memeorandum @ 7:40 PM ET, April 22, 2019

7:40 PM ET, April 22, 2019

Top Items:

Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans — In the escalating battle of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to see who can offer the most free stuff, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. …

Discussion: twitchy.com, Splinter, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog and NBC News

Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:

I'm calling for something truly transformational: Universal free public college and cancellation of student loan debt — Growing up, my dream was to become a teacher. And I knew that if I wanted to teach, I had to get a college degree. — I managed to get a college scholarship, but then things turned upside down.

Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:

Elizabeth Warren's Higher Education Plan: Cancel Student Debt and Eliminate Tuition — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has structured her presidential campaign around a steady unveiling of disruptive policy ideas, on Monday proposed her biggest one yet: a $1.25 trillion plan …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Vanity Fair and The Nation

Philip Klein / Washington Examiner: Elizabeth Warren's list of proposals to be paid for by ultra-millionaires keeps expanding

Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it)

Discussion: VICE News

CNN:

Trump Fed pick Stephen Moore called it a ‘travesty’ that women ‘feel free’ to play sports with men — (CNN)One of President Donald Trump's picks to serve on the Federal Reserve Board has written that women should be banned from refereeing, announcing or beer vending at men's college basketball games …

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, Shareblue Media, Politico, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg, Contemptor, The Guardian, Mediaite, Observer, Daily Kos, The Big Lead, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Week and Slate

Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times: Stephen Moore, Trump's pick for the Fed, just got a key immigration program dead wrong

Davis Richardson / The Bulwark:
Why Is Stephen Moore Hanging Out with the Alt-Right?

Discussion: Politico

Jeremy Herb / CNN:

Republican lawmaker sees less-redacted Mueller report — Nadler: Barr waging media campaign on behalf of Trump — Washington (CNN)Democrats have rebuffed the Justice Department's offer to see a less-redacted — but not fully unredacted — version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report …

Discussion: Shareblue Media, CNSNews and KTLA

Washington Post: Trump is accused of gross abuse of his office. We're not talking about the Mueller report.

Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
House Judiciary chairman subpoenas ex-White House counsel Don McGahn

Discussion: Politico, Washington Times, Townhall, Slate and The Gateway Pundit

Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP senator says she doesn't think it's ‘necessary’ for Mueller to testify

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Raw Story, IJR and The Week

CNN:
House panel issues subpoena to former White House counsel Don McGahn

Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God., The Stranger, The Week, Daily Kos, What The Fuck … and Mediaite

Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
House Democrats issue subpoena for former White House lawyer McGahn

Discussion: Daily Caller News Foundation

Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
Impeachment Is Not the Answer. At Least Not Yet.

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and Hullabaloo

Garrett M. Graff / Wired:

14 Mueller Report Takeaways You Might Have Missed — Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election—and Donald Trump's apparent attempts to obstruct justice along the way—takes some time to read fully. On close examination, it turns …

Discussion: New Republic and Vox

Garrett M. Graff / Wired:

Mueller Makes It Clear: Trump Was Worse Than a ‘Useful Idiot’ — BACK IN JANUARY, approximately 1,000 Robert Mueller news cycles ago, I argued that given the arc of the special counsel Russia probe, it'd be embarrassing for Donald Trump if he weren't an agent of the Russian intelligence:

Discussion: New York Times

Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
No bottom: Republicans show they'll defend just about anything Trump does

Discussion: Raw Story, The Rush Limbaugh Show and Mercury News

John Nolte / Breitbart: Top 51 Fake News ‘Bombshells’ the Media Spread About RussiaGate

Washington Post:

Trump and his business sue House Oversight chairman to block congressional subpoena of financial records — President Trump is seeking a court order to prevent his accounting firm from complying with what his lawyers say is an illegitimate use of congressional subpoena power by congressional Democrats.

Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos

Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
What would Republicans do with a Mueller report? Build an impeachment case.

Discussion: Commentary, Raw Story and Shareblue Media

David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump sues in bid to block congressional subpoena of financial records

Discussion: Politico, Wall Street Journal, Above the Law, Vox, Shareblue Media, Shakesville, The Daily Beast, The Week, Breitbart, IJR, Joe.My.God., Axios, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse

Jamelle Bouie / New York Times: The Lure of Impeachment — We need congressional action to cure …

Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:

The Mueller Report Really Didn't Change Much At All: Poll — The Trump-Russia investigation continues to spark lots of polarization and little consensus. — The Mueller report has bolstered President Donald Trump's critics in their conviction that the president committed wrongdoing …

Discussion: Associated Press and The Guardian

Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Mark Levin Unleashes Wild Rant on ‘Smear Job’ of Trump From Mueller and His ‘Cabal’

Rex Huppke / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Definitely impeach Trump — just don't call it ‘impeachment’

Discussion: Raw Story

Liam Quinn / Fox News:
Ex-Trump attorney Dowd disputes Mueller report, says president never tried to oust special counsel

Discussion: Mediaite, Washington Post, IJR, Breitbart and Liberty Unyielding

Washington Post:

Christianity under attack? Sri Lanka church bombings stoke far-right anger in the West. — Sunday's bombings in Sri Lanka marked the country's deadliest violence in a decade, leaving 290 dead and more than 500 injured. But the attacks, which targeted a religious minority …

Discussion: National Review, RedState, The Intercept, twitchy.com, Daily Wire and Splinter

Associated Press:
The Latest: UN Security Council condemns Sri Lanka attack

Discussion: The Daily Caller, BBC and Daily Caller News Foundation

David Harsanyi / The Federalist: Islamic Terrorism Remains The World's Greatest Threat To Peace

NBC News:

Sanders releases internal poll showing lead over Trump in PA, WI and MI — WASHINGTON—Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign is releasing new internal polling that shows him leading President Donald Trump in hypothetical matchups in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

The Daily Beast:
Trump Calls Bernie Sanders Crazy, Praises Him in Private

Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and Mediaite

Rachael Bade / Washington Post:

House Democratic leaders say no immediate plans to open impeachment proceedings after Mueller report — BREAKING NEWS: Pelosi's leadership team tells lawmakers they have no immediate plans to open impeachment proceedings after Mueller report release — Three officials on a conference call Monday night …

Discussion: Politico, Fox News, The Bulwark, Political Wire, Daily Kos and VICE News

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell pledges to be ‘Grim Reaper’ for progressive policies

Discussion: Shareblue Media

Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:

Sen. Lindsey Graham Bewilders Ivanka Trump's Women's Conference With Terrorism Rant — As he spoke, confused attendees at the Women Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative could be heard asking each other in hushed tones what Graham was talking about. — While on a trip to Cote d'Ivoire …

Discussion: Raw Story

Herman Cain:

The real reasons I withdrew from Fed consideration - direct from me, the only source you need — I was on the phone earlier explaining why I had decided to ask President Trump not to nominate me to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank. Shortly after I went through the detailed explanation of my reasons, I was informed:

Discussion: Vox, Vanity Fair, The Week, Dealbreaker, Roll Call, Breitbart and New York Times

Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:

New Mexico Border Militia Leader Allegedly Said Group Planned to Assassinate Obama, Clinton — Larry Mitchell Hopkins allegedly said his vigilante group was training to kill Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and Barack Obama, because of their ‘support of Antifa.’

Discussion: Joe.My.God. and DCReport.org

Simon Romero / New York Times:
F.B.I. Was Told That Militia in New Mexico Planned to Kill Obama and Clinton

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Max Boot / Washington Post:

My former party's reaction to the Mueller report fills me with disgust — Having declared the Republican Party to be morally bankrupt last month — after 90 percent of GOP lawmakers voted to approve President Trump's unconstitutional state of emergency — I am not remotely surprised …

Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNBC and IJR

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Trump plausibly committed impeachable offenses. A leading expert explains how. — After botching their initial response to the Mueller report, top Democrats are now seriously engaging the debate over whether the shocking scale of corruption, wrongdoing, contempt for our democracy …

Discussion: Raw Story

John Rossomando / Sara A. Carter:

Ilhan Omar Slammed U.S. Soldiers Involved in ‘Black Hawk Down’ Incident — Investigative Journalist John Rossomando works with the Investigative Project on Terrorism. IPT gave SaraACarter.com permission to reprint the article in full. For more on Rossomando's work please visit here.

Discussion: Daily Wire, Daily Caller News Foundation and Geller Report

Julian Borger / The Guardian:

US threatens to veto UN resolution on rape as weapon of war, officials say — Exclusive: US warns it will reject measure over language on sexual health in latest example of hardline abortion stance — The US is threatening to veto a United Nations resolution on combatting the use of rape …