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8:35 PM ET, May 12, 2019

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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Can Wharton Revoke Trump's Economics Degree Now?  —  His ideas are dumb and destructive.  —  Despite all the success enjoyed by 19th Century industrial magnate Joseph Wharton, the 21st Century has not been kind to his family's legacy.  His great-great-great grandson, Josh Rosen …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Kudlow acknowledges U.S. consumers, not China, pay for tariffs on imports  —  National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow acknowledged Sunday that American consumers end up paying for the administration's tariffs on Chinese imports, contradicting President Trump's repeated claim that the Chinese foot the bill.
Zachary Basu / Axios:   White House adviser Larry Kudlow contradicts Trump on who pays tariffs
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:   As Trump fights with China over trade, U.S.-China economic relationship already being redefined
Financial Times:   China's Liu He denies backtracking on trade agreements with the US
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Rashida Tlaib says thinking of the Holocaust provides her a ‘calming feeling,’ shockingly claims Palestinians created ‘safe haven’ for Jews  —  Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has made yet another shocking and historically ignorant claim: That thinking about the Holocaust gives her a “calming feeling” …
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
‘The safe choice:’ Biden widens SC lead in 2020 Democratic presidential primary  —  Now that he's formally entered the race, former Vice President Joe Biden widened his lead in South Carolina among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, according to a new poll.
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Suddenly conservative lawyers are condemning Trump for abuses of power … Washington seems to be barreling toward a constitutional crisis.  —  Democrats are barraging President Trump with demands for witnesses and documents.  Trump has answered by stonewalling, vowing to fight “all the subpoenas.”
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff: Trump's obstruction of Congress “does add weight to impeachment”
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
‘There He Goes Again’?  Not Yet, as Biden Avoids Major Gaffes  —  LOS ANGELES — The mayor of Los Angeles was attempting to praise Joseph R. Biden Jr. to the press, but Mr. Biden's aides were more focused on shooing the press away.  —  At the end of a made-for-cameras lunch he shared …
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Grant Stern / The Stern Facts:
SOURCE: Wall GoFundMe just paid for a ‘nearly’ $1 million yacht  —  A source close to the Florida man who raised over $22 million on GoFundMe in the “We The People Will Build the Wall” campaign just revealed today that the money has been diverted to pay for a ‘million dollar’ yacht and high-flying lifestyle.
Mattha Busby / The Guardian:
Andrew Neil: questions to Ben Shapiro were legitimate  —  BBC presenter says interview style not aimed at ‘destroying’ anyone after criticism  —  Play Video  —  Andrew Neil has defended his interviewing style following criticism from supporters of the conservative US pundit Ben Shapiro …
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Buttigieg calls out Democrats for playing ‘identity politics’  —  In a risky speech to the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBT rights group, Buttigieg warned of a “crisis of belonging in this country.”  —  LAS VEGAS — Pete Buttigieg sought to diffuse weeks of fraught questions about white privilege …
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Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Buttigieg takes shot at social conservatives, describes coming out during Vegas LGBTQ gala
Discussion: Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Frustration, Miscalculation: Inside the U.S.-China Trade Impasse  —  The latest breakdown shows the two countries still haven't found a way to negotiate effectively.  'Sometimes you need to say “stop screwing me.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Backed Libyan Warlord After Saudi Arabia and Egypt Lobbied Him  —  The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Egypt successfully lobbied President Trump to reverse U.S. policy in Libya and support a rogue general leading an offensive on a government in Tripoli backed by the United Nations …
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Your 5G Phone Won't Hurt You.  But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.  —  RT America, a network known for sowing disinformation, has a new alarm: the coming ‘5G Apocalypse.’  —  The cellphones known as 5G, or fifth generation, represent the vanguard of a wireless era rich in interconnected cars, factories and cities.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon will pull money from ballistic missile and surveillance plane programs to fund border wall  —  The Pentagon will shift $1.5 billion for President Trump's border wall from programs that include the military's next nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile and a plane that provides surveillance …
Discussion: Slate
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler squeezed with calls for ‘inherent contempt’  —  House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler is in a bind.  —  A growing number of Democratic committee members are pushing Nadler to take more aggressive steps to force President Donald Trump and top administration officials to comply with a host of congressional subpoenas.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
They Were Promised Coding Jobs in Appalachia.  Now They Say It Was a Fraud.  —  Mined Minds came into West Virginia espousing a certain dogma, fostered in the world of start-ups and TED Talks.  Students found an erratic operation.  —  BECKLEY, W.Va. — On a spring day in 2017 …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The “Year Five Plan”: Team Trump's post-election dream  —  Some of President Trump's top aides, who assume he will be re-elected, are already planning for an epic 2021 spending battle.  —  What's happening: Senior administration officials — including acting Office of Management …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
On the scene: The Pentagon commits to the border crisis  —  North Korea fired missiles, a U.S. warship deployed to the Middle East and unrest continues in Venezuela, but two days after President Trump announced he would appoint him as Defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan spent his Saturday in McAllen …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Florida Republicans warn that Trump's Venezuela policy is at risk of backfiring  —  Some Florida Republicans are warning that President Trump's Venezuela policy risks creating political problems in the must-win state, where the fate of that Latin American nation is hugely important to large Venezuelan and Cuban immigrant communities.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Chamber of Commerce courts Trump, comparing him to Reagan  —  Sign of the times: The top advocate for corporate America, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has installed a sign on the front steps of its headquarters in Washington, D.C., comparing Donald Trump to Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower.
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Waugh / HuffPost UK:
Trump To Be Denied Honour Of Addressing UK Parliament During State Visit In June  —  Unlike Obama, 45th President won't get to make an historic address to Westminster Hall.
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Paul Waugh / HuffPost UK:   Trump To Be Denied Honour Of Addressing UK Parliament During State Visit In June
John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘A dream ticket’: Black lawmakers pitch Biden-Harris to beat Trump  —  The Congressional Black Caucus may have found an answer to its Joe Biden dilemma: Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  Some black lawmakers are agonizing over whether to back Biden or two members of the close-knit caucus …
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
McCarthy says Democrats are “more interested in subpoenas than solutions”
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
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Father of daughter murdered at Parkland speaks out on protecting kids
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Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Channeling maybe-yes, maybe-no Mueller: Speak, Bob, Speak!
Washington Post:
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Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Polish nationalists protest US over Holocaust claims
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Peter Schweizer / New York Post:
The troubling reason why Biden is so soft on China
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