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2:00 PM ET, May 30, 2019

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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist's Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question  —  WASHINGTON — Thomas B. Hofeller achieved near-mythic status in the Republican Party as the Michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political maps that cemented the party's dominance across the country.
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Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
Despite Trump administration denials, new evidence suggests census citizenship question was crafted to benefit white Republicans  —  Just weeks before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Wanted USS John McCain ‘Out of Sight’ During Trump Japan Visit  —  The White House wanted the Navy to move a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain, a war hero who became a frequent target of President Trump's ire, ahead of the president's visit to Japan last week.
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New York Times:
White House Asked Navy to Hide John McCain Warship During Trump's Visit  —  The White House asked the Navy to hide a destroyer named after Senator John McCain in order to avoid having the ship appear in photographs taken while President Trump was visiting Japan this week, White House and military officials said Wednesday.
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
A Stain on the Honor of the Navy  —  One prays to the “Eternal Father, strong to save / Whose arm hath bound the restless wave” that The Wall Street Journal has got it horribly wrong.  The newspaper reports that the United States Navy, under orders from the White House and with the approval …
Washington Post:
White House wanted USS John S. McCain obscured during Trump's Japan visit
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Admits to Russia ‘Helping Me to Get Elected’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday acknowledged for the first time that Russia helped “me to get elected,” and then quickly retracted the idea.  —  “No, Russia did not help me get elected,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for Colorado Springs.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admits Russia Helped Elect Him—Then Does a U-Turn  —  In a series of ill-tempered morning tweets, the president seemed to accept that Russia was on his side in 2016—before scrambling to walk it all back.  —  Donald Trump finally admitted that Russia helped elected him president—before immediately retracting it.
Discussion: The Root and Shakesville
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump fixates on IQ as a measure of self-worth  —  It was January 2004 and Donald Trump was on the “Today Show” to promote a new reality TV series called “The Apprentice.”  —  Almost immediately after the interview began, Trump started bragging about the unparalleled intellect of the contestants …
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Bill O'Reilly: Trump Told Me Mueller Hates Him Because He Refused to Refund $15k Country Club Deposit  —  Bill O'Reilly said President Donald Trump called him the night of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's statement on his report to complain that Mueller doesn't like him because Trump once refused …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Wisest Remedy Is Not Impeachment  —  Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller yesterday turned up the pressure on House Democrats.  —  Mueller emphasized and underlined that there is strong evidence that Trump obstructed justice, and that only Congress can constitutionally decide what to do about that evidence.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Stunned by Mueller Suggesting Trump Is Not Innocent  —  Robert Mueller's brief, eight-minute remarks on Wednesday about his investigation left the non-conservatives who closely follow his work fairly nonplussed.  Mueller was simply reiterating things he had already written in his report.
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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Republican group to hand-deliver Mueller report to every GOP lawmaker  —  A Republican group is hand-delivering special counsel Robert Mueller's report to every lawmaker in its party on the heels of his first public remarks on the two-year Russia investigation.
Discussion: Washington Post
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Mueller Delivered a Message.  Washington Couldn't Agree on What It Was.  —  WASHINGTON — At long last, the sphinx of Washington spoke on Wednesday, and here is what President Trump heard: “Case closed.”  Here is what the president's adversaries heard: “Time to impeach.”
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Justin Amash's call for impeachment is way overblown
Discussion: Raw Story and Common Dreams
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If Americans won't read Mueller's report, spoon-feed it to them
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity: Mueller 'Doesn't Know the Law' and 'He's Full of Crap'
Discussion: Law & Crime and Contemptor
William S. Cohen / Washington Post:
When will the Republican silence on Trump end?
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:
Border agents apprehend more than 1,000 migrants in record roundup  —  Most are from the Northern Triangle countries of Central America — El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras — and included 63 children traveling alone.  —  WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 migrants were apprehended …
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Federal subpoena demands records on Andrew Gillum and his campaign for governor  —  A recent federal probe sought information related to the Florida Democrat and people in his orbit, signaling a shift in the Tallahassee FBI investigation  —  Andrew Gillum is a focal point …
Adam White / The Bulwark:
Blasted Are The Meek  —  On First Things and Sohrab Ahmari.  —  “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land,” Jesus explained in his Sermon on the Mount; “[b]lessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”  —  If only Sohrab Ahmari and First Things had been on the scene …
Discussion: National Review
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Okay, Sohrab Ahmari, but Why Did You ‘Snap’?
Discussion: The Federalist and Web Exclusives
GQ:
The Democratic Party Is Waging a War Against its Very Own Base  —  At a critical juncture before the 2020 elections, the leadership of the Democratic party is, perplexingly, abandoning key constituencies of its base, including young people, women, and people of color, as well as the policies that fire them up.
Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Buttigieg brother-in-law accuses 2020 candidate of lying about his family for political gain  —  CLIO, Michigan — Pete Buttigieg's brother-in-law is accusing the gay Democratic presidential hopeful of hijacking his family's history for political advantage by crafting a bogus backstory of poverty, homelessness, and homophobia.
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Longtime Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran dead at 81  —  Former Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran, who served in Congress for more than 45 years and chaired the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, died Thursday.  He was 81.  —  Cochran resigned from the Senate in April 2018, citing health reasons.
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
New Hampshire abolishes death penalty after lawmakers override governor  —  Lawmakers in New Hampshire voted Thursday to abolish the death penalty, overriding a veto from the state's Republican governor and making it the 21st state to abandon capital punishment.
Discussion: Axios, ABC News, Slate, The Week and Daily Kos
Axios:
Trump on Israel's new elections: “They don't need this”  —  President Trump said today he felt bad for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose failure to form a coalition on Wednesday has forced Israel to call new elections.  —  Context: Two days before Israel's deadline for forming …
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
NYU Cancels Former New Yorker Fact-Checker Talia Lavin's Journalism Class  —  New York University has canceled an undergraduate journalism class that former New Yorker fact-checker Talia Lavin was scheduled to teach this fall after only two students signed up.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Presidential outrage over a false tweet?  Trump's race-baiting did far more harm to the Central Park Five.  —  There are inconsequential social media screw-ups.  —  And there are malicious lies.  —  President Trump seems to have them confused.  —  The other day, an errant tweet …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Caitlin Pearce / Freelancers Union Blog:
No CNN, Net 90 is not a reasonable payment term  —  According to Twitter user Marcus DiPaola, CNN sent a letter to freelancers this week stating that as of June 17 of this year, it would extend payment terms to “Net 90” (payment 90 days after invoice).  The letter also said that Turner …
Michelle Rindels / The Nevada Independent:
Sisolak vetoes bill that would pledge Nevada's support to winner of national popular vote, reject Electoral College  —  Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued his first veto out of the 2019 legislative session, rejecting a proposal that would have pledged Nevada's six electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote for the presidency.
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Ari Fleischer, a prominent TV pundit, has a financial connection that Fox News hasn't mentioned  —  Ari Fleischer, President George W. Bush's press secretary, has carved out a career as a prominent TV talking head, first on CNN and now on Fox News.  In his many appearances on Fox …
 
 
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump says he may meet with Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage during UK visit
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
Twitter Still Has A White Nationalist Problem
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why Millennials' Political Awakening Could Bury Trump in 2020
Discussion: Slate, Raw Story, Washington Post and Vox
Harry Enten / CNN:
Americans have turned against Trump on trade
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Cory Booker Shoots Down Joe Biden's Claims On Crime Bill And Mass Incarceration
Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
Where is the media's explanation for Avenatti?
Discussion: Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Twitter is eroding your intelligence. Now there's data to prove it.
CNN:
US intelligence partners wary of Barr's Russia review
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Morgan Campbell / Toronto Star:
The Raptors' Jurassic Park is a racial utopia. The rest of Toronto needs work
Discussion: Mercury News
Rowena Mason / The Guardian:
Corbyn backs soft Brexit and says second referendum ‘some way off’
Paul Starr / American Prospect:
Can Warren Overtake Sanders?
Discussion: Washington Post and Shakesville
Tom Scocca / Hmm Daily:
Nobody Knows What's Going to Happen
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money