 
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Douglas Murray / National Review:
Tommy Robinson Drew Attention to ‘Grooming Gangs.’ Britain Has Persecuted Him.
Jonathan Shorman / Wichita Eagle:
Ron Estes is running against Ron Estes
JONATHAN LEMIRE / Associated Press:
Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Allies Scheme to Kneecap Trump's New National Security Team
Washington Post:
Ivanka collects her Chinese trademarks, and it seems ethics aren't on brand
Discussion: Axios and Sunlight Foundation
Washington Post:
Atlantic City's existential bet isn't about gambling
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Ex-FBI honcho blasts Trump over Blagojevich
David French / Washington Post:
Barr's vile, racist tweeting showed the way through the free speech minefield: The standard …
Discussion: Raw Story and Hot Air
Alex Press / Vox:
The record-low birthrate offers yet another sign that millennials are economically screwed
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Week
Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
Goldman Sachs vice president charged with insider trading
Rene Marsh / CNN:
First on CNN: US Secret Service overpaid presidential campaigns $4 million for plane travel
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Guardian:
Liberals' worst nightmare: a second supreme court pick for Trump
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
N.F.L.'s Alternate ‘Cheerleaders’ Don't Cheer or Dance
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

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

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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