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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.
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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 …
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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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
WHOOPS: Giuliani Busted With Doctored Pelosi Video As He Tweets About Integrity — The former New York mayor shared a video that was altered to make the House speaker appear to be slurring her words. — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani shared a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Facebook refuses to delete fake Pelosi video spread by Trump supporters
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump shares video that highlights verbal stumbles by Pelosi and questions her mental acuity
Trump shares video that highlights verbal stumbles by Pelosi and questions her mental acuity
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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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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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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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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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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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, The Hill, Daily Kos and ABC News
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, Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
A week of Trump-fueled dysfunction leaves Congress gasping
A week of Trump-fueled dysfunction leaves Congress gasping
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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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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
Trump gives Barr power to declassify intelligence related to Russia probe
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
New Trump administration rule would weaken protections for transgender people in health care — HHS civil rights director says the change interprets sex according to the “plain meaning of the term” — The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday proposed a new rule …
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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.
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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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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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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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Rep. Nadler: Robert Mueller wants to testify to Congress — but in private
Rep. Nadler: Robert Mueller wants to testify to Congress — but in private
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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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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Did We Learn Anything From Michael Avenatti?
Did We Learn Anything From Michael Avenatti?
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Fox News, The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
Lev Facher / STAT:
These Republicans campaigned on a bold drug-pricing pledge. Since they won, they've gone silent — WASHINGTON — Just a handful of Republicans have ever endorsed the progressive idea to let Medicare negotiate drug prices. — But now, less than five months since they were sworn in …
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 …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A stunning case of European hypocrisy — For sheer hypocrisy, it's hard to match the European nations that are refusing responsibility for dozens of their nationals who became jihadist “foreign fighters” over the past five years and are now warehoused in makeshift prisons in northeastern Syria.
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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Michael Warren / CNN:
Rick Perry's greatest success in Trump's Washington: invisibility — Perry suggests fossil fuels could prevent rape — Washington (CNN)Energy Secretary Rick Perry has been a near-ghost in Washington, adhering almost too well to the first rule of working for President Donald Trump — never overshadow the boss.
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Breaking: Nobody Knows What's Going to Happen in 2020 — “Who's going to win?” I am now asked all the time, by friends and family members, by people I speak to professionally: “What's going to happen?” — I don't know, I tell them. I don't know. I tell them what I hope will happen …
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Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
Are Americans benefiting from the strong economy — aside from the rich? A Fed report raises questions. — Amid what is likely to become the longest period of sustained economic growth on record, a new report shows that millions of middle-class and low-income Americans still …
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