memeorandum: WH releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report (Naomi Jagoda/The Hill)

8:35 AM ET, March 15, 2017

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Report: Trump's 2005 Taxes Revealed — Donald Trump earned more than $150 million in the year 2005—and paid just a small percentage of that in regular federal income taxes. Daily Beast contributor David Cay Johnston has obtained what appear to be the first two pages of Trump's 2005 federal …

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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:

WH releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report — The White House on Tuesday night preemptively released some details of President Trump's income and taxes he paid in 2005 as MSNBC teased leaked documents ahead of an evening broadcast. — Trump reported $150 million in income …

Discussion: Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air

Henry C. Jackson / Politico:

Trump made $150 million in 2005 and paid $38 million in federal taxes — The White House said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump paid $38 million in federal income taxes in 2005 — on $150 million in earnings — offering a small glimpse at the president's personal finances, which Trump has so far kept almost entirely private.

Discussion: ABC News, Scared Monkeys, Axios and CANNONFIRE

David Cay Johnston / DCReport:

DCREPORT EXCLUSIVE: Trump Earned $153 Million In 2005; He Paid $36.6 Million In Taxes — Ten Years After His Casino Business Failed, He Was Still Writing Off Losses — In 2005, Donald J. Trump married model Melanija Knavs, his third wife. That year, the real-estate mogul …

Discussion: Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, IJR, Mother Jones and Mediaite

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

This 2005 Donald Trump tax return is a total nothingburger — MSNBC host Rachel Maddow spent hours touting a massive scoop: She — or more accurately veteran investigative reporter David Cay Johnston — had gotten her hands on President Donald Trump's 2005 federal tax return.

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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Big Trump tax returns “Scoop” flopped, bigly. — Rachel Maddow has a history of claiming big scoops which then flop. — There was the debunked 2012 big scoop about supposed GOP wrongdoing in Michigan. And the 2014 big scoop that the Koch Brothers were behind Florida groups pushing drug testing …

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Associated Press:

TRUMP EARNED $153M AND PAID $36.5M IN TAXES IN 2005 — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump earned $153 million and paid $36.5 million in income taxes in 2005, paying a roughly 25 percent effective tax rate thanks to a tax he has since sought to eliminate, according to highly sought-after tax documents disclosed Tuesday night.

Discussion: Breitbart

Willa Paskin / Slate:
Rachel Maddow Turned a Scoop on Donald Trump's Taxes Into a Cynical, Self-Defeating Spectacle

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Ben Kew / Breitbart:
Epic Fail: Rachel Maddow Mocked After Dragging Out Trump Tax ‘Scoop’

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump paid $38 million in taxes in 2005, the White House says

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Oops! MSNBC Reveals Trump Paid 25% Tax Rate - Socialist Bernie Sanders Paid 13% Tax Rate

Discussion: Daily Wire, The American Mirror and Geller Report

Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tax Records Leaked to MSNBC, White House Confirms

Discussion: RedState

Wall Street Journal:

GOP Senators Say House Health Bill Won't Pass Without Changes — Concerns mounted after independent report showed millions would be uninsured — WASHINGTON—Republican senators, alarmed by a nonpartisan report showing millions would lose insurance under the GOP health-care plan …

Discussion: Axios, New York Times and Political Wire

Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump loyalists sound alarm over ‘RyanCare,’ endangering health bill

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz: WH plan for ‘third prong’ health legislation won't work in Senate

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Washington Post

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

Close Trump friend says ditch Paul Ryan's plan and embrace universal health care — Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy calls for Medicaid for all. — A key Trump friend and ally is urging the president to dump Paul Ryan's Affordable Health Care Act and embrace something that sounds sort …

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and The Week

Fox News:
Eric Bolling: RyanCare is still ObamaCare. Here are five ways to start over

Discussion: Politico

Greg Hinz / Chicago Business:
Roskam blinks on Ryancare

Discussion: Real Clear Politics and Talking Points Memo

Michael F. Cannon / Cato Institute:
CBO: Full Repeal Would Cover More People than House GOP's ObamaCare-Lite Bill

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Bloomberg and Hit & Run

Christopher Ruddy / Newsmax:
Trump Should Ditch Freedom Caucus, Seek Bipartisan Plan

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CNN:

Senator: Comey to say whether FBI probing Russia, Trump campaign by Wednesday — Senator: Comey to go public on Russia probe — (CNN)Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Tuesday that FBI Director James Comey promised to tell him Wednesday whether the FBI is investigating ties between Russia and the campaign of President Donald Trump.

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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Sen. Whitehouse: Comey may confirm FBI Russia investigation on Wednesday

Discussion: New York Magazine

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Spokesman Is ‘Very Confident’ Wiretapping Evidence Will Emerge

Discussion: Political Wire

Eliana Johnson / Politico:

Trump rejects push to oust NSC aide — President Donald Trump has overruled a decision by his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, to sideline a key intelligence operative who fell out of favor with some at the Central Intelligence Agency, two sources told POLITICO.

Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:

‘People are scared’: Paranoia seizes Trump's White House — A culture of paranoia is consuming the Trump administration, with staffers increasingly preoccupied with perceived enemies—inside their own government. — In interviews, nearly a dozen White House aides and federal agency staffers described …

Discussion: Raw Story and The Week

Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:

Steve Bannon and the Making of an Economic Nationalist — The controversial White House counselor says his father's 2008 financial trauma helped crystallize his antiglobalist views and led to a political hardening; 'I'm going to be totally wiped out' — Steve Bannon has played a lead role in honing Donald Trump's message.

Discussion: New York Times, Mother Jones and Hullabaloo

New York Times:

Neil Gorsuch Has Web of Ties to Secretive Billionaire — WASHINGTON — The publicity-shy billionaire Philip F. Anschutz inherited an oil and gas firm and built it into an empire that has sprawled into telecommunications, railroads, real estate, resorts, sports teams, stadiums …

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Daily Express:

Dutch election polls LIVE: Updates as Geert Wilders takes on Mark Rutte in Netherlands — AS Geert Wilders' election campaign enters its very final hours, here are all the latest updates, polls and breaking news from the Netherlands. — Up to 13 million Dutch people are getting ready …

Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:

WEATHER SERVICE DECIDED LAST MINUTE NOT TO CUT SNOW FORECAST — WASHINGTON (AP) — Before the first snow fell, federal meteorologists realized there was a good chance the late-winter storm wasn't going to produce giant snow totals in big Northeast cities as predicted.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Alastair Gale / Wall Street Journal:

When the Children Crashed Dad's BBC Interview: The Family Speaks — In their first interview, Korea expert Robert Kelly and his wife Kim Jung-A describe the circumstances, chaos, and global reaction to their now-infamous home-office Skype catastrophe; ‘she was in a hippity-hoppity mood’

Discussion: NPR, IJR, Refinery29, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Mashable and The Daily Edge

CNN:

Justice to announce charges in Yahoo account hack — The DOJ and San Francisco FBI office have both scheduled news conferences for tomorrow on undisclosed topics — Washington (CNN)The Department of Justice is set to make the formal announcement of charges tomorrow against hackers …

Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »

Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:

Monica Crowley Lost White House Job, Now She's Got One With Pro-Russian Oligarch — A would-be Trump White House appointee who withdrew in the face of plagiarism allegations is now lobbying on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch who has recently advocated greater concessions to the Russian government, according to newly filed documents.

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Bloomberg:

Scandal Fatigue and the Trump Ethical Swamp — Thanks to some fine work by two Bloomberg news reporters, David Kocieniewski and Caleb Melby, we now know that a major Chinese financial services firm may invest $4 billion in a Manhattan skyscraper owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Discussion: Walid Shoebat, New York Times and ThinkProgress