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8:40 PM ET, May 29, 2019

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
What the Mueller Report Actually Said  —  Robert Mueller has advised Americans to go back and actually read his report if we want to understand what happened in 2016.  “We chose those words carefully, and the work speaks for itself,” he said on Wednesday morning, speaking publicly for the first time since his appointment.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Quartz and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
As he exits, Mueller suggests only Congress can ‘formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing’  —  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III reiterated Wednesday that his office could not clear President Trump of obstructing justice, asserting in his first public remarks about his investigation …
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Mueller Just Proved His Entire Operation Was A Political Hit Job That Trampled The Rule Of Law  —  At a hastily-arranged Wednesday press conference, Special Counsel Robert Mueller proved that he was never interested in justice or the rule of law.  —  If there were any doubts …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mueller: Trump Is Not Not a Criminal  —  Famously taciturn prosecutor Robert Mueller decided to address the public to make it very clear that he did not exonerate President Trump of committing obstruction of justice.  “If we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime we would have said so,” he said.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Robert Mueller Was Telling Nancy Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller issued a final statement on Wednesday before resigning from the Department of Justice, which clearly appeared aimed at one person: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Mueller Stirs Controversy by Urging Americans to Read  —  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The special counsel Robert Mueller ignited a firestorm of controversy on Wednesday by recommending that millions of Americans read.  —  Mueller, seemingly oblivious to the uproar he was about to create …
Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Shame on Robert Mueller for exceeding his role  —  The statement by special counsel Robert Mueller in a Wednesday press conference that “if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said that” is worse than the statement made by then FBI Director James …
Pelosi Press / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Special Counsel Mueller's Press Statement Reiterating the President's Obstruction
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   Democrats, Do Your Damned Duty!
William S. Cohen / Washington Post:
When will the Republican silence on Trump end?
Discussion: Raw Story, emptywheel and The Week
Kurt Bardella / NBC News:
Robert Mueller's statement made the Democrats look like cowards
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:   Mueller's Message: The Obstruction That Nearly Halted Criminal Case Against Russians
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Roger Stone associate agrees to testify before Mueller grand jury
Discussion: Fox News, KTLA and Law & Crime
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Robert Mueller to Make Statement on Russia Investigation
Washington Post:
Mueller should have said this weeks ago
James Gagliano / Washington Examiner:
Robert Mueller says the report speaks for itself. He still needs to testify
Discussion: Splinter
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:   Mueller says his investigation did not exonerate Trump
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Robert Mueller breaks silence, does not want to testify, says charging Trump ‘not an option’
David Corn / Mother Jones:   Mueller Reminds the Nation That Trump Betrayed the USA
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Chris Christie: Mueller ‘contradicts’ Barr's summary of his findings
Discussion: Breitbart and JONATHAN TURLEY
Wall Street Journal:
White House Wanted USS John McCain ‘Out of Sight’ During Trump Japan Visit  —  The White House wanted the Navy to move a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain, a war hero who became a frequent target of President Trump's ire, ahead of the president's visit to Japan last week.
Discussion: Political Wire
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Worry About Facebook.  Rip Your Hair Out in Screaming Terror About Fox News.  —  Novel forms of digital misinformation still pale in comparison with Fox News' full-time hall of mirrors.  —  At the risk of losing street cred as a tough-as-nails tech pundit, I'll confess that I couldn't muster …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Pelosi says altered videos show Facebook leaders were ‘willing enablers’ of Russian election interference  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Facebook's refusal to take down an altered video of her shows that the company's leaders were active contributors to online disinformation and …
Marisa Lagos / KQED:
Nancy Pelosi: Doctored Videos Show Facebook ‘Willing Enablers’ of Russians in 2016
Miami Herald:
Federal prosecutors demand Cindy Yang records from Mar-a-Lago, Trump campaign  —  Federal prosecutors in Washington D.C. this week sent subpoenas to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private club in Palm Beach, and Trump Victory, a political fundraising committee, demanding they turn …
Discussion: Washington Post
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Moves to Hold New Election as Netanyahu Fails to Form a Coalition  —  JERUSALEM — Seven weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared “a night of tremendous victory” in Israel's election, his failure to form a government by midnight Wednesday has turned into a stunning debacle …
Discussion: Townhall, Haaretz, Slate and The Week
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Jacob Kornbluh / Jewish Insider:   Here's why Israel is heading back to elections
Amanda Mull / The Atlantic:
There Are Two Types of Airport People  —  It's not hard to spot people about to miss a flight.  They're weaving between on-time travelers at a speed somewhere between a power walk and a sprint, or they're elbow-dancing their way to the front of the TSA line to plead their case for immediate screening.
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Louisiana governor, a Democrat, poised to sign ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban into law  —  Louisiana's state legislature on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a so-called “heartbeat” pro-life bill, becoming the latest in a slew of states to enact strict new restrictions on abortion that many conservatives …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Planned Parenthood's false stat: ‘Thousands’ of women died every year before Roe
Sohrab Ahmari / Web Exclusives:
Against David French-ism  —  In March, First Things published a manifesto of sorts signed by several mostly youngish, mostly Roman Catholic writers, who argued that “there is no returning to the pre-Trump conservative consensus that collapsed in 2016,” that “any attempt to revive …
BuzzFeed News:
The New Presidential Debate Rules Immediately Have Some Democrats Frustrated With The DNC  —  Some campaigns learned of heightened restrictions to qualify for the fall debates only after media reports.  “Women and people of color will not make it to the main stage,” one operative said.
Discussion: New York Times and CNN
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway dismisses Hatch Act violation: ‘Let me know when the jail sentence starts’  —  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday scoffed at a government office's findings that she violated a decades-old law barring officials from weighing in on elections in their government capacity …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
‘Is it that bad?’  Fox Business host stunned as Napolitano explains Mueller has evidence Trump committed a crime  —  Fox legal analyst Andrew Napolitano.  (Screenshot)  —  Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller had indicated …
VICE:
Twitter Has Started Researching Whether White Supremacists Belong on Twitter  —  “Is it the right approach to deplatform these individuals?  Is the right approach to try and engage with these individuals?  How should we be thinking about this?  What actually works?”
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘The dam has burst’: Liberals warn Democrats risk backlash by not impeaching Trump  —  Leading Democrats remain fearful that impeaching President Donald Trump will bolster his re-election campaign.  —  But if Robert Mueller's brief, unexpected statement did anything Wednesday …
Discussion: Washington Post
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham draws a Democratic challenger who mocks his ties to Trump  —  Jaime Harrison, the former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, formally kicked off his campaign Wednesday to topple Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) with a video that highlights his humble roots and Graham's evolving views on President Trump.
Discussion: The Root
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Madeline Osburn / The Federalist:
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Border Wall on Private Land in New Mexico Fuels Backlash
Ryan Lizza / Washington Post:
Michael Wolff's trip inside Trumpworld, and inside the president's head, with Steve Bannon as guide
Discussion: Mediaite
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Biographer: MLK Watched And Laughed During Rape Of Follower
Discussion: Townhall and Power Line
John Solomon / The Hill:
Did Brits warn about Steele's credibility, before Mueller's probe? Congress has evidence
Discussion: National Review
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
White House kills plan for expanded criminal background checks for federal jobs
Discussion: Vox
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