Friday, April 19, 2019

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On Washington: Mueller Findings Kick Off a Political Tug of War That’s Only Just Beginning

CARL HULSE at NYT > Politics - 1 hour ago
Democrats appear to be gearing up, with Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York describing the report as a road map to holding the president accountable.
 
The Democrats have not accepted the Barr precis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_pr%C3%A9cis 
 

Comparing Barr’s Excerpts With Mueller’s Report

CHARLIE SAVAGE at NYT > Politics - 1 hour ago
Attorney General William P. Barr sent a letter to Congress last month citing brief fragments from the Mueller report. Now that the document is public, his selections are coming under scrutiny.
 
Lying by ommission requires more mind than is often found in party faithful.
 

On Politics: Complete Coverage of the Mueller Report

NYT > Politics - 5 hours ago
The full report from The Times on the release of the special counsel’s findings on the Trump campaign and Russia’s election interference.
 
"In one of the report’s more compelling revelations, investigators described how Mr. Trump ordered Michael T. Flynn, who would later serve briefly as his national security adviser, to find thousands of emails missing from Hillary Clinton’s computer server."
 
Hilary Clinton edited her email while she was allowed to do so.
Those records are no more.
Conspiratorial imaginings do not enlarge past events. 
 

Democrats Draw Closer to a Dicey Question: Whether to Impeach Trump

NICHOLAS FANDOS at NYT > Politics - 9 hours ago
 
Democrats took the legal analysis in the special counsel’s report as a clear nod that Congress should make its own judgment on obstruction of justice.
 
Pence would be an effective president. 
 
 

James W. McCord Jr., Who Led the Watergate Break-In, Is Dead at 93

ROBERT D. McFADDEN at NYT > Politics - 9 hours ago
He was the first to expose the White House crimes and cover-ups that led to President Nixon’s downfall. His death, almost two years ago, went unreported.
 
James W. McCord Jr. did not die in prison.
 

A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Dishonesty

PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN at NYT > Politics - 9 hours ago
At one juncture after another, the Mueller report describes how Mr. Trump made his troubles worse, giving into anger and grievance and lashing out in ways that turned advisers into witnesses against him.
 
Acting against interest is part of living a lie.
 

Mueller Report Leaves Unanswered Questions About Contacts Between Russians and Trump Aides

SHARON LaFRANIERE at NYT > Politics - 9 hours ago
Starting during the campaign and through the transition, a parade of Russians dangled business deals, floated policy options and sought high-level meetings.
 
Putin is a competent autarch. 
He reads the reports of his inteligence service.
He has no need for Trump to tell him what will buy Trump.
 
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Trump Ordered Aides to Search for Clinton Emails, While the Russians Already Were Looking

DAVID E. SANGER at NYT > Politics - 11 hours ago
The incident is among the closest that investigators came to finding an instance in which Donald J. Trump appeared to use whatever means necessary to locate the emails.
 
The emails are gone to random photons. 
 

Trump Says He’s Having a ‘Good Day,’ but Avoids Questions

MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ANNIE KARNI at NYT > Politics - 11 hours ago
The president refused to budge from his initial assessment that the Mueller report was a total exoneration of his actions.
 
Trump is not impeached or indighted today.
 
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On Politics With Lisa Lerer: The ‘On Politics’ Mueller Report Cheat Sheet

LISA LERER at NYT > Politics - 11 hours ago
From the On Politics newsletter: The Times read all 448 pages of the special counsel’s report, so you don’t have to. Here are the highlights.
 
The liberal faction desires the destruction of Donald Trump and those who support him.
It will attempt to do what is necessary to accomplish that destruction short of destroying the representative republic and the union.
 
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In Divided Washington, Relief and Disappointment at Mueller’s Report

KATIE ROGERS at NYT > Politics - 11 hours ago
The stoic feelings of progressive Washington were similarly subdued in the city’s more conservative corners.
 
Mr. Mueller is not the Congress.
He cannot do the job of Congress.
 
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‘This Is the End of My Presidency’: 4 Dramatic Moments From the Mueller Report

SARAH MERVOSH and LIAM STACK at NYT > Politics - 11 hours ago
The report detailed private conversations and described the president’s despondent reaction to the appointment of the special counsel.
 
Mr. Mueller has performed journalism.
Mr. Barr has stayed the execution.
 
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Kentucky’s Senator McConnell Supports Bill to Raise Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco to 21

SHEILA KAPLAN at NYT > Politics - 11 hours ago
Seeking re-election to a seventh term, the senator cited the rise in teenage vaping as a reason to curtail sales of tobacco and other products.
 
Beer is selling well.
Yen pox will be next.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yen%20pox 
 
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Friday: Housing Starts

Calculated Risk at Calculated Risk - 12 hours ago
Friday: • At 8:30 AM ET, *Housing Starts* for March. The consensus is for 1.230 million SAAR, up from 1.162 million SAAR in February. • At 10:00 AM: *State Employment and Unemployment* (Monthly) for March 2019
 
Wait for a real number.
 
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The Mueller Show: TV Hosts Unpack 448 Pages in Real Time

MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
What was billed as a series finale turned out to be more of a midseason cliffhanger.
 
448 dense pages will require days of study.
 
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Reaction to Mueller Report, From Right, Left and Center

LIAM STACK at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
Writers across the political spectrum responded to the public release of the report and the news conference by Attorney General William P. Barr.
 
Trump will be destroyed in cold blood. 
 
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The Mueller Report Is 448 Pages Long. You Need to Know These 7 Key Things.

MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, produced a report of more than 400 pages that painted a deeply unflattering picture of President Trump but stopped short of accusing him of criminal wrongdoing.
 
Impeachment is political rather than forensic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_science
 
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Tiger Woods and President Trump Seem Tight. Does It Matter to You?

THE NEW YORK TIMES at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
Most black athletes have distanced themselves from the president. Not Tiger Woods.
 
I do not follow golf.
 
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Trump’s Nafta Revisions Offer Modest Economic Benefits, Report Finds

ANA SWANSON at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
A government study challenges the president’s claims that the proposed North American trade pact makes far-reaching changes to the 1994 agreement.
 
"Game over!"
 
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Mueller Rejects View That Presidents Can’t Obstruct Justice

MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and CHARLIE SAVAGE at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
The special counsel’s rationale for demurring on the question of obstruction of justice stood in stark contrast to that of the attorney general, William P. Barr.

Indightment while in office is constitutionally prevented.

 
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