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9:55 AM ET, May 9, 2019

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Axios:
Scoop: Senate Intel subpoenas Trump Jr. over Russia matters  —  The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. to answer questions about his previous testimony before Senate investigators in relation to the Russia investigation, sources with direct knowledge told Axios.
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
House Intelligence Committee Subpoenas William Barr Over Mueller Documents  —  Another House panel voted Wednesday to advance an effort to hold the attorney general in contempt over his refusal to release the special counsel's full report.  —  The House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena …
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Mulvaney says it was ‘bad form’ for Senate Republicans not to inform him about Donald Trump Jr. subpoena
Discussion: Politico, CBS News and Breitbart
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   Maddow wants to know why Trump Jr. is being brought into ‘clarify’ testimony when others were prosecuted
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How long can Dems hold back on impeachment?
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com, Raw Story and Mediaite
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Rand Paul Slams ‘Republican’ Richard Burr for Don Jr. Subpoena: 'Didn't Get Memo—Case Closed'
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump administration looks other way on China's detention of Uighurs as trade talks break down
Discussion: CNBC, Axios and The Diplomat
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Schiff subpoenas DOJ for unredacted Mueller report and counterintel info
New York Times:
It's Time to Break Up Facebook  —  The last time I saw Mark Zuckerberg  —  was in the summer of 2017, several months before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke.  We met at Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., office and drove to his house, in a quiet, leafy neighborhood.
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Steven Overly / Politico:
Facebook co-founder calls on the government to break up the company
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: It's time to break up Facebook
Discussion: New York Times
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The White House revoked my press pass.  It's not just me — it's curtailing access for all journalists.  —  For the past 21 years, I have had the high privilege of holding a White House press pass, a magical ticket that gives the bearer a front-row seat to history.
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CBS Boston:
White House Website Welcomes ‘The Boston Red Socks’  —  BOSTON (CBS) - It looks like someone on the White House staff doesn't know much about Boston or baseball.  —  The Boston Red Sox will meet with President Trump at the White House Thursday afternoon to celebrate their 2018 World Series championship.
Discussion: Associated Press
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:   White House imposes new rules on reporters' credentials, raising concerns about access
Washington Post:
Trump, Democrats are locked in a constitutional showdown over Mueller's report
Discussion: Lawfare and Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
A frustrated Trump questions his administration's Venezuela strategy  —  President Trump is questioning his administration's aggressive strategy in Venezuela following the failure of a U.S.-backed effort to oust President Nicolás Maduro, complaining he was misled about how easy …
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Kyle Rempfer / Military Times:
H.R. McMaster says the public is fed a ‘war-weariness’ narrative that hurts US strategy  —  War in Afghanistan can be sustained, but the narrative of a war-weary American public is hurting that effort, former National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said Wednesday.
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
McMaster blasts former colleagues as ‘danger to the Constitution’  —  Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster accused some of his former White House colleagues on Wednesday of being “a danger to the Constitution” because they are either trying to manipulate President Donald Trump to push …
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:   Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster: Some Trump Advisers Are a ‘Danger to the Constitution’
Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
‘Shoot them!’:  Trump laughs off a supporter's demand for violence against migrants  —  A roar rose from the crowd of thousands of Trump supporters in Panama City Beach on Wednesday night, as President Trump noted yet again that Border Patrol agents can't use weapons to deter migrants.
Discussion: USA Today and Florida Politics
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Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
Trump laughs at the idea of shooting people to stop them at the border  —  Killing people they don't like is some kind of funny joke to Trump and his supporters.  —  Trump laughed at a supporter's suggestion of shooting immigrants at the border to stop them from crossing into the United States.
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Watch President Trump Laugh Over a Comment About Shooting Migrants
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Secret U.S. Missile Aims to Kill Only Terrorists, Not Nearby Civilians  —  Weapon doesn't explode, but brandishes knives to shred target; it was used in high-profile strikes in 2017 and this year  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. government has developed a specially designed, secret missile …
Discussion: Political Wire
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Intelligence Analyst Charged with Disclosing Classified Information  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An indictment was unsealed today charging a former intelligence analyst with illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter.
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
Bloomberg:
Trump to Ask Supreme Court to Prevent Nationwide Injunctions  — Administration has previously attemped to curb injunctions  — High court hasn't ruled on question because policies upheld  —  Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:   Mystery Delays Push Divisive Supreme Court Issues Into Election Year
Associated Press:
Pence slams district court rulings against Trump policies
Discussion: Axios
BuzzFeed News:
Beto O'Rourke Has Hired The “Unsung Hero” Of Obama's First Campaign  —  The low-profile Democratic lawyer who played a central role in Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's election campaigns, and who literally wrote the book on the obscure and crucial art of delegate selection, has gone to work for Beto O'Rourke.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:   Beto O'Rourke hires Obama delegate guru Jeff Berman
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
North Korea launches two short-range missiles, the second set of launches in a week, South Korea says  —  TOKYO — North Korea launched two short-range missiles on Thursday, according to South Korea's military, marking the second such test in less than a week and raising tensions with Washington and Seoul.
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Haley Sweetland Edwards / TIME:
‘I Have a Plan for That.’ Elizabeth Warren Is Betting That Americans Are Ready for Her Big Ideas  —  Voters encountering Elizabeth Warren on the presidential campaign trail these days often seem surprised.  After a packed gathering at an elementary school in Concord, N.H., in April …
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
This Is What It Sounds Like Hiding In A Dark Classroom During A School Shooting  —  “Attention please.  Lockdown.  Block lights.  Out of sight.  Attention please.  Lockdown.  Block lights.  Out of sight.  Attention please.  Lockdown.  Block lights.  Out of sight.”
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. officials: Iran official OK'd attacks on American military  —  Intelligence revealed Iran told some proxies and surrogates they could go after American military targets in the region, say 3 U.S. officials.  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. decision to surge additional military forces …
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez want to cap credit card interest rates at 15 percent  —  They have been reaching record levels as the Fed raised key interest rates and the industry prepares for the next recession.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce legislation …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
He Founded ‘Students for Trump.’ Now He Could Face Jail Time for Impersonating a Lawyer.  —  On the eve of the last presidential election, NBC's “Nightly News” broadcast featured two skinny college students in jackets and ties, discussing the future of American politics.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Buttigieg is the only top 2020 candidate not offering staffers health care yet  —  The campaign offers stipends so workers can buy insurance on their own, in contrast to several 2020 rivals who are providing health care to workers, according to an NBC News review.
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Anna Sanders / New York Daily News:
Ruben Diaz Sr. says reporting sexual harassment would make him a ‘rat’ during Council training session  —  He may be a misogynist, but he's no snitch.  —  Bronx Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. interrupted a mandatory City Council sensitivity session on Wednesday by loudly vowing never to report sexual harassment …
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Viktor Orbán's War on Intellect  —  On a relentlessly gray Budapest morning, Michael Ignatieff took me to the rooftop of Central European University's main building.  The newly erected edifice is all glass, sharp angles, exposed steel, and polished wood.
Associated Press:
Pompeo cancels stop in Greenland  —  LONDON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has canceled a visit to Greenland to return to Washington amid an escalation of tensions with Iran.  —  Pompeo had been due to wrap up a trip to Europe on Thursday with a stop in Greenland aimed at promoting the Trump administration's Arctic policies.
 
 
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Erin Cox / Washington Post:
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Axios:
A long trade war with China could backfire on the U.S. and global economy
Greg Myre / NPR:
FBI Is Investigating 850 Cases Of Potential Domestic Terrorism
Discussion: OurFuture.org
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
‘Fake News Victims’ Meet With Twitter and Facebook
David Siders / Politico:
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Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ann Schmidt / Fox News:
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Darrell Smith / Sacramento Bee:
The Twitter conspiracy that sabotaged a small-town California festival: 'It's pretty nutty'