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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Manhattan D.A. Eyes Criminal Charges Against Trump Organization  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two senior company officials in connection with Michael D. Cohen's hush money payment to an adult film actress …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
No collusion?  We'll see.  But what about tax fraud?  —  President Trump's touchstone mob boss, Al Capone, famously went down for tax evasion when the feds couldn't nail him on more serious crimes.  Has Trump stopped to consider whether he could be headed for the same fate?
Discussion: Fox News, Daily Kos and Gizmodo
Martin London / TIME:
I Was a Lawyer for Spiro Agnew.  President Trump Should Consider Resigning  —  London is a retired partner for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and the author of The Client Decides; he was a principal lawyer for Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Discussion: Just Security, Raw Story and Mediaite
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
This Conspiracy Theory Should Worry Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
A cancer on the presidency
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Has Found a Voice to Love in Tucker Carlson. That Love Isn't Always Returned.
Discussion: The Guardian and Informed Comment
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
President Trump's false claim about murders on South African farms
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘Dangerous and poisoned’: Critics blast Trump for endorsing white nationalist conspiracy theory on South Africa
Axios:
Trump's fantasy legal system  —  When President Trump told “Fox & Friends” that this “whole thing about flipping ... almost ought to be outlawed,” he was continuing a long habit of declaring what he thinks laws and the legal system should be, and ignoring what they are.
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Popular Information:
BONUS: Trump's plot to muzzle Mueller
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   When Justice Is Partial  —  Mueller is determined to sniff …
Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
Ben Sasse threatens to vote against any new AG if Trump fires Jeff Sessions
Discussion: Townhall
Calvin Lawrence Jr / ABC News:
Trump responds to Jeff Sessions push-back: Look at 'corruption on the 'other side"
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
County votes down controversial proposal to close voting precincts  —  RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ga. - A local elections board in a south Georgia county has decided to keep seven of its nine polling locations open.  —  The Randolph County Elections Board voted against the controversial proposal to close the precincts Friday, 2-0.
Discussion: ABC News and Rewire.News
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CNN:
Elections board takes less than a minute to reject proposal to close 7 of 9 polling places in majority-black county
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Elections board votes down proposal to close Georgia voting precincts
Discussion: Splinter and ThinkProgress
Vanessa Williams / Washington Post:   Ill-fated plan to close polling places in Georgia county recalled lingering prejudice
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:   Paul Manafort and Trump's Pardon Pattern
Washington Post:
Trump sought his lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort but they counseled …
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and Axios
Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
AP: National Enquirer's safe held damaging Trump stories  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to 2016 presidential election …
Lia Eustachewich / New York Post:
Cohen told Congress he doesn't know if Donald knew about Trump Tower meeting  —  Michael Cohen told Congress that he had no idea whether President Trump knew ahead of time about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting that included Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer, a report said Thursday.
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Associated Press:
A president who demands loyalty finds it fleeting in DC  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Et tu, Michael Cohen?  —  Loyalty has long been a core value for President Donald Trump.  But he's learning the hard way that in politics, it doesn't always last.  —  Cohen, the president's former personal attorney …
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter: My wife handled my finances  —  (CNN)Rep. Duncan D. Hunter seemed to shift any blame onto his wife, Margaret, on Thursday for alleged campaign fund abuses, saying she was the one handling his finances.  —  “She was also the campaign manager …
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Carla Baranauckas / HuffPost:
Rep. Duncan Hunter Blames Wife For Campaign Spending Under Inquiry  —  Hunter and his wife are under indictment for the alleged misuse of $250,000 in campaign money.  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), who has been indicted on corruption charges related to the use of his campaign money …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Tax-Cut Con Goes On  —  Why Social Security and Medicare are on the ballot.  —  What will happen if the blue wave in the midterm elections falls short?  Clearly, at this point it still might: Democrats will surely receive more votes than Republicans, but thanks to gerrymandering …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:   Indicted California Congressman Proposed Raising Retirement Age To 72
Chris Riotta / The Independent:
How Russian bots used Mollie Tibbetts' death to distract from Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort  —  A network of Russian-linked Twitter accounts are sharing thousands of divisive tweets about Mollie Tibbetts' death  —  A network of Russian-linked Twitter accounts have been disseminating divisive content …
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Fox News:
Autopsy finds Iowa student died from ‘sharp force injuries’
Discussion: Daily Wire
Mark Landler / New York Times:
With a Vocabulary From ‘Goodfellas,’ Trump Evokes His Native New York  —  WASHINGTON — For much of the 1980s and 1990s, “the Dapper Don” and “the Donald” vied for supremacy on the front pages of New York's tabloids.  The don, John J. Gotti, died in a federal prison in 2002 …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Kavanaugh eases off call for presidential immunity in meetings with senators  —  Senate Democrats on Thursday pressed Judge Brett Kavanaugh on how he would view potential obstruction of justice or other possible criminal charges against President Trump  —  if he were confirmed to the Supreme Court.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   Chuck Grassley's Moment
Tom Nichols / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh's confirmation must wait
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Barry Blitt's “Closing In”  —  The artist Barry Blitt, a contributor since 1994, has drawn more than a hundred covers for the magazine—and, since 2015, more than fifteen featuring President Trump.  His latest ("Sending sketches because I couldn't help myself," the accompanying note said) takes inspiration from a “Sopranos” scene.
Discussion: Washington Post
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
Who Is Julia Salazar?  Brooklyn State Senate Candidate's Complex Personal History and Views  —  It's impossible to walk around New York state Sen. Martin Dilan's north Brooklyn district without seeing his 27-year-old opponent peering out from the storefronts on Knickerbocker Avenue …
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
Tech Companies Are Gathering For A Secret Meeting To Prepare A 2018 Election Strategy  —  Representatives from a host of the biggest US tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, have scheduled a private meeting for Friday to share their tactics in preparation for the 2018 midterm elections.
 
 
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
U.S.-backed coalition in Yemen has cleared itself repeatedly in civilian deaths, analysis finds
Associated Press:
Defiant Pelosi Says She's Staying: ‘I Can Take the Heat’
Libor Jany / Star Tribune:
Charges: Postal employee fired shots at Minneapolis Fed building
Discussion: Raw Story
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Trump's Untested Authority to Revoke Security Clearances
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
For Female Candidates, Harassment and Threats Come Every Day
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Two Cheers, If Not the Full Three, for Shame
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
By a 3-to-1 margin, Trump supporters embrace his personality over his policies
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
One hates Trump. The other loves him. Two West Virginians wait for the president to come to town.
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Trump admin intentionally slowing FBI vetting of refugees, ex-officials say
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
House and Senate Republicans are all complicit
John Koblin / New York Times:
Conan O'Brien's Unrequited Fanboy Love for Robert Caro
Michelle Robertson / San Francisco Chronicle:
It's not just fog turning the sky gray: SF air quality is 3 times worse than Beijing
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo faces a moment of truth on North Korea
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Florida candidate says alien abduction doesn't define her
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo:
White House blocks bill that would protect elections
 

 
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