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7:05 AM ET, May 28, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has rolled back environmental regulations, pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, brushed aside dire predictions about the effects of climate change, and turned the term “global warming” …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP vows to quickly quash any impeachment charges  —  GOP senators say that if the House passes articles of impeachment against President Trump they will quickly quash them in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has broad authority to set the parameters of a trial.
Discussion: Fox News
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Embraces Right-Wing One America News Network to Make Fox News Jealous  —  The network praises the president, courts him in public, and has even tried to hire his former aides.  It's finally getting his attention.  —  One evening last week, Neil McCabe, a Breitbart veteran who now works …
Discussion: Mediaite
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Japan Rolled Out the Red Carpet.  Trump Veered Off Into Personal Fixations.  —  TOKYO — It was just after 6 a.m. on the final day of a state visit to Japan designed to flatter and entertain him, and President Trump was in his comfort space: Twitter.  —  Hours earlier, he had been the honored guest …
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump finds himself increasingly alone on North Korea
Kalina Oroschakoff / Politico:
EU top job horse race goes green  —  Young voters in the EU's west went green — although that wasn't mirrored in the east.  —  Aggressive policies on tackling climate change turned out to be a vote-winner in the European election — at least in the west of the Continent.
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Washington Post:
European Greens surge as voters abandon old parties over climate  —  BRUSSELS — European Green parties on Monday were cheering E.U. elections that vaulted them into a kingmaking position of power, as voters abandoned traditional political parties in favor of climate-focused activists in a green wave that swept several countries.
Discussion: PJ Media Home
William James / Reuters:   UK ever more polarized as Brexit Party storms to EU vote win
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
A Nazi sympathizer pleaded guilty to defacing a synagogue.  His lawyer says conservatives helped radicalize him.  —  After Nolan Brewer pleaded guilty to charges in connection with painting swastikas on an Indiana synagogue's property and setting the yard ablaze, his attorney argued …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
‘My Rudy’: Trump's lawyer wants to be the campaign's No. 1 hatchet man  —  Giuliani plans to meet with the president and his campaign in the coming weeks to discuss pivoting to a new role.  —  Get ready for more Rudy.  —  Done sparring with Robert Mueller, Donald Trump's personal attorney …
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
3 forecast modelers predict Trump will win in 2020  —  Steven Rattner, “car czar” and counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration, cites three different modelers in his N.Y. Times commentary, “Trump's Formidable 2020 Tailwind.”  —  The big picture: Trump wins all three modelers.
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Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Trump's Formidable 2020 Tailwind
Discussion: CNN and Slate
Daniel Moritz-Rabson / Newsweek:
Trump HUD official Lynne Patton says she doesn't care if she broke the law  —  A Regional Housing and Urban Development official wrote on Wednesday that she did not care if she had broken a federal law intended to stop government officials from acting in a partisan manner.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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CNN:
Facebook says Zuckerberg and Sandberg will defy Canadian subpoena, risking contempt vote  —  New York (CNN Business)Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg will not attend a hearing in Ottawa later this week, despite receiving summonses from the Canadian parliament, Facebook confirmed on Monday.
Discussion: UPI
Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
David Whitley resigns as end-of-session deadline nears  —  Shortly before the Senate's closing gavel ended his term as Texas secretary of state, David Whitley delivered his letter of resignation, “effective immediately,” to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday afternoon.
New York Times:
‘They Came to Kill.’ Almost 5 Die Daily at Hands of Rio Police.  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Shooting from helicopters, armored personnel carriers or at close range, police officers in Rio de Janeiro have gunned down 558 people during the first four months of the year — the highest number …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The press must do better  —  The New York Times gives prominent placement on its home page to list all of President Trump's juvenile nicknames for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including the racist Native American slur directed at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
Discussion: twitchy.com, Raw Story and NBC News
 
 
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
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CNN:
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
With His Job Gone, an Autoworker Wonders, ‘What Am I as a Man?’
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Trump's ban on Chinese telecom giant Huawei could cut off rural Americans' cell service
Washington Post:
China wages relentless crackdowns on its Muslims.  But Saudi Arabia stays quiet as it bolsters ties with Beijing.
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bernie Sanders Adviser Tweets Gif of Jeremy Corbyn Dancing on Margaret Thatcher's Grave
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
President Donald Trump set to commandeer July 4 festivities in nation's capital
Discussion: Raw Story
David Montanaro / Fox News:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib says House ‘moving towards’ consensus for Trump impeachment
Discussion: Breitbart
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Asians as Beneficiaries of White Privilege
Discussion: New York Post
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Female Veterans, and a Memorial to Them, Struggle to Honor Women Who Served
Discussion: Splinter
Jamal Greene / Slate:
Trump's Judge Whisperer Promised to Take Our Laws Back to the 1930s
Discussion: National Review
 

 
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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

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK
 
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