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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
For Fear of William Barr — The attorney general gets attacked because his probe endangers many powerful people. — The only thing uglier than an angry Washington is a fearful Washington. And fear is what's driving this week's blitzkrieg of Attorney General William Barr.
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Power Line
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump, Wrecker of Reputations — On Attorney General William Barr's testimony and the coming constitutional crisis. — In the first year of the Trump Presidency, White House advisers often promised reporters that this would be the week when they would unveil Trump's plans for a massive investment in American infrastructure.
Discussion:
The Resurgent, NB Blog, IJR, PJ Media Home and Slate
Washington Post:
Trump finds in Barr the attorney general — and shield — he long sought — For a time, President Trump was reluctant to select William P. Barr as his attorney general. The veteran Justice Department official from the George H.W. Bush administration was not a longtime Trump loyalist …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Atlantic, The National Interest, Denver Post and New York Times
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A Democratic Congressman just brutally mocked the cowardice of Trump's attorney general with a hilarious stunt — A member of the House Judiciary Committee just sent #ChickenBarr trending on Twitter when Trump's Attorney General William Barr refused to appear for fear of being questioned by the panel's lawyers.
Discussion:
Townhall, Fortune and The Daily Caller
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
In Barr, Trump has found someone who licks his boots out of principle
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USA Today, New Republic and Washington Monthly
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Biden says Barr ‘should’ resign: 'He's lost the confidence of the American people'
Discussion:
Daily Wire, Washingtonian and Joe.My.God.
CNN:
Mueller's silence let Trump supporters fill the void
Discussion:
Power Line, Fox News and Mashable
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Barr's theory would create a tyrannical presidency
Discussion:
Washington Post and Vox
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump is already set to use the government to destroy the Democratic nominee
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
At least one person came out smelling like a rose
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NPR, Crooked Media, Shakesville and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Mark Halperin Enlists Pals Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Michael Smerconish to Rehab His Career After Sexual Misconduct Scandal — The disgraced pundit has re-emerged from #MeToo hiding and has met with media friends for new punditry work—including a scrapped gig with the hosts of MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe.’
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, Fox News and Mediaite
CNN:
Bernie Sanders personally spearheaded campaign strategy to take on Joe Biden — Sanders: Dems must campaign on policy issues, not attacks — (CNN)The decision by Bernie Sanders' campaign to immediately engage with Joe Biden — in a series of public remarks, tweets and emails to supporters …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Hails Steel Tariffs in Defiance of GOP Request to End Them
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The Last Refuge and Politico
Fox News:
Trump tells Dems 'it's over,' says McGahn won't testify, hits Biden's ‘very dumb statement’ in Fox News interview
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Washington Post, Axios, swampdrain.com and Breitbart
Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump says he's not inclined to let former counsel McGahn testify to Congress
Discussion:
Political Wire
Katie Galioto / Politico:
Trump says he leaned on God to survive Mueller probe
Discussion:
Political Wire and ABC News
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
California Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns — The California state Senate on Thursday approved a bill to require candidates appearing on the presidential primary ballot — including President Trump — to release five years' worth of income tax returns.
Discussion:
Joe.My.God., Associated Press and Axios
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Daily Mail:
Grim-faced Obama with president-elect Trump as they depart of White House for the inauguration. — Obama was cordial to the president elect in their face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office, but in private Obama called Trump a conman straight out of Huckleberry Finn.
Discussion:
Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
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John Gage / Washington Examiner:
Obama saw the 2016 loss of Hillary Clinton as a ‘personal insult’
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TheBlaze
New York Times:
F.B.I. Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With Trump Aide in 2016 — WASHINGTON — The conversation at a London bar in September 2016 took a strange turn when the woman sitting across from George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, asked a direct question: Was the Trump campaign working with Russia?
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Politico, The Daily Caller, PJ Media Home, The Federalist, RedState, Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Big League Politics, Daily Wire, Chicks On The Right, Fox News, TheBlaze, New York Post, The Last Refuge, Slate, Power Line, The Resurgent, Axios, Raw Story, The New Neo, twitchy.com and Daily Kos
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
William Barr's Justice Department Just Filed the Most Nakedly Political Brief in the Agency's History — On Wednesday afternoon, after Attorney General William Barr finished his truculent and mendacious testimony before the Senate, the Department of Justice filed perhaps the most embarrassing …
Discussion:
The Atlantic and ThinkProgress
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Ukrainian embassy confirms DNC contractor solicited Trump dirt in 2016 — The boomerang from the Democratic Party's failed attempt to connect Donald Trump to Russia's 2016 election meddling is picking up speed, and its flight path crosses right through Moscow's pesky neighbor, Ukraine.
Discussion:
Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook bans far-right leaders including Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos for being “dangerous” — The bans are a sign that the social network is more aggressively enforcing its hate speech policies under pressure from civil rights groups. — Facebook said on Thursday …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’ What We Found in the Archives of Bernie Sanders's Long-Lost TV Show. — Dozens of children scurry on the screen across Ethan Allen Park in Burlington, Vermont, bobbing for apples and running three-legged races. It is a beaming July day, and they're at a summer camp …
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside Bernie Sanders's 1988 10-day ‘honeymoon’ in the Soviet Union
Discussion:
Dispatches
Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Barr Unable to Give Honest Answer to Drive-Thru Window at Arby's — BETHESDA, Maryland (The Borowitz Report)—Attorney General William Barr on Thursday proved unable to give honest answers to a drive-thru window at a Bethesda, Maryland, Arby's restaurant. — Barr, who drove up to the window …
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Questioned on Travel Expenses — Lawyer for the gun-rights organization says vast majority of the money was spent on donor outreach, fundraising and other business
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Watergate had the Nixon tapes. Mueller had Annie Donaldson's notes. — The notes, scribbled rapidly on a legal pad, captured the fear inside the White House when President Trump raged over the Russia investigation and decreed he was firing the FBI director who led it: “Is this the beginning of the end?”
Alexandria Neason / Columbia Journalism Review:
On Twitter, news outlets amplify Trump's false statements: study — When a president speaks, what he says is, by journalistic norms, inherently newsworthy. But when a president lies—on social media, at press conferences, and in speeches—news organizations have to reconsider old rules …
Discussion:
Media Matters for America
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
The White House wants Maduro gone. But it may be helping him stay in power. — Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — In baseball parlance, you could say (and some already have) that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó may have struck out.
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Republicans Quietly Relieved After Stephen Moore Withdraws From Federal Reserve Nomination — Senate Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief after President Donald Trump's controversial pick for the Federal Reserve decided to bow out in the face of persistent controversy over his past remarks.
Discussion:
Breitbart, Bloomberg and Washington Post
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The 2019 governor's race that has Trump's team sweating — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is a presidential phone-buddy and White House regular who's become one of President Donald Trump's loudest surrogates. — He's also one of the most unpopular governors in the country, facing a treacherous reelection in November.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
She's Asian and female. But she's not me. — I'm often mistaken for other Asian American journalists. Sometimes it's funny. Sometimes it's awkward. It took me years to realize that it also stings. … We're both Korean American, 5-foot-8, and our last name is Lee. That's about all we have in common.
Associated Press:
Cohen's prison reality: ‘The Situation’ and Shabbat services — NEW YORK (AP) — “The Situation” and the Fyre Festival fraudster are already there. President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is up next. — It's not reality TV. It's a federal prison 70 miles …
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