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George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
George Conway: Trump is a cancer on the presidency.  Congress should remove him.  —  George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York.  —  So it turns out that, indeed, President Trump was not exonerated at all, and certainly not “totally” or “completely,” as he claimed.
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New York Times:
Mueller Hints at a National-Security Nightmare  —  The missing piece of the report is a counterintelligence investigation that should set off alarm bells about our democracy and security.  —  Mr. Geltzer is the executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Dishonesty  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump met with advisers in the Oval Office in May 2017 to discuss replacements for the F.B.I. director he had just fired, Attorney General Jeff Sessions slipped out of the room to take a call.
ABC News:
5 key takeaways from special counsel Robert Mueller's report  —  The report is a trove of information about the current presidency.  —  While there will be no legal case brought against President Donald Trump by special counsel Robert Mueller's team, the much-anticipated redacted report …
Lawfare:
What Mueller Found on Russia and on Obstruction: A First Analysis  —  “Really the best day since he got elected,” said Kellyanne Conway, the president's counselor, about a day on which 400 pages dropped into the public's lap describing relentless presidential misconduct and serial engagements between his campaign and a foreign actor.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
How We Characterized Michael Cohen's Testimony  —  This Jan. 18, a day after BuzzFeed News reported that Michael Cohen told prosecutors that the president had directed him to lie to Congress, the special counsel's office issued a vague but forceful rebuttal of our story.
David French / National Review:
The Mueller Report Should Shock Our Conscience  —  I've finished reading the entire Mueller report, and I must confess that even as a longtime, quite open critic of Donald Trump, I was surprised at the sheer scope, scale, and brazenness of the lies, falsehoods, and misdirections detailed by the Special Counsel's Office.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Comparing Barr's Excerpts With Mueller's Report  —  Attorney General William P. Barr sent a letter to Congress last month citing brief fragments from the Mueller report.  Now that the document is public, his selections are coming under scrutiny.  —  When Attorney General William P. Barr sent Congress …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Mueller Report Won't End Trump's Presidency, But It Sure Makes Him Look Bad  —  In the most memorable scene in the most anticipated government report in recent history, the special counsel, Robert Mueller, takes us inside the Oval Office on May 17, 2017.
Claire Spellberg / Decider:
Stephen Colbert Slams Trump After Mueller Report: “That's Not How an Innocent Person Reacts”  —  The Mueller report may have been heavily redacted, but the “Harm to Ongoing Matters” didn't stop late night hosts from delivering their collusion-themed jokes Thursday night.
Washington Post:
Mueller report updates: Nadler subpoenas full findings; White House calls it ‘political grandstanding’  —  The president and his supporters sought to turn a page, as Democrats issued a subpoena for the full special counsel's report that detailed what they said was “alarming” behavior.
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller's Report Speaks Volumes  —  What's in the special counsel's findings is almost as revealing as what's left out.  —  By the fall of 2017, it was clear that special counsel Robert Mueller, as a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was too conflicted to take a detached look …
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Trump thought Mueller would be ‘the end of my presidency.’ It should be
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Mother Jones
Abe Greenwald / New York Post:   The Mueller report just left egg on Democrats' faces
Brian Stelter / CNN:   Sarah Sanders admitted she lied to the White House press. Does she have any credibility left?
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Mueller, Trump, and ‘two years of bullshit’
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The best defense of Trump is still a damning indictment
Discussion: IJR and USA Today
David Brooks / New York Times:   It's Not the Collusion, It's the Corruption
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them.
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Mueller report shows Russians, Trump camp were friends with benefits. Collusion by another name?
Wall Street Journal:   Cohen Told Investigators Trump Was Willing to Travel to Russia During Race in Pursuit of Tower Deal
Washington Post:
Paranoia, lies and fear: Trump's presidency laid bare by Mueller report
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
A Lucid Portrait of an Untrustworthy Presidency
Washington Post:   Barr under fire for news conference that was a boon for Trump, and often featured one of his preferred terms
Washington Post:
Mueller laid out ‘thorough and compelling’ case of obstruction, but Barr decided Trump wasn't guilty of a crime
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Joe Biden Is Running for President  —  Joe Biden is running.  The former vice president will make his candidacy official with a video announcement next Wednesday, according to people familiar with the discussions who have been told about them by top aides.  —  Seriously, he's actually made a decision.
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NBC10 Boston:   Buttigieg to Join Stop & Shop Workers on the Picket Line in Malden
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Report: Assange Smeared Seth Rich to Cover for Russians  —  Julian Assange repeatedly blamed Seth Rich, the murdered DNC staffer, for Russia's leaks.  The Mueller report shows that Assange was lying from the start.  —  Julian Assange not only knew that a murdered Democratic National …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Stephanie K. Baer / BuzzFeed News:
A 29-Year-Old Journalist Was Killed In What Northern Ireland Police Are Calling A “Terrorist Incident”  —  A 29-year-old journalist was killed Thursday night amid riots in Northern Ireland, her colleagues said, in what police are calling a “terrorist incident.”
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Michael Hirsh / Foreign Policy:
How Trump Practices ‘Escalation Dominance’  —  “You have restraint on your side.  He has no restraint.  So you lose,” says outgoing French Ambassador Gérard Araud.  —  Following in the footsteps of Alexis de Tocqueville, Gérard Araud has made a study of the United States …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Mediaite
Christopher Buskirk / New York Times:
Barr Is Right About Everything.  Admit You Were Wrong.  —  After Trump's vindication, the liberal media and its allies in government should face a reckoning.  I'm not holding my breath.  —  Mr. Buskirk is editor and publisher of the journal American Greatness and a contributing opinion writer.
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Militia in New Mexico Detains Asylum Seekers at Gunpoint  —  [Read the latest edition of Crossing the Border, a limited-run newsletter about life where the United States and Mexico meet.  Sign up here to receive the next issue in your inbox.]  —  ALBUQUERQUE — A right-wing militia group operating …
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Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
This baby got measles because of anti-vaxers  —  (CNN)Fainy Sukenik believes in vaccines, and her four children are up to date on all their shots.  —  That's why she's furious that her baby got measles.  Too young to be vaccinated, 8-month-old Shira Goldschmidt developed complications from the virus and had to be hospitalized.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
In the Mueller Report, Erik Prince Funds a Covert Effort to Obtain Clinton's E-mails from a Foreign State  —  Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of Blackwater, a former private-security company embroiled in controversy surrounding its use of lethal force against civilians in Iraq …
Discussion: Axios
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John Bowden / The Hill:   Blackwater founder Erik Prince helped fund effort tied to obtaining Clinton's emails
 
 
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democratic equivocation over impeachment is a moral and political disaster
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
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Emily Hopkins / Indianapolis Star:
Scott Pruitt left the EPA mired in scandal. Now he is lobbying Indiana lawmakers.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
CBO: over 1 million Americans have become uninsured since 2016
Discussion: Political Wire
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