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8:15 PM ET, April 4, 2017

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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Susan Rice and the Latest Bogus Attempt to Justify Trump's Wiretapping Tweet  —  Ever since President Trump tweeted, in the early morning of Saturday, March 4th, that “Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory,” the White House and its defenders have labored to find a justification for the false allegation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Susan Rice Unmasked  —  Obama's security adviser sought the name of at least one Trump official in intelligence reports.  —  Well, what do you know.  On the matter of who “unmasked” the names of Trump transition officials in U.S. intelligence reports, we now have one answer: Susan Rice, Barack Obama's national security adviser.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Why Is CNN Refuting The Susan Rice Story It Refuses To Cover?
Discussion: CNN and Washington Free Beacon
Axios:
Trumpcare revival talks falling apart ahead of Pence meeting  —  Attempts to reach a deal this week on health care are unraveling fast, with conservatives already blaming House Speaker Paul Ryan for blocking the White House bill, and leadership sources saying that's nonsense and that the Freedom Caucus …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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The Hill:
Centrists push back on new ObamaCare repeal plan  —  A new proposal from the White House and GOP leaders to revive ObamaCare repeal is facing pushback from centrist Republicans who were already wary of the legislation.  —  Seeking to win over conservative holdouts, Republicans have talked …
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Affordable Care Act Gains Majority Approval for First Time  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans now support the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major turnaround from five months ago when 42% approved and 53% disapproved.  This is the first time a majority of Americans …
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - April 2017: The Fall of the AHCA and Next Steps for the ACA  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Bryan Wu, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, conducted the week after House Republicans pulled the American Health Care Act …
Discussion: The Hill, Mother Jones, CNBC and Axios
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Ben Popken / NBC News:
Advertisers Flee Fox's Bill O'Reilly Show Amid Sexual Harassment Lawsuits  —  Fox News is in a jam this week as major automakers and smaller outfits pull their ads from the network's popular “O'Reilly Factor” show, following a series of sexual harassment claims against host Bill O'Reilly.
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Media Matters for America:
These Are Bill O'Reilly's Advertisers  —  Following the latest revelations and allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct involving Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, a growing list of advertisers are beginning to pull their ads from airing during The O'Reilly Factor time slot.
New York Times:
Fox Losing More Advertisers After Sexual Harassment Claims Against O'Reilly
Washington Post:
White House explores two new tax ideas — a value-added tax and carbon tax — as leading proposal to raise revenue falters  —  President Trump's administration is exploring the creation of two controversial new taxes — a value-added tax and a carbon tax — as part of a broad overhaul of the tax code …
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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
White House exploring new value-added tax and carbon tax: report
Discussion: MattBruenig
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism  —  No modern president has put as much power in the hands of so many family members as Donald Trump.  On January 9, he named son-in-law Jared Kushner as his senior advisor despite anti-nepotism laws previously believed to prevent such an appointment.
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Considers Far-Reaching Steps for ‘Extreme Vetting’  —  Foreigners entering U.S. could be forced to hand over phones, answer questions on ideology; changes could apply to allies like France and Germany  —  Foreigners who want to visit the U.S., even for a short trip …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How to End the Politicization of the Courts  —  Mainstream news coverage has a hard time making subtle distinctions between the behavior of the two political parties.  When Democratic and Republican tactics are blatantly different — on voter suppression, for instance — journalists are often comfortable saying so.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Mac Pro Lives  —  Let's not beat around the bush.  I have great news to share:  —  Apple is currently hard at work on a “completely rethought” Mac Pro, with a modular design that can accommodate high-end CPUs and big honking hot-running GPUs, and which should make it easier for Apple …
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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
CNN Had a Problem.  Donald Trump Solved It.  —  Inside the strange symbiosis between Jeff Zucker and the president he helped create.  —  At 3:58 on a recent Wednesday afternoon in Washington, CNN's largest control room was mostly empty but for a handful of producers hunched over control panels and …
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Trump Match Xi Jinping's Game?  —  The General Secretary does not golf.  When Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, assumed control of the Communist Party, in 2012, golf was a popular pastime for wealthy dealmakers.  But in an effort to restore the image of public servants …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: Boos erupt after Trump tells room full of construction workers that he won most of their votes  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked with a room full of construction union members, and things got a little awkward for him when he started boasting about his big election victory.
The White House:
Remarks by President Trump at 2017 North America's Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: I know these people well, you wouldn't believe it.  I know them too well.  (Applause.)  I know them too well.  They cost me a lot of money.
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Trump promises to rebuild country in speech to construction workers
Discussion: Politico
Hans Fiene / The Federalist:
Why Men and Women Can Never Be ‘Just Friends’  —  The latest numbers on American birth rates are in, and they yield only one reasonable conclusion: All of us need to start having more babies or else the upcoming demographic tsunami will consume our nation, cripple our social programs …
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
Why You Shouldn't Walk on Escalators  —  The train pulls into Pennsylvania Station during the morning rush, the doors open and you make a beeline for the escalators.  —  You stick to the left and walk up the stairs, figuring you can save precious seconds and get a bit of exercise.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Kirsten Gillibrand Is Becoming a Progressive Champion.  Is a 2020 Run Next?  —  The Democrats' most unlikely holy warrior smells rebellion in the air.  —  As Kirsten Gillibrand ascended to the pulpit at the Bridge Street AME Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant in late February, the congregation seemed to tense with apprehension.
 
 
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Jim Brady / ESPN:
New ESPN guidelines recognize connection between sports, politics
Discussion: Daily Wire and Mediaite
Anna Silman / New York Magazine:
Kendall Jenner Evokes Iconic Protest Imagery to Sell Pepsi
Discussion: Mediaite and twitchy.com
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Defense attorney for former Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants out of criminal trial
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump and Republicans have a new plan to destroy Obamacare. But they face a big problem.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and Vox
 Earlier Items: 
Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
Former Border Chief: Arizona Wall Put A Dramatic Stop To Illegal Crossings
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ali Abdelaty / Reuters:
Islamic State says U.S. ‘being run by an idiot’
Discussion: TalkLeft, Business Insider and TheBlaze
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why So Many Americans Are Saying Goodbye to Cities
Discussion: Breitbart and Hot Air
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Elizabeth Warren's Female Staffers Made 71% of Male Staffers' Salaries in 2016
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘If I have to get a lawyer, I will’: Trump voter upset the border wall will put her house on Mexico side
Discussion: CNN, The Root and theGrio
NCAA.org:
NCAA Board of Governors' Position on HB2 Repeal
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
‘It went off the rails almost immediately’: How Trump's messy transition led to a chaotic presidency
Discussion: Politico and Axios
 

 
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William Christou / The Guardian:
A look at Syria's state news agency Sana, which led Assad's propaganda effort for the past 13 years, as its journalists hope for freedom after the regime's fall

Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Reddit must continue growing its ad and content licensing revenue to justify its market valuation, which could fast-track the platform's “enshittification”

Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Industry executives say media companies expect ad spending to stabilize in 2025 and even grow for platforms with sports and live events
 
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