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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The White House's latest attack on Mueller reveals an ugly truth about Trump — President Trump's latest position on the Mueller report is that it both totally exonerates him and is fatally flawed at its very core — because it doesn't totally exonerate him.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Thinks Trump Is the Problem, Not All Republicans. Other Democrats Disagree. — DUBUQUE, Iowa — As Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his way across Iowa on his first trip as a 2020 presidential candidate, the former vice president repeatedly returned to one term — aberration — when he referred to the Trump presidency.
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Contemptor, Washington Free Beacon and Fox News
Melanie Hamlett / Harper's BAZAAR:
Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden — Toxic masculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a “female thing”—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men. It's women who are paying the price.
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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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and The Last Refuge
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John Sipher / The Atlantic:
The Russia Investigation Will Continue
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Mother Jones, Axios and Vanity Fair
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sanders' dubious claim: Trump admin ‘takes election meddling seriously’
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Vox, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post and Washington Free Beacon
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.
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Vanity Fair and Slate
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
The Economy That Wasn't Supposed to Happen: Booming Jobs, Low Inflation
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NB Blog, NPR, Marginal REVOLUTION, New York Post and Outside the Beltway
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
A Facebook ‘army’ and freewheeling tweets: Inside the billion-dollar Trump 2020 campaign machine — ARLINGTON, Va. — Four years ago today, Donald Trump was poised to descend his golden escalator and begin a ride that would take him all the way to the Oval Office. As he prepared his campaign, Trump didn't have much of a team.
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 — The former chief of the organized crime and racketeering unit at the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York explained on MSNBC Friday …
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Althouse
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Pelosi Warns Democrats: Stay in the Center or Trump May Contest Election Results — WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not believe President Trump can be removed through impeachment — the only way to do it, she said this week, is to defeat him in 2020 by a margin so “big” …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
This nation is at the mercy of a criminal administration
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Raw Story
George K. Yin / Politico:
How to Get Trump's Tax Returns—Without a Subpoena — Congress' pursuit of President Donald Trump's tax returns is already hardening into a stalemate between the Democratic House and Trump's Treasury Department. In his April 23 letter to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal …
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New York Times and POLITICUSUSA
Miami Herald:
Mentally ill woman gave birth alone in isolated jail cell, Broward public defender says — A jailed and pregnant mentally ill woman was forced to deliver her child alone in an “isolation cell” last month as corrections officers ignored her cries for help, Broward County's public defender charged on Friday.
David Siders / Politico:
Democrats preview post-Trump plan: Executive orders — Presidential candidates once boasted about their ability to bridge Washington's partisan divide, and to accomplish great things by bringing together different factions. — But with Republicans favored to maintain control of the Senate in 2020 …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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Raw Story, CNN, ImmigrationProf Blog, ABC News, The Week, New York Post, IJR, Daily Kos, Axios, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Unites the Nation: No One Wants Him to Run for President — Blame it—and everything—on Anthony Weiner. — To become mayor, he defeated a Republican who vowed to kill kittens to keep the trains running. — After complaining that New Yorkers didn't appreciate …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Florida's Republican Legislature Votes to Nullify Popular Ballot Initiative Enfranchising Former Felons — In 2018, a supermajority of Floridians voted for a ballot initiative to restore former felons' voting rights. Florida's Republican legislature has voted to effectively nullify that vote …
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Daily Kos, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mother Jones
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Floridians Gave Ex-Felons the Right to Vote. Lawmakers Just Put a Big Obstacle in Their Way.
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ThinkProgress, CNN, Orlando Sentinel, Miami Herald, Washington Post, Vox and Politico
Dan Scanlan / Florida Times Union:
Airliner skids into St. Johns River at NAS Jacksonville — The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a passenger airplane that slid off the end of a runway Friday night and into the St. Johns River at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. — Base officials say the incident occurred …
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Task & Purpose
CNN:
Trump urges caution as Bolton and Pompeo tease a military intervention in Venezuela — Washington (CNN)After US expectations were dashed this week for a transition of power in Venezuela, President Donald Trump is urging caution among senior advisers moving forward and expressing frustration …
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New York Times
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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 …
Jessica Chen Weiss / Washington Post:
No, China and the U.S. aren't locked in an ideological battle. Not even close. — Here are 3 things wrong with imagining we're in a “clash of civilizations.” — At a foreign policy forum last week, the State Department's Director of Policy Planning Kiron Skinner made some controversial remarks about the …
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Breitbart
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Favorite Network Embraces Russian Propaganda — One America News Network has no qualms with playing the mouthpiece for Kremlin-hatched conspiracy theories. It's no wonder the network got the president's seal of approval. — When it comes to putting disinformation in front …
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Raw Story
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Mark Halperin is seeking a comeback. His accusers have a problem with that. — Just 18 months after his career as a political pundit and TV commentator imploded amid sexual harassment and assault allegations, Mark Halperin is trying to mount a comeback. He's getting help …
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Contemptor, Washington Times and The Daily Beast
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 …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
The Anxiety of the $2,300-a-Night Hotel Room — Spending the equivalent of a down payment on a car for one night at the Japanese-inspired Nobu Ryokan in Malibu, the writer worried: Could he live up to his room? — 9 PhotosView Slide Show — › — Carbon Beach is a beguiling …
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