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The Daily Beast:
Far-Right Smear Merchants Try to Slime Pete Buttigieg with Bogus Sex Assault Claim  —  The mayor was briefly accused of assaulting a young man.  A GOP source says right-wing operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman approached him to make similarly untrue accusations.
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Mayor Pete Assault Accuser: This Was All a ‘Despicable’ Set-Up  —  Michigan college student Hunter Kelly says smear merchants Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tricked him into being part of a hoax.  —  The young man who accused Mayor Pete Buttigieg of sexually assaulting him fully recanted …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden solidifies front-runner status with post-announcement bump  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden's announcement of a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination earned him an 11-point polling bounce, leaving him head and shoulders above the rest of the Democratic candidates.
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Fedor Indutny / BostonGlobe.com:
Biden, followed by Sanders and Buttigieg, leads among Democrats in N.H. survey
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
CNN poll: Biden jumps to 24-point lead after 2020 announcement
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Raw Story
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Biden says Congress will have ‘no alternative’ but to impeach Trump if he blocks its investigations
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How Joe Biden gets under Trump's skin
Scott Smith / Associated Press:
Venezuela's Guaido takes to streets in military uprising  —  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets with activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed soldiers early Tuesday in a bold and risky call for the military …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Clashes Flare After Venezuela Opposition Leader Calls for Military Uprising  —  • Clashes between anti-government protesters and law enforcement officers erupted in Caracas on Tuesday after the Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, appeared alongside soldiers …
Conor Finnegan / Yahoo:   Venezuela rocked by clashes between opposition, Maduro government as US backs uprising
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump feeds his voters one of his most ridiculous scams yet  —  As we've seen, there's no end to the ugly, corrupt, destructive, and bigoted things that President Trump will do in part to please his base — from separating migrant families, to pardoning racist sheriff Joe Arpaio …
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New York Times:
Asylum Seekers Face New Restraints Under Latest Trump Orders  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday ordered new restrictions on asylum seekers at the Mexican border — including application fees and work permit restraints — and directed that cases in the already clogged immigration courts be settled within 180 days.
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
White House to seek billions of dollars in new funds for border crisis
Washington Post:
Poll: Percentage of Democrats who see border ‘crisis’ jumps 17 points since January amid spike in migrant families
Discussion: Daily Wire and Fox News
Washington Post:
What was Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale doing in Romania?  —  BRUSSELS — The day before special counsel Robert S. Mueller III submitted his report to the Justice Department last month, Washington was abuzz with what revelations it might contain about contacts between the 2016 Trump campaign and foreign officials.
New York Times:
Trump Pushes to Designate Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of American sanctions against a storied …
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Adam Schiff to make criminal referral for Erik Prince to Justice Department  —  House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told the Washington Post on Tuesday that his committee will make a criminal referral for informal Trump campaign adviser Erik Prince to the Justice Department.
Discussion: Defense One and Raw Story
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Schiff says House will make a criminal referral of Trump ally Erik Prince for possible perjury  —  The Intelligence Committee chairman pointed to testimony about a meeting with a Russian financier in the Seychelles islands.  — John Wagner, Karoun Demirjian -  · - 19 minutes ago -
New York Times:
Trump Sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One to Block Compliance With Subpoenas  —  President Trump, his three eldest children and his private company filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Deutsche Bank and Capital One, in a bid to prevent the banks from responding to congressional subpoenas.
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Vanessa Williams / Washington Post:
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams will not run for Senate in 2020  —  Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat who garnered national attention after narrowly losing her bid for governor last year, announced Tuesday that she will not run for Senate, despite a fierce lobbying effort by party leaders.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:   The Daily 202: Stacey Abrams not running for Senate in Georgia is another recruiting blow for national Democrats
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Oprah Talks Apple Plans, ‘60 Minutes’ Exit, ‘Leaving Neverland’ Backlash and Mayor Pete “Buttabeep, Buttaboop”  —  What's left for the media empress and icon of inspiration?  In a wide ranging interview, Winfrey explains her streaming strategy (including a possible interview series) …
Discussion: Axios, Vanity Fair, PinkNews and TVNewser
U.S. Department of Justice:
Jordanian National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Bring Aliens into the United States  —  Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bring aliens to the United States and a related charge for his role in a scheme to smuggle Yemeni aliens through Mexico to the United States.
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The White House:
Presidential Memorandum on Additional Measures to Enhance Border Security and Restore Integrity …
Robert Reich / Newsweek:
Congress Should Be Ready to Arrest Attorney General William Barr If He Defies Subpoena |  Opinion  —  , NEWSWEEK COLUMNIST AND CHANCELLOR'S PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY  —  On Sunday, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee threatened …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Schumer says Trump and Democrats agreed to $2 trillion figure on infrastructure  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said President Trump and Democrats agreed to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure over 25 years in a “constructive” White House meeting, and will meet again in three weeks on how to pay for it.
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Windsor Mann / The Week:
What all of President Trump's ‘jokes’ have in common  —  The day the Mueller report was released, President Trump said he might stay in the Oval Office “at least for 10 or 14 years.”  Trump, fearing “bedlam” over this remark, said it was a “joke,” similar to the one he made last year …
HuffPost:
Poll: 30% Of Conservatives, 15% Of GOP Say They Won't Vote For Trump  —  Republican critics of the president say the numbers spell big trouble for his reelection bid.  —  WASHINGTON ― Nearly a third of self-described conservatives and 1 in 6 Republicans say they will not vote …
Discussion: Reason
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rod Rosenstein Embodies the Republican Surrender to Trump  —  The most bizarre passage in Rod Rosenstein's letter to President Trump resigning his post as deputy attorney general is praise for “the courtesy and humor you often display in our personal conversations.”
Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
‘Bizarre, Dangerous, and Insulting’: Baby Nurses Fed Up With Trump's Bogus Abortion Rants  —  They say his talk of executing babies distorts the palliative care they provide gravely sick infants.  —  President Trump's latest rant about babies being executed after birth is riling up neonatal nurses …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Biden / YouTube:
America: Anything Is Possible … America is an idea.  An idea that's stronger than any army, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any dictator or tyrant.  It's a place where ordinary people do extraordinary things.
Discussion: Politico, CBS News and CNN
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
New York Times Drops Syndication Service That Supplied Anti-Semitic Cartoon  —  A ‘Times’ spokesperson told The Daily Beast exclusively about the paper's decision to stop using syndicated cartoons, including those from the syndicator of the offensive cartoon.  —  Lloyd Grove
Bernie Sanders / USA Today:
Everyone deserves to vote, even felons like Paul Manafort & Michael Cohen  —  Committing a serious crime shouldn't strip people of their basic right to be a citizen and active participant in our democracy.  —  CONNECT  —  I have been attacked in recent days by President Trump and others …
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?  —  Forty years ago, a serial killer terrorized the city.  Families have been searching for answers ever since.  —  [For more coverage of race, sign up here to have our Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox.]
John Avlon / CNN:
NRA has a huge mess on its hands  —  New York attorney general investigating the NRA  —  John Avlon is a CNN senior political analyst and anchor.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.  View more opinion articles on CNN.  —  (CNN)Think you had a busy weekend?
Discussion: Vox, The Guardian and Guns & America
 
 
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Be A Hero:
Ady Barkan's Testimony on Medicare for All — submitted to the House Committee on Rules April 30, 2019
Discussion: Boston Globe
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
John Singleton, ‘Boyz N the Hood’ Director, Dies at 51
Discussion: The Atlantic, Vox, Fortune and Variety
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
In a Switch, Some Republicans Start Citing Climate Change as Driving Their Policies
Washington Post:
For inured foreign officials, the sting of Trump's tweets has begun to dull
Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Crisis Tests Elaine Chao's Agenda at Transportation Department
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
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PBS NewsHour:
How Cory Booker sees himself standing out from the crowded 2020 field
John Broich / Washington Post:
Allied leaders were anti-Nazi, but not anti-racist. We're now paying the price for their failure.
Discussion: Big League Politics
 Earlier Items: 
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
When G-Men Run Amok
Media Matters for America:
New NRA President Carolyn Meadows chairs the board of directors for the largest Confederate monument in America
Discussion: Townhall
Sports Illustrated:
Halima Aden Makes History as the First Model to Wear a Hijab and Burkini in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
America Under Attack by White Supremacists Acting Like ISIS
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Rolling Stone
New York Times:
As Buttigieg Builds His Campaign, Gay Donors Provide the Foundation
Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:
Why Are Clapper and Brennan Not in Jail?
Popular Information:
Facebook allows the Trump campaign to run false and misleading ads with impunity
David Brooks / New York Times:
An Era Defined by Fear
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV
 
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