memeorandum: The Shaky Standing of Mueller's Footnotes (Eric Felten/RealClearInvestigations)

10:35 AM ET, July 23, 2019

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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:

With Three Simple Answers, Mueller Can Speak Volumes — For those who have read it, the special counsel's report speaks for itself. For those who haven't, he can speak for it in Congress. — Mr. Katyal was an acting solicitor general in the Obama administration.

Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:

The Shaky Standing of Mueller's Footnotes — Jule 23, 2019 — The Mueller report. Top photo: Its author, left, with his successor as FBI boss, James Comey, who looms large not just in height but in the report's footnotes. — Who knew that the humble footnote would loom so large …

Discussion: Power Line, The Hill, Real Clear Politics, TheBlaze, PJ Media Home, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and Daily Wire

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

DOJ tells Mueller to limit testimony to his report — Justice Department officials have communicated to Robert Mueller that the department expects him to limit his congressional testimony this week to the public findings of his 448-page report, according to one current and one former U.S. official familiar with the preparations.

Discussion: VICE, The Week, Axios, CNN, Hullabaloo, POLITICUSUSA, Vanity Fair, Splinter, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Breitbart

The Daily Beast:
Can Mueller Cut Through Barr's ‘Fog of Propaganda’?

Discussion: Washington Post

Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Most Republicans plan to tune out Mueller probe: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Discussion: Political Wire

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump and His Aides Seek to Dismiss Mueller Hearings as a Desperate Act

Discussion: Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNN, CNSNews and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Washington Post:
Justice Department tells Mueller to not answer a wide swath of questions

Discussion: Hot Air, Political Wire, CNBC and The Week

Obed Manuel / Dallas Morning News:

A Dallas-born citizen picked up by the Border Patrol has been detained for three weeks — An 18-year-old Dallas-born U.S. citizen has been in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three weeks, his attorney says.

Discussion: Daily Wire, twitchy.com and TheBlaze

Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:

A U.S. citizen has been in immigration custody for nearly a month due to a paperwork snafu, attorney says — An 18-year-old U.S. citizen set off on a Texas road trip to attend a college soccer team tryout only to end up in the custody of federal immigration authorities for nearly a month …

Discussion: VICE

Anna Kaplan / The Daily Beast: 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Has Been in CBP and ICE Custody for Three Weeks

Heather Stewart / The Guardian:

Boris Johnson elected new Tory leader — Former foreign secretary will succeed Theresa May as Britain's next prime minister after beating Jeremy Hunt — Play Video — Boris Johnson will become Britain's next prime minister after being elected leader of the Conservative party …

Discussion: Slate, Financial Times, Agence France-Presse and New York Times

BBC:

Boris Johnson wins race to be Tory leader and PM — Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. — He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival's 46,656.

Hugo Gye / The Sun:
BOJO BLOWS IN Boris anoints himself ‘The Dude’ …

Discussion: Breitbart, Deadline, Mashable and New York Post

Washington Post: Boris Johnson, Brexit cheerleader, to become Britain's next prime minister

Politico:
Boris Johnson elected Tory leader, set to become UK PM

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Guardian and Breitbart

Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Boris Johnson to Be U.K. Prime Minister After Winning Party Vote

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, ABC, Townhall, Reason, Washington Post and Outside the Beltway

Tom Polansek / Reuters:

Trump administration pursues rule that would remove 3.1 million people from food stamps — CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday will propose a rule to tighten food stamp restrictions that would cut about 3.1 million people from the program, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials said.

Discussion: Fox News

Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Moves to End Food Stamps for 3 Million People

Discussion: Law & Crime and The Root

Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
Trump administration proposal would push 3 million Americans off food stamps

Discussion: Axios, Slate and Common Dreams

New York Times:

Federal Budget Would Raise Spending by $320 Billion — WASHINGTON — White House and congressional negotiators reached accord on a two-year budget on Monday that would raise spending caps and lift the government's debt ceiling, likely averting a fiscal crisis but splashing still more red ink on an already surging deficit.

Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg, Mediaite, Political Wire, The Daily Caller, The National Interest, Mother Jones, Breitbart, Townhall, GovExec.com, Financial Times, The Week, Vox and Politico

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Deficit Don? Red ink gushes in Trump era

Discussion: Washington Post

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Deal or no deal?

Discussion: Detroit Free Press, Washington Post and Q13 FOX News

Miriam Jordan / New York Times:

More Than 2,000 Migrants Were Targeted in Raids. 35 Were Arrested. — More than 2,000 migrants who were in the United States illegally were targeted in widely publicized raids that unfolded across the country last week. But figures the government provided to The New York Times on Monday show …

Discussion: CNN and The Crime Report

Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Trump administration to expand its power to deport undocumented immigrants

Discussion: American Immigration Council, The Week, Boing Boing, Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed News

Maxwell Strachan / HuffPost:

The Fall Of Mic Was A Warning — “I don't need a pair of Nikes. I need a 401(k)” — and other lessons from the death of a venture-backed, Facebook-dependent, millennial-focused news site. — Esther Bergdahl felt invigorated. How could she not? It was 2014, and she had just joined …

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NBC News:

Abner, 17, describes 11 days of hunger and thirst at Yuma's border station — Abner said he gave food to younger migrant kids so they wouldn't go hungry, saw a guard hit a boy, and drank from the sink by cupping his unwashed hands. — CHICAGO — Abner, a 17-year-old Guatemalan boy …

New York Times:

These Michigan Voters Show How Trump's ‘Go Back’ Attack May Help Him — PORT HURON, Mich. — As President Trump presses his attacks against four women of color in Congress, suggesting they are unpatriotic and should leave the country, many voters in this city on Lake Huron are embracing his …

Discussion: CNN

Trent Spiner / Politico:

Behind Pence's Air Force Two cancellation: A drug dealer — Vice President Mike Pence was one short plane ride away from shaking hands with an alleged interstate drug dealer. — Pence abruptly canceled his trip to Manchester, N.H., earlier this month but never said why he was pulled from Air Force Two at the last minute.

Discussion: The Independent, USA Today, ProFootballTalk, Talking Points Memo, The Week, The Daily Caller, Fox News, CNN, Law & Crime, Splinter, New York Post, Mediaite and Political Wire

NBC News:

Human rights groups lead chorus of alarm over new Trump administration commission — A trio of letters sent Tuesday voice concern over the administration's new “Commission on Unalienable Rights.” — WASHINGTON — Hundreds of prominent human rights organizations, presidential candidates …

Chad Calder / New Orleans Times-Picayune:

Two Gretna officers fired: One posted Ocasio-Cortez ‘needs a round,’ 2nd hit ‘like’ button — The Gretna Police Department fired two officers Monday, just days after one of the officers posted a comment on social media that suggested U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot.

Discussion: NBC News, The Week, fox8.com, Breitbart, Axios, FOX31 Denver, Washington Times, Law & Crime, Newsweek, The Root and Washington Post

Emma Ockerman / VICE: The Cop Who Said AOC “Needs A Round” Just Got Fired

Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:

Lawyers For Trump ‘Super Fan’ Cesar Sayoc Say Trump's Rhetoric Inspired Terrorist Plot On Democrats — “A rational observer may have brushed off Trump's tweets as hyperbole, but Mr. Sayoc took them to heart,” his attorneys wrote. — Cesar Sayoc, the fanatical Donald Trump fan …

Discussion: UPI

New York Times:

Corrections: July 23, 2019 — An article on Monday about residents of a former warehouse in Manhattan who paid a developer $11 million not to build a tower that would have darkened their windows and blocked their views misstated the name of the former warehouse. It is City Prairie, not Chelsea Prairie.

Discussion: twitchy.com

Carol E. Lee / NBC News:

Among the questions for Mueller: Why wasn't Donald Trump Jr. interviewed? — The president's son was the only American participant in the infamous Trump Tower meeting not to talk with investigators in the Russia probe. — WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Robert Mueller is likely …

CNN:

Warplanes from four countries face off in Asian confrontation — Seoul (CNN)Warplanes from four countries faced off Tuesday in a chaotic and unprecedented confrontation above a small, disputed island off the coast of South Korea and Japan. — South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff issued …

Discussion: The Week

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

The Fake Science of Global Warming — Francis Menton sticks it to the global warming lobby, good and hard: … This is not science, obviously. There is much more at the link, but I will close with this: … It turns out to be exceptionally close: — This is from the article by Povlovsky and Kauppinen:

CNN:

ICE officers came for a Tennessee man. His neighbors stepped in to stop them — (CNN)When US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers tried to take a Tennessee man into custody early Monday morning, the man's neighbors stepped up to stop them, CNN affiliates WTVF and WZTV reported.

Discussion: Daily Kos, WTVF-TV and FOX6Now.com

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:

Kamala Harris and Jerry Nadler Team on Major Marijuana Legislation — The new legislation would go far beyond simply decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level. — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) are teaming up on sweeping legislation aimed …

Discussion: CNN, The Week, Vox and Politico

John Solomon / The Hill:

How Mueller deputy Andrew Weissmann's offer to an oligarch could boomerang on DOJ — The ink was still drying on special counsel Robert Mueller's appointment papers when his chief deputy, the famously aggressive and occasionally controversial prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, made a bold but secret overture in early June 2017.

Discussion: RedState and The National Interest

Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:

GOP 2020 convention host city Charlotte condemns Trump's ‘racist and xenophobic’ comments — The Charlotte City Council on Monday passed a resolution condemning President Trump's “racist and xenophobic comments,” in a rebuke of the president by the city that will host him next year at the Republican National Convention.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Week and Political Wire