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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, Wall Street Journal and The Week
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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Reuters, CNN, Washington Post, Breitbart, The Week, Daily Wire, The Root, One America News Network, The Resurgent, twitchy.com and Daily Kos
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Treasury Department rejects Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
Treasury Department rejects Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
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TheBlaze
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
AG Bill Barr believes special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to testify
AG Bill Barr believes special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to testify
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Politico
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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Fox News and Scripting News
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
House Judiciary schedules vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress
House Judiciary schedules vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress
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Politico and The Daily Caller
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, TheBlaze, Townhall, POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit, Shakesville, The Last Refuge and New York Post
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
Jordan Schachtel / TheBlaze:
Former FBI translator — who joined CAIR in an attempt to shut down terror screening database — charged with obstructing terror investigation — Last year, a Somali-American man was listed as a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) …
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The Gateway Pundit and Front Page Magazine
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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
New York Times:
U.S. Officials Raise Alarm of Iranian Threat Targeting American Troops in Iraq
U.S. Officials Raise Alarm of Iranian Threat Targeting American Troops in Iraq
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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
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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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
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
What happens if Donald Trump refuses to admit he lost in 2020?
What happens if Donald Trump refuses to admit he lost in 2020?
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Fox News, Fortune, Slate, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Fox News Insider, Daily Wire and Rolling Stone
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 …
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, Raw Story and American Prospect
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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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No More Mister Nice Blog, Fox News, RedState, Breitbart and Raw Story
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi is worried Trump won't give up power if he loses in 2020. He just underscored why.
Nancy Pelosi is worried Trump won't give up power if he loses in 2020. He just underscored why.
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Salon, Slate, Talking Points Memo and Breitbart
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, The Resurgent, Washington Press, 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
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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Raw Story
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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?”
Timothy / Media Matters for America:
New NRA President Carolyn Meadows: Rep. Lucy McBath won her House race because she is a “minority female” — New National Rifle Association President Carolyn Meadows claimed that Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) won her 2018 election to the U.S. House not because of her support for gun violence prevention …
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Raw Story, The Root, Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo and Splinter
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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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CNN and Radio Free Europe/Radio …, 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 …
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
Ryan P. Williams / The American Mind:
Algorithms of Suppression — ***Update: Google's Acting Director of Political and Stakeholder Outreach got in touch with the Claremont Institute to notify us that the labeling of The American Mind as a “racially oriented publication” was a mistake. Our re-marketing ad campaign …
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Front Page Magazine, Human Events, National Review and Power Line
Maxwell Strachan / HuffPost:
Ilhan Omar Won't Be Quiet — “Clearly, I am a nightmare ― because [Trump] can't stop really thinking about ways that he can continue to use my identity to marginalize our communities,” said the freshman congresswoman as she went back to her district in Minnesota for recess.
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
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed News:
Republicans Think They Know How To Win Back Congress In 2020. Races Like This One Could Screw It Up. — STATEN ISLAND — “I didn't vote for you,” Kevin Smith told Rep. Max Rose, after flagging the freshman Democratic congressman down while walking his dog. “But I gotta give you credit — you worked your ass off.
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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Contemptor
Associated Press:
Red Sox manager Alex Cora won't visit White House — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora will not attend the ceremony at the White House on Thursday honoring the 2018 World Series champions. — Cora cited the Trump administration's response to Hurricane Maria in his native Puerto Rico as the reason for his decision.
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BostonGlobe.com, Politico, Talking Points Memo, IJR, Shareblue Media and The Root
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.