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Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
MSNBC public editor: The Chuck Todd show  —  After former Special Counsel Robert Mueller' testified before the House Judiciary Committee this morning, Chuck Todd managed to demonstrate, with uncharacteristic brevity, his basic misunderstanding of the requirements of his job:
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pelosi rebuffs Nadler on impeachment after Mueller flop  —  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler pushed to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting Wednesday, only to be rebuffed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.
Politico:
‘A New Legal Argument for Impeachment’  —  After three months of reading—or not reading—the Mueller Report but hearing very little from the man who wrote it, the American public finally got to see and hear Special Counsel Robert Mueller testify before Congress Wednesday in six-plus hours of questioning on live television.
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
“A Bit Of A Dud” — Some Democrats Said The Mueller Hearings Didn't Live Up To Expectations  —  WASHINGTON — The day finally arrived: DC bars opened early, interns who had camped out in the Capitol overnight filled the room, and dozens of cameras were set.  All eyes were on former special …
Discussion: Vox
Politico:
Here's what surprised us during the Mueller testimony — and 4 other takeaways  —  It's over.  After months of anticipation, Robert Mueller has finally testified on Capitol Hill.  —  Over five-plus hours of testimony, Mueller regularly deflected and refused to answer lawmakers' questions …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
‘Euphoria’: White House, GOP exult after a flat Mueller performance  —  The tense opening moments of former special counsel Robert Mueller's much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill gave way to an early sense of relief at the White House, where aides were quietly celebrating what they viewed …
John Harwood / CNBC:   Only House Democrats can hold Trump accountable and Mueller's testimony proved it
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Republican Ken Buck Scores Massive Own Goal in Mueller Questioning
HuffPost:
Mueller Didn't Bring His Report ‘To Life,’ But Democrats Will Take It
Discussion: CBS Boston and Slate
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
LIVE UPDATES: Trump not exonerated, Mueller testifies, could be charged after leaving office
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:   Here's A List Of Alleged Mueller Leaks A GOP Congressman Created. It's Weak.
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:   Republicans Take Their Shot at Mueller—And Narrowly Miss
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
House Judiciary Panel Prepares Lawsuit to Enforce Subpoena of Don McGahn
Discussion: Lawfare and Political Wire
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller's finally done. Here's how his probe lives on.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How to think about today's Mueller extravaganza
Discussion: Detroit News, Axios and Breitbart
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Republicans Used Mueller's Conservatism to Discredit Him  —  Robert Mueller's performance in two House hearings must have badly shaken the bipartisan cult that had grown around him for two years.  Even accounting for the difficulty of precisely answering verbal questions about long text in real time …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Daily Wire
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Confused performance by Mueller raises questions about handling of investigation  —  It took just minutes for Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee to turn into a painful exercise when it became clear the 74 year-old special counsel had difficulty handling …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Accountability”?  The Mueller Hearing Is How Trump Escapes It  —  After so much waiting—a hundred and twenty-four days, to be precise, since Robert Mueller's report was delivered—perhaps it was bound to be a disappointment.  Still, three hours after the former special counsel took …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP blocks election security bills after Mueller testimony  —  Senate Republicans blocked two election security bills and a cybersecurity measure on Wednesday in the wake of former special counsel Robert Mueller warning about meddling attempts during his public testimony before congressional lawmakers.
New York Times:
Analysis of Mueller's Congressional Hearing  —  Mueller's Congressional Hearing  —  Former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III testified before Congress after two years of near-total silence.  Our reporters provided context and analysis during the hearing.
Discussion: twitchy.com, NB Blog and CNSNews
Barbara McQuade / USA Today:
Robert Mueller testimony on Trump and Russia: Devastating facts that point to impeachment
Discussion: Washington Post
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:   Michael Cohen responds to Mueller testimony from prison: ‘The American people deserve more!’
NBC News:
How many times has Robert Mueller deflected, declined or deferred a question? Live tracker
Obed Manuel / Dallas Morning News:
No shower for 23 days: U.S. citizen says conditions were so bad that he almost self-deported  —  Francisco Erwin Galicia, a Dallas-born U.S. citizen, spent 23 days in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in conditions that made him so desperate he almost opted to self-deport.
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Federal judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump asylum restrictions at southern border  —  U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in California issued the preliminary injunction blocking the new asylum restrictions after grilling Justice Department lawyers.
Discussion: Townhall
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The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein Visited Clinton White House Multiple Times in Early '90s  —  A Daily Beast investigation has uncovered ties between Epstein and the Clinton administration that date back to the president's earliest days in the White House.  —  Days after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Poll: Biden has 7-point lead over 2020 field, Warren follows in second place  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 7-point lead over the Democratic presidential primary field, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday, retaining his lead compared to the previous survey.
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
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Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Joe Biden tears into Cory Booker and criticizes Kamala D. Harris as well in a shift to aggressively …
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Joe Biden fires back at Booker, Harris with sharp criticism ahead of Democratic debate
Discussion: Breitbart
Robert Moore / Texas Monthly:
Autopsy Offers Jarring New Details About the Death of a 16-Year-Old Guatemalan Boy  —  Days after he was supposed to be in a children's shelter, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez died of the flu near the toilet in his Border Patrol holding cell.  —  After a sixteen-year-old Guatemalan boy died …
Washington Post:
Trump vetoes Congress's attempt to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia  —  President Trump on Wednesday vetoed three resolutions that Congress passed to stop several arms sales benefiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which the president pushed through without congressional approval.
Discussion: The White House and Axios
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Trump Must Face Suit Over Alleged Multilevel Marketing Fraud  —  President Donald Trump, his company and three of his children must face a class-action lawsuit in which people claim they were scammed into spending money on fraudulent, multilevel marketing ventures and a dubious live-seminar program …
Discussion: Washington Press
 
 
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump approval up, voter ratings on economy best in decades
Discussion: Townhall
David Shortell / CNN:
DOJ won't prosecute contempt citation against Barr and Ross
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
Will China send in troops to stamp out protests in Hong Kong?
CNN:
North Korea launches two projectiles
Discussion: Townhall
Molly Langmuir / ELLE:
Jia Tolentino Makes Sense Out of This Nonsense Moment
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
House approves new rules to stop robocallers
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Tensions Between Bernie Sanders and MSNBC Boil Over
Discussion: Common Dreams and Daily Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Seeks $300,000 Commitment To Buy Ads in Next Democratic Debate (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: Splinter
David Frum / The Atlantic:
What If They're Not Coming for the Jews This Time?
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic fundraising committees decline to say whether they will donate or give back Jeffrey Epstein contributions
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
It's Time for an Impeachment Inquiry into Trump
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
Dan Le Batard to meet Thursday with ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Ginsburg: ‘I Am Very Much Alive’
 

 
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