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1:30 PM ET, April 23, 2019

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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
What you missed in the Mueller report  —  Robert Mueller keeps on giving.  —  Dozens of overlooked nuggets are buried deep inside the special counsel's 448-page report that raise yet more intriguing questions about Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and shed new light on charges Mueller considered …
Discussion: The Week
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Jared Kushner says Russian collusion accusations are “nonsense”  —  White House adviser and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner called the idea that the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government “nonsense” during an interview at TIME's 100 summit on Tuesday.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kushner says Russia investigations are ‘way more harmful’ than Russian election interference  —  White House senior adviser and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said Tuesday that investigations into election interference by Russia have been “way more harmful” than the interference itself …
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:   Kushner Says Mueller Probe Damaged U.S. Democracy More Than Russia Did
Katie Galioto / Politico:   Kushner: Mueller probe was ‘more harmful’ to U.S. than Russian election interference
CNN:
Kushner says Russia investigations more harmful to US ‘than a couple Facebook ads’
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and IJR
Evan McMullin / NBC News:
Trump welcomed the Russian attack and obstructed resulting investigations, an impeachable offense
Discussion: Raw Story and Wired
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Mueller's findings: Too stupid to conspire. Too incompetent to obstruct.
Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump approval sinks 5 points after Mueller report, tying all-time low
J. W. Verret / The Atlantic:
The Mueller Report Was My Tipping Point  —  Let's start at the end of this story.  This weekend, I read Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report twice, and realized that enough was enough—I needed to do something.  I've worked on every Republican presidential transition team for the past 10 years …
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Rivals are scrambling to dig up dirt on Pete Buttigieg  —  Buttigieg was on nobody's radar as a serious presidential contender until a few weeks ago.  Now his competitors are scrambling to find vulnerabilities.  —  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Caught off guard by his sudden surge …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Sanders reopens debate over 2020 Democratic appeal to Trump voters
New York Times:
The President in Plain Sight Is Bad Enough
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
CNN:
White House tells official not to comply with Democratic subpoena over security clearances  —  (CNN)The White House has instructed a former official who was in charge of the security clearance process to not comply with a House subpoena demanding his appearance for an interview …
Discussion: PJ Media Home and The Week
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
White House instructs official to ignore Democratic subpoena over security clearances  —  A former White House personnel security director has been instructed by the White House not to show up Tuesday for questioning by the House Oversight Committee.  —  The move appears to be the latest effort …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
What to do about Sarah Sanders? White House reporters have a few ideas.
Discussion: RedState
House Committee on Oversight and Reform:   White House Orders Former Security Director to Defy Oversight Committee Subpoena
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Great Republican Abdication  —  A party that no longer believes in American values.  —  So all the “fake news” was true.  A hostile foreign power intervened in the presidential election, hoping to install Donald Trump in the White House.  The Trump campaign was aware of this intervention and welcomed it.
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Joe Lockhart / New York Times:
There's a Bigger Prize Than Impeachment  —  Keeping Trump in office will destroy the Republican Party.  —  Mr. Lockhart served as White House press secretary from 1998 to 2000.  —  In the fall of 1998, Erskine Bowles, the White House chief of staff, traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with the speaker of the House.
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Signals Support for Trump's Census Citizenship Question  —  Key U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to let the Trump administration add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census in a clash that will shape the allocation of congressional seats and federal dollars.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Court's conservatives seem fine with census
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Supreme Court conservatives sympathetic toward Trump census citizenship query
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
In New Hampshire, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he's seriously considering a primary challenge to Trump  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday he is seriously considering a primary challenge to President Trump, adding that the only reason Trump is not facing obstruction charges …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Potential GOP primary challenger Hogan takes aim at Trump, calls Mueller report ‘very disturbing’
Discussion: Politico
Philly.com:
Joe Biden campaign launch back in flux, potentially delayed  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's plans are in flux again.  —  If the former vice president does launch his presidential campaign this week, it won't involve a trip to Charlottesville, Va., and plans for potential public events …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
After Mueller report, Twitter bots pushed ‘Russiagate hoax’ narrative  —  As social media platforms continue to prepare for the 2020 election, efforts to spread disinformation and sow discord remain an ongoing issue.  —  A network of more than 5,000 pro-Trump Twitter bots railed against the …
Discussion: Politico and Engadget
Russell Goldman / New York Times:
Sri Lanka Bombings Live Updates: ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attacks  —  • The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the Easter Sunday bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people.  The group's Amaq news agency made the claim.
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Associated Press:
Sri Lanka minister: Easter bombings a response to NZ attacks
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Samantha Allen / The Daily Beast:
Nevada National Guard Joins California and New Mexico To Defy Trump's Trans Troops Ban  —  Nevada has joined California and New Mexico in allowing trans people to continue to serve in their National Guard organizations, which are primarily under gubernatorial control.  —  Samantha Allen
Whitney Davis / Variety:
‘CBS Has a White Problem’: Executive Blasts Toxic Culture at Network in Explosive Letter  —  Last year, CBS hired two white-shoe law firms to conduct an independent investigation into alleged misconduct by then-CEO Leslie Moonves, as well as broader cultural issues at CBS.
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
WikiLeaks and Fox News Are Silent on the Debunked Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory  —  Mueller confirmed the DNC staffer didn't steal his own party's emails.  Why won't Sean Hannity or Julian Assange apologize for spreading misinformation?  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's …
Richard Sokolsky / Politico:
Trump Isn't Just Reversing Obama's Foreign Policies.  He's Making it Impossible for His Successor to Go Back to Them.  —  Who says the Trump administration doesn't know what it's doing in the Middle East?  —  Sure, there's plenty of confusion, diplomatic malpractice and dysfunction in Trumpian foreign policy.
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Moore's Columns Deriding Women Raise New Questions for Trump Fed Pick  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen Moore, the economic adviser President Trump plans to nominate to the Federal Reserve, wrote in a 2000 column that “radical feminists” had turned white men into an “oppressed minority” on college campuses …
Discussion: Slate and Herman Cain
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
AP U.S. History textbook calls Trump “racist,” questions his mental stability  —  I have written repeatedly about the hard-left bias in the teaching of AP American History.  I finally got tired of writing such posts and abandoned the beat.  —  But now, I learn that, beginning in 2020 …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Kate Manne on why female candidates get ruled “unelectable” so quickly  —  “Electability isn't a static social fact; it's a social fact we're constructing.”  —  In her book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, philosopher Kate Manne defines misogyny not as an emotion men feel …
 
 
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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
Trump baby blimp back and could be even bigger for UK state visit
Discussion: Politico
Dennis Lund / American Thinker:
Four Reasons Why the Dems Will Lose in 2020
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
As calls for measles vaccination rise, it's crickets from the White House
Kathryn Joyce / HuffPost Highline:
CLOSE  —  Max Eden didn't even want to read about Parkland.
Polls:
Dem 2020 Diversity Not a Priority
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Haaretz:
2020 Democrats Promise to Re-enter the Iran Deal, and Israel Is Concerned
 Earlier Items: 
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The Big Money Challenge Awaiting Joe Biden in the 2020 Race
Discussion: Townhall
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
'There's still a lot of sexism': Dem leaders frustrated by double standards facing female candidates
Discussion: Shakesville
Richard Bernstein / RealClearInvestigations:
Persistence and Political Correctness at Amherst
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Pence's Tax Returns, Like Trump's, Stay Out of Sight
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Unexpected Candor In The New York Times
Discussion: New York Times and PJ Media Home
Christopher Roach / American Greatness:
Was Robert Mueller Colluding With Russia?
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Trump says New York Times will have to ‘get down on their knees’, ‘beg for forgiveness’ over their coverage
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post