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10:50 AM ET, May 5, 2019

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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mueller agrees to “tentative date” to testify before House Judiciary Committee  —  The House Judiciary Committee and a representative for special counsel Robert Mueller have agreed to a “tentative date” of May 15 for Mueller to testify about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Michael Conway / NBC News:
If William Barr continues to defy subpoenas, Watergate offers House Democrats several options  —  In this fight, not acting to preserve its powers as a co-equal branch of government could relegate Congress to subservience in perpetuity.  —  The House Judiciary Committee grappled 45 years ago …
Jack Goldsmith / Lawfare:
Thoughts on Barr and the Mueller Report  —  I've been in a cave for several weeks crashing to complete my new book, and am only now emerging to read Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report and the commentary on it.  I'll hopefully have more to say on the report, especially on its legal analysis …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Breitbart
Fred Wertheimer / NBC News:   Nancy Pelosi has set House Democrats on a road that may lead to Trump's impeachment
Mark Murray / NBC News:
‘Hung jury’: Public remains divided over Mueller probe in new NBC/WSJ poll  —  Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has been dishonest in the Russia investigation, but it's a mixed bag on impeachment hearings.  —  WASHINGTON — Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire and POLITICUSUSA
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Joe Biden targets Trump, vows to 'restore America's soul' in first SC 2020 campaign stop … Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the first South Carolina rally of his 2020 presidential campaign in Columbia on Saturday, May 4, 2019.  Daniel Hare/Special to The Post and Courier
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden gives Trump a nickname: ‘Clown’  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden on Saturday referred to President Donald Trump as a “clown” after a supporter asked the former vice president whether he would return Trump's insults.  —  Biden, who is on the first swing of his 2020 campaign …
Discussion: Fox News and Axios
Washington Post:   Joe Biden's strong debut puts pressure on other candidates vying to challenge Trump
Katie Jennings / Politico:
May to Corbyn: 'Let's do a deal' on Brexit  —  The prime minister said heavy losses in local elections were a call from voters to get on with leaving the EU.  —  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May challenged opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to “put our differences aside” and strike a Brexit deal.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Guardian
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Associated Press:
Let's make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Liberal mega-donors plan $100 million swing-state blitz to beat Trump  —  The country's most powerful liberal donor club is reshaping its spending for the 2020 election, playing down longtime relationships with groups in Washington and instead preparing to pour $100 million into key states to help defeat President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Political Wire
Salt Lake Tribune:
Tribune Editorial: Ambition must be made to counteract ambition  —  By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board … — James Madison, Federalist No. 51  —  Mr. Madison's plan for the survival of popular government was nowhere to be seen last week, as Republican members of Congress put …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Medieval Scholars Joust With White Nationalists.  And One Another.  —  Each May, some 3,000 people descend on Kalamazoo, Mich., for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which brings together academics and enthusiasts for four days of scholarly panels, performances and after-hours mead drinking.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Spy by Any Name  —  A few questions about the F.B.I.'s don't-call-it-spying on the Trump campaign.  —  Back in the golden age of presidential conduct, before Donald Trump wrecked every norm and smashed every guardrail, someone — either in Lyndon Johnson's White House or in Langley …
Discussion: CNN
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Bonchie / RedState:
The New York Times Goes to Hilarious Lengths to Not Use the Word “Spy”
Discussion: twitchy.com
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
‘Investigate the investigators’ is new Trump rallying cry to counter Mueller report
Discussion: New York Post and PoliticalShort
Ruth Graham / Slate:
Rachel Held Evans, the Hugely Popular Christian Writer Who Challenged the Evangelical Establishment, Is Dead at 37  —  Rachel Held Evans, an influential progressive Christian writer and speaker who cheerfully challenged American evangelical culture, died on Saturday at a hospital in Nashville.
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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Rachel Held Evans, progressive Christian author who challenged evangelicals, dies at 37
Discussion: New York Times, CNN and The Daily Beast
Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service:
Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer of honesty and humor, dies at age 37
Discussion: Daily Kos
Timothy McLaughlin / Washington Post:
Security-tech companies once flocked to Myanmar.  One firm's tools were used against two journalists.  —  YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar police had two Reuters journalists behind bars, but they wanted more.  —  The reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were lured into a meeting with police …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Fair Play Is No Match for Foul  —  After getting dissed by Barr, will Mueller man up?  —  Sorry, James Comey.  You're wrong again.  —  Donald Trump does not eat “your soul in small bites,” as you wrote in a Times Op-Ed. He devours the entire thing in one big gulp.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Please Explain How This Entire Presidency* Isn't a National-Security Crisis  —  President Trump and President Putin are on the same page.  Why aren't the rest of us? … They have to be kidding now.  From the  —  Washington Post … All “checking in with the home office” japery aside …
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Omarosa claims White House destroyed 5 boxes of documents — that should have been turned over to Mueller  —  President Donald Trump's White House likely destroyed five boxes of emails, a top former advisor explained on MSNBC.  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman worked for the White House …
Discussion: Washington Press
Sung-Yoon Lee / New York Times:
Kim Jong-un Shot a Rocket?  He Wants to Talk  —  President Trump should deny him the privilege.  —  Mr. Lee is a professor of Korean Studies.  —  The North Korean government wants to talk.  On Saturday morning, displaying its signature defiance and smokescreen strategy …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Mother Jones and Slate
 
 
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Scott Morefield / The Daily Caller:
CNN Wrote Over 20 Articles On Covington Catholic Students, Ignores Philly Muslim Children Chanting …
Discussion: RedState
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Beto O'Rourke now calls for impeaching Trump: ‘No man ... is above the law’
Discussion: Washington Times and Rolling Stone
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Ticket prices plunge for Bill and Hillary Clinton's speaking tour
Rowaida Abdelaziz / HuffPost:
Muslim Man Was Fired When He Spoke Up About Mistreatment By His Boss
Washington Post:
Trump wants ‘toughness’ to deter migration, but physical measures keep failing
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