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5:30 AM ET, May 13, 2019

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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House Republicans criticize Rep. Tlaib over remarks on Holocaust, Israel  —  House Republican leaders took aim at Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday for a podcast interview in which she discussed her support for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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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” …
Allan Smith / Associated Press:
Trump aide Kudlow acknowledges U.S. consumers pay for tariffs, not China  —  “Both sides will suffer on this,” Kudlow said.  —  White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow contradicted President Donald Trump on Sunday by acknowledging that U.S. consumers end up paying for the administration's tariffs on Chinese goods.
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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
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
An Imperial Presidency?  —  President Trump's free rein from political norms puts the United States at risk.  —  We watch daily as the constitutional and conventional fabric of this country is clawed at and unraveled by Donald Trump, while those with any power to prevent or punish his actions …
Discussion: The Stanford Daily and Raw Story
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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: The Week and Slate
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
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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
What Joe Biden Is Teaching Democrats About Democrats  —  Over the past five years, the Democratic Party has seemed to race leftward so fast that its recent standard-bearers are considered no longer qualified to lead it.  Bill Clinton?  An embarrassment not welcome on the campaign trail.  Barack Obama?
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
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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Axios:
Trump's Biden obsession
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
'Who's going to take care of these people?'  —  As emergencies rise across rural America, a hospital fights for its life  —  The hospital had already transferred out most of its patients and lost half its staff when the CEO called a meeting to take inventory of what was left.
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.
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
Ali Vaez / The Atlantic:
Trump's ‘Maximum Pressure’ Won't Make Iran Yield  —  A magnificent fresco adorns the main pavilion of the royal palace in the Iranian city of Isfahan, depicting the 16th-century Battle of Chaldiran, fought between the Turkish-Ottoman and Persian-Safavid empires.
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Washington Post:   Applying ‘maximum pressure,’ Trump faces burgeoning crises overseas
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 …
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Buttigieg takes shot at social conservatives, describes coming out during Vegas LGBTQ gala  —  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg took a shot at social conservatives Saturday in Las Vegas as he described the exclusion he experienced after publically coming out as a gay man.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Buttigieg calls out Democrats for playing ‘identity politics’
 
 
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China's Latest Crackdown Target Is Liberal Economists
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
On the scene: The Pentagon commits to the border crisis
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
McCarthy says Democrats are “more interested in subpoenas than solutions”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Booker vows to bring ‘fight to the NRA like never before’ with gun control proposals
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Florida Republicans warn that Trump's Venezuela policy is at risk of backfiring
Discussion: Raw Story
Debra J. Saunders / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Father of daughter murdered at Parkland speaks out on protecting kids
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Mattha Busby / The Guardian:
Andrew Neil: questions to Ben Shapiro were legitimate
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Your 5G Phone Won't Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘A dream ticket’: Black lawmakers pitch Biden-Harris to beat Trump
Discussion: Breitbart
DW.COM:
Turkish journalist beaten after TV appearance
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
‘The safe choice:’ Biden widens SC lead in 2020 Democratic presidential primary
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
They Were Promised Coding Jobs in Appalachia. Now They Say It Was a Fraud.
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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