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11:50 AM ET, May 2, 2019

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The Daily Beast:
The Trump White House Is Loving Itself Some Bill Barr: He ‘Dismembered’ Democrats  —  He may not be the president's Roy Cohn.  But the attorney general is certainly winning plaudits from Trumpland.  —  Shortly after Attorney General William Barr's Senate testimony ended on Wednesday …
Discussion: Politico and Just Security
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Wall Street Journal:
A Real Attorney General  —  Bill Barr gets smeared for refusing to duck and cover like Loretta Lynch.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Washington pile-ons are never pretty, but this week's political setup of Attorney General William Barr is disreputable even by Beltway standards.
Discussion: Instapundit
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Pelosi: Barr committed a crime by lying to Congress  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress Thursday, blasting him in a closed-door meeting and later at a news conference.  —  “We saw [Barr] commit a crime when he answered your question …
Discussion: Axios, The Week and The Daily Beast
National Review:
The Incredibly Dumb Bill Barr Scandal  —  Is it already August?  That's usually the Beltway silly season appropriate for such a ridiculous non-scandal as the Great Bill Barr Summary of Findings Outrage of 2019.  —  As everyone knows, Bill Barr released a brief letter summarizing …
Discussion: Althouse and New York Times
NBC News:
After Barr's testimony, what will Democrats do next?
Discussion: Politico, The Week and Spectator USA
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
The Seven Ways Bill Barr Is Misleading the Public
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Moderate Democrats fret they made a ‘big mistake’ backing Barr
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Empty chair and a prop chicken: Barr skips Mueller hearing
Discussion: Axios and Bangor Daily News
Cynthia Fodor / KCCI-TV:
Biden calls on US attorney general to resign amid criticism
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
A Former Alt-Right Member's Message: Get Out While You Still Can  —  If you remember Katie McHugh, it's probably because of the tweets.  —  A short selection: “British settlers built the USA.  ‘Slaves’ built the country much as cows ‘built’ McDonald's.  Amateur...”
Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Chasten Buttigieg has been a homeless community-college student and a Starbucks barista.  Now, he could be ‘first gentleman.’  —  “Are you going to write about my meal?”  Chasten Buttigieg asks, scanning the breakfast menu of a Manhattan cafe last month.  —  He had oatmeal with a side of fresh fruit.
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign  —  As Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters off a back porch in Marshalltown, Iowa, the Devil was whispering his name.  “Pete,” the Devil hissed into a microphone.  “You're sooo smart, Pete.”
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Wire
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Michael Bennet, Senator From Colorado, Is Running for President  —  DENVER — Michael Bennet, the moderate, studious Democratic senator from Colorado known for his work on education and immigration reform, announced his candidacy for president on Thursday.  —  He joins a field so packed …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Sen. Michael F. Bennet of Colorado becomes the latest Democratic presidential candidate
New York Times:
With Maduro Still in Power, Questions About the U.S. Role in Venezuela  —  WASHINGTON — Nobody said regime change was going to be easy.  —  President Trump's top advisers woke up Tuesday believing that a rebellion in the Venezuelan military that day would galvanize a popular uprising …
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Washington Post:   Trump administration pushed to strip mention of climate change from Arctic policy statement
New York Times:
Biden Faces Conflict of Interest Questions That Are Being Promoted by Trump and Allies  —  WASHINGTON — It was a foreign policy role Joseph R. Biden Jr. enthusiastically embraced during his vice presidency: browbeating Ukraine's notoriously corrupt government to clean up its act.
Julia Harte / Reuters:
Exclusive: Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: 'China, if you're listening, why don't you get Trump's tax returns?'  —  At a news conference in July 2016, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump famously called for Russia's assistance in finding Hillary Clinton's missing emails.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Top House Republican says he agrees Trump was subject to a ‘coup’ attempt
Discussion: Political Wire
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Stephen Moore: Trump's Fed pick underpaid ex-wife's alimony for years  —  New finding may present an additional obstacle for Moore's selection for a position on the world's most powerful central bank  —  Stephen Moore, Donald Trump's embattled pick for the Federal Reserve board of governors …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Bloomberg:
Trump Fed Pick Stephen Moore Says 'I'm All In' Despite Senate Pushback
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Authorities: Alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave and seeking Norwegians' devotion  —  BERLIN — An alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave a Norwegian port city, in what appears to be a high-profile defection after a week of global attention on the unnamed beluga.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
How conservatives rationalize their surrender to Trump  —  Former FBI director James Comey has published in the New York Times the most insightful analysis I have read of how President Trump corrupts those who work for him — such as Attorney General William P. Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Trump is saying behind closed doors about the Democratic field  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TIGER COMING TO TOWN ... Trump administration sources tell us that TIGER WOODS is coming to the White House on Monday for a ceremony to celebrate his Masters win.
Discussion: Raw Story
Skip Navigation / QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  May 2, 2019 - U.S. Voters Still Say 2-1 Trump Committed Crime, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Voters Oppose Impeachment 2-1  —  American voters say 57 - 28 percent that Donald Trump committed crimes before he became president, according to a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Politico:
Trump attacks Biden despite Kushner directive to lay off Dem field  —  Kushner told campaign officials to not attack 2020 Dems — but that rule doesn't seem to apply to the candidate himself.  —  As the 2020 Democratic presidential field began to form earlier this year …
Dara Lind / Vox:
Exclusive: Civil servants say they're being used as pawns in a dangerous asylum program  —  Asylum officers worry they're being forced to send some Central Americans to wait in Mexico — even when they're in danger of persecution there.  —  The first time that one immigration officer interviewed …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Former security clearance chief denies White House aides pressured him  —  The former official who oversaw security clearances for the first two years of the Trump administration acknowledged to lawmakers behind closed doors that he had issued clearances over the objections of lower-level staffers …
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Military sexual assaults rise by almost 38%; alcohol involved in nearly two out of three  —  At the Marine Corps' Mountain Warfare Training Center near Lake Tahoe, commanders are training troops for a more capable, high tech enemy like Russia, North Korea or China.
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Axios
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Covington Catholic teen Nick Sandmann sues NBC for $275 million  —  Attorneys for Nicholas Sandmann filed a $275 million lawsuit Wednesday against NBCUniversal over its coverage of the Kentucky teen, accusing the network of creating a “false narrative” driven by its “anti-Trump agenda.”
Jacob Soboroff / NBC News:
Emails show Trump admin had ‘no way to link’ separated migrant children to parents  —  “What you are requesting,” said a top ICE official, “is not something that we are going to be able to complete in a rapid fashion.”  —  LOS ANGELES — On the same day the Trump administration …
Courier-Journal:
‘Sweep out the trash’: Bevin blocks thousands on social media and records now detail why  —  An ongoing federal lawsuit over Gov. Matt Bevin's habit of blocking people on Twitter and Facebook shows the Republican leader has persisted in barring users from accessing his official accounts.
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Political Wire
John Solomon / The Hill:
Nellie Ohr's ‘Hi Honey’ emails to DOJ about Russia collusion should alarm us all  —  First came the text messages between FBI lovebirds Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, which gave us a painful glimpse at potential political bias inside America's most famous crime-fighting bureau.
 
 
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Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
Beto O'Rourke Blew It
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Kushner's immigration plan has skeptics lining up on both sides
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Washington Post:
7 questions about Trump's use of undocumented workers at his golf courses
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Michael K. Lavers / Washington Blade:
House Judiciary Committee passes Equality Act
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 Earlier Items: 
Angela Wright-Shannon / Washington Post:
Joe Biden doesn't owe me an apology. Clarence Thomas does.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN sees ratings swoon in April
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump's approval rating on the economy hits a new high
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Brandon Moseley / Alabama Political Reporter:
Near-total abortion ban passes the House of Representatives
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
‘The Mueller Report’ is officially a best-seller
Discussion: Splinter and Axios
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
The alleged synagogue shooter was a churchgoer who talked Christian theology, raising tough questions …
Discussion: Religion News Service
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Just a Racket Now, and Trump Is Its Godfather, Barr Its Wartime Consigliere
Discussion: Salon and Washington Post