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11:15 AM ET, May 21, 2019

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New York Times:
A Would-Be Trump Aide's Demands: A Jet on Call, a Future Cabinet Post and More  —  Access to a government jet 24 hours a day.  An office in the West Wing, plus guaranteed weekends off for family time.  And an assurance of being made secretary of homeland security by November.
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New York Times:
Trump Expected to Pick Ken Cuccinelli for Immigration Policy Role  —  President Trump is expected to name Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, a former attorney general of Virginia and an immigration hard-liner, as his choice to coordinate the administration's immigration policies, a White House official confirmed on Tuesday.
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi clashes with fellow Dems in closed-door debate on impeachment  —  House Democratic leaders sparred internally on Monday over whether to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies rejecting the call to move forward for now, according to multiple sources.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
I Watched 20 Hours of Robert Mueller Testifying.  Here's What Congress Would Be In For.  —  The former FBI head hasn't talked in public for two years—but when he did, he knew his Russia threats and didn't suffer fools gladly.  —  Darren Samuelsohn is a senior White House reporter for POLITICO.
Washington Post:
Some in Pelosi's leadership team rebel on impeachment, press her to begin an inquiry  —  Members of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's leadership team confronted her in a contentious Monday night meeting and argued that it was time to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, according to multiple officials in the room.
Billy House / Bloomberg:   McGahn Defies House Subpoena After White House Claims Immunity
New York Times:
Trump's Secrecy Fight Escalates as Judge Rules for Congress in Early Test
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
House Freedom Caucus condemns Amash over impeachment comment  —  The House Freedom Caucus on Monday night formally condemned one of its founding members for declaring that President Trump committed impeachable offenses, but stopped short of kicking Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) out of the hard-line conservative group.
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NBC News:
Russian documents reveal desire to sow racial discord — and violence — in the U.S.  —  The revelations come as U.S. intelligence agencies have warned of probable Russian meddling in the 2020 election.  —  LONDON — Russians who were linked to interference in the 2016 U.S. election discussed ambitious plans …
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to ‘cure’ autism.  These moms are trying to stop it.  —  Private Facebook groups urge parents to poison autistic kids with chlorine dioxide to “cure” them.  These moms are going undercover to fight back.  —  When they aren't working …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Host Pete Hegseth Privately Lobbied Trump to Pardon Accused War Criminals  —  The president isn't just watching the network, he's taking policy advice from its morning hosts.  —  If the president pardons U.S. servicemen accused and convicted of war crimes, you can thank one of Donald Trump's favorite cable-news hosts.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
'I Don't Want an Exciting President'  —  Joe Biden makes his supporters feel safe, but nominating him is risky.  —  On Saturday afternoon, at Joe Biden's official campaign kickoff rally in Philadelphia, I asked every attendee I met why they were supporting, or at least considering supporting, the former vice president.
Discussion: Althouse
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Bernie Sanders is bringing back the most underrated education policy
Tyler Clifford / CNBC:
Cramer: Health care stocks are rising on hopes Biden will snag the 2020 Democratic nomination
Discussion: Splinter
Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
Top Democrat's wife may have gained ‘illegal private benefit’ from his committee activities  —  A charity run by the wife of Rep. Elijah Cummings received millions from special interest groups and corporations that had business before her husband's committee and could have been used illegally …
Discussion: IJR
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Trump Appeal Now Goes To Court Headed By Merrick Garland  —  Twitter users can't stop laughing at the irony of the situation.  —  President Donald Trump's attorneys have vowed to appeal Monday's decision in favor of a House committee seeking his financial records, but people on Twitter were thrilled about where the case will end up.
Discussion: Politico, Hullabaloo, Axios and Breitbart
Rahm Emanuel / The Atlantic:
It's Time to Hold American Elites Accountable for Their Abuses  —  Normally, a scandal centered on how rich parents used bribes to win their children's admittance into elite colleges wouldn't play so heavily in the national news.  No one much cared when Donald Trump promised large donations as his children enrolled at Penn.
Discussion: Politico and Chicago Sun-Times
Abbey Crain / al.com:
Alabama Public Television refuses to air Arthur episode with gay wedding  —  Alabama Public Television chose not to air PBS's Arthur episode that included a same-sex marriage.  —  In the episode, which aired nationwide May 13, Arthur and his friends attend their beloved teacher Mr. Ratburn's nuptials to his partner.
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Miami Candidate's Campaign Workers May Have Tampered With Absentee Ballots UPDATED … An explosive, 150-page WhatsApp chat leaked to Miami New Times appears to show members of Miami-Dade County Commission District 5 candidate Alex Diaz de la Portilla's 2018 campaign team discussing destroying …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
We don't know what Trump's tax returns are hiding.  But the hints are troubling.  —  When you look at the short span of President Trump's political career, one question jumps out: How much of his craziest, most paranoid and norm-violating behavior is motivated by a desire to keep his financial arrangements secret?
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Trump pumps up Pennsylvania crowd in bid to defy polling yet again  —  MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. — On a balmy spring evening President Trump returned to Pennsylvania two days after former Vice President Joe Biden held a rally in Philadelphia and one day ahead of a special election …
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Politico:
Trump reveals alarm over Biden in Pennsylvania: ‘He left you folks’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Walmart workers invited a special guest to crash the company's annual meeting: Bernie Sanders  —  For years, Walmart workers have attended the company's annual shareholders meeting to call for higher wages, better benefits and more predictable schedules.  —  This year they'll have someone …
Discussion: Axios, Washington Times, CNBC and The Week
Yair Ghitza:
Revisiting What Happened in the 2018 Election  —  An Analysis of the Catalist Voter Registration Database … Immediately following the 2018 election, we published an analysis of demographic voting patterns, showing our best estimates of what happened in the election and putting it into context compared to 2016 and 2014.
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Loretta Lynch accuses Comey of misrepresenting key Clinton probe conversation, was ‘quite surprised’ by his testimony  —  Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch has flatly accused former FBI Director James Comey of mischaracterizing her statements by repeatedly alleging, under oath …
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Brett T. / twitchy.com:   Under the bus: Loretta Lynch denies telling James Comey to call Clinton investigation a ‘matter’
Emily Oster / The Atlantic:
End the Plague of Secret Parenting  —  I'm an economist.  I love data and evidence.  I love them so much that I write books about data-based parenting.  When questions arise about how to support parents at work (for example, from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter), my first impulse is to endorse paid parental leave.
Amy Russo / HuffPost:
Betsy DeVos Used Private Email For Official Business In ‘Limited’ Cases  —  Federal investigators found fewer than 100 emails on government matters sent to and from the education secretary's personal accounts.  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has on occasion conducted government business through …
Discussion: Political Wire
Max Read / Vulture:
Westeros Is Screwed  —  In 2011, Game of Thrones premiered with the story of a vast continental kingdom wracked with political tension.  Westeros was introduced as a collection of once-independent kingdoms, riven by ethnic and religious divisions, governed by a king who had no real desire to rule …
Washington Post:
Anti-vaxxers target communities battling measles  —  MONSEY, N.Y. — In a suburban shopping center an hour north of New York City, hundreds of mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered in a sex-partitioned ballroom to hear leaders of the national anti-vaccine movement.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Federal court presses Trump administration to release Khashoggi documents  —  More than six months after Saudi government agents brutally murdered Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration has yet to publicly reveal what it knows about the crime and how it has handled the investigation.
David Marchese / New York Times:
Wanda Sykes on Ignoring Michelle Obama and Leaving 'Roseanne'"  —  Wanda Sykes on ignoring Michelle Obama and the ‘Roseanne’ debacle.  —  Though she has never quite achieved superstar status, Wanda Sykes has, over the last 25 years, steadfastly built one of comedy's most impressive careers.
Discussion: Althouse
Claire Lehmann / Quillette:
At Australian Ballot Boxes, the Left's Empathy Deficit Came Home to Roost  —  The result of Saturday's federal election in Australia is being treated as the most staggering political shocker in my country since World War II.  Scott Morrison, leading the Liberal Party, looks to have won a majority government …
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
‘This was a steal’: Campaign real estate deal that ‘thrilled’ Trump could be illegal  —  President Trump was “thrilled” that his campaign acquired Northern Virginia office space at “bargain basement” rates, a campaign official told the Washington Examiner in an interview in the plush 14th …
The Daily Beast:
Feds Broke Up Alleged Scheme to Send Surplus Pentagon Gear to Iran  —  Previously unreported charges show a New Hampshire man allegedly sent $1 million worth of machinery to Iran.  —  The Justice Department says a New Hampshire man sold nearly $1 million worth of surplus Defense Department hand …
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
DHS backup border funding plan would take millions from TSA, other agencies  —  The funding from TSA includes $50 million planned for advanced screening equipment and $3 million collected from loose change left in trays at airports.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security …
Mohamed Younis / Gallup:
Four in 10 Americans Embrace Some Form of Socialism  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans today are more closely divided than they were earlier in the last century when asked whether some form of socialism would be a good or bad thing for the country.  While 51% of U.S. adults say socialism …
 
 
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Democrats face their own divisions on abortion
Discussion: RedState
Shibley Telhami / Brookings:
How Trump's approach to the Middle East ignores the past, the future, and the human condition
Discussion: New York Times
Joseph Marks / Washington Post:
The Cybersecurity 202: The DNC and RNC are still vulnerable to hackers, new report finds
Discussion: Fox News
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Rape exemptions for abortion are dividing Republicans
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Trump administration doles out $2M more to meatpacker owned by shady Brazilian brothers, bringing total to $64.4M
Ian Geoghegan / Politico:
Philip Hammond: No-deal Brexit would betray referendum result
J.D. Capelouto / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Local DAs say they won't prosecute women under ‘heartbeat’ abortion law
Discussion: Shareblue Media
 Earlier Items: 
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Emails Show Deep State Conspiring Against Trump
New York Times:
Trump's Demands for Investigations of Opponents Draw Intensifying Criticism
Discussion: Fox News
John McCormack / National Review:
Crenshaw: Navy SEAL Should Face War-Crimes Trial Before Trump Considers Pardon