memeorandum: Of Course there's Evidence Trump Colluded with Russian Intelligence (Jbrunner/Lawfare)

8:35 PM ET, April 7, 2017

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Syria Strike Puts U.S. Relationship With Russia at Risk — WASHINGTON — The American military strike against Syria threatened Russian-American relations on Friday as the Kremlin denounced President Trump's use of force and the Russian military indicated it would suspend an agreement …

Discussion: Associated Press, Power Line, ABC News and NewsHounds blog

Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:

Russian warship steams toward US destroyers that launched Syria strikes — A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned. — The Russian frigate …

Discussion: Sputnik International, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, Reuters and BizPac Review

Haider Newmani / ABC News:

Eyewitness says Syrian military anticipated U.S. raid — Syrian military officials appeared to anticipate Thursday's night raid on Syria's Shayrat airbase, evacuating personnel and moving equipment ahead of the strike, according to an eyewitness to the strike.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, Daily Kos, US Department of State, CNN, The Root, The Guardian, Balloon Juice and Occupy Democrats

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:

The Obama Doctrine, R.I.P. — President Obama's foreign policy doctrine, like many foreign policy doctrines, was contradictory at times, and it sometimes lacked coherence. Obama himself resisted the desire of others (including yours truly) to corral his various foreign policy …

Discussion: CNN, Axios, Washington Post, Politicus USA, vice, RedState and FOX News Radio

David Frum / The Atlantic:

Seven Lessons From Trump's Syria Strike — When the Electoral College elevated Donald Trump to the presidency, it conferred on him the awesome life-and-death powers that attend the office. It was inevitable that President Trump would use those powers sooner or later. Now he has.

Discussion: BBC, Fox News, New York Times, Politico, Washington Post, Townhall.com, vice, Mediaite, Opinio Juris, Daily Wire, The Federalist and Canadian Press

mid.ru:
Foreign Ministry statement on US military action in Syria on April 7, 2017

Discussion: The Hill, Mother Jones, USNI News, NBC News, Business Insider, CNBC, New York Times and Talking Points Memo

Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Suspends Cooperation With U.S. in Syria After Missile Strikes

Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
The Strike At Syria — The Trump administration has had a rocky start.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Post and Hit & Run

Fox News:
Syria missile attack: Satellite photos show major damage to airfields

Discussion: Associated Press, CNBC, Washington Post, Common Dreams, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, Faithwire, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and twitchy.com

Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Inside Trump's three days of debate on Syria

Discussion: Washington Post

CNN:
Top Republicans who opposed Syria attack under Obama are now praising Trump's strike

Discussion: IJR, Vox, Politico, RedState and Talking Points Memo

John Hayward / Breitbart:
Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack

Discussion: Associated Press, CNN, Business Insider and The Gateway Pundit

Mark Landler / New York Times:
On Syria Attack, Trump's Heart Came First

Discussion: Mother Jones, Washington Post, Politico, BuzzFeed, Slate, AOL, Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, Media Matters for America, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, The Nation, NBC News and Sputnik International

Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
Donald Trump, who's totally not Vladimir Putin's puppet, warned Russia before airstrikes on Syria

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, Washington Post, Daily Wire, Mediaite and rubber hose

Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Trump's Far-Right Supporters Turn on Him Over Syria Strike

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, Politico, The Daily Signal, Washington Post, Common Dreams, American Greatness, Daily Wire, France 24, NewsHounds blog, The Atlantic, The Week, Vox and IJR

JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
The Constitutionality of the Syria Strike Through the Eyes of OLC (and the Obama Administration)

Discussion: USA Today, Just Security, Telegraph, National Review, Opinio Juris, New York Daily News, New York Times, Vox, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and Patterico's Pontifications

Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney: Tomahawk maker's stock up after U.S. launch on Syria

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement from Pentagon Spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis on U.S. strike in Syria

Discussion: The Intercept, CNN, RedState, BBC, Lawfire, Lawfare, ThinkProgress, WTKR-TV, The Diplomat, FOX6Now.com and Vocativ

New York Times:
Which Countries Support and Which Oppose the U.S. Missile Strikes in Syria

Discussion: NPR, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Business Insider and Al Jazeera English

Rick Klein / ABC News: ANALYSIS: President Trump redefines own doctrine with Syria strike

Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
President Not-Obama — Is this the week Donald Trump found a foreign policy?

Discussion: IJR

Axios:

Exclusive: Trump eyes new chief of staff; House Leader on short list — President Trump is considering a broad shakeup of his White House that could include the replacement of White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and the departure of chief strategist Steve Bannon, aides and advisers tell us.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Raw Story, KTLA, Daily Wire, Washington Monthly, CNBC, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, No More Mister Nice Blog, Heat Street, Mediaite, Vox and Talking Points Memo

Wall Street Journal:

Donald Trump Considering Major Shake-up of Senior White House Team — The president is said to be unhappy with the infighting among his top aides — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is considering a major shake-up of his senior White House team, a senior administration official said Friday.

Discussion: Mother Jones, CNBC, Politicus USA and The Week

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Trump's Syria Strike Is Latest Sign of Steve Bannon's Waning Influence — Donald Trump's surprise decision to launch missile strikes against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's forces in response to Tuesday's horrific chemical attack represented a reversal from Trump's noninterventionist campaign message.

Discussion: New York Times, The Daily Caller and Hot Air

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:

Alex Jones brands Jared and Ivanka ‘enemies of the republic’ after Trump ally blames them for Syria strike — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Alex Jones and Roger Stone blamed “President” Jared Kushner for the Syrian airstrike ordered by his father-in-law, Donald Trump.

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

New York Times:
In Battle for Trump's Heart and Mind, It's Bannon vs. Kushner

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Business Insider, Naked Politics, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Gizmodo and Mediaite

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Reports: Trump Weighing Major Shakeup That Could Ax Priebus, Bannon

Discussion: East Bay Times and Axios

Marc Caputo / Politico:
GOP Congresswoman: Trump should oust Bannon

Discussion: Fox News Insider

New York Times:

Senate Confirms Gorsuch as Supreme Court Justice — WASHINGTON — Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on Friday to become the 113th justice of the Supreme Court, capping a political brawl that lasted for more than a year and tested constitutional norms inside the Capitol's fraying upper chamber.

Elana Schor / Politico:

Bipartisan pitch to save filibuster gets 61 senators' endorsement — Sixty-one senators urged their party leaders to preserve the filibuster for legislation on Friday, backing the procedural tool after Republicans scrapped the minority's power to block Supreme Court nominees.

Discussion: Political Wire

Elana Schor / Politico:
Senate confirms Gorsuch to Supreme Court

Discussion: Breitbart, Reuters, The Atlantic, Washington Post and SCOTUSblog

Jessica Mason Pieklo / Rewire:
Welcome to the Gorsuch Court

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and The Daily Signal

Naomi Martin / Dallas Morning News:

Tomi Lahren sues Glenn Beck, The Blaze for wrongful termination — Tomi Lahren, the young incendiary conservative commentator, is suing her former boss, Glenn Beck and his media firm, The Blaze, for wrongful termination involving her pro-choice comments. — According to Lahren's suit …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Mashable, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Slot, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Root and Hot Air, more at Mediagazer »

Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:

Maggie Haberman: The New York Times reporter Trump can't quit — Several days before Donald Trump announced his bid for the presidency in June 2015, he invited New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman to lunch at Trump Grill. — Haberman was late. Trump waited, as did his soon-to-be campaign aides …

Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:

Angry mob shuts down Blue Lives Matter speech at Claremont McKenna College — A throng of angry protesters converged at Claremont McKenna College on Thursday and effectively shut down a pro-police speech as they surrounded the building, forcing the speaker to give the talk via livestream …

Discussion: Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, Washington Post, The Claremont Independent, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and BizPac Review

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To see more from on Facebook, log in or create an account. — . . - (« ») , . , . , , . . — That's it. The last remaining election fog has lifted. Instead of an overworked statement about a joint fight against the biggest enemy, ISIS (the Islamic State) …

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, ABC News, Towleroad and Hot Air

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Russian PM: Moscow, US on ‘the verge of a military clash’

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and RedState

Sam Levin / The Guardian:

Google accused of ‘extreme’ gender pay discrimination by US labor department — Allegations of possible employment violations emerge at court hearing as part of lawsuit to compel company, a federal contractor, to provide compensation data … Google has discriminated against its female employees …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Engadget, Associated Press and Axios

Jbrunner / Lawfare:

Of Course there's Evidence Trump Colluded with Russian Intelligence — It has become a kind of mantra in the defense of Donald Trump on matters related to L'Affaire Russe that there's no evidence, at least not yet, of “collusion” between the Trump campaign and the Russian active measures operation with respect to the 2016 election.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Emma Brown / Washington Post:

The cost of Betsy DeVos's security detail — nearly $8 million over nearly 8 months — Federal marshals are protecting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at a cost to her agency of nearly $8 million over nearly eight months, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Discussion: Occupy Democrats

Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:

Olivia Munn and Aaron Rodgers Break Up — Olivia Munn and Aaron Rodgers have split. — “They have amicably ended their relationship of three years,” a source close to the situation confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. The source says the couple “remains close friends and wish nothing but the best for each other moving forward.”