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1:50 PM ET, May 28, 2019

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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Mueller drew up obstruction indictment against Trump, Michael Wolff book says  —  A new book from Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff says special counsel Robert Mueller drew up a three-count obstruction of justice indictment against Donald Trump before deciding to shelve it …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court compromise on Indiana abortion law keeps issue off its docket  —  The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to a compromise on a restrictive Indiana abortion law that keeps the issue off its docket for now.  —  The court said a part of the law dealing with disposal of the “remains” of an abortion could go into effect.
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Supreme Court won't hear case on transgender school bathroom policy  —  The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a case challenging a Pennsylvania school district's bathroom policy allowing transgender students to use bathrooms of their choice.  —  The conservative Alliance Defending …
Discussion: Washington Post and UPI
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   We just got the first Supreme Court abortion opinion of the Kavanaugh era
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court's Indiana abortion law ruling reflects conservative reluctance to tackle Roe
Discussion: Bipartisan Report
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court leaves Pennsylvania school transgender student bathroom policy in place
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Wire
Kate Smith / CBS News:
Missouri's last abortion clinic says it may lose its license this week  —  St. Louis, Missouri — The last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri says it expects to be shut down this week, effectively ending legal abortion in the state.  —  In a statement to be released later Tuesday …
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Missouri Could Soon Become First State Without A Clinic That Performs Abortions
Discussion: New York Times
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:   Missouri Set To Become First State Since Roe v. Wade With No Abortion Clinic
Wall Street Journal:
Transportation Secretary Still Owns Stock She Pledged to Divest  —  Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has retained shares in a construction-materials company more than a year after the date she promised to relinquish them, federal disclosure forms show.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Texas secretary of state resigns after leading botched voter purge that questioned the citizenship of almost 100,000 people  —  Texas's acting secretary of state David Whitley (R) resigned Monday just months after leading the botched voter purge of nearly 100,000 suspected noncitizens …
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Netflix says it will rethink its investment in Georgia if ‘heartbeat’ abortion law goes into effect  —  KEY POINTS  — After Georgia earlier this month passed a law to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, some in the entertainment industry are speaking out.
Discussion: National Review
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Ashley Rodriguez / Business Insider:
Netflix says it would rethink its ‘entire investment in Georgia’ if an anti-abortion law is adopted
Discussion: Raw Story
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ex-defense secretary Jim Mattis has book coming this summer  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has a book coming out this summer, but he warns that it will not be a “tell-all” about President Donald Trump.  —  “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead” will be published July 16, Random House announced Tuesday.
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Gains Ground in 2020 Field, One Plan at a Time  —  NEWTON, Iowa — To the crowd of Iowans gathered in a school gym on Saturday night, Senator Elizabeth Warren made a request: They should pose a question to the other presidential candidates who come to Iowa seeking their vote.
Discussion: Washington Post and Shakesville
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Amid censorship fears, Trump campaign ‘checking out’ alternative social network  —  Parler is like Twitter, but for Trump fans.  —  They've been banned from Facebook, purged from Twitter and blocked from Instagram.  Some of them have been barred from setting foot on the continent of Australia.
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Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair:   Trump's Campaign Manager Has a Plan to Punish Twitter
Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Ocasio-Cortez featured among America's ‘enemies of freedom’ in baseball team's Memorial Day video  —  Among the “enemies of freedom” portrayed in a Memorial Day tribute video at a minor league baseball game: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, former Cuban president Fidel Castro and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
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Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:   AOC returning to her bartending roots to advocate for raising minimum wage for restaurant employees …
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 …
Kevin M. Kruse / USA Today:
Democrats need to get past impeachment jitters.  It's not 1998 and Trump is no Clinton.  —  If Democrats think Trump committed impeachable acts, launch the process and stop assuming it will be a political loser.  That misreads history.  —  CONNECT  —  As House Democrats consider impeaching …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Beto O'Rourke Apologizes to Campaign Staff for Being a ‘Giant Asshole’  —  In a revealing exclusive clip from the HBO doc ‘Running With Beto,’ which premieres May 28, the Texas Senate candidate apologizes to his staffers for his domineering behavior.  —  05.28.195:17 AM ET
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie's Pro-Sandinista Past Is a Problem, and His Response Is Not Good  —  A week ago, the New York Times reported on Bernie Sanders's 1980s-vintage foreign-policy stands, which at times crossed over from mere opposition to American policy to outright support for communist governments.
Discussion: New Republic and RedState
Ivana Kottasová / CNN:
MacKenzie Bezos, worth nearly $37 billion, will give half her fortune to charity … The newly minted billionaire has signed the Giving Pledge, which encourages the world's richest people to dedicate a majority of their wealth to charitable causes, either during their lifetimes or in their wills.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Wants States to Get DOJ Permission Before Passing Anti-Abortion Laws  —  The 2020 contender wants to institute a pre-clearance requirement modeled on the Voting Rights Act.  —  Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Tuesday evening will unveil a new plan, a Reproductive Rights Act …
Discussion: Axios and Bloomberg
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Leah C. Stokes / Washington Post:
Alabama state legislators are wrong about their voters' opinions on abortion.
Discussion: Axios and Mother Jones
Associated Press:
Knife-wielding man attacks schoolgirls in Japan, killing 2  —  KAWASAKI, Japan (AP) — A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you!” attacked a group of schoolgirls near a school bus parked at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
‘My Rudy’: Trump's lawyer wants to be the campaign's No. 1 hatchet man  —  Get ready for more Rudy.  —  Done sparring with Robert Mueller, Donald Trump's personal attorney is now training his attacks on the president's reelection rivals.  Giuliani plans to meet with the president …
CNN:
How Joe Biden worked with and praised a longtime opponent of civil rights  —  (CNN)In August 1985, 42-year-old Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was preparing for his first presidential bid.  Courting southern support, Biden traveled to Mississippi to honor the 84th birthday of Democratic Sen. John Stennis …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Character Ratings Improved, but Still a Weakness  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — More Americans today (40%) than two years ago (33%) believe President Donald Trump has the personality and leadership qualities a president should have, although that still represents a minority of the public.
David French / National Review:
Decency Is No Barrier to Justice or the Common Good  —  My mentor in the practice of law, the person who taught me more than anyone else about life as a lawyer and an advocate, is a former Marine JAG officer and former chairman of one of the largest law firms in the Southeast.
 
 
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Glenn Greenwald / Washington Post:
The indictment of Assange is a blueprint for making journalists into felons
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
How Nancy Pelosi's Tactics Affirm the Trumpian Style of Politics
Bloomberg Law:
Mulvaney Tightens Grip on Labor Chief After Trump Allies Grumble
Discussion: Political Wire and Law & Crime
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Tony Horwitz, Prize-Winning Journalist and Author, Dies at 60
Alicia Garza / New York Times:
Dear Candidates: Here Is What Black People Want
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Jeffries, the No. 5 Democrat in the House, derides Trump as the ‘fake leader of the free world’
Discussion: Breitbart
Rowena Mason / The Guardian:
Equality body launches investigation of Labour antisemitism claims
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Sanders 2020 looks like Sanders 2016, challenges and all
Discussion: Politico
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Bill Barr's Declassification Kerfuffle
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's narrative is nonsense. So why is the media buying it?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Michael Wear / The Atlantic:
The Abortion Debate Is No Longer About Policy
Discussion: National Review and The Guardian
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except big crowds
Discussion: NBC News, Eschaton and New York Post
Daniel Moritz-Rabson / Newsweek:
Trump HUD official Lynne Patton says she doesn't care if she broke the law
Discussion: New York Magazine