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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Ex-mob prosecutor says Trump's talk with Putin was a ‘get your stories straight call’ like she used to hear on wiretaps — The former chief of the organized crime and racketeering unit at the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York explained on MSNBC Friday …
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Althouse
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
This nation is at the mercy of a criminal administration — Imagine that you live in a town that has been taken over by gangsters. The mayor is a crook and so are the district attorney and police chief. You can't fight city hall. But at least you know you can turn for help to the state or federal government.
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner and Hullabaloo
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump, Putin discussed Mueller report and agreed no collusion, White House says
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The White House's latest attack on Mueller reveals an ugly truth about Trump
Asha Rangappa / TIME:
What Happens Next with the Mueller Report? The Answer May Lie in the Footnotes
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sanders' dubious claim: Trump admin ‘takes election meddling seriously’
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Vox and The Daily Caller
Graham Kates / CBS News:
John Kelly joins board of company operating largest shelter for unaccompanied migrant children — In April, protesters outside the nation's largest facility for unaccompanied migrant children noticed a familiar face enter the massive, fenced site in Homestead, Florida: former White House chief of staff John Kelly.
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Launches Short-Range Projectiles, South Says — The move is likely to raise tensions as denuclearization talks with the United States remain stalled. — The South Korean military has used the term “projectile” when it was too soon to determine exactly what kind of missile had been deployed.
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Associated Press:
North Korea fires several short-range projectiles into sea
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
The Economy That Wasn't Supposed to Happen: Booming Jobs, Low Inflation
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Mother of Otto Warmbier calls U.S. diplomacy with North Korea a ‘charade’
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One America News Network, New York Times and Raw Story
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Thinks Trump Is the Problem, Not All Republicans. Other Democrats Disagree. — DUBUQUE, Iowa — As Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his way across Iowa on his first trip as a 2020 presidential candidate, the former vice president repeatedly returned to one term — aberration — when he referred to the Trump presidency.
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Washington Free Beacon, Fox News and The Daily Caller
Justin Caruso / Breitbart:
James Woods Banned from Twitter Amid Silicon Valley's Conservative Blacklisting Campaign — James Woods, one of the few conservative stars in Hollywood, has been locked out of his Twitter account for over a week now for “abusive behavior,” once again demonstrating the double standard …
Fox News:
Nunes casts doubt on Mueller's findings about Papadopoulos tipster's Moscow links — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is scrutinizing the findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report about Joseph Mifsud — the mysterious professor from Malta who helped ignite …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Last Refuge
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John Sipher / The Atlantic:
The Russia Investigation Will Continue
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Vanity Fair, Mercury News and IJR
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Florida's Republican Legislature Votes to Nullify Popular Ballot Initiative Enfranchising Former Felons — In 2018, a supermajority of Floridians voted for a ballot initiative to restore former felons' voting rights. Florida's Republican legislature has voted to effectively nullify that vote …
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P.R. Lockhart / Vox:
Florida Legislature approves bill requiring former felons to pay fines and fees before voting
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Floridians Gave Ex-Felons the Right to Vote. Lawmakers Just Put a Big Obstacle in Their Way.
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Miami Herald and Politico
Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Unites the Nation: No One Wants Him to Run for President — Blame it—and everything—on Anthony Weiner. — To become mayor, he defeated a Republican who vowed to kill kittens to keep the trains running. — After complaining that New Yorkers didn't appreciate …
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Vanity Fair and Joe.My.God.
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Anna Sanders / New York Daily News:
De Blasio expected to announce 2020 presidential run next week: sources
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David Siders / Politico:
Democrats preview post-Trump plan: Executive orders — Presidential candidates once boasted about their ability to bridge Washington's partisan divide, and to accomplish great things by bringing together different factions. — But with Republicans favored to maintain control of the Senate in 2020 …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump's bipartisan infrastructure plan already imperiled as Mulvaney, GOP lawmakers object to cost — A $2 trillion infrastructure deal outlined this week by President Trump and top Democrats is already losing momentum, as the president's own chief of staff is telling people inside and outside …
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Raw Story, Political Wire and New York Post
Melanie Hamlett / Harper's BAZAAR:
Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden — Toxic masculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a “female thing”—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men. It's women who are paying the price.
Jessica Chen Weiss / Washington Post:
No, China and the U.S. aren't locked in an ideological battle. Not even close. — Here are 3 things wrong with imagining we're in a “clash of civilizations.” — At a foreign policy forum last week, the State Department's Director of Policy Planning Kiron Skinner made some controversial remarks about the …
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CNN:
Trump urges caution as Bolton and Pompeo tease a military intervention in Venezuela — Washington (CNN)After US expectations were dashed this week for a transition of power in Venezuela, President Donald Trump is urging caution among senior advisers moving forward and expressing frustration …
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New York Times and Politico
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Army Investigating Soldier's Alleged Leadership In Neo-Nazi Terror Group — The Army private is allegedly a recent leader of the Atomwaffen Division, a violent white supremacist group. — An active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army is under investigation for his alleged leadership role …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why Joe Biden Might Be the Best Bet to Beat Trump — If you've been reading the liberal media and Left Twitter the past couple of months, you'd be certain of one thing: Joe Biden is hopelessly out of touch — too old, too white, too male, too handsy, too racist, too misogynist, too unwoke …
Dan Scanlan / Florida Times Union:
Airliner skids into St. Johns River at NAS Jacksonville — The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a passenger airplane that slid off the end of a runway Friday night and into the St. Johns River at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. — Base officials say the incident occurred …
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Associated Press and Task & Purpose
George K. Yin / Politico:
How to Get Trump's Tax Returns—Without a Subpoena — Congress' pursuit of President Donald Trump's tax returns is already hardening into a stalemate between the Democratic House and Trump's Treasury Department. In his April 23 letter to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal …
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