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12:55 AM ET, May 20, 2020

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NBC News:
Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns  —  WASHINGTON — As federal workers file out of the State Department at the end of a Washington workday, an elite group is often just arriving in the marbled, flag-lined lobby: Billionaire CEOs, Supreme Court justices …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump administration declassifies full Susan Rice email sent on Inauguration Day  —  On the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration, outgoing national security adviser Susan Rice sent herself an email that has since drawn intense scrutiny from Republicans.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Explosive Rice Memo Declassified
Discussion: The Federalist and Redstate
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
BREAKING: Declassified Susan Rice E-Mail Confirms Michael Flynn Was Personally Targeted In Oval Office Meeting
Discussion: Fox News, Balloon Juice and Townhall
Cassie da Costa / The Daily Beast:
Jane Roe's Deathbed Confession: Anti-Abortion Conversion ‘All an Act’ Paid for by the Christian Right  —  REVEALING  —  The new FX documentary “AKA Jane Roe,” out May 22, contains a shocking revelation: Roe (of “Roe v. Wade” fame) played the part of an anti-abortion crusader in exchange for money.
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Meredith Blake / Los Angeles Times:
The woman behind ‘Roe vs. Wade’ didn't change her mind on abortion.  She was paid  —  When Norma McCorvey, the anonymous plaintiff in the landmark Roe vs. Wade case, came out against abortion in 1995, it stunned the world and represented a huge symbolic victory for abortion opponents: “Jane Roe” had gone to the other side.
Matt Lauer / Mediaite:
Why Ronan Farrow Is Indeed Too Good to Be True  —  Editor's Note: After Matt Lauer submitted this piece, a response to Ronan Farrow's book Catch and Kill, Mediaite editors independently fact checked the accounts of the four witnesses/subjects Lauer spoke with and cites in this piece.
CNN:
A complicated life and conflicting accounts muddle efforts to understand Tara Reade's allegation against Joe Biden  —  Tara Reade: Biden should not be running on character  —  (CNN)As Tara Reade was leaving her job at Joe Biden's Senate office in 1993, she told a close colleague that she believed …
Discussion: GEN
Associated Press:
Trump allies lining up doctors to prescribe rapid reopening  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican political operatives are recruiting “pro-Trump” doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Report: GOP recruiting pro-Trump doctors to promote America reopening
Discussion: Raw Story and The Dispatch
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Mnuchin and Powell agree the worst is yet to come for U.S. economy
Discussion: Breitbart and Wall Street Journal
Politico:
'He's ready to hit the trail': Trump turns GOP lunch into campaign rally  —  President Donald Trump is no longer holding raucous rallies with adulating supporters.  So for now, he's settling for the friendly confines of the Republican Senate.  —  The president's closed-door lunch Tuesday …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
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Politico:
McConnell's GOP takes Trump's election-year cues
Discussion: The Hill
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump expresses opposition to extending unemployment benefits enacted in response to pandemic
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
Pompeo Declined Interview Request From Inspector General About Saudi Arms Sales  —  The secretary of state instead offered written answers.  He was aware of the inquiry and the specific lines of questioning about his decision to resume the sales.  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Michael Flynn's lawyers try an end run around federal judge  —  Flynn's lawyers also accused a U.S. District Court judge of bias and asked that the case be reassigned for any future proceedings.  —  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn.  Lawyers for former Trump national security …
Discussion: Axios, emptywheel and Associated Press
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Erica Orden / CNN:   Judge allows fraud suit against Trump, family and company to proceed
NBC News:
Michael Flynn seeks order forcing judge to dismiss his case
Discussion: CNBC
Helen Branswell / STAT:
Vaccine experts say Moderna didn't produce data critical to assessing Covid-19 vaccine  —  Heavy hearts soared Monday with news that Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine candidate — the frontrunner in the American market — seemed to be generating an immune response in Phase 1 trial subjects.
Discussion: UPI
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Reason Donald Trump Will Take a Pill But Not Advice  —  At the White House on Monday afternoon, Donald Trump was ensconced in patter standard for this president—"a fake whistleblower," “a political witch hunt,” “loser” Mitt Romney—when he out-of-the-blue announced he's taking …
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story, Vox and Eater
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Washington Post:
Democrats open investigation into Trump's replacement of acting Transportation Department inspector general  —  Three leading House Democrats said Tuesday that they plan to open an investigation into the replacement of the Transportation Department's acting inspector general …
Discussion: CREW, Raw Story and Breitbart
Joyce Karam / The National:
Donald Trump administration open to conditional Israeli annexation, as Palestinians abandon all past agreements  —  Europe, Jordan and other Arab states have rejected the plan  —  The Trump administration is leaning towards a conditional acceptance of Israeli annexation planned in July …
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وكال ة …:   President Abbas declares end to agreements with Israel, US; turns over responsibility on occupied lands to Israel
Arizona Republic:
New poll shows Sen. Martha McSally losing ground to Mark Kelly and that's not even the bad news  —  From the Republican uh-oh department: Arizona Sen. Martha McSally is sliding in the polls, dropping four percentage points in a month.  —  McSally now trails Democrat Mark Kelly by 13 points …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Federal judge says all Texas voters can apply to vote by mail during pandemic  —  District Judge Fred Biery granted a preliminary injunction that allows all registered voters under 65 to apply to vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic after finding the state's existing election rules violate the Equal Protection Clause.
Discussion: Fox News, UPI and The Week
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
CDC: Arkansas coronavirus outbreak linked to church services  —  35 of the 92 people (38%) who attended services at a rural Arkansas church March 6-11 tested positive for the coronavirus, ultimately killing three, according to a case study released Tuesday by the CDC.
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in talks to become Joe Biden's VP pick  —  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has confirmed she is in talks with Joe Biden's campaign to become his running mate, as the race to join his ticket reaching an unseen fever pitch.  —  “I've had a conversation with some folks …
Discussion: The Hill and TODAY.com
Philippe Reines / The Daily Beast:
I Spent a Week Down the Right-Wing Media Rabbit Hole—and Was Mesmerized by It  —  BONNE AVENTURE  —  Here's what it's like to spend a full week of COVID-19 quarantine holed up consuming nothing but Fox News, talk radio, conservative websites, and One America News.  —  Isolated.  Detached.
Discussion: Raw Story and NB Blog
emptywheel:
Glenn Greenwald's Invented Claims in Defense of Bill Barr and Mike Flynn  —  Last week, Glenn Greenwald did a podcast defending Bill Barr's efforts to overturn the prosecution of Mike Flynn (here's a transcript; the italicized language below is my correction of that transcript).
SnowBrains:
Mount Everest is Visible From Kathmandu, Nepal for First Time in Living Memory  —  Last week Mount Everest was visible from Kathmandu for the first time in living memory.  —  Due to the global lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, vehicles are off the roads, and industry has ground to a halt …
Natasha Turak / CNBC:
Wearing a mask can reduce coronavirus transmission by 75%, new study claims  — Experiments by a team in Hong Kong found that the coronavirus' transmission rate via respiratory droplets or airborne particles dropped by as much as 75% when surgical masks were used.
Chad Livengood / Crain's Detroit Business:
Whitmer order bans ‘nonessential’ plant tours, but Trump's Ford visit still on; automaker will require mask  —  When Ford Motor Co. hosts President Donald Trump on Thursday for a tour of its Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, the automaker will be doing so in technical violation …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
EPA staff warned that mileage rollbacks had flaws.  Trump officials ignored them.  —  In its rush to roll back the most significant climate policy enacted by Barack Obama — mileage standards designed to reduce pollution from cars — the Trump administration ignored warnings that its new rule …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Senate poll: Ossoff leads Dems in Perdue matchup, Loeffler trails Collins  —  A poll released Tuesday shows Jon Ossoff leading other Democrats in a potential head-to-head matchup against U.S. Sen. David Perdue, the latest in a string of surveys that shows a tight race for the seat.
Matt Grossmann / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Anger At Trump May Not Help Democrats Win  —  One dominating response to Donald Trump's presidency has been anger.  —  Trump has stoked outrage among his supporters, who have echoed his rhetoric and fury, and his detractors, who have launched anti-Trump resistance protests and helped recruit new congressional candidates in 2018.
Discussion: New York Post
Courier-Journal:
Rand Paul says no-knock warrants ‘should be forbidden’ in wake of Breonna Taylor shooting  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is speaking out about the controversial shooting of former Louisville EMT Breonna Taylor, who was killed by police during a “no-knock” search warrant that experts have heavily criticized.
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Tesla Owners Try to Make Sense of Elon Musk's ‘Red Pill’ Moment  —  A liberal status symbol now has a founder who is moving to the right.  —  Owning a Tesla, the luxurious electric car, is a major liberal status symbol.  It signals nothing more than good taste — the perfect balance of wealth with care for fossil fuels.
Discussion: The Verge, Just The News and NB Blog
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Joe Biden gives Trump the new nickname ‘President Tweety’ and demands he get off social media and focus on the pandemic crisis  — Biden came up with the moniker after seeing how much the president tweets and how in his opinion he was acting too slowly to the current economic crisis
Alex Koma / Washington, D.C. Business Journal:
Steve Salis has made up his mind: Kramerbooks is leaving Dupont  —  Coronavirus or no, Steve Salis has made up his mind: Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe is moving out of its Dupont Circle home.  —  Salis, the co-founder of &pizza who bought the Dupont retail institution in 2017, has been considering a move for some time.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
Inventors Develop Mask to Let You Eat and Stay Safe  —  Inventors developed a coronavirus mask that lets you eat without taking it off.  Here's how it works: You squeeze a lever and it opens a slot so you can go at it like Pac-Man.  Inventors say the mask lets you dine out with friends without taking your mask off.
Discussion: Twitchy and Eater
Wright Thompson / ESPN:
Michael Jordan: A history of flight  —  YEARS AGO, AFTER a bad hurricane hit Wilmington, North Carolina, Michael Jordan came back to help the recovery effort.  Jordan doesn't go home very often, but he had some friends with him on that trip and wanted to show them where he'd grown up while they were in town.
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Trump Administration to End National Guard COVID Deployments One Day Before GI Bill Benefits Kick In … In 2017, Donald Trump signed something called the “Forever GI Bill” at his company's golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.  The law expanded the educational benefits that had been made available under …
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Hill
Associated Press:
States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials in some states are accused of bungling coronavirus infection statistics or even using a little sleight of hand to deliberately make things look better than they are.
 
 
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
Trump is purging the Pentagon of perceived enemies and installing loyalists in their place, critics say
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
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Discussion: VICE
Nancy Levine / Rantt Media:
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Catherine Candisky / The Columbus Dispatch:
Eastern Ohio prison new coronavirus hot spot as state scales back testing
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Trump campaign launches new fundraising program with House Republicans
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Justice Department centralizes control of sensitive insider-trading probes
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Coronavirus travel restrictions between US, Canada and Mexico are being extended: DHS
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's preferred construction firm lands $1.3 billion border wall contract, the biggest so far
Discussion: The Hill, UPI and Task & Purpose
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Senate confirms Trump appointee to Federal Election Commission, restoring panel's voting quorum …
Discussion: Politico
USA Today:
Florida's scientist was fired for refusing to ‘manipulate’ COVID-19 data
Discussion: Florida Politics
Adrian Carrasquillo / Newsweek:
A Trump-friendly, anti-AOC Democrat is poised to win a New York House seat—with some help from the pandemic
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Maryland Reports Largest Rise Yet In Coronavirus Cases 4 Days After Reopening
Discussion: Fox News
Amanda Borschel-Dan / The Times of Israel:
Living underground before the Romans? 2,000-year-old rooms found by Western Wall
Discussion: UPI and WND
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Donald Trump Doesn't Want Authority