“Mueller: The Season Finale.”

July 25, 2019

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies for six hours before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, Democratic leaders remain hesitant on impeachment, and Joe Biden gets scrappy with his opponents over health care and criminal justice reform. Then House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff talks to Jon F. about the Mueller hearing and impeachment.

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Mueller

NYT: Mueller Rejects Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Label and Warns of Russian Meddling
WaPo: Mueller, in occasionally halting testimony, points to foreign interference and offers some sharp criticism of Trump
NYT: Mueller Warns of Russian Sabotage and Rejects Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Claims
WSJ: Robert Mueller Defends Investigation as ‘Thorough’ and ‘Fair’ in House Testimony
Vox: Mueller’s testimony, and what it means for President Trump, explained
CNN: Here’s what you need to know about Mueller’s day
New Yorker – Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony
New Yorker – In Search of a Viral Moment at the Robert Mueller Hearings
Axios: 1 big thing: The Mueller moments that mattered
NYT: What We Learned From Mueller’s 7 Hours on Capitol Hill
WSJ: Key Moments From the Mueller Hearings
WaPo: 6 takeaways from Robert Mueller’s testimony
NY Mag – The 5 Biggest Lies Republicans Told at Mueller’s Hearing
Vox: 5 losers and 0 winners from Robert Mueller’s testimony to the House of Representatives
Politico: Here’s what surprised us during the Mueller testimony — and 4 other takeaways
CNN: 10 key takeaways from Robert Mueller’s testimony
WaPo: Robert Mueller kneecaps President Trump’s no collusion, no obstruction mantra
WaPo: Trump’s new ‘Article II’ comments illustrate stakes at Mueller hearings
Politico: Mueller walks back explosive part of testimony
New Yorker – Mueller Testimony: “The President Was Not Exculpated”
New Yorker – Mueller’s Testimony Strongly Suggests That Trump Would Be Indicted If He Weren’t the President
Vox: Why Mueller said he couldn’t indict Trump, explained
Vox: Mueller said Trump could be indicted once he leaves office
The Atlantic – Three Ways Mueller Says Trump Is Lying
The Atlantic – The Most Revealing Exchange of the Mueller Hearing
The Atlantic – Republicans Take Their Shot at Mueller—And Narrowly Miss
Empty Wheel – FAILING TO DAMAGE MUELLER, GOP NOW CLAIMING MUELLER NOT SUFFICIENTLY VIGOROUS TO OVERSEE TRUMP INVESTIGATION
WaPo: On Mueller’s final day on the national stage, a halting, faltering performance
NY Mag – How Republicans Used Mueller’s Conservatism to Discredit Him
The Atlantic – Robert Mueller Kept His Promise
WaPo: Mueller answers Trump taunts in testimony unlikely to change the political dynamic
Politico: ‘Bob Mueller is struggling’
Politico: Mueller dodged lawmakers’ questions roughly 150 times
WaPo: Here are the times Mueller objected to Congress’s interpretations of his report
WaPo: Mueller muddies the water on why Trump didn’t face indictment
NY Mag – Adam Schiff Tells a Story of Disloyalty to Country, Greed, and Lies
Vox: The flaw in House Democrats’ strategy with Robert Mueller’s testimony, explained
Vanity Fair – REPUBLICANS USE MUELLER’S SILENCE TO PUSH CONSPIRACY THEORIES
New Yorker – Mueller Revealed the Conspiracy-Theory-Driven State of American Politics
NYT: Mueller’s Labored Performance Was a Departure From His Once-Fabled Stamina
Media Matters – Punditry on the Mueller hearing fell into the “optics” trap
The Hill: Todd calls Mueller hearing an optics disaster for Democrats
Columbia Journalism Review – MSNBC public editor: The Chuck Todd show
NYT: Asked to Put on a Show, Mueller Wishes You’d Read the Book
NYT: Robert Mueller, Caught in the TV Spotlight
WaPo: Mueller and Dems’ low-energy performance was an optics disaster!
Politico: ‘Euphoria’: White House, GOP exult after a flat Mueller performance
NYT: Trump Says Mueller Was ‘Horrible’ and Republicans ‘Had a Good Day’
NYT: The Blockbuster That Wasn’t: Mueller Disappoints the Democrats
WaPo: Trump says ‘we had a very good day’ after Mueller hearings end
WaPo: White House summit on social media gave a boost to key Trump supporters. They used it to attack Mueller.
Vox: It took the Trump campaign 2 minutes to lie about Mueller’s testimony
WaPo: Emails from Oppositeland: Trump campaign celebrates Mueller ‘confirming’ no collusion
WaPo: Trump again claims Mueller wanted to return as FBI director, an assertion Mueller disputes
Politico: Mueller’s finally done. Here’s how his probe lives on.
Politico: Pelosi rebuffs Nadler on impeachment after Mueller flop
WaPo: Democrats are now left with one option to end Trump’s presidency: The 2020 election
Politico: Impeachment drive slowed by Mueller’s stumbles
NYT: Full List: Who Supports an Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump?
WSJ: House Judiciary Panel Prepares Lawsuit to Enforce Subpoena of Don McGahn
Talking Points Memo – Pelosi Stands By Anti-Impeachment Position After Mueller Hearings
HuffPo: Mueller Hearings Don’t Sway House Democratic Leaders On Impeachment
LA Times – Mueller’s testimony seems unlikely to boost impeachment — but could vindicate Pelosi
Esquire: Nancy Pelosi and Her Caucus Are Slowly Moving Towards the Inevitable
Bloomberg – Democrats Fail to Gain a Mueller Jump-Start for Trump Probes
Roll Call – After Mueller testimony, Pelosi, Democratic chairs crack door on impeachment
The Atlantic – The Tragedy of the Congress
Politico Magazine – ‘A New Legal Argument for Impeachment’
WaPo: As Mueller’s testimony concludes, Democrats revisit an old question: Is Trump a blackmail risk?
New Yorker – “Accountability”? The Mueller Hearing Is How Trump Escapes It
Crooked: THE CASE FOR A MORE FIGHTING DEMOCRATIC PARTY

2020

WaPo: Joe Biden tears into Cory Booker and criticizes Kamala D. Harris as well in a shift to aggressively counter his challengers
CNN: Joe Biden fires back at Booker, Harris with sharp criticism ahead of Democratic debate
CNBC: Joe Biden says his campaign is ‘not a continuation’ of the Obama administration
WaPo: Medicare-for-all faces its moment of truth
Politico: Biden launches campaign blitz to shore up black support
NYT Op-Ed by Paul Krugman – Biden and Sanders, Behaving Badly
NYT: Sanders and Biden Fight Over Health Care, and It’s Personal
WaPo: Democrats’ health-care fight takes on a newly belligerent tone as Biden, Sanders go at it
LA Times – Joe Biden unveils his alternative to ‘Medicare for all’
CNN: Bernie Sanders accuses Biden of ‘misinformation’ in pitched battle over ‘Medicare for All’
AP: Bernie Sanders thinks media is unfair, so he created his own
WaPo: Biden announces criminal justice policy sharply at odds with his ’94 crime law
Vox: Kamala Harris just introduced a bill to decriminalize marijuana
Politico: Harris and Nadler team up on bill to decriminalize marijuana
Axios: Kamala Harris introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana –
NYT: What the 2020 Democrats Said About Trump and Race at the N.A.A.C.P. Forum
NYT: Biden, Scrutinized for Crime Bill, Unveils Plan to Reduce Mass Incarceration
Politico: Booker lays into Biden’s record on crime
NJ.com – Biden hits back at Booker, with aide calling Newark PD a ‘civil rights nightmare’
Biden: Statement from Kate Bedingfield, deputy campaign manager, regarding senator Bookers role in the criminal justice system.
Politico: Cory Booker is all out of love
Politico: Biden bats away Booker’s criminal-justice criticism: ‘Cory knows that’s not true’
Bloomberg: Joe Biden’s Black Voter Support Challenged By Rivals at NAACP
Bloomberg – Joe Biden Is Still Acting Like It’s His to Lose, But Warning Signs Are Flashing
CNN: 2020 could be another ‘lesser of two evils’ election
CNN: 2020 Democrats say Mueller testimony confirms old truths as they turn back to trail