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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors assert — More than 370 former federal prosecutors who worked in Republican and Democratic administrations have signed on to a statement asserting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's findings …
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Townhall, Mother Jones, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, twitchy.com, Mediaite and New York Post
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DOJ Alumni Statement:
STATEMENT BY FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS — We are former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice.
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Washington Post:
Mnuchin rejects Democrats' demand to hand over Trump's tax returns, all but ensuring legal battle — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday told House Democrats he would not furnish President Trump's tax returns despite their legal request, the latest move by Trump administration officials …
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New York Times, Townhall, Mother Jones and Wall Street Journal
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
DOJ moves to fend off Barr contempt vote — The Justice Department on Monday tried to head off a contempt of Congress proceeding against Attorney General William Barr, offering House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) the chance to negotiate about the committee's subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller's unredacted report.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Over 400 former prosecutors say Trump would be indicted if he weren't president
Over 400 former prosecutors say Trump would be indicted if he weren't president
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Scripting News
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Nadler Schedules Vote To Hold Barr In Contempt Of Congress
Nadler Schedules Vote To Hold Barr In Contempt Of Congress
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Fox News
Alex Conant / FIREHOUSE Strategies:
BREAKING: New early state Democratic primary voter survey results — Key Findings: — The Biden Surge: We asked Democratic primary voters who they favored among the eight highest-profile Democrats who have already announced their candidacies. According to our survey …
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Breitbart, Florida Politics, Front Page Magazine, Axios and Political Wire
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
What happens if Donald Trump refuses to admit he lost in 2020? … Recalling her mindset in advance of the 2018 midterms, Pelosi told the New York Times: … That might sound like exaggeration from Pelosi — an attempt to gin up her base in advance of the 2020 presidential election. It isn't.
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Fortune, Fox News, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Slate, Daily Wire, Fox News Insider and Rolling Stone
Matthew Sheffield / The Hill:
Biden takes 32-point lead over Sanders in new 2020 poll
Biden takes 32-point lead over Sanders in new 2020 poll
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Daily Wire
Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:
New effort launches to democratically elect the vice president in 2020
New effort launches to democratically elect the vice president in 2020
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Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Gerrard Kaonga / Daily Express:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to choose UNUSUAL name for baby that UNIFIES the US and UK — MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry could be leaning towards a royal baby name that pays tribute to both US and UK history, according to royal expert Victoria Arbiter. — Meghan Markle is expected …
Stephen Miles / Inkstick:
John Bolton, Pyromaniac — Imagine for a minute that your town needs to hire a new fire chief, and after an extensive search, they decide to hire a pyromaniac. — But it's not just that this new fire chief likes fires, he loves them, and he happens to be really, really good at starting them.
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New York Times:
U.S. Officials Raise Alarm of Iranian Threat Targeting American Troops in Iraq — WASHINGTON — Senior American officials said on Monday that new threats by Iran against United States troops in Iraq were behind the sudden deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group and Air Force bombers to the Persian Gulf.
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The Guardian
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Citing Iranian Threat, U.S. Sends Carrier Group and Bombers to Persian Gulf
Citing Iranian Threat, U.S. Sends Carrier Group and Bombers to Persian Gulf
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The Guardian, The White House, Breitbart, Slate and Task & Purpose
Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base
The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base
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Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Times and Raw Story
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia mayor under fire for alleged remarks about black job candidate — The mayor of Hoschton, a nearly all-white community 50 miles northeast of Atlanta, allegedly withheld a job candidate from consideration for city administrator because he was black, an AJC investigation has found.
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ThinkProgress, Washington Press, The Resurgent, The Root, theGrio, Splinter, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Civilization Is Accelerating Extinction and Altering the Natural World at a Pace ‘Unprecedented in Human History’ — WASHINGTON — Humans are transforming Earth's natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction …
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TechCrunch, Big Think, Gothamist, The Guardian, Commentary, Progress Pond, Splinter, Financial Times and The Mahablog
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former FBI Linguist Arrested and Indicted on Obstruction Charges — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man who previously served as a linguist for the FBI was arrested Saturday night on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making multiple false statements to FBI officials.
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The Gateway Pundit
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Jordan Schachtel / TheBlaze:
Former FBI translator — who joined CAIR in an attempt to shut down terror screening database …
Former FBI translator — who joined CAIR in an attempt to shut down terror screening database …
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Front Page Magazine
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
TN House Speaker's chief of staff admits past drug use, confirms text messages — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada's chief of staff has admitted to using illegal drugs - including snorting cocaine in his legislative offices - in response to text messages obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time — When Alexa runs your home, Amazon tracks you in more ways than you might want. — Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?”
Facebook:
Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia — Today we removed multiple Pages, Groups and accounts that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram. We found two separate, unconnected operations that originated in Russia and used similar tactics …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio … and CNN, more at Techmeme »
Davis Richardson / Observer:
Mike Pompeo Praises Climate Change in the Arctic as ‘New Opportunities for Trade’ — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Finland to discuss the United States' commitment to the Arctic region. While much of the secretary's speech addressed …
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Pacific Standard, VICE News, Politico and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
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Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
Rovaniemi, Finland — SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you, Ambassador.
Rovaniemi, Finland — SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you, Ambassador.
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Talking Points Memo
Jon Gargis / MDJOnline.com:
New NRA president, Cobb native, aiming for higher membership, reclaiming government offices — Carolyn Meadows, an east Cobb resident and new president of the National Rifle Association. — Buy Now — Carolyn Meadows, an east Cobb native and new president of the National Rifle Association …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump is trolling us again. Stop falling for it. — President Trump has a superpower. With just a few taps to the screen of his iPhone, he can transform his staunchest adversaries into . . . Donald Trump. — No one loves a good conspiracy theory as much as the man in the Oval Office.
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog, RedState and Raw Story
James Reston Jr / New York Times:
Trump's Other Impeachable Offense — As Nixon learned, Congress will not abide a president who defies its subpoenas. — Mr. Reston is the author of “The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews.” — On July 30, 1974, nine days before President Richard Nixon resigned …
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Washington Post and Hullabaloo
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House Judiciary Dems / House Committee …:
Wednesday: House Judiciary to Markup Contempt Report for AG Barr
Wednesday: House Judiciary to Markup Contempt Report for AG Barr
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Axios, Townhall, TheBlaze, POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit, Shakesville, The Last Refuge and New York Post
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Major Report Omission Shows Mueller Was Either Incompetent Or A Political Hack — Not once does Robert Mueller mention an investigation into whether Russia interfered with the presidential election by feeding dossier author Christopher Steele misinformation.
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Daily Wire and Instapundit
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The FBI's Trump-Russia Investigation Was Formally Opened on False Pretenses
The FBI's Trump-Russia Investigation Was Formally Opened on False Pretenses
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JustOneMinute and American Greatness
Gregory A. Smith / Pew Research Center:
U.S. Jews are more likely than Christians to say Trump favors the Israelis too much — In his more than two years as president, Donald Trump has taken significant steps to support Israel, including moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognizing the Jewish state's sovereignty over the Golan Heights region.
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Front Page Magazine and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Anna Merlan / Splinter:
Far-Right News Site GotNews Has Filed a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition — The far-right news site GotNews filed a petition for federal Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 24, court records show. — The now-defunct site and its founder, Charles C. Johnson, were sued in federal court last year …
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Ryan P. Williams / The American Mind:
Algorithms of Suppression — The Claremont Institute has launched a campaign to engage our fellow citizens in discussion and debate about what it means to be an American. As part of that effort, we have begun to point out the increasingly existential danger of identity politics and political correctness to our republic.
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Front Page Magazine, Human Events, National Review and Power Line
Kara Swisher / New York Times:
The Free-Speech Thunderdome — Trump is confused. The First Amendment doesn't say you can tweet whatever you want. — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer. — I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell the president, but someone has to: Social media is not the public square, not even a virtual one.
HuffPost:
Congress Is Failing — So much for checks and balances. — WASHINGTON — As House Democrats dither over moving forward with impeachment in a divided government and Senate Republicans are satisfied confirming judges rather than passing legislation, a pressing question is emerging: What the hell is Congress good for, anyway?
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Washington Post, Salon and Raw Story
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump May Redefine Poverty, Cutting Americans From Welfare Rolls — OMB says in regulatory filing it may recalculate poverty level — Switch to so-called chained CPI would slow growth of poverty — The Trump administration may alter the way it determines the national poverty threshold …