Stranger Than Fiction

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TOP NEWS

• BuzzFeed sued the US government for the right to see secret memos from Mueller’s report. Last night they released the latest update.

• GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty to campaign finance misuse and may resign.

• Trump is likely to give into the vaping industry, which several former Trump staffers are now lobbyists for. A bipartisan letter is pushing back on the move.

• Trump political appointee Bill Barr helps push a conspiracy theory against the independent IG report. This morning, Trump claimed Barr was misquoted.

• Markets continue a two-day slide off Trump’s comments that he’s stalling a trade deal with China and may pursue tariffs against France.

THE ELECTION

• deBlasio goes on the attack for Bloomberg’s campaign

• Bernie breaks with Warren and embraces far-left foreign leaders

• Buttigieg tries to reset campaign strategy to woo black voters

THE COMMENT

“The American people deserve transparency. If the President thinks the call was 'perfect' and there is nothing to hide then he would turn over the thousands of pages of documents requested by Congress, allow witnesses to testify instead of blocking testimony with baseless privilege claims, and provide any exculpatory information that refutes the overwhelming evidence of his abuse of power.” - Judiciary committee chair Jerry Nadler

THE STRANGEST

• Tinder and other dating services let known sex offenders use their apps

THE AV ROOM

• BLOCKBUSTER IN THE BASEMENT

• POSSUM LIVING IN MY KITCHEN

• #TWITTERMOMENTSOFTHEDECADE