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11:05 PM ET, May 19, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election  —  WASHINGTON — Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son.  One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Expands to Israeli Entrepreneur With U.A.E. Ties  —  Investigation has sought testimony regarding work of Joel Zamel, founder of several private consulting firms  —  WASHINGTON—Special counsel Robert Mueller's probe is looking more closely into Middle Eastern involvement …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Report Suggests Blackwater Founder Erik Prince May Have Lied to Congress  —  He told Congress he didn't meet with the Trump campaign.  A new story says he did. … Blackwater founder Erik Prince appears to have a problem.  The New York Times reported Saturday that Prince …
Discussion: Washington Press and Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
Texas school shooter killed girl who turned down his advances and embarrassed him in class, mother says  —  As he heard the gunshots approaching down the hall Friday morning, Santa Fe High School student Abel San Miguel, 15, hid with a handful of classmates in the art class storage closet.
Discussion: FOX40 and The Week
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Washington Post:
Texas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice.  And still 10 people died. … SANTA FE, TEX. — They, like so many others, thought they had taken the steps to avoid this.  —  The school district had an ­active-shooter plan, and two armed police officers walked the halls of the high school.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Something important was different about this shooting  —  Student who knows suspect: He's ‘really quiet’  —  CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem is the author of the best-seller “Security Mom: My Life Protecting the Home and Homeland.”  She is a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School …
Michael Rodriguez / Monitor:   Family mourns news that Pharr churchgoer among school shooting victims
Washington Post:
Alleged school killer Dimitrios Pagourtzis had a fondness for trench coats and a growing darkness
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and ThinkProgress
Lawfare:
'The Day that We Can't Protect Human Sources': The President and the House Intelligence Committee Burn an Informant  —  It wasn't that long ago that both the executive branch and the legislature in this country considered the protection of intelligence sources a matter of surpassing national importance.
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The FBI Informant Who Monitored the Trump Campaign, Stefan Halper, Oversaw a CIA Spying Operation in the 1980 Presidential Election  —  An extremely strange episode that has engulfed official Washington over the last two weeks came to a truly bizarre conclusion on Friday night.
New York Daily News:
Al Sharpton says royal wedding shows white supremacy is ‘on its last breath’  —  Al Sharpton said the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who is biracial, is a sign that white supremacy is “on its last breath.”  —  Sharpton spoke of the nuptials during …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and IJR
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Wed, a New Era Dawns
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Melania Trump returns to the White House after hospital treatment
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and ABC News
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Why does Trump get away with corruption?  Because Bill and Hillary Clinton normalized it  — Scandals continue to pile up on the Trump administration — yet the president's approval ratings are on the rise.  — One reason is that it's been embedded in political culture most prominently …
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Jennifer Wright / New York Post:
It's time for Bill Clinton to take a walk in the Chappaqua woods  —  It's 2018.  One of the world's most powerful married men had a 22-year-old intern perform oral sex on him in his office.  He's been accused of sexual assault by three other women.  One claims, as is the case with so many of the men …
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication  —  It was called “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI counterintelligence operation that targeted Trump figures as part of the investigation into possible campaign ties to Russia.  It was a poignant choice of a Rolling Stones song …
New York Times:
The Last Days of Time Inc.  —  It was once an empire.  Now it is being sold for parts.  —  Time Inc. began, in 1922, with a simple but revolutionary idea hatched by Henry R. Luce and Briton Hadden.  The two men, graduates of Yale University, were rookie reporters at The Baltimore News …
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher and Bari Weiss Cruelly Blame Palestinians for Gaza Massacre … One week after thoroughly embarrassing Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Ca.) over his blind defense of President Trump and his administration's cruel jab at Sen. John McCain, Bill Maher welcomed one of the more vacuous columnists around onto his HBO program.
Lois Weiss / New York Post:
Brookfield buys partnership in Kushner-owned 666 Fifth Ave. in $120M deal  —  Brookfield will soon replace Vornado as a partner in Kushner Cos.' 666 Fifth Ave. and will take the lead on the recladding and redevelopment of the Midtown office tower — but the Qatari Investment Authority won't be involved.
Jamie Crawford / CNN:
US withdrawing aid from northwest Syria  —  Israel: Dozens of Iranian targets hit in Syria  —  (CNN)The United States is withdrawing assistance from northwest Syria as the Trump administration reviews hundreds of millions of dollars in stabilization aid to Syria, a State Department official has told CNN.
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
CA Rep. Devin Nunes launches desperate fundraising pitch — in Virginia  —  With no accomplishments to speak of, Devin Nunes is touting his role as a doormat for Trump and begging East Coast donors to save him from voters in his own district.  —  Since Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Salon
Washington Post:
In Bahrain, a smoldering insurgency reveals the resilience of Iran's proxy war … MANAMA, Bahrain — The Trump administration has vowed to crack down on Iran's support for powerful militias across the Middle East.  But a low-level insurgency in the Kingdom of Bahrain represents a different sort of challenge for the United States.
Art Acevedo:
To all my Facebook friends.  Today I spent the day dealing with another mass shooting of children and a responding police officer who is clinging to life.  I'm not ashamed to admit I've shed tears of sadness, pain and anger.  —  I know some have strong feelings about gun rights …
Frank Camp / Daily Wire:
WATCH: Andrew Pollack, Father Of Slain Parkland Student, Advocates For Metal Detectors, Single-Point Entry, And Armed Guards At Schools  —  On Friday, Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the Parkland shooting in February, appeared on CNN's “Anderson Cooper 360” to discuss safe schools in the wake of the Texas shooting.
 
 
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Germany Acts to Tame Facebook, Learning From Its Own History of Hate
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Wall Street Journal:
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Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Michael Grimm Is Out Of Prison And Trying To Win Back His Seat In Congress.  Anthony Scaramucci Is Here To Help.
Discussion: Mediaite
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
White House pushes ahead with Mideast peace plan
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
A perk for friends of the Zinkes: Guided tours through National Park Service sites
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Cohen's Attorneys Accuse Michael Avenatti of Professional Misconduct in New Court Filing
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Aaron Schlossberg Is Our Duke Of The Week
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 Earlier Items: 
Libby Schaaf / Washington Post:
No, Mr. President, I am not obstructing justice
Discussion: Breitbart and CNN
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
House GOP limping to Election Day as farm bill implodes
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Reuters
Roger L Simon / PJ Media Home:
The Inspector General's Report Will Expose the MSM as Treasonous
Discussion: The Mahablog
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress
Discussion: Washington Post
Axios:
Shocking details emerge from China's re-education camps for Muslims
Discussion: Instapundit
Martin Belam / The Guardian:
Stars line up to attend royal wedding
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
In Politicized Justice, Desperate Times Call for Disparate Measures
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and Instapundit
 

 
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