memeorandum: Pragmatist vs. pugilist: Bush death highlights Trump's isolation on world stage (Andrew Restuccia/Politico)

4:15 PM ET, December 1, 2018

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‘Where Are We Going?’: George Bush's Final Days — BUENOS AIRES — George Bush had been fading in the last few days. He had not gotten out of bed, he had stopped eating and he was mostly sleeping. For a man who had defied death multiple times over the years, it seemed that the moment might finally be arriving.

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94 — George Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs but was denied a second term after support for his presidency collapsed under the weight …

Bill Clinton / Washington Post:

George H.W. Bush's Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was — Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States. — On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president. As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush.

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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:

Pragmatist vs. pugilist: Bush death highlights Trump's isolation on world stage — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The contrast couldn't be more striking. — President George H.W. Bush was a war hero, an internationalist who played a consequential role in maintaining the post-war world order.

Discussion: Sputnik International, HuffPost and Politico

Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:

'Wouldn't be prudent': George H.W. Bush's unlikely friendship with Dana Carvey — In early December 1992, a month after Bill Clinton had whipped him in the election, President George H.W. Bush held a holiday party for his deflated staffers. — They were in for a big surprise.

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Laura McGann / Vox:

Eight women say George HW Bush groped them. Their claims deserve to be remembered as we assess his legacy. — Those we entrust with power need to use it for all of us. — George H.W. Bush died at his home in Houston on Friday night, launching a blizzard of long-held obituaries praising …

Discussion: Splinter

Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Despite bitter family rivalry, Bush wanted Trump at his funeral

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, WTOP and HuffPost

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, dies at 94

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USA Today:
Former president George H.W. Bush to lie in state at U.S. Capitol

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Mattis, other defense leaders salute Bush 41

Discussion: One America News Network, Breitbart and Politico

David Greenberg / Politico:
Is History Being Too Kind to George H.W. Bush?

Discussion: Breitbart

Clinton Foundation:
Statement by President Clinton and Secretary Clinton on the Passing of President George H.W. Bush

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Jon Meacham / New York Times: George H.W. Bush and the Price of Politics

Mary Kate Cary / USA Today:
George H.W. Bush was an ‘American great’ committed to unity, diversity and generosity

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump to name Dec. 5 a national day of mourning for George H.W. Bush

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Michael Graczyk / Associated Press:
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

Discussion: Politico, Axios, Breitbart, Vox, KTLA, The Daily Beast, ABC News and Washington Post

Jeet Heer / New Republic:
George H.W. Bush, embodiment of an older Republican Party, is dead. RIP.

Discussion: Washington Post, East Bay Times and RedState

Tim Naftali / Slate:
The Overlooked President

Discussion: Breitbart

Peter Baker / New York Times:
It's Now Donald Trump's America. But George Bush's Stamp Endures.

Discussion: Washington Press, ABC News, IJR and Althouse

Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
George H.W. Bush, 1924 - 2018

Discussion: Power Line

NBC News:
Former President George H.W. Bush is dead at 94

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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:

Mueller Exposes the Culture of Lying That Surrounds Trump — WASHINGTON — When Michael D. Cohen admitted this past week to lying to Congress about a Russian business deal, he said he had testified falsely out of loyalty to President Trump. When he admitted this summer to lying …

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Cohen claims ‘regular contact’ with Trump legal team when crafting false statement to Congress — President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Friday he was in “close and regular contact” with Trump's White House staff and legal team when he prepared a statement …

Discussion: Raw Story, Splinter, The Week and Political Wire

Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Scent of the Russians — There's a connection between Cohen's …

Discussion: Washington Press, Mediaite and Sputnik International

Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post: Cohen seeks ‘time served’ prison sentence, says again his crimes were meant to protect Trump

CNN:
Cohen believed Trump would pardon him, but then things changed

Discussion: Media Matters for America and Mediaite

Sputnik International: Kremlin: Cohen Indeed Contacted Administration, Was Invited to Economic Forum

Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Cohen: Trump Knew I Called Kremlin for Help With Trump Tower Moscow

Discussion: Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, One America News Network and Informed Comment

Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:

CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Targeted Khashoggi — Conclusion that Mohammad ‘probably ordered’ killing relies in part on 11 messages he sent to adviser who oversaw hit squad around time it killed journalist — WASHINGTON—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent …

Discussion: RedState, Bloomberg, CNN, Splinter, The Guardian, Raw Story, Al Jazeera, CityLab, Mediaite and The Week

Washington Post:

'We don't want him here': Saudi crown prince is a protected pariah at G-20 summit — BUENOS AIRES — The legions of protesters demonstrating at a leaders summit here have unfurled a sea of standard-issue signs, ranging from “No to Imperialism” to “Yankees Go Home.”

Discussion: One America News Network, Reuters and Politico

Julian Borger / The Guardian:
‘I am worried’: Macron's chat with Saudi prince captured at G20

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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:

Fox Is Investigating Neil DeGrasse Tyson After Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct — Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson after three women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct.

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No Sacred Cows:
Two More Women Accuse Neil deGrasse Tyson of Sexual Misconduct

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David Mack / BuzzFeed News:

She Thought She Was In Bed With Her Boyfriend, Until She Saw His Face — “I was like, 'I feel violated. This feels wrong. But I don't know if it's illegal.'” This woman's case has exposed a loophole in rape laws. — Reporting From — West Lafayette, Indiana

Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:

Trump Fund-Raiser Received Laundered Foreign Money, Prosecutors Say — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cited the involvement of a onetime top fund-raiser to President Trump on Friday in a scheme to launder millions of dollars into the country to help a flamboyant Malaysian financier end a Justice Department investigation.

Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story

Amy Gardner / Washington Post:

North Carolina elections board chairman resigns, says he doesn't want his partisan views to hurt election fraud investigation — TAR HEEL, N.C. — The Democratic chairman of the state elections board in North Carolina resigned Saturday, saying he did not want his partisan views to undermine …

Discussion: Law & Crime and twitchy.com

Elena Schneider / Politico:

Inside the GOP's California nightmare — Rep. Steve Knight's (R-Calif.) campaign went into election night thinking another tough victory was at hand. — Knight ground out a win in 2016, in a district President Donald Trump lost, despite relentless Democratic attacks linking Knight and his party's leader.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story

New York Daily News:

Party celebrating Rudy Giuliani nixed because no one wants to go — Plans for a party celebrating the 25-year anniversary of Rudy Giuliani becoming the mayor of New York City are “fizzling out” because the 74-year-old politico is “too toxic,” according to a source who was invited.

Discussion: Political Wire