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John Solomon / The Hill:
Note to Team Mueller: If you don't indict, you can't incite — View Latest Opinions >> — I've covered the Justice Department for three decades, and seldom have I seen a story like the one published in the New York Times this week under the headline, “Some on Mueller's Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed.”
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked a resolution calling for special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia probe be made public, marking the fifth time Republicans have blocked the House-passed measure.
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
One of America's top Republican Senators just demanded the public release of the Mueller Report
One of America's top Republican Senators just demanded the public release of the Mueller Report
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Washington Post:
Potentially damaging information in Mueller report ushers in new political fight
Potentially damaging information in Mueller report ushers in new political fight
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Luppe Luppen / Just Security:
What Has Bill Barr Done to Earn the Benefit of the Doubt?
What Has Bill Barr Done to Earn the Benefit of the Doubt?
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: White House pulls nomination to lead ICE head — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday sent paperwork withdrawing the nomination of longtime border official Ron Vitiello to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to three people with knowledge of the move.
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Homeland Security Staffers Were Warned Not To Leak Information Or Face Legal Consequences — Department of Homeland Security employees were warned Thursday not to disclose “nonpublic information” or potentially face criminal, civil, or administrative consequences, a senior agency official …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Barrage of setbacks spoils Trump's post-Mueller reset
Barrage of setbacks spoils Trump's post-Mueller reset
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Donald Trump reacts to Barbara Bush quotes — President Trump said he was not surprised by former first lady Barbara Bush's attacks on him, as posthumously quoted in a new biography. — “I have heard that she was nasty to me, but she should be. Look what I did to her sons,” …
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BuzzFeed News:
In New Documents, Cohen Says Trump “Instructed” Him To Lie — WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Michael Cohen, President Trump's former fixer, submitted documents to lawmakers Thursday night accusing Trump and his team of lawyers of instructing Cohen to lie to Congress about when negotiations ended to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Warren Issues Her Strongest Indictment of the Filibuster Yet — The Massachusetts Democrat will deliver some of her harshest words about the Senate filibuster in a speech on Friday morning. — Gideon Resnick — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is expected to issue the strongest indictment …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's next possible Fed nominee can't understand basic policy issues — Nein, nein, nein. — That should be the Senate's response if President Trump actually nominates his friend Herman Cain, the former pizza magnate turned failed Republican presidential candidate, to the Federal Reserve Board, as Trump said he plans to do.
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New York Times:
Trump Asked That Confirmation of I.R.S. Counsel Be a Priority — President Trump earlier this year asked Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, to prioritize a confirmation vote for his nominee to be the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, indicating that it was a higher priority …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Ethics Office Declines to Certify Mnuchin's Financial Disclosure — WASHINGTON — The top federal ethics watchdog said on Thursday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's sale of his stake in a film production business to his wife did not comply with federal ethics rules …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Already Plotting His Post-White House Tell-All Memoir — The president is ‘excited’ about penning a dishy book. So much so that he keeps talking about the scores he plans to settle. — As he navigates turbulent domestic and international affairs, President Donald Trump …
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
In bid to remain out of jail, Michael Cohen tells Congress he has more to add — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is offering House Democrats new information in a bid to stay out of jail while he cooperates with Congress.
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Gigi Sukin / Axios:
Michael Cohen's attorney says testimony spurred more investigations
Michael Cohen's attorney says testimony spurred more investigations
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
How Trump Conspired with the Freedom Caucus to Shut Down the Government — It was as if Mark Meadows were watching a political car crash in slow motion. In November 2018, when House Republicans lost their legislative majority, it rendered him a bit player in Donald Trump's Washington.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Trump loyalist Gaetz eyes Senate bid in Alabama
Trump loyalist Gaetz eyes Senate bid in Alabama
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Joshua Miller / BostonGlobe.com:
He bought the fencing coach's house. Then his son got into Harvard — NEEDHAM — It was a modest house by this town's standards, a center-entrance colonial, three bedrooms and a two-car garage on a quarter-acre lot. The inside hadn't welcomed a renovator in many, many years, and the outside didn't wear its age particularly well.
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Sofie Karasek / Washington Post:
A photo of me and Joe Biden went viral. I want him to take ownership for his actions. — Sofie Karasek is a survivors' rights advocate and progressive organizer. — Two days before my photograph was taken with then-Vice President Joe Biden, as I stood on the 2016 Oscars stage with Lady Gaga …
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New York Times:
Finding Biden in Familiar Fix, President Trump Adds a Jab — WASHINGTON — President Trump, ignoring his own troubled history with women and bragging about sexual misconduct, went after Joseph R. Biden Jr. via Twitter on Thursday, posting a video that mocked the former vice president for his handsy approach to politicking.
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Angry Grammarian / Philly.com:
The unspoken Barr memo travesty: Using two spaces after a period | The Angry Grammarian — The attorney general of the United States has just executed a cover-up so brazen, so grotesque, so audacious, that it was done in plain view. Right under our noses. — He put two spaces after his periods.
James Arkin / Politico:
Stacey Abrams torn between running for president, Senate — The Georgia Democrat met Thursday with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who continues to recruit her for a Senate bid. — Stacey Abrams is doing everything a would-be presidential candidate would do: a nationwide book tour …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Manchin weighs bid for West Virginia governor in 2020
Aya Batrawy / Associated Press:
Saudi Arabia arrests more activists, including 2 US citizens — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia detained eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in a new round of arrests in the kingdom targeting individuals supportive of women's rights and those with ties to jailed activists …
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Norman J. Ornstein / New Republic:
Jerry Nadler Was Born to Battle Trump — Jerry Nadler and Donald Trump have a history. As Michael Daly has recounted in The Daily Beast, Trump approached Nadler in the 1980s, when Nadler was still a state assemblyman, and asked to build a skyscraper in his district.
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Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg:
Ex-Congressman's Russian Bank Loses License for Money Laundering — Republican Charles Taylor owns 80% stake in Bank Ivanovo — Bank of Russia said lender broke money-laundering rules — A regional Russian bank owned by a former U.S. congressman had its license revoked Friday …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Trying to Kill You — Trust the pork producers; fear the wind turbines. — There's a lot we don't know about the legacy Donald Trump will leave behind. And it is, of course, hugely important what happens in the 2020 election. But one thing seems sure …
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Samuel Adkisson / USA Today:
So Yale Law School endorses anti-religious bigotry now? — What starts in the ivory tower of academia — including blatant discrimination against religious groups and students — won't stay there for long. — CONNECT — What happens at our nation's elite law schools rarely stays there.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
157 Republicans Just Opposed Renewing The Violence Against Women Act — They sided with the National Rifle Association over women's safety. Not a good look! — WASHINGTON The House passed legislation Thursday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, despite the vast majority …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
What the heck does Steve King do all day? — Shunned by his party's leadership, bounced from congressional hearings, removed from key parts of the legislative process, and serving in the House minority — the Republican from Iowa has less to do than any congressman in recent history.
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
In Iowa, O'Rourke Says Some Trump Rhetoric Echoes Nazi Germany — He slams the administration for separating families at border — The former congressman spoke to crowd at a college in Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke told a crowd in Sioux City, Iowa …
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YouTube:
Has Russia infiltrated the German Parliament? - BBC Newsnight … Newsnight investigates whether the Russians have infiltrated the German Bundestag. — Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F — From the Mueller investigation to the Brexit referendum …
Pete Buttigieg / Vulture:
Pete Buttigieg's 10 Favorite Books — Bookseller One Grand Books has asked celebrities to name the ten titles they'd take to a desert island, and they've shared the results with Vulture. Below is South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's list.
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
If Biden Runs, They'll Tear Him Up — The old Democratic Party was warm, like him. The new one rising is colder, less human and divisive.
Richard Bernstein / RealClearInvestigations:
Culture War and Peace at Stanford: The PC Uprising 25 Years On — PALO ALTO, Calif. — There was an overflow crowd last month at Stanford University's Pigott Hall as 120 or so students listened to Professor Dan Edelstein lecture on “how cities shape culture, states, and people.” — Penguin Random House
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