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Graham Kates / CBS News:
John Kelly joins board of company operating largest shelter for unaccompanied migrant children  —  In April, protesters outside the nation's largest facility for unaccompanied migrant children noticed a familiar face enter the massive, fenced site in Homestead, Florida: former White House chief of staff John Kelly.
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump, Putin discussed Mueller report and agreed no collusion, White House says  —  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the two leaders spoke by phone for an hour on Friday.  —  President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday and both agreed …
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   Ex-mob prosecutor says Trump's talk with Putin was a ‘get your stories straight call’ like she used to hear on wiretaps
TASS:   Putin, Trump discuss nuclear disarmament, Venezuela, Mueller report during phone call
Associated Press:   Trump discusses ‘Russian Hoax’ in long call with Putin
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sanders' dubious claim: Trump admin ‘takes election meddling seriously’
Discussion: Vox
Max Boot / Washington Post:
This nation is at the mercy of a criminal administration  —  Imagine that you live in a town that has been taken over by gangsters.  The mayor is a crook and so are the district attorney and police chief.  You can't fight city hall.  But at least you know you can turn for help to the state or federal government.
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Congressman Ted Lieu:   REPS LIEU AND RICE CALL FOR BAR INVESTIGATION INTO CONDUCT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR
Anna Sanders / New York Daily News:
De Blasio expected to announce 2020 presidential run next week: sources  —  Mayor de Blasio is expected to announce he's running for president next week, according to three sources with knowledge of the plans.  —  The 2020 announcement could come as early as de Blasio's birthday on Wednesday, when he'll turn 58, said one source.
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Launches Short-Range Projectiles, South Says  — The move is likely to raise tensions as denuclearization talks with the United States remain stalled.  — The South Korean military has used the term “projectile” when it was too soon to determine exactly what kind of missile had been deployed.
Discussion: Political Wire
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Mother of Otto Warmbier calls U.S. diplomacy with North Korea a ‘charade’  —  The mother of Otto Warmbier on Friday criticized the Trump administration's diplomatic outreach to North Korea as a “charade” and blasted dictator Kim Jong Un's regime as “absolute evil” in the family's first public comments on the stalled negotiations.
P.R. Lockhart / Vox:
Florida Legislature approves bill requiring former felons to pay fines and fees before voting  —  The bill now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis's desk.  —  After weeks of debate and over the objection of several voting and civil rights groups, the Florida Legislature has passed a measure requiring people …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Florida's Republican Legislature Votes to Nullify Popular Ballot Initiative Enfranchising Former Felons
Discussion: Mother Jones, Reason and Daily Kos
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Floridians Gave Ex-Felons the Right to Vote. Lawmakers Just Put a Big Obstacle in Their Way.
Discussion: Miami Herald and Politico
Justin Caruso / Breitbart:
James Woods Banned from Twitter Amid Silicon Valley's Conservative Blacklisting Campaign  —  James Woods, one of the few conservative stars in Hollywood, has been locked out of his Twitter account for over a week now for “abusive behavior,” once again demonstrating the double standard …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why Joe Biden Might Be the Best Bet to Beat Trump  —  If you've been reading the liberal media and Left Twitter the past couple of months, you'd be certain of one thing: Joe Biden is hopelessly out of touch — too old, too white, too male, too handsy, too racist, too misogynist, too unwoke …
Fox News:
Nunes casts doubt on Mueller's findings about Papadopoulos tipster's Moscow links  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is scrutinizing the findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report about Joseph Mifsud — the mysterious professor from Malta who helped ignite …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   William Barr Made A Major Disclosure In His Senate Hearing That Hardly Anyone Noticed
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Teach Schmidt a Lesson”: Did the Department of Justice Give the Mueller Letter to the Post to Screw the Times?  —  The Times's Michael Schmidt and Mark Mazzetti thought they had a scoop—until it turned up in their biggest competitor.  And D.O.J. contacts told Times reporters it had been done to punish them.
Dan Sewell / Associated Press:
Judges declare Ohio's congressional map unconstitutional  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal court ruled Friday that Ohio's congressional map is unconstitutional and ordered a new one be drawn for the 2020 elections.  —  A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati ruled unanimously …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Axios
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Ohio congressional map tossed out for partisan gerrymandering
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Trump's bipartisan infrastructure plan already imperiled as Mulvaney, GOP lawmakers object to cost  —  A $2 trillion infrastructure deal outlined this week by President Trump and top Democrats is already losing momentum, as the president's own chief of staff is telling people inside and outside …
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Erik Prince Set Up Intel Training for Project Veritas, James O'Keefe: Report  —  Blackwater founder Erik Prince arranged for political activist James O'Keefe's conservative group Project Veritas to receive more than one round of “training in intelligence and elicitation techniques,” The Intercept reports.
New York Times:
A Mueller Investigator Moves On (but Stays Mum)  —  Greg D. Andres was the first member of the special counsel's team to speak publicly since the report came out, but said little.  —  In the span of his 22-month investigation into President Trump, Robert S. Mueller III never held a news conference.
Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine:
This Is Billy McFarland's Fyre Festival Comeback Plan  —  Josh Raab didn't find Billy McFarland; Billy McFarland found him.  Or, rather, his girlfriend did.  In late February, Raab — a freelance editor who has worked with Al Gore and Garth Brooks, among other celebrities — received an editing query from a stranger named Ana.
Discussion: The Week, Gothamist and Deadline
Vanesa Vallejo / PanAm Post:
Venezuela: thugs loyal to Maduro decapitate opposition members ISIS style  —  Social media networds are flooded with video in which the regime's thugs show two heads of opposition members, as if they were trophies, who have just been beheaded  —  In 2014 the whole world was scandalized …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Asha Rangappa / TIME:
What Happens Next with the Mueller Report?  The Answer May Lie in the Footnotes  —  If there's one thing that lawyers know about reading documents, it's to pay attention to the footnotes.  In fact, oftentimes the most important information is buried there.
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Army Investigating Soldier's Alleged Leadership In Neo-Nazi Terror Group  —  The Army private is allegedly a recent leader of the Atomwaffen Division, a violent white supremacist group.  —  An active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army is under investigation for his alleged leadership role …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Prosecutors: No need to prove Russian conspiracy to charge Stone with obstruction  —  Federal prosecutors argued Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller did not need to prove conspiracy between the Russian government and the Trump campaign to show that longtime Trump ally Roger Stone obstructed Congress' investigation of the matter.
Discussion: Washington Post
Eric Felten / National Review:
FBI Official's Testimony Raises New Questions about Surveillance of Trump Campaign  —  Deputy assistant director Jonathan Moffa's testimony, which has been obtained exclusively by National Review, suggests there was more going on than has yet been admitted.  —  The deputy assistant director …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Mike Pence accuses centrist Joe Biden of ‘advocating a socialist agenda’ like other 2020 Democrats  —  KEY POINTS  — Vice President Mike Pence says in a CNBC interview that Joe Biden is “advocating a socialist agenda” along with other Democratic candidates vying to take on President Trump.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Week
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New York Times:
Why the Rich Don't Get Audited
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
Agence France-Presse:
'Let's just not say it': Jared Kushner says ‘two-state’ label hinders Middle East talks
Discussion: The Guardian
Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US missed chance to woo Venezuela generals
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Trump Approval Remains High for Him, at 46%
Discussion: National Review
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Winfree Under Consideration for Federal Reserve
Aris Folley / The Hill:
O'Rourke holds double-digit lead on Trump in head-to-head matchup: CNN poll
 Earlier Items: 
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Dan Rather, Still Fighting The former CBS News anchor opens up about Les Moonves, the state …
Discussion: Raw Story
Craig Bannister / CNSNews:
Hispanic Unemployment Rate Sets New Record Low in April
Wall Street Journal:
Clash Between Congress, White House Likely to Reverberate for Years to Come
Discussion: Politico
emptywheel:
Did Rod Rosenstein Pressure Mueller to Enter the Plea Deal with Paul Manafort?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jonathan Watts / The Guardian:
Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn
Fedor Indutny / BostonGlobe.com:
Remarkably unremarkable: Pete Buttigieg rises in the polls as the first major openly gay candidate for president
Barbara Allen / Poynter:
Letter from the Editor
 

 
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