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Mark Penn / The Hill:
Stopping Robert Mueller to protect us all  —  The “deep state” is in a deep state of desperation.  With little time left before the Justice Department inspector general's report becomes public, and with special counsel Robert Mueller  —  having failed to bring down Donald Trump
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Michael B. Mukasey / USA Today:
End Robert Mueller's investigation: Michael Mukasey  —  President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani says the special counsel Robert mueller will finish its investigation into whether or not trump obstructed justice in the Russia inquiry by September 1st.  For more on the story here is Zachary Devita.
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Has All the Power  —  Sunday afternoon, President Trump tweeted an extraordinary threat—extraordinary even by the standards of Donald Trump's norm-busting use of Twitter and abusive conduct toward the Justice Department and federal investigations: “I hereby demand …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Is Rod Rosenstein being too soft on Trump?
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Raw Story
New York Times:
Mueller Hopes to Wrap Up Obstruction Inquiry Into Trump by Sept. 1, Giuliani Says
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Trump to ask Justice Department to look into campaign surveillance claims
Discussion: Political Wire
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Grappling With Risks of Proceeding With North Korea Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, increasingly concerned that his summit meeting in Singapore next month with North Korea's leader could turn into a political embarrassment, has begun pressing his aides and allies about whether …
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:   Trump is proving to be the most predictable of presidents
Park Si-soo / The Korea Times:   North Korea charges $10,000 per reporter to cover Punggye-ri nuclear site blowup
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Blankenship to wage third-party bid after losing primary  —  The failed GOP candidate said he'll run as the Constitution Party nominee, but West Virginia law appears to stand in his way.  —  West Virginia coal baron and former prisoner Don Blankenship announced on Monday that he plans …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:   Blankenship to run third-party Senate campaign after losing GOP primary
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
House Republicans set terms for Trump to campaign on their turf  —  WASHINGTON  —  Rep. Mike Coffman threw his hands in the air and stomped away.  Rep. Leonard Lance smiled ruefully as he said the White House was “cross” with him.  And Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick cited the uncertainties of his schedule as he stepped into an elevator.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Democrats Need to Get Much Tougher on These Trump Scandals or They Will Lose the Midterms
Washington Post:
RNC paid nearly half a million dollars to law firm representing Hope Hicks and others in Russia probes … The Republican National Committee paid nearly half a million dollars to a law firm that represents former White House communications director Hope Hicks and others in the Russia investigations, according to a new federal filing.
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Luis Sanchez / The Hill:   RNC gave almost half a million dollars to law firm representing people in Russia probes
Associated Press:
The Latest: Pompeo threatens Iran with worst sanctions yet  —  The Latest on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussing strategy on Iran (all times local):  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is offering a series of dramatic potential U.S. concessions to Iran if it agrees to make “major changes.”
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Barbara Slavin / Axios:
Pompeo's Mission Impossible on Iran
New York Times:
Hillary and Bill Clinton Go Separate Ways for 2018 Midterm Elections  —  For years they dominated the party, brandishing their powerful financial network and global fame to pick favorites for primary elections and lift Democrats even in deep-red states.  They were viewed as a joint entity …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
A Border Patrol agent detained two U.S. citizens at a gas station after hearing them speak Spanish … A Montana woman said she plans to take legal action after a Border Patrol agent detained and questioned her and a friend — both U.S. citizens — when he overheard them speaking Spanish at a gas station.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Why does CNN continue to have Kellyanne Conway on?  —  There was an exchange on “Reliable Sources” today that stands as a reveal.  —  I want to capture for you a little moment today on the Sunday shows.  —  It came during Brian Stelter's lengthy and of course contentious interview with Kellyanne Conway on CNN's Reliable Sources.
Discussion: CNN
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Conway pushes CNN's Stelter to say who he voted for in tense exchange
Discussion: Daily Wire
Nelson W. Cunningham / Politico:
3 Predictions for What Mueller Will Do Next  —  As a former prosecutor, here's where I think the special counsel is headed.  —  Robert Mueller's investigation is now one year old.  Watching the slow reveal of witnesses, search warrants, and subpoenas, the president's supporters and his opponents …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The FBI Informant Who Wasn't Spying  —  A secret source insinuated himself with Trump campaign officials.  Ho hum.  —  Well, what do you know.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation really did task an “informant” to insinuate himself with Trump campaign advisers in 2016.
The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Has Become a Trumpworld Pariah: ‘Time to Keep a Distance’ … In March, Michael Cohen's lawyer went on NBC to declare with “100 percent” certainty that President Donald Trump had not reimbursed Cohen for a $130,000 payment to Trump's alleged porn star mistress.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels's lawyer is a media star. So why is he threatening journalists?
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Bernie's army in disarray  —  The Sanders-inspired grass-roots group ‘Our Revolution’ is flailing, an extensive review by POLITICO shows, fueling cocerns about a potential 2020 bid.  —  Bernie Sanders' top operatives formed “Our Revolution” after he lost the 2016 primaries to keep …
Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
The high price of feminism in the ‘new’ Saudi Arabia  —  It was just days before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's March visit to the United States when Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most high profile feminists, was stopped by security officers as she drove on a highway near her university in Abu Dhabi.
Discussion: Bustle
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Ryan Johnson / INFORUM:
ND secretary of state candidate drops out, raising questions about GOP's next steps  —  BISMARCK - The Republican-endorsed candidate for North Dakota secretary of state is out of the race just two days after The Forum reported on his 2006 window-peeping incident on the North Dakota State University campus.
Discussion: Political Wire
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Advising Bolton Is a ‘Shadow N.S.C.’  —  WASHINGTON — In the weeks after President Trump chose John Bolton to be his third national security adviser in March, Mr. Bolton, a veteran of the George W. Bush State Department whose bellicose manner kept him from a high-level job at the beginning …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Washington Post:
Michael Flynn pleaded guilty.  Now his supporters are trying to exonerate him.  —  Hashtags.  Tweets.  Speeches.  A book foreword.  —  Friends and family of former national security adviser Michael Flynn are waging a campaign to try to exonerate the retired lieutenant general — and, possibly, land him a presidential pardon.o
Discussion: Political Wire
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rules that companies can require workers to accept individual arbitration  —  The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 Monday that companies may require workers to accept individual arbitration over wage and other workplace disputes.  —  Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote for the court's conservatives …
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
CNN:
Pope Francis tells gay man: ‘God made you like that and loves you like that’  —  Gay man: Pope told me ‘God made you like that’  —  Rome (CNN)A victim of clerical sexual abuse has said that Pope Francis told him that God made him gay and that his sexuality “does not matter.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Amb / Fox News:
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman: Liberal media sides with Hamas over Trump  —  The Federalist staff writer, Bre Payton, discusses the coverage of the Gaza protests.  —  This past Monday, the United States at long last opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, Israel's capital.
 
 
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