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Washington Post:
Trump's trade approach under attack as China readies retaliation; markets poised for big sell-off — Beijing plans steep tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods in response to White House action … President Trump's efforts to calm investors while he launches a full-scale trade war …
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Raw Story, Bloomberg and Mercury News
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Seeks New $15 Billion Subsidy To Protect Farmers From His Own Trade War — The president falsely claims that tariffs are paid “directly” to the U.S. Treasury by China and indicates these nonexistent Chinese funds will cover the subsidy cost. — President Donald Trump is seeking …
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Fortune, Associated Press and Splinter
Bloomberg:
China Announces Tariff Retaliation to Take Effect on June 1 — China announced that it will impose additional tariffs on some American goods in retaliation for the latest increase of U.S. duties on $200 billion of Chinese imports. — The tariffs will take effect on June 1 …
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Quartz, Slate, Boston Magazine, Fortune, shanghaiist and Politico
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
China to retaliate on $60B in U.S. goods, defying Trump's warning
China to retaliate on $60B in U.S. goods, defying Trump's warning
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Washington Post, Bloomberg and Breitbart
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Kudlow's admission about who pays tariffs contradicts Trump
Kudlow's admission about who pays tariffs contradicts Trump
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HillReporter.com
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?
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Iowa Trump voters want Elizabeth Warren's ideas, focus group shows
Iowa Trump voters want Elizabeth Warren's ideas, focus group shows
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HillReporter.com and No More Mister Nice Blog
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Iowa's Likely Outcome for 2020 Contenders: A Field of Broken Dreams
Iowa's Likely Outcome for 2020 Contenders: A Field of Broken Dreams
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Des Moines Register
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
What's the Real Reason Trump Is Stonewalling Congress? — Maybe he wants to avoid more bad publicity. Or maybe it's something worse. — If President Donald Trump thinks he's been totally exonerated, as he says, why is he stonewalling Congress? Why wouldn't he want special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Raw Story, The Moderate Voice and Los Angeles Times
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
An Imperial Presidency? — President Trump's free rein …
An Imperial Presidency? — President Trump's free rein …
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Shareblue Media, The Stanford Daily and Raw Story
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Peter Schweizer, Who Smeared Hillary Clinton, Is Back for Joe Biden. Don't Buy It. — Real journalists want to report the truth, wherever it takes them. Peter Schweizer wants to reelect Donald Trump. — Michael Tomasky — Are we really going to do this again, Fourth Estate?
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Joe Biden's surprisingly controversial claim that Trump is an aberration, explained
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Journalism is Dead—Long Live the Media!
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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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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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Politico, The Federalist, Fox News, Yahoo News, IJR, twitchy.com, Breitbart, Yeshiva World News, Washington Examiner, RedState and Haaretz
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.
Discussion:
Splinter and twitchy.com
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.
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Fox News
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rules against Apple, allowing lawsuit targeting App Store to proceed — Apple suffered a significant defeat at the Supreme Court on Monday, when the justices ruled that consumers could forge ahead with a lawsuit against the iPhone giant over the way it manages its App Store.
Discussion:
Politico, more at Techmeme »
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court clears way for iPhone users to sue Apple over App Store prices
Supreme Court clears way for iPhone users to sue Apple over App Store prices
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Politico
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.
Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: How money flows from Amazon to 8chan — Follow the money from the world's most valuable company to a racist troll haven — You may or may not know about the 8chan website—but you are familiar with its work. The rudimentary message board is a wellspring of racism, violence …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Many Democrats fear Trump is laying an impeachment trap — (CNN)It seems a crazy idea that any president would actually want to be impeached. — But Donald Trump has so subverted Washington logic with his wild, norm-crushing presidency that there is now a serious conversation …
Discussion:
The Resurgent, Outside the Beltway and Front Page Magazine
The Daily Beast:
One-Time #Resistance Hero Rod Rosenstein Was Trump's Leak-Hunter-in-Chief — The Trump administration is on pace for a record number of leak prosecutions—thanks in part to a man hailed by the president's fiercest critics. — Rod Rosenstein was a #Resistance hero—and one of Donald Trump's …
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Raw Story and Columbia Journalism Review
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside Jared Kushner's two missions impossible — As President Donald Trump launches his re-election bid, his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is waging dual campaigns of his own, preparing to sell ambitious fixes to two of the most stubborn problems of the past 50 years.
Gillian Edevane / Newsweek:
Senator Lindsey Graham advises Donald Trump Jr. to Avoid Testifying Over Russia Deal: “Call it a Day” — During an appearance on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures, Senator Lindsey Graham brushed off the Senate Intelligence Committee's attempts to subpoena Donald Trump Jr …
Philly.com:
Philly's work to reform cash bail should inspire the nation | Bernie Sanders — After decades of politicians in Washington supporting mass incarceration, America is now spending $80 billion a year to lock up 2.2 million people — the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Mike Pence's advice to Christian college grads: Prepare to be ‘shunned or ridiculed for defending the teachings of the Bible’ — Vice President Pence had a message for Liberty University's graduating class of 2019: “Be ready.” — But as Pence looked out over the sea of people dressed …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
One of the Most Effective Anti-Trump Groups in the Country Is Now Tackling Voter Suppression in the States — American Oversight uncovered Ivanka's private emails and Pruitt's calendars. Now it wants to use its investigative methods to unearth the motivations behind voter suppression laws.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Megan Specia / New York Times:
Sweden Reopens Rape Case Against Julian Assange — The Swedish authorities announced on Monday that they would reopen an investigation into rape allegations against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, who is serving a prison term in Britain for jumping bail as the United States seeks …
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The Wrap and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
How a Newspaper War in New Orleans Ended: With a Baked Alaska and Layoffs — NEW ORLEANS — The announcement came via the baked alaska. — On May 2, senior staff members at The Advocate newspaper gathered in a room at Antoine's, one of the white-linen dining palaces in the French Quarter of New Orleans …
Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
American Nazis protested a Holocaust remembrance event. A university's scholarship is part of the reason why. — (CNN)For the past five years, Joyce Griffis and Congregation Chaim B'Derech have held a Holocaust March for Remembrance in Russellville, Arkansas. It's always been solemn and peaceful.
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Talking Points Memo