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The Daily Beast:
Trump Devotes Press Conference to Instructing Aides to Explain That He's Definitely Not Mad — He claims Nancy Pelosi has ‘lost it,’ while he remains an ‘extremely stable genius.’ — Accused of having a temper tantrum at a White House the day before, President Donald Trump did what anyone trying …
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Politico, Contemptor and AllNews 24/7
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Faked Pelosi videos, slowed to make her appear drunk, spread across social media — Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), altered to make her sound as if she's drunkenly slurring her words, are spreading rapidly across social media, highlighting how political disinformation …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Jumps Into Impeachment Fray With Both Feet — WASHINGTON — The idea was to talk about relief for farmers hurt by tariffs, with a couple of them standing behind him in cowboy hats. But it did not take long on Thursday for President Trump to go off on “Crazy Nancy” and “Crying Chuck” …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week and Bipartisan Report
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Correct Record After Diamond & Silk Mock Nancy Pelosi for Slurring Her Words: ‘Not a Real Video’ — Fox & Friends did the right thing Friday morning in swiftly correcting the record after Fox Nation hosts and frequent Fox News guests Diamond & Silk made remarkably disparaging remarks about Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
New York Times:
Nancy Pelosi Says Democrats Are ‘Not on a Path to Impeachment’ — WASHINGTON — The war of words between President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi escalated in dramatic fashion on Thursday, with each leader questioning the other's temperament and mental fitness in an extraordinary exchange of personal insults.
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: Pelosi figures out Trump's game — This week started out by highlighting Democratic divisions, but it ends underscoring and reinforcing the party's unity. — Democrats can thank, again, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She redirected an emerging rebellion over impeachment …
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Monmouth University … and Washington Post
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Gets White House Witnesses to Attest to His ‘Very Calm’ Demeanor
Trump Gets White House Witnesses to Attest to His ‘Very Calm’ Demeanor
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JONATHAN TURLEY, Fox News, The Week and Washington Post
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Impeaching Trump Is Risky. So Is Refusing To.
Impeaching Trump Is Risky. So Is Refusing To.
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Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Watch This Very Carefully — As Kate Riga reported earlier …
Watch This Very Carefully — As Kate Riga reported earlier …
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Democrats are getting sucked into Trump's chaos vortex
POLITICO Playbook: Democrats are getting sucked into Trump's chaos vortex
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Talking Points Memo, The Week and Political Wire
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
WHOOPS: Giuliani Busted With Doctored Pelosi Video As He Tweets About Integrity
WHOOPS: Giuliani Busted With Doctored Pelosi Video As He Tweets About Integrity
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Joe.My.God., Politico and Mediaite
USA Today:
Donald Trump, put on your billionaire britches and act like a president
Donald Trump, put on your billionaire britches and act like a president
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Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, The Hill and ABC News
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Manipulated videos of Nancy Pelosi edited to falsely depict her as drunk spread on social media
Manipulated videos of Nancy Pelosi edited to falsely depict her as drunk spread on social media
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Gives Attorney General Sweeping Power in Review of 2016 Campaign Inquiry — President Trump took extraordinary steps on Thursday to give Attorney General William P. Barr sweeping new authorities to conduct a review into how the 2016 Trump campaign's ties to Russia were investigated …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump gives Barr power to declassify intelligence related to Russia probe — In a memo issued late Thursday, the president ordered intelligence agencies to cooperate with the attorney general's audit of surveillance surrounding Trump's campaign. — Devlin Barrett, Carol D. Leonnig, Robert Costa, Colby Itkowitz -
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Conservative News Today, Shareblue Media, Shakesville, Bipartisan Report, Instapundit and The Week
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump orders declassification of information related to origins of Russia probe
Trump orders declassification of information related to origins of Russia probe
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Breitbart
Poolreports / Public Pool:
Subject: Memorandum on Agency Cooperation with Attorney General's Review of Intelligence …
Subject: Memorandum on Agency Cooperation with Attorney General's Review of Intelligence …
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The Last Refuge
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Twitter Bans #Resistance-Famous Krassenstein Brothers for Allegedly Operating Fake Accounts — Ed and Brian Krassenstein are banned for life after ‘operating multiple fake accounts and purchasing account interactions,’ a Twitter spokesman said. — Twitter has permanently banned prominent …
Washington Post:
‘He always brings them up’: Trump tries to steer border wall deal to North Dakota firm — President Trump has personally and repeatedly urged the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to award a border wall contract to a North Dakota construction firm whose top executive is a GOP donor …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, CNN, The Week, Vanity Fair and Slate
BBC:
Theresa May to resign as prime minister — Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister. — In an emotional statement in Downing Street, Mrs May said she had “done my best” to honour the 2016 EU referendum result.
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The Guardian, New York Times, Hollywood Life, Joe.My.God., Political Wire, Quartz and Mashable
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
UK's May says she'll quit as Conservative leader June 7
UK's May says she'll quit as Conservative leader June 7
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Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amendment Issues — WASHINGTON — Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks leader, has been indicted on 17 new counts of violating the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010 …
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Tom Coleman / Kansas City Star:
Former GOP Rep. Tom Coleman: Trump, Pence are illegitimate. Impeach them — According to the redacted Mueller report, candidate Donald Trump, along with members of his team, on multiple occasions welcomed Russian interference on his behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Washington Times
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Michael Avenatti once dominated cable news. Now he's watching it. — Irony oozed out of a tweet sent by lawyer Michael Avenatti the other day. He was upset about a segment on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” discussing his latest legal mess, an indictment for allegedly stealing nearly $300,000 from former client Stormy Daniels.
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New York Times:
Trump Officials Prepare to Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to Gulf Nations — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to circumvent Congress to allow the export to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of billions of dollars worth of munitions that are now on hold …
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Joe.My.God., The Week, POLITICUSUSA, The Resurgent and CNN
Brian Faler / Politico:
IRS could be forced to release Trump's taxes in the heat of 2020 — President Donald Trump's bet that it'll take years to resolve a coming court fight over his tax returns could be wrong. — Federal courts are already ruling quickly against Trump in his other attempts to block Congress.
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Raw Story and Contemptor
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Out-of-Control Hannity Thumbs His Nose at Fox News Bosses — Despite reportedly being told to stop referring to dubious pundits as ‘investigative reporters,’ the primetime star has continued to do so. Does anyone at Fox control Hannity? — Sean Hannity is apparently above the law at Fox News.
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Raw Story
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
'We're getting back on track': Dems ready Mueller strategy shift — Democrats admit it: They need to shift their post-Mueller strategy. — They've been so busy fighting technical battles over access to special counsel Robert Mueller's report that they've barely had time to speak directly …
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Fox News and American Greatness
Bruce Campion-Smith / Toronto Star:
Transport Canada to conduct safety review of Boeing 737 Max before allowing jet to fly again in Canadian skies — OTTAWA—Transport Canada is conducting its own review of design changes to the Boeing 737 Max aircraft to ensure that the “safety risks” identified in two fatal crashes are addressed …
Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
Women Have Most of Top Roles in Campaigns for Leading 2020 Democrats — WSJ analysis of senior staff of best-polling Democratic candidates shows wide swings of race, gender among staffs — The majority of senior aides and advisers on the top-tier Democratic presidential campaigns are women …
Washington Post:
New Trump administration rule would weaken protections for transgender people in health care — Under the Obama administration, the Department of Health and Human Services determined that rules against discrimination “on the basis of sex” applied to transgender people.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Kanye West Fires Back at David Letterman: Liberals ‘Bully’ Trump Supporters Like Me — In the fascinating new interview, Kanye West also opens up about his mental health issues, addresses his beef with Drake, and accuses liberals of ‘bullying’ him. — Matt Wilstein — “Oh god, I'm scared,” David Letterman says.
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Conservative News Today and theGrio
Michael McAuliff / New York Daily News:
Pro-choice activists push reluctant Jerry Nadler to reveal secret Justice Kavanaugh abortion opinions from Bush White House — WASHINGTON — With states passing harsh abortion restrictions aimed squarely at bringing a challenge in the Supreme Court, pro-choice activists are turning their attention …