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11:20 PM ET, May 31, 2018

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The Daily Beast:
White House Demands TBS Cancel Samantha Bee's Show  —  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed comedienne Samantha Bee's comments about Ivanka Trump on Thursday.  “The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious.  The collective silence by the left …
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Television Academy Blocks Media From Tonight's Honors Ceremony Featuring Samantha Bee  —  In the wake of the Samantha Bee controversy whereby she called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c**t”, the Television Academy has put the kibosh on any press tonight attending its 11th Annual Television Academy Honors ceremony …
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
Sonia Rao / Washington Post:
Samantha Bee apologizes for calling Ivanka Trump a vulgar word after White House condemnation  —  Ivanka Trump sparked online outrage earlier this week when she tweeted a photo of herself with her younger son around the same time as reports circulated that the U.S. government had lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year.
Ashley Boucher / The Wrap:
Samantha Bee Loses Sponsors Over Ivanka Trump ‘Feckless C-t’ Comment  —  Autotrader and State Farm suspend advertising on TBS series … Autotrader and State Farm have decided to suspend their sponsorship of “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” after the host called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c—” on the show Wednesday night.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Chelsea Clinton resurfaces Trump meeting with Ted Nugent, who once called Hillary C-word
Discussion: HuffPost, Washington Press and The Week
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
White House Condemns ‘Vile and Vicious’ Samantha Bee, Calls on Time Warner, TBS to Act
Tim Mak / NPR:
LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats  —  Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is facing legal peril, including an FBI raid of his home and office — and involvement in a civil lawsuit with porn star Stormy Daniels.  —  But in the past, it was Cohen who has sought …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Stormy's lawyer was told to choose between his job and TV appearances. He chose TV
Discussion: VICE News
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Listen: Michael Cohen Threatens Reporter With Lawsuit In 2015
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Dinesh D'Souza Tells Backstory Of His Pardon  —  FBI Spy Stefan Halper's Media Contacts Could Pose A Problem, Retired FBI Officials Say  —  INVESTIGATIVE GROUP |  CHUCK ROSS  —  EXCLUSIVE: First Lady's Office Responds To Samantha Bee's Vulgar Tirade: ‘Double Standard Is Truly Astounding’
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Wields Pardon Pen to Confront Justice System
Natasha Korecki / Politico:   Ex-FBI honcho blasts Trump over Blagojevich
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
How Far Can Trump Go in Issuing Pardons?
Discussion: Lawfare
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Worthy Pardon for Dinesh D'Souza
Discussion: Spectator USA
Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
Trump to pardon despicable, hate-spewing fanboy felon who pleaded guilty
HuffPost:
Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He's A Pedophile  —  Nathan Larson also ran online forums for pedophiles and misogynists.  —  Nathan Larson, a 37-year-old accountant from Charlottesville, Virginia, is running for Congress as an independent candidate in his native state.
Discussion: babe
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump repeatedly pressured Sessions on Mueller investigation  —  President Trump pressured Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reclaim control of the Russia investigation on at least four separate occasions, three times in person and once over the phone, according to sources familiar with the conversations.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors interview Comey as they investigate whether McCabe should be charged  —  Investigators from the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office recently interviewed former FBI director James B. Comey as part of a probe into whether his deputy, Andrew McCabe, broke the law by lying to federal agents …
BuzzFeed:
Joy Reid's Blog Published A Photoshopped Image Of John McCain As The Virginia Tech Shooter  —  The MSNBC host's controversial old blog posts continue to surface, as Reid and the network stick to hacking claims.  —  MSNBC host Joy Reid's new-defunct blog published an image …
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Meghan McCain Responds To MSNBC's Joy Reid Photoshopping John McCain's Face Onto A Mass Shooter  —  The Daily Caller reached out to MSNBC spokespeople, who declined to comment.  —  Secret Service Agent Doesn't Recognize CNN's Jim Acosta, Hilarity Ensues  —  POLITICS |  VIRGINIA KRUTA
Discussion: Mediaite
VICE News:
Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party  —  Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party.  —  In the “knowledge panel” that provides easy access to information next to search results …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Robert Mueller Reveals The Price Tag For His Special Counsel Investigation  —  The special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has cost nearly $17 million dollars so far, according to a new report from the Justice Department.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Mueller's investigation cost $16.7 million in just under a year, new documents show
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jess McIntosh / ELLE:
I Went on a Date With Eric Schneiderman.  It Took Me Years to Process What Happened That Night.  —  Let's start at the beginning.  —  I'm 23, and the story I tell is called “The Time I Went Out with the (Relatively) Hot Older State Senator.”  I deploy it as a nerdy leg-up on the social ladder among friends.
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Trump reportedly said he wants to stop German luxury car imports in the US  — Trump reportedly told French President Emmanuel Macron last month that he would maintain his trade policy with the aim of stopping Mercedes-Benz models from driving down Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
John Boehner in Michigan: ‘Republican Party is taking a nap somewhere’  —  Boehner sits down with Local 4's Devin Scillian  —  MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - Former Speaker of the House John Boehner delivered a keynote address and was joined by Devin Scillian during the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday morning.
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Michael Sykes / Axios:
Boehner: “There is no Republican party. There's a Trump party”
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Breitbart
David Brooks / New York Times:
One Reform to Save America  —  There are a bunch of different ways to do democracy.  In Western Europe, most countries have proportional representation and a lot of different parties representing voter interests.  In this country we've gone with a two-party system and winner-take-all elections.
Washington Post:
Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico  —  By Washington Post Staff May 31 at 9:43 AM  —  The move is certain to trigger retaliation by the E.U. against a range of American products, including Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles …
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
THE MEDIA'S UNDENIABLE PRO-TRUMP BIAS  —  There is almost no point in writing a lede to this piece, given how likely it is that President Trump will do something disgraceful before it can be edited and published—so instead let's use that likelihood as the entire premise.
Hallie Jackson / MSNBC:
At least 8 white nationalists running for federal office  —  MSNBC's Morgan Radford spoke with white nationalists who are running for federal office this year on the Republican ticket.  According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least eight white nationalists are running, more than ever before.
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Curious Case of Mr. Downer  —  His story about the Papadopoulos meeting calls the FBI's into question.  —  To hear the Federal Bureau of Investigation tell it, its decision to launch a counterintelligence probe into a major-party presidential campaign comes down to a foreign tip …
Andrew Perez / MapLight:
Southern Co., CVS, Dow Chemical Funding Trump Dark Money Group Tied to Racist, Anti-Semitic Views  —  Three Fortune 500 companies have donated at least $1.6 million to a controversial pro-Trump “dark money” organization that's been criticized for racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-Muslim sentiments expressed by its staff.
Discussion: Splinter
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
N.F.L.'s Alternate ‘Cheerleaders’ Don't Cheer or Dance  —  Several N.F.L. teams determined cheerleading programs had a scarcity problem on game days.  If cheerleaders were on the sideline dancing, none were available to serve as scantily clad hostesses who could mingle with fans high …
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
Daily Wire:
KASHUV & PRESTON: Broward Superintendent Runcie: A Strong Case For His Dismissal  —  On February 14, 2018, 17 people were killed and 17 more were injured when Marjory Stoneman Douglas became the scene of Florida's deadliest school shooting on record.  In the months since …
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
Trump's Loudest Anti-Muslim Twitter Troll Is A Shady Vegan Married To An (Ousted) WWE Exec  —  @AmyMek anonymously spread hate online for years.  She can't hide anymore.  —  She was supposed to be a Russian bot.  That seemed like the best explanation for @AmyMek.  No normal person could be so prolific and prejudiced.
 
 
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Douglas Murray / National Review:
Tommy Robinson Drew Attention to ‘Grooming Gangs.’ Britain Has Persecuted Him.
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JONATHAN LEMIRE / Associated Press:
Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Allies Scheme to Kneecap Trump's New National Security Team
Washington Post:
Ivanka collects her Chinese trademarks, and it seems ethics aren't on brand
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David French / Washington Post:
Barr's vile, racist tweeting showed the way through the free speech minefield: The standard …
Discussion: Raw Story and Hot Air
Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Giuliani's unwarranted attack on the Trump investigation
Alex Press / Vox:
The record-low birthrate offers yet another sign that millennials are economically screwed
Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
Goldman Sachs vice president charged with insider trading
Rene Marsh / CNN:
First on CNN: US Secret Service overpaid presidential campaigns $4 million for plane travel
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Guardian:
Liberals' worst nightmare: a second supreme court pick for Trump
Discussion: American Greatness
Bradley Hope / Wall Street Journal:
British Expert on the Royal Family Is Actually Tommy From Upstate New York
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