News Dump

House Democrats Release Mueller’s Letter to William Barr
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5984398-Mueller-letter.html#document/

Mueller’s Willing to Testify But Team Trump Members of DoJ Are Obstructing
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-muellers-willing-to-testify-but-trump-department-of-justice-is-holding-it-up-dems

White House rejects House Oversight Committee request for security clearance documents
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/01/politics/white-house-security-clearance-documents/index.html

US attorney general facing impeachment calls after 'lying' to Congress as president lured into retweeting 'F*** Trump' account
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-mueller-barr-senate-statement-testimony-judiciary-committee-a8894076.html

Trump retweeted Twitter account calling for people to vote him out in 2020
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/441536-trump-retweeted-twitter-account-calling-for-people-to-vote-him-out-in

U.S. agencies want to 'Russia-proof' 2020. The White House isn't on board.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/us-agencies-want-to-russiaproof-2020-the-white-house-isnt-on-board/

Gerrymandering lawsuit stunner: Daughter of deceased GOP mapmaker turns over his documents to Common Cause
http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2019/04/30/gerrymandering-lawsuit-stunner-daughter-of-deceased-gop-mapmaker-turns-over-his-documents-to-common-cause/

Ilhan Omar Slams Critics: 'If I Survived Militia I Certainly Can Survive These People'
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ilhan-omar-rally-trump-9-11_n_5cc93975e4b0e4d7572b8c1e

'He needs to resign tomorrow': Democrats tell Attorney General William Barr to resign after damning report
https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-demand-attorney-general-barr-to-resign-after-report-2019-4

Republicans quietly planning to do nothing about Barr
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/441507-dem-senator-trolls-gop-colleagues-after-report-mueller-was

Judge hands Roy Moore a defeat in lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/judge-hands-roy-moore-a-defeat-in-lawsuit-against-sacha-baron-cohen

Deutsche Bank has "reams" of Trump documents including his tax returns for congressional investigators
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-deutsche-bank-documents-tax-returns-lawsuit-capital-one-1410952

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Hands Tax Cuts To Wealthy While Housing Cuts Leave Kids with Lead Poisoning, Sewage In Apartments
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-us-hands-tax-cuts-wealthy-while-housing-cuts-leave-1411045

Under new tax code, oil companies get rebates, not bills
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Under-new-tax-code-oil-companies-get-rebates-13808725.php

Teacher Of The Year Who Boycotted White House Visit To Protest Trump Says 'I Cannot Implicitly Support People Who Hate My Kids'
https://www.newsweek.com/teachers-boycott-ceromony-kelly-holstine-jessica-duenas-donald-trump-1411077

Researchers say there’s a simple way to reduce suicides: Increase the minimum wage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/04/30/researchers-say-theres-simple-way-reduce-suicides-increase-minimum-wage/

A Chilean mining company has claimed land in the boundary waters, a fragile but previously protected ecosystem in northern Minnesota. The Trump-backed sulfur mining plan will sell to smelters in Russia and China, and leave no profits behind for Americans.
http://www.citypages.com/news/a-chilean-mining-company-lays-claim-to-minnesotas-water/509288371

In a whirlwind 48 hours, the Australian election has lost a host of its most controversial candidates. From homophobic comments about sitting MPs to secret strip-club footage, to Facebook posts about naked centaurs, a deluge of racist, sexist and bizarre behaviour has claimed the careers of four candidates in only two days.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/01/secret-strip-club-videos-and-lewd-posts-australia-fallen-election-candidates

Rep. Ted Lieu: Barr should apply for White House press secretary job "where he can lie all he wants"
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-mueller-william-barr-ted-lieu-don-lemon-chris-cuomo-cnn-1411050

Elizabeth Warren calls for William Barr to resign
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/441597-warren-calls-for-barr-to-resign

Mar-a-Lago sent White House a $1,000 liquor bill after aides helped themselves to bar
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/441599-mar-a-lago-sent-white-house-a-1000-liquor-bill-after-aides-helped

Anti-Semitism Hit ‘Near-Historic Levels’ In 2018, Report Finds
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-semitism-2018-united-states_n_5cc8aef7e4b0e4d7572b2edf

Maine becomes the first state to ban Styrofoam
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/01/us/maine-ban-styrofoam-trnd/index.html

The angle-of-attack sensor that is believed to have played a role in two deadly crashes was previously flagged in more than 200 incident reports submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, but Boeing did not flight test a scenario in which it malfunctioned, CNN has learned.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/30/politics/boeing-sensor-737-max-faa/index.html

Without financial regulation, payday loan scandals continue to hit the poorest the hardest
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wonga-payday-loan-scandal-financial-regulation-fca-a8856736.html

YEP: Now @KamalaHarris has Barr stuttering. These dynamic women have got this clown SHOOK!!! Who’s the weaker sex? Tell me again why women can’t lead? Tell me why the Democratic nominee needs to be a (white) man? #BarrHearing
https://twitter.com/YNB/status/1123660705524113408