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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Attorney General William Barr on caring about his reputation: “Everyone dies” — Looking back on his lengthy career as a top Department of Justice official, Attorney General William Barr doesn't seem fazed by critics questioning his relationship with President Trump and alleging he's …
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Boing Boing, Talking Points Memo, VICE News, Law & Crime, Sean Hannity, Washington Free Beacon, Axios, Splinter and Balloon Juice
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Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
No President Is Above the Law — When Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report was released on April 18, I sat down and read it. All 448 pages of it. I started reading it that afternoon, and I read all through the night and into the next morning. And when I got to page 448, three things were clear to me.
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CBS News:
William Barr interview: Read the full transcript — In an exclusive interview with “CBS This Morning,” Attorney General William Barr said he believes special counsel Robert Mueller could have reached a decision on whether President Trump committed obstruction of justice …
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Mother Jones, RedState, The Daily Caller, Don Surber, The New Civil Rights Movement, Liberty Unyielding, National Review, The Federalist, New York Times, The New Neo, Salon, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Hullabaloo, PJ Media Home, emptywheel, Alternet.org, The Guardian, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Power Line, Sara A. Carter, TheBlaze, Washington Examiner, POLITICUSUSA and Axios
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
In Terrifying Interview, William Barr Goes Full MAGA — After the legal Establishment had granted him the benefit of the doubt, Attorney General William Barr has shocked his erstwhile supporters with his aggressive and frequently dishonest interventions on behalf of President Trump.
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The Last Refuge, The New Civil Rights Movement, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and CBS News
New York Times:
Mueller Played by the Rules. Trump Made New Ones. — The special counsel led an investigation that was disciplined, quiet, and by the book — and the president seized the opportunity. — WASHINGTON — The president of the United States appears to believe that you don't matter unless you are on television.
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twitchy.com
CNBC:
Mnuchin and Lighthizer were opposed to Trump tariffs on Mexico, source says — KEY POINTS — Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer opposed President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on Mexico, according to a source close to the White House.
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CNBC:
Business groups are considering legal action against the White House over Mexico tariffs
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Axios, Vanity Fair, The Mahablog, Breitbart and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Trump pushes ahead with plan to slap Mexico with tariffs even as lawmakers and businesses angrily protest
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NBC News:
GOP lawmakers, business groups slam Trump's Mexico tariff threat
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CNBC, Detroit Free Press, Shareblue Media, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Bloomberg and The Guardian
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A trade war with Mexico is more serious — and more political — than you might think
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Politico, Dallas Morning News, Reason, New York Times, Townhall and One America News Network
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Maggie Haberman: Trump Was Unsettled by Mueller on TV Because He Hasn't Read the Report — Was President Donald Trump particularly vexed as he addressed a press gaggle assembled on the White House lawn on his way to address the Air Force Academy graduation?
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Gabe Cohn / New York Times:
The Mueller Report Will Be Read Live This Weekend
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Alternet.org
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:
One paragraph in the Mueller report refutes Trump's claim that Mueller asked him to be FBI director
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Bipartisan Report, Power Line, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Nadler: ‘There certainly is’ justification for impeaching Trump
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Fox News
Luiz Romero / Quartz:
Italy is evicting Steve Bannon from the medieval monastery he planned to turn into a far-right training academy — The Italian government has delivered a potentially fatal blow to Steve Bannon's plans to transform a medieval monastery near Rome into a training academy for the far-right.
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Boing Boing and Splinter
Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Supreme Court could overrule an unconstitutional impeachment — President Trump has said that if the House were to impeach him despite his not having committed “high crimes and misdemeanors,” he might seek review of such an unconstitutional action in the Supreme Court.
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Vox
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Leaked Navy emails show top officers struggling with how to handle a former governor ensnared in scandal — The year was just beginning when a Trump administration official contacted the Navy with a question about former Missouri governor Eric Greitens, a veteran of the wars in Iraq …
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Task & Purpose
The Daily Beast:
Team Obama Tells Iran: Don't Escalate, Don't Take Trump's Bait — As tensions with Iran heat up, former Obama administration officials have quietly urged government officials there to keep their cool. — As the Trump administration sent warplanes and an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf …
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TheBlaze, Algemeiner.com, Daily Wire, Breitbart and Conservative Review
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Defends White Supremacist and Anti-Semite — Laura Ingraham defended a famed white supremacist known for brazen racism and anti-Semitism as a “prominent voice censored by social media” — Ingraham kicked off her segment Thursday night with a defense of literal fake news …
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Right Wing Watch, Media Matters for America, The Daily Beast, twitchy.com, Talking Points Memo, Splinter and Alternet.org
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Schiff to intel community: Share info on Barr's attempts to declassify docs — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff demanded on Friday that the nation's intelligence community report to Congress any effort by Attorney General William Barr to declassify national security secrets over its objections.
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CNN:
Trump warned of ‘wolf packs’ of adolescent criminals, undercutting his recent criticism of Biden — How Donald Trump is doing Joe Biden a great favor — (CNN)President Donald Trump this week criticized Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for his role in passing “tough on crime” …
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Breitbart and New York Times
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump's approval rating hits highest point in two years — President Trump's job approval rating is the highest it's been in two years, boosted by voter optimism about the economy, according to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey. — The survey found that 48 percent approve …
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The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Daily Caller
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Transcript released of Flynn voicemail from Trump lawyer showing possible attempt to obstruct — Washington (CNN)The Justice Department on Friday released a transcript of a call from Donald Trump's attorney John Dowd to Rob Kelner, Michael Flynn's lawyer, where he sought information about Flynn's discussions with the special counsel.
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Daily Kos
Dan Petrella / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois House approves marijuana legalization bill backed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker — The last scheduled day of the Illinois General Assembly's spring session, May 31, 2019, is decision day for a host of still unresolved items from new Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's ambitious agenda. — Privacy Policy
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National Review and Capitol Fax.com
Andy Marlette / Pensacola News Journal:
In musing about executing gay Floridians, Mike Hill proves himself unfit for office — Florida State Rep. Mike Hill was asked about legislation that would sentence gay men to death. This was his response. — CONNECT — In less than 30 seconds of audio from his recent meeting …
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The Capitolist, The New Civil Rights Movement, Joe.My.God. and Splinter
Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Lt. Gov. Hampton asks for prayers against ‘dark forces’ in Bevin administration — Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton asked Kentuckians for prayers against “dark forces” inside Gov. Matt Bevin's administration on Friday, after she said another member of her staff was fired.
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Exclusive: Watchdog finds detainees ‘standing on toilets’ for breathing room at border facility holding 900 people in space meant for 125 — Washington (CNN)The Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General has found “dangerous overcrowding” and unsanitary conditions at an El Paso …
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Bipartisan Report, American Greatness, Splinter, KTLA, Law & Crime, The Week and New York Post
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump and Bibi's Bad Week — They're both at war with those who would investigate them. But are they winning or losing? — We knew that this particular Presidential meltdown was coming. By the time President Trump ranted to the media on Thursday morning, shouting over the noise …
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The National Interest and Foreign Policy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
Analysis on the State-by-State Impact of New Tariffs on Mexico — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new analysis by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce outlines the state-by-state impact of the administration's plan to impose a 5% tariff on all goods from Mexico starting on June 10.
Mad Dog PAC:
RAFIEKIAN + FLYNN + EDVA = May 31st Update — Apologies, it occurred to me that I have neglected to update the RAFIEKIAN et al EDVA Case, in my customary timely fashion. In order to bring you up to speed in this criminal matter, listed below are the various write ups. The list is in chronological order:
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Making Sense of the New American Right — Column: Keeping track of the Jacksonians, Reformicons, Paleos, and Post-liberals — I like to start my classes on conservative intellectual history by distinguishing between three groups. There is the Republican Party, with its millions of adherents …
The Sun:
I BACK BORIS Donald Trump wades into Tory leadership race saying Boris Johnson would do a ‘very good job’ — DONALD Trump today throws his weight behind Boris Johnson to be Britain's next PM — and reveals other Tory leadership hopefuls have also begged for his backing.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The New Trove of Secret Gerrymandering Files Will Be a Nightmare for the GOP — In February, attorneys challenging North Carolina's legislative gerrymander notified the defendants, a group of Republican leaders in the legislature, that they'd issued a subpoena.
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The Progressive Pulse, The Week and Washington Post
NBC News:
Missouri's last abortion clinic to temporarily stay open in Planned Parenthood case — A St. Louis judge on Friday temporarily blocked Missouri from taking action that would have made the state the first since Roe v. Wade to not have a single abortion clinic. — Judge allows Missouri abortion clinic to remain open temporarily
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Axios, Politico and The Daily Caller
James Politi / Financial Times:
Fed candidate slams bank's ‘Soviet’ power over markets — Judy Shelton, a senior US official who is being vetted for a job on the board of the Federal Reserve, has attacked the central bank for wielding undemocratic, Soviet-style powers over markets and suggested it should not even be in the business of setting interest rates.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Grand jury still interested in Roger Stone and the 2016 GOP convention — Roger Stone receives November trial date — Washington (CNN)The Mueller investigation witness longest known to have refused testifying finally spoke to a secret federal grand jury Friday about conservative political …
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Law & Crime and emptywheel
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Stop Trump on Trade — Congress should rein in the president's trade-policy powers before it's too late. — President Donald Trump's approach to trade policy had set new benchmarks of incoherence and irresponsibility even before his threat to impose escalating tariffs on imports from Mexico …
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Axios and Washington Monthly
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