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2:00 PM ET, May 3, 2019

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CNN:
Nadler threatens to hold Barr in contempt if DOJ doesn't comply with new Democratic offer on Mueller report  —  Sarah Sanders: Nadler ‘incapable’ of asking Barr questions  —  Washington (CNN)House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Friday sent his latest offer Attorney General William Barr …
Discussion: Raw Story, Slate and Joe.My.God.
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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.
Discussion: Power Line and twitchy.com
House Judiciary Dems / House Committee …:
House Judiciary Chairman Sends DOJ Detailed Counter Offer for Mueller Report Redactions and Underlying Evidence  —  Nadler Sets 9 a.m. Monday Deadline  —  Washington, D.C. — Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr …
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.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler delivers ultimatum to Barr before holding AG in contempt
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
Adam Schiff / USA Today:
William Barr lied to Congress about the Mueller report. He should resign
Discussion: Fox News, Shakesville and NBC News
CNN:
READ: New Democratic letter to Barr on Mueller report
Discussion: Daily Kos and Shareblue Media
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
In Barr, Trump has found someone who licks his boots out of principle
Discussion: New Republic
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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CNN:
Trump and Putin spoke by phone, discussed Mueller report  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone Friday morning for “over an hour,” during which they briefly discussed special counsel Robert Mueller's report and other issues, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Putin Discuss Venezuela, Mueller Report
Discussion: Political Wire
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
White House: Trump, Putin spoke for more than an hour
Discussion: Axios and One America News Network
Sarah Longwell / USA Today:   Robert Mueller told us everything we need to know
Barbara Allen / Poynter:
Letter from the Editor  —  Dear readers:  —  On Tuesday, April 30, Poynter posted a list of 515 “unreliable” news websites, built from pre-existing databases compiled by journalists, fact-checkers and researchers around the country.  Our aim was to provide a useful tool for readers to gauge …
Fedor Indutny / BostonGlobe.com:
Remarkably unremarkable: Pete Buttigieg rises in the polls as the first major openly gay candidate for president  —  SOMERVILLE — It was both a remarkable and entirely unremarkable sight: Pete Buttigieg's husband shaking hands with voters who had lined up outside the Somerville Theatre to hear …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Pete Buttigieg Is Exposing Tensions In The LGBTQ Movement
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Alex Thompson / Politico:
‘Lock her up’ redux?  Biden's son becomes the right's new target  —  President Donald Trump's political allies and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have begun mobilizing to cast a legal cloud over Joe Biden and demanding that the Justice Department should open an investigation that could ensnare …
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Jessica Kwong / Newsweek:
Kellyanne Conway Broke the Law Attacking Joe Biden in White House Driveway and Should Be Fired: Bush Ethics Chief
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Press
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside Bernie Sanders's 1988 10-day ‘honeymoon’ in the Soviet Union  —  Bernie Sanders was bare-chested, towel-draped, sitting at a table lined with vodka bottles, as he sang “This Land Is Your Land” to his hosts in the Soviet Union in the spring of 1988.  —  The just-married socialist mayor …
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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 …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Jobs surge in April, unemployment rate falls to the lowest since 1969  —  KEY POINTS  —  US added 263,000 jobs in April, vs 190,000 expected  —  The U.S. jobs machine kept humming along in April, adding a robust 263,000 new hires while the unemployment rate fell to 3.6%, the lowest in a generation …
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Associated Press:
U.S. jobless rate drops to 49-year low
Ben Casselman / New York Times:   Why Wages Are Finally Rising, 10 Years After the Recession
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Added 263,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Rate at 3.6%
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?”
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Media Matters for America:
Study: Major media outlets' Twitter accounts amplify false Trump claims on average 19 times a day  —  Major media outlets failed to rebut President Donald Trump's misinformation 65% of the time in their tweets about his false or misleading comments, according to a Media Matters review.
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Alexandria Neason / Columbia Journalism Review:   On Twitter, news outlets amplify Trump's false statements: study
Matthew Cole / The Intercept:
How Erik Prince Used the Rise of Trump to Make an Improbable Comeback  —  When Erik Prince arrived at the Four Seasons resort in the Seychelles in January 2017 for his now-famous meetings with a Russian banker and UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed, he was in the middle of an unexpected comeback.
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.’
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.
Fedor Indutny / BostonGlobe.com:
Joe Biden's surprising early strength  —  Joe Biden is emerging as a human Treasury bond in a time of turmoil.  That is, the favored instrument for nervous political investors searching for safety in an electorally uncertain era.  —  Almost every Democratic presidential candidate has gotten …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Biden wins endorsement of Florida Democrats in early show of force
Discussion: Florida Politics
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
The New York Times Company:
Sarah Kliff of Vox to Join Investigations  —  Sarah Kliff, a versatile journalist who has used a variety of media to explain complex health legislation, will be based in Washington.  Read more in this note from Rebecca Corbett, Dean Murphy and Carolyn Ryan.
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.
Tom McTague / Politico:
Brexit tears through UK's political landscape  —  LONDON — The perpetual Brexit revolution rolls on.  —  After yet another night of unexpected electoral drama, each and every side of the never-ending Brexit debate — leave now, leave somehow or leave never — was quick out of the blocks to claim validation for their position Friday.
Discussion: BBC and Breitbart
 
 
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Jonathan Watts / The Guardian:
Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn
NBC News:
Klobuchar releases plan to treat substance abuse, mental illness
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Otto Warmbier's mother calls diplomacy with North Korea a ‘charade’
Bloomberg:
Kudlow Says Moore Pulled Out of Fed the Day Before Saying 'I'm All In'
Discussion: Splinter
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Dying Is No Reason to Stop Fighting
Angie Martoccio / Rolling Stone:
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The CBO Report On Single Payer Isn't The One We Deserve To See
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats ask NRA execs, PR firm for documents related to alleged self-dealing
Discussion: The Trace
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Economy and the Election  —  For as long as I've covered politics …
CNN:
Allegations remain in forefront for Kavanaugh, 7 months after his confirmation
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
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