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8:55 AM ET, May 30, 2019

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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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New York Times:
White House Asked Navy to Hide John McCain Warship During Trump's Visit  —  The White House asked the Navy to hide a destroyer named after Senator John McCain in order to avoid having the ship appear in photographs taken while President Trump was visiting Japan this week, White House and military officials said Wednesday.
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 …
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 …
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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.”
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 …
John Solomon / The Hill:
Did Brits warn about Steele's credibility, before Mueller's probe?  Congress has evidence  —  One of the deepest, darkest secrets of Russiagate soon may be unmasked.  Even President Trump may be surprised.  —  Multiple witnesses have told Congress that, a week before Trump's inauguration in January 2017 …
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Wayward Special Counsel  —  In the end, the by-the-book Robert Mueller wildly departed from the book.  —  He invented an extraconstitutional legal standard for his obstruction investigation and acted, at the very least, in violation of the spirit of the special counsel regulations.
Robert De Niro / New York Times:
Robert Mueller, We Need to Hear More
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Another Mueller-Comey One-Two Punch
Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill and RedState
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity: Mueller 'Doesn't Know the Law' and 'He's Full of Crap'
Discussion: Law & Crime and Contemptor
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Mueller Just Proved His Entire Operation Was A Political Hit Job That Trampled The Rule Of Law
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:   Mueller's Message: The Obstruction That Nearly Halted Criminal Case Against Russians
Kurt Bardella / NBC News:
Robert Mueller's statement made the Democrats look like cowards
Discussion: Bloomberg, USA Today and Politico
David Corn / Mother Jones:   Mueller Reminds the Nation That Trump Betrayed the USA
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?
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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
Axios:
Nancy Pelosi defies growing calls for impeachment after Mueller's statement
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:   Mueller's Press Conference Makes the Impeachment Tightrope Tougher to Walk for Democrats
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 …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Biden is planning for June
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Mediaite
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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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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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.
Discussion: Haaretz and Informed Comment
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Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Sanders supporters fearful DNC now backing Biden like it backed Clinton: report  —  Sanders courts big donors to boost his 2020 campaign despite calling out his opponents for doing the same  —  Some supporters of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders say they are seeing …
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Paul Starr / American Prospect:
Can Warren Overtake Sanders?
Discussion: Financial Times
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 …
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 …
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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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Louisiana governor, a Democrat, poised to sign ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban into law
Discussion: NBC News, FOX59 and Washington Post
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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Stephen Singer / Hartford Courant:
Lembo says threat by Cigna CEO to leave Connecticut kills public option health legislation …
Discussion: The CT Mirror and Slate
John Hickenlooper:
Protecting Reproductive Rights: Hickenlooper's Plan to Expand Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
Discussion: Washington Times and Axios
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
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Sohrab Ahmari / Web Exclusives:
Against David French-ism  —  In March, First Things published …
Discussion: The Bulwark
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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