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9:55 AM ET, May 30, 2019

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Mueller Delivered a Message.  Washington Couldn't Agree on What It Was.  —  WASHINGTON — At long last, the sphinx of Washington spoke on Wednesday, and here is what President Trump heard: “Case closed.”  Here is what the president's adversaries heard: “Time to impeach.”
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William S. Cohen / Washington Post:
When will the Republican silence on Trump end?  —  William S. Cohen is a former Republican congressman, senator and defense secretary who served on the House Judiciary Committee in 1974 during the Watergate impeachment inquiry.  —  Now that Robert S. Mueller III has broken months of silence …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity: Mueller 'Doesn't Know the Law' and 'He's Full of Crap'  —  But Attorney General William Barr ‘has the final say and we already know his answer,’ the Fox News star said.  —  Fox News star Sean Hannity began his cable news opinion show Wednesday night by claiming …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Contemptor
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Retrospective: Mueller and the fatal flaw of the Trump-Russia affair  —  It's not unusual to hear House Democrats vow to “get to the bottom” of the Trump-Russia matter — as if the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, with 500 witnesses, 2,800 subpoenas, 500 search-and-seizure warrants …
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admits Russia Helped Elect Him—Then Does a U-Turn  —  In a series of ill-tempered morning tweets, the president seemed to accept that Russia was on his side in 2016—before scrambling to walk it all back.  —  Donald Trump finally admitted that Russia helped elected him president—before immediately retracting it.
USA Today:
By stepping down, Robert Mueller forces Congress to finally stand up to Donald Trump  —  Mueller's job was to assemble facts, but it was always going to be up to Congress to decide what to do with the findings.  Now, the answer is clear.  —  CONNECT  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's …
Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:   Trump responds to Mueller, calls him ‘a true never Trumper’
Robert De Niro / New York Times:
Robert Mueller, We Need to Hear More
David Frum / The Atlantic:   The Wisest Remedy Is Not Impeachment
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:   Mueller's Press Conference Makes the Impeachment Tightrope Tougher to Walk for Democrats
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.
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Washington Post:
White House wanted USS John S. McCain obscured during Trump's Japan visit  —  The White House asked Navy officials to obscure the USS John S. McCain while President Trump was visiting Japan, Pentagon and White House officials said Wednesday night.  —  A senior Navy official confirmed …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Biden is planning for June
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Beast
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist's Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question  —  WASHINGTON — Thomas B. Hofeller achieved near-mythic status in the Republican Party as the Michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political maps that cemented the party's dominance across the country.
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: Splinter, Vanity Fair and New York Post
Luke O'Neil / The Guardian:
US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as ‘molecules of freedom’  —  Press release from department said increasing export capacity is ‘critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world’  —  America is the land of freedom, as any politician will be happy to tell you.
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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Exclusive: Disney CEO says it will be ‘difficult’ to film in Georgia if abortion law takes effect  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger told Reuters on Wednesday it would be “very difficult” for the media company to keep filming in Georgia if a new abortion law takes effect …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Presidential outrage over a false tweet?  Trump's race-baiting did far more harm to the Central Park Five.  —  There are inconsequential social media screw-ups.  —  And there are malicious lies.  —  President Trump seems to have them confused.  —  The other day, an errant tweet …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump fixates on IQ as a measure of self-worth
Discussion: The Week, Vanity Fair and Slate
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 …
Discussion: National Review
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Adam White / The Bulwark:   Blasted Are The Meek  —  On First Things and Sohrab Ahmari.
Paul Starr / American Prospect:
Can Warren Overtake Sanders?  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to local residents during a meet and greet in Ottumwa, Iowa.  —  In a nomination battle that requires candidates to get at least 15 percent of the vote to win delegates in a primary, the presence of both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren …
Discussion: Financial Times
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Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Sanders supporters fearful DNC now backing Biden like it backed Clinton: report
Washington Post:
Israel will hold unprecedented second election after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a governing coalition  —  JERUSALEM — In an unprecedented move, Israel will head to elections for a second time in less than six months after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government before a midnight deadline.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Democrats, Do Your Damned Duty!  —  Doing what is right on impeachment should not be a mere option.  —  What the hell is it going to take, Democrats?!  —  What evidence and impetus would compel you to do the job the Constitution, patriotism and morality dictate?
James Arkin / Politico:
Roy Moore hits back at Trump in defiant interview  —  A defiant Roy Moore brushed aside Donald Trump's warning not to run for Senate again, telling POLITICO on Wednesday that Alabama voters are capable of deciding for themselves whether he's fit for office.  —  “The president doesn't control …
Stephen Singer / Hartford Courant:
Lembo says threat by Cigna CEO to leave Connecticut kills public option health legislation, though insurer denies ‘anything like that’  —  Legislation to establish government-subsidized health care in Connecticut is dead following a threat by the chief executive officer of Cigna Corp …
Discussion: The CT Mirror and Slate
Elliot Hannon / Slate:
Louisiana's GOP-Controlled State Legislature Passes Restrictive Abortion Ban.  Its Democratic Governor Says He'll Sign It.  —  The Louisiana state legislature, on Wednesday, joined the procession of conservative state legislatures challenging abortion rights, voting to pass …
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Carmen Paun / Politico:
UN secretary-general attacks populists in Charlemagne Prize speech
Jennifer Spindel / Washington Post:
Yes, Trump can override Congress and sell weapons to Saudi Arabia — even over Republican objections
Elena Schneider / Politico:
First debate sparks Democratic scramble
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Boris Johnson could go on trial for ‘lying and misleading’ in Brexit campaign, judge orders
Joseph Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Socialists Don't Know History  —  Young people don't remember the Soviet nightmare.
Tom Scocca / Hmm Daily:
Nobody Knows What's Going to Happen
New York Times:
Pelosi Slow-Walks Trump's New Nafta Deal
Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg and Politico
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Madeline Osburn / The Federalist:
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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: The New Neo, Coffee House and Townhall
Amanda Mull / The Atlantic:
There Are Two Types of Airport People
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Pelosi says altered videos show Facebook leaders were ‘willing enablers’ of Russian election interference
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway dismisses Hatch Act violation: ‘Let me know when the jail sentence starts’
 

 
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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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