memeorandum: Key figure that Mueller report linked to Russia was a State Department intel source (John Solomon/The Hill)

7:50 AM ET, June 7, 2019

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John Solomon / The Hill:

Key figure that Mueller report linked to Russia was a State Department intel source — In a key finding of the Mueller report, Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Kilimnik, who worked for Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is tied to Russian intelligence. — But hundreds of pages …

Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit

CNN:

Inside Jerry Nadler's private push to open up impeachment inquiry — Nadler: Mueller clearly demonstrated that Trump is lying — (CNN)At a frank meeting this week, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler again lobbied to win Speaker Nancy Pelosi's support for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Discussion: The Week, New Republic and The Root

Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:

House Backs Off Holding Barr in Contempt in New Resolution — WASHINGTON — After weeks of pledging to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II in contempt for defying subpoenas, House Democrats appear poised to pursue an alternative path to try to force them into sharing information.

Lee Moran / HuffPost:

Donald Trump Uses D-Day Ceremony Interview To Rant About Nancy Pelosi — Trump called the House Speaker “vindictive” and “nasty” in a sit-down with Fox News' Laura Ingraham. — With the graves of U.S. troops who sacrificed their lives in World War II behind him, President Donald Trump gave …

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Beast and Contemptor

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Forget impeachment. Tee up prosecution.

Discussion: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Balloon Juice

Bill Barrow / Associated Press:

Joe Biden reverses course on Hyde abortion amendment — ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is reversing course and declaring that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions.

Discussion: Washington Post, WPSD Local 6WPSD Local 6, KTLA and Axios

Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden says he no longer supports the Hyde Amendment, reversing his long-held position

Discussion: Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, Rewire.News, Daily Wire, Splinter, The Daily Caller, The Week and Vanity Fair

Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Joe Biden reverses stance on Hyde Amendment

Discussion: Yahoo, One America News Network, NPR, The Gateway Pundit and Townhall

Andrew Desiderio / Politico:

DOJ, Commerce reject Dem subpoenas for census docs — The Justice and Commerce departments on Thursday rejected House Democratic demands for more documents about the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census, likely leading to contempt citations for Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Fox News, Washington Press and Common Dreams

Renato Mariotti / Politico:
How Trump Could Be Prosecuted After the White House

Discussion: CNN and Washington Post

Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost: House Democrats To Make It Easier To Find Trump Aides In Contempt, Bring Them To Court

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's new attack on Mueller's ‘correction’ makes so little sense

Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Breitbart

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:

New Files From GOP Operative's Hard Drive Suggest N.C. Republicans Lied in Court to Maintain Racial Gerrymander — The latest bombshell from the formerly secret files of the GOP's top gerrymandering guru emerged on Thursday, and it's astounding: Voting rights advocates claim to have evidence …

Discussion: NPR, PJ Media Home and Shareblue Media

Michael Wines / New York Times:
Deceased Strategist's Files Detail Republican Gerrymandering in North Carolina, Advocates Say

Discussion: Washington Post and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo: Court Doc: GOP Consultant's Files Reveal NC Leg Lied In Redistricting Case

Washington Post:

Mexico aims to avoid tariffs with potential deal limiting migrants going north, allowing U.S. to deport Central American asylum seekers — U.S. and Mexican officials are discussing the outlines of a deal that would dramatically increase Mexico's immigration enforcement efforts and give …

The Hill:
Trump plans to declare new national emergency to impose tariffs

Discussion: One America News Network and POLITICUSUSA

CNN:
Larry Kudlow once said Trump's proposed trade policies ‘will pose incalculable damage’ to US economy

Discussion: WPSD Local 6WPSD Local 6 and fox5sandiego.com

Media Matters for America:

Two of Fox News' most vitriolic hosts just lost a major advertiser: Bayer — The multinational pharmaceutical company Bayer has dropped Tucker Carlson's and Laura Ingraham's Fox News prime-time shows, Judd Legum reported in his Popular Info newsletter. — Bayer's departure is a devastating blow …

Judd Legum / Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: Bayer stops advertising on Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, The Week, The Gateway Pundit, The American Spectator and The Daily Caller

Lisa Friedman / New York Times:

Michael Bloomberg Promises $500 Million to Help End Coal — WASHINGTON — Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, will donate $500 million to a new campaign to close every coal-fired power plant in the United States and halt the growth of natural gas, his foundation said Thursday.

Discussion: New York Post and UPI

Stacy Perman / Los Angeles Times:

No, Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was not misquoted in Nieman Lab — There is the word. And then there is Twitter. — An interview with Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and executive editor Adrienne LaFrance in Nieman Lab about the 162-year-old publication's efforts to include …

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Promoting based on potential: How The Atlantic is putting a lot more women in charge

Discussion: Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite, twitchy.com, Jezebel and Splinter, more at Mediagazer »

Coral Davenport / New York Times:

Automakers Tell Trump His Pollution Rules Could Mean ‘Untenable’ Instability and Lower Profits — WASHINGTON — The world's largest automakers warned President Trump on Thursday that one of his most sweeping deregulatory efforts — his plan to weaken tailpipe pollution standards …

Discussion: Axios, Electrek, POLITICUSUSA, The Week and The Verge

Aiden Pink / The Forward:

DC Dyke March Bans Jewish Pride Flag — A gay pride parade in Washington, D.C. has been criticized by Jewish and LGBTQ groups for banning Jewish and Israeli symbols from its Friday event. — The D.C. Dyke March is designed to include people of diverse races, religions and gender identities …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, Pirate's Cove, Jewish Journal, Washington Blade, Tablet Magazine and twitchy.com

Gregg Re / Fox News:

Ilhan Omar violated campaign finance rules, investigation finds, as more questions about tax filings arise — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., repeatedly violated state rules when she used campaign funds to pay for personal out-of-state travel as well as help on her tax returns and must reimburse …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, PJ Media Home and Breitbart

Patrick Condon / Star Tribune:
Minnesota Campaign Board fines Rep. Ilhan Omar, says she must reimburse campaign

Discussion: Conservative News Today, twitchy.com, Power Line and New York Post

Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:

Republicans Have Become the Except-When-Trump-Does-It Party — Before heading off for a break at his Trump-branded golf course in Ireland, President Trump this week attacked the mayor of London as a “stone cold loser,” called an American-born British princess “nasty” and then denied he said it …

Courtney Kube / NBC News:

U.S. commander says American forces face ‘imminent’ threat from Iran — Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie says he believes the Iranians or their proxies may orchestrate an attack at any moment. — BAGHDAD — The top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says he believes the Iranians …

Discussion: Sean Hannity

Matt Dixon / Politico:

DeSantis staff shakeup prompts competing narratives — TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has lost as many as seven aides in the past 24 hours, some of whom have been with him since the start of his campaign, according to a person with direct knowledge of the turnover.

Discussion: Splinter

Maggie Severns / Politico:

Koch network unveils 2020 strategy — The onetime tea party powerhouse plans to help allies in both parties' primaries who ‘elevate civil discourse,’ the group says. — The Koch network is shaking up how it tries to influence Washington heading into the 2020 election cycle …

Discussion: Political Wire

Washington Post:

‘These boys were on a holiday’: Trump family members promote themselves, and businesses, on European trip — As parties go, it's hard to top a state dinner with the queen of England, but President Trump's sons — Donald Jr. and Eric — tried to keep the revelry going during an impromptu pub crawl in Doonbeg …

Discussion: CBS News, The Week and Newsweek

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

FBI agent: Russian official tried to arrange Trump-Putin call for day after inauguration — A top Russian official tried to set up a video teleconference between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia on the day after Trump's inauguration, according to a senior FBI agent's interview notes released on Thursday.

Discussion: Breitbart

Igor Derysh / Salon:

“Pro-choice” Susan Collins has voted to confirm 32 anti-abortion Trump judges — Collins still claims Brett Kavanaugh won't vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. She also thinks Maine will re-elect her — Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of just two Republican senators who claim to be pro-choice …

The Economist:

Google rewards reputable reporting more than left-wing politics — Our statistical study revealed no evidence of ideological bias in the search engine's news tab — “Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives”, tweeted Donald Trump in 2018. “They are controlling what we can & cannot see.”

Ben White / Politico:

Trump's high-wire act on trade risks a rough fall — Donald Trump is trying to pull off the riskiest high-wire act of his presidency, threatening to escalate trade battles with Mexico and China even as warnings signals flash about a possible recession arriving just as his re-election campaign begins.

Discussion: One America News Network

Brady McCombs / HuffPost:

Trump Supporter Arrested After Allegedly Threatening To Kill Members of Congress — Scott Brian Haven of Utah is accused of making over 2,000 phone calls to the U.S. Capitol over a three-year period about Democrats threatening Trump's presidency. — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) …

Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:

A Dutch Teenager's Death Was Wrongly Reported As “Legal Euthanasia” Across International Media. Here's How They All Got It Wrong. — Inaccurate stories claiming the 17-year-old had been “legally euthanised” travelled so widely across the internet that even the pope appeared to tweet about it.

Discussion: Front Page Magazine, more at Mediagazer »