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10:30 PM ET, May 13, 2019

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New York Times:
Barr Assigns U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to Review Origins of Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr has assigned the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut to examine the origins of the Russia investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter …
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
AP source: Prosecutor to examine Russia probe origins  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” …
Discussion: Axios and Daily Wire
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's China grudge match may be spinning out of control  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump the Dow Man and Donald Trump the Tariff Man found themselves back on a collision course Monday as U.S. markets tanked and fear of a full-scale trade war between the world's two largest economies reemerged with a vengeance.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Republicans surrender to Trump's China tariffs  —  The GOP is starting to give up on thwarting President Donald Trump's trade agenda.  —  Senate Republicans acknowledge that the president's latest tariff increase on Chinese imports are harming farm state economies, their own constituents and some of Trump's most reliable voters.
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Seeks New $15 Billion Subsidy To Protect Farmers From His Own Trade War
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   GOP's farm belt Senators back Trump as China takes aim at U.S. agriculture
Washington Post:
Before Trump's purge at DHS, top officials challenged plan for mass family arrests  —  In the weeks before they were ousted last month, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and top immigration enforcement official Ronald Vitiello challenged a secret White House plan to arrest thousands …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
YouTube's Newest Far-Right, Foul-Mouthed, Red-Pilling Star Is A 14-Year-Old Girl  —  “Soph” has nearly a million followers on the giant video platform.  Its executives only have themselves to blame.  —  What does a 14-year-old girl dressed in a chador have to say on YouTube to amass more than 800,000 followers?
New York Times:
White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War  —  WASHINGTON — At a meeting of President Trump's top national security aides last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops …
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Is Trump Yet Another U.S. President Provoking a War?
Discussion: Politico and VodkaPundit
David Shortell / CNN:
Rosenstein calls Comey a ‘partisan pundit’ in revealing speech  —  Washington (CNN)Rod Rosenstein took aim at James Comey Monday, calling him a “partisan pundit” in prepared remarks for a speech that included the most public retelling yet of the twists and turns of the Russia investigation by the man who oversaw it.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Rosenstein criticizes Jim Comey as ‘partisan pundit,’ defends handling of Mueller probe  —  Former deputy attorney general Rod J. Rosenstein on Monday defended his role in the firing of James B. Comey from the FBI and criticized the bureau's former director as a “partisan pundit” …
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Rod Rosenstein defends Russia investigation handling, hits back at James Comey
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Call Tlaib Anti-Semitic for Saying Something Nice About Israel  —  The Republican Party, which has a hair-trigger sensitivity to left-wing anti-Semitism as censorious as any social justice warrior, has whipped itself into its latest frenzy over comments by Representative Rashida Tlaib.
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Anna Flagg / New York Times:
Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime?  —  It's a widely held perception, but a new analysis finds no evidence to support it.  —  A lot of research has shown that there's no causal connection between immigration and crime in the United States.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump Jr. subpoena could force GOP loyalty test  —  If Donald Trump Jr. doesn't comply with the Senate Intelligence Committee's subpoena, the chamber is preparing for the possibility it could vote on enforcing the order on the Senate floor, according to sources in both parties.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump comes out against Equality Act  —  With a vote on the Equality Act in the U.S. House expected on Friday, a senior administration official indicated exclusively to the Washington Blade that President Trump opposes the bill.  —  “The Trump administration absolutely opposes discrimination …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times:
WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones  —  A vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp has allowed attackers to inject commercial Israeli spyware on to phones, the company and a spyware technology dealer said.  —  WhatsApp, which is used by 1.5bn people worldwide …
Washington Post:
Senior arms control official resigns from State Department  —  A top U.S. arms control official and prominent Iran hawk has resigned from the State Department after serving just over a year in the position, said U.S. officials and congressional aides familiar with the decision.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Conservatism has become a racket, and Trump is the grifter in chief  —  “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”  -Eric Hoffer  —  You can debate when the conservative movement became a racket — I nominate 1996 …
New York Daily News:
Mayor de Blasio's NYPD vehicle was driving wrong way when it crashed with truck, sparking cover-up  —  Mayor de Blasio's NYPD SUV was cruising the wrong way with lights and sirens blaring when it got into a car crash, sparking a frantic cover-up by his security detail, a new accident report obtained by the Daily News shows.
Leah Litman / New York Times:
Is Roe in Danger?  Liberal Justices Seem to Think So  —  Conservative justices took a step in laying the foundation for the reversal of Roe v. Wade.  —  Ms. Litman is an assistant professor of law at the University of California, Irvine.  —  The Supreme Court made clear on Monday …
Keara Dowd / WTOP:
Power to the people: DC residents could soon issue parking tickets  —  A new pilot program that's part of an overhaul of transportation safety in D.C. would let some residents issue parking tickets on their own.  —  The Citizen Safety Enforcement Pilot Program is part of a larger “Vision Zero” …
Discussion: Daily Wire, Reason and Instapundit
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Accuses Trump of Pay Discrimination: 'The Numbers Don't Lie'  —  The ex-Trump aide claims she was paid substantially less per month than her male counterpart for the same work.  —  Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the former Apprentice star who campaigned for President Trump and then followed …
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Elie Mystal / The Nation:
How Does Donald Trump Keep Getting Away With It?  —  Hint: From Congress to the courts, people keep treating Trump like a “normal” president.  It's time to stop.  —  Every day, President Donald Trump or his minions say something stupid, wrong, or demonstrably false.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Republican Party maxed out credit card, racked up $600 in monthly interest as it tried to save Scott Walker  —  MADISON - The state Republican Party fell so far behind financially in recent months that it missed payments to insurers and racked up nearly $600 a month in interest …
Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story
Irin Carmon / The Cut:
We Have No Idea How Scary Our Abortion Future Will Get  —  No one used to take Janet Porter seriously.  The Ohio activist who pioneered so-called “heartbeat” six-week abortion bans was mostly known for the gags — a YouTube video with a tinny voice singing “Have a heart …
Katie Sullivan / Media Matters for America:
Fox's “news” side pushed misinformation every day for four months straight  —  Fox News likes to tout the “hard news” side of its operation, setting up a false distinction between its right-wing prime-time hosts and the members of its news team as a defense against those who flag the propaganda …
Hunter Woodall / Associated Press:
2020 hopeful Biden says he's open to breaking up Facebook  —  HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Joe Biden said Monday that he would be open to breaking up Facebook, a sign of the deep skepticism among many Democratic presidential contenders about the power of massive technology firms.
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
Inside the Pampered and Personalized World of DC's VIP Diners  —  The big restaurant lie: Everyone is treated the same.  —  Sometimes maître d' Michael Arnaud has to play bad cop.  Granted, he wears a wide smile above his green bow tie and greets every customer of Joe's Seafood …
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Sanders and Warren in hot pursuit of AOC endorsement  —  The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez primary is heating up.  —  For the second time in five days, the star freshman congresswoman is appearing alongside Bernie Sanders at a high-profile event.  Rep. Ro Khanna, co-chairman of Sanders' campaign …
Bloomberg:
Pompeo Fails to Sway Allies on Iran in Awkward Surprise Visit  — Cites intel threats in meeting U.K., French, German envoys  — Defying Trump, Europeans say Iran nuclear deal must stand  —  U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made scant progress persuading European Union counterparts …
Bloomberg:
Ukraine Prosecutor Made Up Biden Claim, Kiev Lawmaker Says  — Alleged bid to curry favor with Trump and Giuliani draws ire  — Prosecutor's spokeswoman denies the letter came from him  —  A Ukrainian lawmaker accused his country's top prosecutor of manufacturing a “conspiracy” …
Discussion: Fox News and POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why was FBI so wrong in Trump-Russia wiretap warrant?
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Joyce Karam / The National:
US denies visa to senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
'We'll see what happens': An investigation into Donald Trump's favorite phrase
Discussion: Washington Press and Raw Story
Andrew Freedman / Axios:
NASA commits to sending the first woman to the moon for 2024 “Artemis” mission
Lynh Bui / Washington Post:
Coast Guard officer accused of plotting terrorist attack to remain jailed, judge says
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump praises authoritarian Hungarian prime minister as “highly respected”
Akane Otani / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Stocks Close Sharply Lower on Renewed Trade Anxiety
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
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Discussion: New York Times
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
An Oral History of Trump's Bigotry
Discussion: Raw Story
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
One of the Most Effective Anti-Trump Groups in the Country Is Now Tackling Voter Suppression in the States
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
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