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7:35 PM ET, May 6, 2019

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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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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.
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 …
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.
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:   With Mueller on Justice staff, Barr has sway over testimony
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
AG Bill Barr believes special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to testify
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Treasury Department rejects Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
Discussion: TheBlaze
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Over 400 former prosecutors say Trump would be indicted if he weren't president
Discussion: Fox News and Scripting News
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
House Judiciary schedules vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Nadler Schedules Vote To Hold Barr In Contempt Of Congress
Discussion: 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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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former FBI Linguist Arrested and Indicted on Obstruction Charges
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
U.S. Officials Raise Alarm of Iranian Threat Targeting American Troops in Iraq
Discussion: The Guardian
Stephen Miles / Inkstick:
John Bolton, Pyromaniac
Discussion: Contemptor
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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Matthew Sheffield / The Hill:
Biden takes 32-point lead over Sanders in new 2020 poll  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 32-point lead in the Democratic presidential race in a Hill-HarrisX poll released Monday.  —  Biden won 46 percent in the poll compared to 14 percent for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who came in a distant second place.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:
New effort launches to democratically elect the vice president in 2020
Discussion: Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
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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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.
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 …
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.
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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Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
Rovaniemi, Finland  —  SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you, Ambassador.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:   Speaker's chief of staff says he doesn't recall sending racist texts
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 …
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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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 …
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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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
House Democrats demand White House documents on federal response to Puerto Rico disaster
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.
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 …
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.
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.
 
 
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
The Free-Speech Thunderdome
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Dems accuse Trump of flouting Russia sanctions deadline
Discussion: Axios
John Ziegler / Mediaite:
With Their Reaction to Bill Barr's Deception, ‘Conservative’ Media Has Fallen From State-Run to Lobotomized
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump May Redefine Poverty, Cutting Americans From Welfare Rolls
Anna Merlan / Splinter:
Far-Right News Site GotNews Has Filed a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Axios:
Trump hits all-time high approval rating in Gallup poll
 Earlier Items: 
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Another Chinese American Trump Donor Tried to Sell Mar-a-Lago Access to Overseas Clients
Discussion: Raw Story
Anna Hopkins / Fox News:
NPR reporter refers to Barr summary in same terms as FDR describing attack on Pearl Harbor
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Sophia Ebanks / Washingtonian:
What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right
George A. Sorial / Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen Was a Bluffer, Not a Fixer
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Major Report Omission Shows Mueller Was Either Incompetent Or A Political Hack
Discussion: Daily Wire and Instapundit
James Reston Jr / New York Times:
Trump's Other Impeachable Offense
Discussion: Washington Post and Hullabaloo
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

 
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