memeorandum: Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan (Melissa Nann Burke/Detroit News)

7:00 AM ET, June 5, 2019

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Joe Biden's climate plan appears to directly copy multiple lines from other organizations — but his campaign says it was a mistake … - Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a climate change proposal on Tuesday. — In at least three instances …

Discussion: The Week, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times, Front Page Magazine, VICE, twitchy.com, Gizmodo, Splinter, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, IJR, Breitbart, JustOneMinute, Common Dreams and Washington Post

Washington Post:

Joe Biden's campaign acknowledges lifting language from other groups for its policy plans — Joe Biden's presidential campaign lifted language without credit, at times word for word, when crafting its education and climate plans, incidents the campaign acknowledged and said were inadvertent.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico

Natasha Korecki / Politico:

Plagiarism charge hits Biden climate change plan — Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign came under fire on Tuesday for putting out a $1.7 trillion climate change plan that appeared to copy a handful of passages from previously published documents. — The incident recalled …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Observer, Fox News, National Review, The Daily Caller and YouTube

Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden campaign says his climate plan failed to cite sources

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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Joe Biden's Climate Plan Uses Nearly Identical Language As Other Sources

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New York Times:

Senate Republicans Warn White House Against Mexico Tariffs — WASHINGTON — Republican senators sent the White House a sharp message on Tuesday, warning that they were opposed to President Trump's plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, just hours after the president said lawmakers would be “foolish” to try to stop him.

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Eliana Johnson / Politico:

Republicans ready to quash Cuccinelli — Ken Cuccinelli has spent years attacking Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans. Now, it's time for payback. — President Donald Trump wants Cuccinelli, who most recently led the anti-establishment Senate Conservatives Fund, to be director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Discussion: Mediaite

Washington Post:

GOP lawmakers warn White House they'll try to block Trump's Mexico tariffs — Republican senators warned Trump administration officials Tuesday they were prepared to block the president's effort to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, promising what would be GOP lawmakers' most brazen defiance of the president since he took office.

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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Republicans' opposition to Trump's Mexico tariffs comes at great political risk

Discussion: Politico, One America News Network and Breitbart

CNN: Republicans signal to White House not to nominate Ken Cuccinelli for immigration post

Guillermo Contreras / ExpressNews.com:

Emails show Texas governor requested the voter purge that used flawed data — Electronic communications made public Tuesday show Gov. Greg Abbott's office was a driving force in the state's program to purge nearly 100,000 suspected non-U.S. citizens from Texas' voter rolls.

Discussion: Campaign Legal Center

Sam Levine / HuffPost:

Texas Governor Asked Officials To Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Records Before Botched Purge — New emails show the governor's office put in an “urgent” request to identify noncitizen voter records shortly before the 2018 midterm elections. — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pushed officials …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Guillermo Contreras / Houston Chronicle:
DPS emails show Texas governor requested the voter purge that used flawed data

Discussion: Off the Kuff, Law & Crime, Axios, ThinkProgress and The New Civil Rights Movement

Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:

House passes immigration bill to protect ‘dreamers,’ offer a path to citizenship — The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would offer a path to citizenship to more than 2 million undocumented immigrants, including “dreamers” who were brought to the United States as children.

Discussion: BostonGlobe.com, New York Times, The Week, Breitbart, ImmigrationProf Blog, Townhall, Splinter, Axios and UPI

Ted Hesson / Politico:
Democrat-led House passes Dreamers bill in rebuttal to Trump

Discussion: Politics K-12 and Fox News

Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News: House passes latest DREAM Act, hoping to place millions of immigrants on path to citizenship

Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:

“Marla Was Under Duress”: Revealed in His Marla Maples Prenup, Donald Trump's Draconian Art of the Marriage Deal — She only got $1 million. Trump called himself a billionaire, but likely wasn't. Child support would cease if Tiffany joined the Army or the Peace Corps. And other secrets of the Trump-Marla prenup.

Discussion: The Week, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, Jezebel, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite

Lauren Chadwick / euronews:

Noa Pothoven: Raped girl, 17, dies by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands — A teenager who said she was raped by two men died by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands, it's emerged. — Noa Pothoven made a “sad last post” to social media last week in which she announced she would “die within 10 days”.

Discussion: twitchy.com

Susan Page / USA Today:

Harry Reid changes opinion, says Pelosi-led House should open Trump impeachment inquiry — Impeaching a U.S. president might not be the be all end all for their career. Not only can a president remain in office after impeachment, but even see higher approval ratings. We explain. — CONNECT

Discussion: NBC News, CNN, Talking Points Memo and The Guardian

Sarah Ferris / Politico: Dems won't impeach Trump but can't stop talking about it

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

Judge OK without public release of Flynn-Kislyak transcript — A federal judge reversed course on Tuesday and absolved the Justice Department of a demand to make public transcripts of recorded phone calls between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a Russian official.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

BuzzFeed News: Justice Department Clarifies Redactions To Mueller Report

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
DoJ: Key Mueller Witness Arrested For Transporting Child Pornography ... Again

Discussion: RedState, CNN and U.S. Department of Justice

Adam Goldman / New York Times:

F.B.I., Pushing to Stop Domestic Terrorists, Grapples With Limits on Its Power — EVERETT, Wash. — Dakota Reed's mind brimmed with thoughts of mass murder. In November, he wrote on Facebook, “I am shooting for 30 Jews.” — The next month, he uploaded a video of himself in his bedroom …

Associated Press:

Trump administration bans educational and recreational travel to Cuba — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to Cuba by U.S. citizens, including a ban on many forms of educational and recreational travel.

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CNN:
Trump admin imposes new travel restrictions on Cuba, banning cruise ships

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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury and Commerce Implement Changes to Cuba Sanctions Rules

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Edward Fitzpatrick Globe / BostonGlobe.com:

Make that four political parties for Lincoln Chafee — T his story is part of the Globe's new initiative to enhance coverage of Rhode Island. Sign up to receive a daily briefing in your inbox each morning. Tell us your tips, thoughts, and ideas here. — PROVIDENCE — Lincoln D. Chafee …

Discussion: Splinter and Front Page Magazine

Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:

Talks Between Democrats and Justice Dept. in Doubt Over Barr Contempt Vote — WASHINGTON — House Democrats said on Tuesday that they were willing to renew negotiations with the Justice Department over access to the special counsel's full report and investigative files …

Nick Statt / The Verge:

YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies — The company sides with edgy commentator Steven Crowder — YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder.

Discussion: Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Resurgent, RedState, PinkNews and 9to5Google, more at Mediagazer »

Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:

Tennessee prosecutor: Gay people not entitled to domestic violence protections — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A newly discovered video shows a Middle Tennessee prosecutor boasting that, if gay people in his district end up being victims of domestic violence, they should not expect him to use …

Reuters:

Satellite data shows Amazon deforestation rising under Brazil's Bolsonaro — BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity …

Alex Horton / Washington Post:

A teacher asked Trump to round up ‘illegal students’ — in tweets she says she thought were private — Georgia Clark, a veteran high school English teacher in Fort Worth, had an urgent request for President Trump: She needed help pulling undocumented immigrants from her school.

Discussion: Fox News, Townhall, Splinter, The Root, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mercury News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Washington Post:

Meet the GOP operatives who aim to smear the 2020 Democrats — but keep bungling it — Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl — a pair of boundlessly eager, profoundly unrepentant aspirants to the dankest depths of political chicanery — were watching television together the other day when something caught Burkman's eye.

Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:

Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan — Washington — Republican Rep. Justin Amash could play spoiler for the presidential race in Michigan, with his potential bid luring independent voters from the Democratic candidate in 2020, according to a new statewide survey.

Discussion: Political Wire

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Will Senate Republicans defy Trump this time? Will it matter? — DRIVING THE DAY — TELL US IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE ... CAPITOL HILL REPUBLICANS mostly united: They don't like what President DONALD TRUMP is about to do. They know he's been spurred …

Discussion: NBC News, New York Times and Political Wire

Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:

Bernie Sanders Is Endorsing Marie Newman Against One Of The Last Anti-Abortion Democrats In Congress — WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders is set to endorse abortion rights advocate Marie Newman in her primary challenge against Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, one of the last remaining anti-abortion Democrats …

Washington Post:

Amid London protests, Trump appears in denial over his standing abroad — It was an uncomfortable spectacle for an American president — thousands of protesters greeting his arrival in London for a state visit with the queen. — For President George W. Bush, the moment called for a direct response.

Discussion: The Wrap, The Week, ThinkProgress and Joe.My.God.

Meridith McGraw / ABC News:

President Donald Trump joins world leaders to pay tribute on 75th anniversary of D-Day — On Wednesday, President Donald Trump will travel to Portsmouth as part of a two-day commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious assault ever and the turning point for Allied Forces …

Discussion: One America News Network

Steve Benen / MSNBC:

Remember when Republicans were prepared to impeach Hillary Clinton? — On Nov. 8, 2016, Donald Trump unexpectedly won the U.S. presidential election. Just four days earlier, however, the Washington Post published this report on Republican plans to impeach Hillary Clinton, whom they expected to win.