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7:50 PM ET, April 19, 2019

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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.
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Katie Galioto / Politico:
Romney says he is ‘sickened’ by Mueller report  —  Sen. Mitt Romney said Friday that he was “sickened” by President Donald Trump's actions described in special counsel Robert Mueller's report.  —  In a statement, the Utah Republican said that while it was “good news” there was not enough evidence …
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 …
Yuval Levin / National Review:
Another Warning Sign  —  The Mueller report is of course about Russian interference in the 2016 election and about the White House's interference in the resulting investigation.  But I couldn't help also reading the report as a window into the manner of administration that characterizes the Trump era …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
The counterintelligence investigation of the Trump team and Russia hasn't stopped  —  Officials say they're still looking into whether any Americans helped the Russians interfere in the 2016 election, or are still compromised by Russia.  —  WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller's …
Discussion: Raw Story
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Screaming Mark Levin Leaves Fox & Friends Speechless with 8 AM Mueller Rant: ‘Ed, You Have No Idea!’  —  Conservative talk radio host Mark Levin stunned the hosts of Fox & Friends this morning after a particularly unhinged rant, in which Levin screamed and cursed about claims of obstruction against President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Washington Times
Bloomberg:
Trump's Post-Mueller Euphoria Gives Way to Anger and Recrimination  — President, aides said to be particular angry at McGahn, Porter  —  On the White House's South Lawn on Thursday, a mob of reporters waited to question Donald Trump about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report …
Discussion: Raw Story
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
The Mueller report isn't just a legal document.  It's also the best book on the Trump White House so far.  —  Review of “Report on the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election” by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III  —  The Mueller report is that rare Washington tell …
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 …
Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats examine Erik's Prince statements on 2017 Seychelles meeting for possible perjury  —  Nine days before Donald Trump took the oath of office, Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of the private military contractor Blackwater and a Trump ally, met in the Seychelles islands …
Discussion: Task & Purpose and Vox
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Mueller Report Could Alienate the Voters Republicans Need  —  Beyond all the revelations about Russian entanglements and possible obstruction of justice, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report crystallizes two cardinal rules about governance in Donald Trump's Washington.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ronald A. Klain / Washington Post:
Robert Mueller failed to do his duty
Discussion: Quartz
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Mueller report: Donald Trump failed us as commander-in-chief
David French / National Review:
The Mueller Report Should Shock Our Conscience
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:   The Hustlers and Swindlers of the Mueller Report
Timothy O'Brien / Bloomberg:   Does Mueller Think Trump's Guilty? Read Closely
Asha Rangappa / New York Times:
How Barr and Trump Use a Russian Disinformation Tactic
Discussion: Raw Story, FactCheck.org, Quartz and Vox
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Mueller didn't charge Trump — but his report is a brutal indictment
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump campaign punishes Don McGahn's law firm  —  The Trump campaign has hired its own in-house attorney for its 2020 reelection bid — shifting future business away from Jones Day, the law firm, that has represented Trump since his first run for president.  —  Campaign officials and advisers cast …
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Washington Post:
Trump blames McGahn after Mueller paints damning portrait with notes from White House aides
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democratic equivocation over impeachment is a moral and political disaster  —  As the political world digests the shocking scale of corruption, misconduct and skirting of criminality detailed in the Mueller report, Democrats have been pushing back on the idea that it's time to initiate an inquiry into the impeachment of President Trump.
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Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani / ThinkProgress:
Warren, Castro are the first 2020 candidates to call for Trump's impeachment
Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Rep. Hunter pretends to cross the Mexico border and gets called out for violating ‘parole’  —  California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter and his Democratic challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar traded Twitter barbs Thursday over a video Hunter posted in which he appeared to suggest he was crossing the southern border into Mexico.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Militia in New Mexico Detains Asylum Seekers at Gunpoint
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 …
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Yara Bayoumy / The Atlantic:   The French Ambassador Is Retiring Today. Here's What He Really Thinks About Washington.
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
South Florida Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Democratic Lawmakers, Including Ilhan Omar … Lately, Donald Trump fans have enjoyed attacking left-leaning Americans.  Last year, for instance, Miami-area resident Cesar Sayoc sent pipe bombs to prominent liberals around the country and went to jail.
New York Times:
The Long Run: Pete Buttigieg Fired South Bend's Black Police Chief.  It Still Stings.  —  Pete Buttigieg Fired South Bend's Black Police Chief.  It Still Stings.  — Mr. Buttigieg's firing of the popular black police chief Darryl Boykins unleashed a blizzard of claims, counterclaims, lawsuits and anguish.
Discussion: The Atlantic
New York Times:
Joe Biden Begins Taking Money for a 2020 Presidential Campaign  —  Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has begun accepting financial donations for a 2020 presidential campaign, an unambiguous sign that he intends to begin his challenge to President Trump within days.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Sanders's ‘Slip of the Tongue’ Would Be a Problem in Some White Houses.  Not Trump's.  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — After admitting to investigators for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, that she delivered a false statement from the White House podium, Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dave Gershgorn / Quartz:
Microsoft staff are openly questioning the value of diversity  —  Some Microsoft employees are openly questioning whether diversity is important, in a lengthy discussion on an internal online messaging board meant for communicating with CEO Satya Nadella.  —  Two posts on the board criticizing …
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Nadler Vows ‘Major Hearings’ With Barr, Mueller, Others
John Hudson / Washington Post:
U.S. authorities make first arrest in mysterious raid of North Korea's Embassy in Spain
U.S. Department of Justice:
Tamarac Resident Arrested for Making Multiple Threats to Members of Congress
Discussion: Axios
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
If Impeaching Trump Is Pointless, Then Bipartisanship Is Worthless
Clio Chang / Jezebel:
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Re-Read Bill Barr's Infamous Letter With Full Quotes From the Mueller Report
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
There Was No Russia Conspiracy. But Trump Is More Dangerous Than Ever.
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
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Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Axios
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