memeorandum: Pompeo, a Steadfast Hawk, Coaxes a Hesitant Trump on Iran (New York Times)

11:00 AM ET, June 23, 2019

Top Items:

Officials accuse DHS chief Kevin McAleenan of leaking ICE raids plan to sabotage operation — This week's big leak about a major Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation was orchestrated by acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan in an effort to sabotage the raids …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, CNN, IJR, The Daily Caller, KRON, The Guardian, ImmigrationProf Blog and Roll Call

Jake Tapper / CNN:

Nancy Pelosi called Trump Friday night asking him to call off ICE raids — Trump tweets he is delaying ICE immigration raids — Washington (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Donald Trump Friday night and asked him to call off the Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation raids scheduled …

Discussion: Breitbart, NPR, KTLA, Balloon Juice, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite

Kayla Epstein / Washington Post:
Trump says he will hold off on planned ICE raids for now

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, PJ Media Home, WXIA-TV, Splinter, Talking Points Memo, Axios, UPI, Fox News, ThinkProgress and The Guardian

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Says He'll Delay Deportation Operation Aimed at Undocumented Families

Discussion: Associated Press, Outside the Beltway and Slate

Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Has Unexpectedly Postponed The Nationwide ICE Raids Targeting Immigrant Families

Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Daily Caller

Erica Y King / ABC News:
President Trump to hold off on deportation raids for two weeks

Discussion: Politico

Wall Street Journal:

Trump Bucked National-Security Aides on Proposed Iran Attack — 'These people want to push us into war... It's disgusting,' president told confidante — WASHINGTON—President Trump bucked most of his top national-security advisers by abandoning retaliatory strikes in Iran on Thursday.

Discussion: Econlib

Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:

Pence: ‘All options remain on the table’ after nixed Iran strike — Vice President Pence joined National Security Adviser John Bolton in warning Iran not to interpret American military restraint as a sign of weakness and doubled down on the U.S.' willingness to take necessary action.

Discussion: Politico, Breitbart, Task & Purpose and CNN

Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Amid tough talk, Trump says he could be Iran's ‘best friend’

Discussion: The Week

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
With Trump's approval, Pentagon launched cyber strikes against Iran

Discussion: The Week, Al Jazeera, middleeastmonitor.com, Engadget, The Verge, New York Times, The Daily Caller and Associated Press, more at Techmeme »

Christian Vasquez / Politico:
‘The only one that matters is me’: Trump backs Bolton amid Iran tensions

Discussion: Fox News

PBS NewsHour:

A firsthand report of ‘inhumane conditions’ at a migrant children's detention facility — Editor's Note: After our broadcast, CPB responded to our request for comment with the following statement: … Transcript Audio — The Associated Press details grave conditions inside …

Discussion: Progress Pond

Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:

Inside a Texas Building Where the Government Is Holding Immigrant Children — Hundreds of immigrant children who have been separated from their parents or family members are being held in dirty, neglectful, and dangerous conditions at Border Patrol facilities in Texas.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg, Washington Press, ThinkProgress, Rolling Stone and Splinter

Ken White / The Atlantic: Why a Government Lawyer Argued Against Giving Immigrant Kids Toothbrushes

Star Tribune:

New documents revisit questions about Rep. Ilhan Omar's marriage history — Although she has legally corrected the discrepancy, she has declined to say anything about how or why it happened. — TEXT SIZE — New investigative documents released by a state agency have given fresh life …

Discussion: Power Line, The Gateway Pundit and Front Page Magazine

New York Times:

Pompeo, a Steadfast Hawk, Coaxes a Hesitant Trump on Iran — WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to President Trump's decision on whether to launch a missile strike against Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo commanded the stage. — After warning that Mr. Trump was prepared to use force …

Discussion: Politico

Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Obama, others warned Trump that pulling out of Iran nuke deal could lead to war

Discussion: Mother Jones

New York Times:
White House Unveils Economic Portion of Middle East Peace Plan

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Financial Times and The Week

The Daily Beast:

Biden's Media Strategy: Duck The Press Unless You're Under Duress — 'It's not a tenable strategy,' David Axelrod laments. — The first time former Vice President Joe Biden spoke to national media reporters in nearly a week of campaigning was to address a mini political crisis of his own making.

Discussion: New York Times

VICE:
Joe Biden Just Gave a Shoutout to a (Reformed) Segregationist

Discussion: Breitbart and twitchy.com

Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
In South Carolina, Voters Blame Media for Amplifying Biden's Missteps

Discussion: Politico and Washington Post

Chuck Todd / NBC News:

President Trump's full, unedited interview with Meet the Press — CHUCK TODD: — Mr. President, welcome back to Meet the Press. — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: — Thank you. — CHUCK TODD: — Let me start right in, what happened last night? — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

George Conway / Washington Post:

The latest charge against Trump is as credible as Juanita Broaddrick's against Clinton — George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York. — “Thank you very much for coming. These four very courageous women have asked to be here and it was our honor to help them.

Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Press, Slate, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Mother Jones and fox5sandiego.com

Martin Matishak / Politico:

Trump says he ‘may’ bring up election interference with Putin — President Donald Trump said he “may” bring up election interference with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit in Japan later this week. — “I may,” Trump said during an interview with NBC's “Meet The Press” that aired Sunday.

Discussion: One America News Network

Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:

Supreme Court set to decide major census, electoral maps cases — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, approaching the end of its current term, is due to issue rulings in the coming days in major cases including the Trump administration's bid to add a contentious citizenship question …

Discussion: Political Wire

St. Cloud Times:

Our View: Cowards will be our downfall — St. Cloud, we have a problem. And it's costing us dearly in respect, dignity and treasure. — Our problem is not refugees. — It's not even an image problem, although we most certainly have one of those. If you don't think so, Google …

Lulu Garcia-Navarro / NPR:

‘It Hurt. And It Was Against My Will’: Trump Accuser Stands By Her Story — The advice columnist who says President Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s says she is “very glad” she published her accusation, even as the president denied her story …

Claire Withycombe / oregoncapitalinsider.com:

‘Credible threat’ forces Senate to cancel Saturday session — People associated with Oregon militia groups have been active on social media, calling for ‘defense force’ to protect GOP runaways. — SALEM — A Saturday session of the Oregon Senate was canceled Friday afternoon …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Militia threatens shutdown of Oregon legislature following GOP walkout

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Associated Press

Reuters:

Exclusive: White House's Kushner unveils economic portion of Middle East peace plan — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Saturday outlined a $50 billion Middle East economic plan that would create a global investment fund to lift the Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies …

Discussion: Bloomberg