memeorandum: Palm Sunday attacks: ISIS says it carried out bombings at churches in Egypt that killed at least 37 (Fox News)

10:50 PM ET, April 9, 2017

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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:

Trump's Shadow Is Looming Over This Special Election — SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia — Amy King, an accountant in this Atlanta suburb, said she's always been a Republican. — But when a Republican, Judson Hill — the first candidate to enter the first competitive congressional race …

Discussion: Reuters, IJR and CNN

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

As Georgia Vote Nears, G.O.P. Asks if Ideological Purity Matters Anymore — ATLANTA — When Michael Fitzgerald, a local Republican leader, took a break from packing up the signs after a candidate forum here last week, he appeared momentarily flummoxed about the state of his party under President Trump.

Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:

Trump Administration's House Veterans Struggle to Rally Support in Chamber — Former congressmen Mike Pence, Mick Mulvaney and Tom Price finding it difficult to persuade on GOP health bill — WASHINGTON—They had 30 years of combined service in the House of Representatives …

Discussion: Political Wire and Axios

Carol Morello / Washington Post:

Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria's Assad — Officials in the Trump administration on Sunday demanded Russia stop supporting the Syrian government or face a further deterioration in its relations with the United States. — Signaling the focus of talks Secretary …

Discussion: New York Times and Fox News

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post: Ryan and McConnell flip-flop on the use of force in Syria to deter chemical weapons

Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Schiff says Russia is absolutely ‘complicit’ in Syrian chemical attack

Discussion: Politico

Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column An untraditional president's very traditional military strike

Discussion: Mother Jones

Joy Lin / ABC News:
Rubio says US can't defeat ISIS until Syria's Assad is removed

Discussion: Associated Press, Politico, The Hill and CNN

Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
McMaster: U.S. eager for regime change in Syria

Discussion: RealClearPolitics, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire, Business Insider, Washington Post, Hot Air and Axios

ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 4-9-17: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Rep. Adam Schiff

Discussion: CBS News, Politico, Washington Post and Politicus USA

The Guardian:
No peace in Syria until Assad is ousted, says Nikki Haley

Discussion: Observer and Associated Press

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Despite Trump campaign promise, Tillerson had ‘no conversation’ with Mexico paying for border wall

Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller

Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:

McFarland to Exit White House as McMaster Consolidates Power — Former Fox News commentator will become envoy to Singapore — Trump's second national security advisor making his mark — K. T. McFarland has been asked to step down as deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald …

Discussion: Medium, New York Times, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, The Slot, Talking Points Memo, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Axios and Political Wire

Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland ousted from role: report

Discussion: Hullabaloo, RedState, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Dan Merica / CNN:
K.T. McFarland to leave NSC for Singapore ambassadorship

Discussion: Daily Kos and IJR

David B. Larter / Navy Times:

Korea crisis deepens as the US dispatches the Carl Vinson strike group to the region — The head of all U.S. forces in the Pacific canceled a planned carrier exercises and port visits in Australia and redirected the Carl Vinson carrier strike group to the waters off the Korean Peninsula …

Discussion: RedState

CNBC:
North Korea says Syria airstrikes prove its nukes justified

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress and The Gateway Pundit

Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Tillerson: China agrees on ‘action’ on North Korea as navy strike group sails

Discussion: Hot Air, Sputnik International, IJR, France 24, NBC News, Townhall.com and Washington Monthly

Idrees Ali / Reuters:
U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula: U.S. official

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller

Jay Rayner / The Guardian:

Le Cinq, Four Seasons Hôtel George V, 31 avenue George V, 75008 Paris (00 331 49 52 71 54). Meal for two, including service and modest wine: €600 (£520) — There is only one thing worse than being served a terrible meal: being served a terrible meal by earnest waiters …

New York Daily News:

Man-spreading dispute over seats on J train leads to hammer attack and large brawl — An argument over man-spreading on a Lower East Side subway train ended in an all-out brawl with one man attacking another with a hammer, officials said Saturday. — The 30-year-old hammer victim …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

CNN:

Blasts at Christian churches in Egypt kill dozens on Palm Sunday — (CNN)Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important days on the religion's calendar. — A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service …

Discussion: New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, KFOR-TV, The Daily Caller, BBC, IJR and New York Magazine

Fox News:
Palm Sunday attacks: ISIS says it carried out bombings at churches in Egypt that killed at least 37

Discussion: Breitbart

Reuters:

Russian computer programmer arrested in Spain: embassy — A Russian computer programmer, Pyotr Levashov, has been arrested in the Spanish city of Barcelona, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Madrid said on Sunday. — It was unclear why Levashov was arrested.

Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story

Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:

Nearly $1 billion in side deals by Gov. Brown and Democratic leaders cemented the legislative vote to raise the gas tax — Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount), left, Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) were the forces pushing for a new transportation funding bill.

Discussion: Breitbart and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Jeremy Scahill Slams Fareed Zakaria on CNN: If He Could Have Sex With That Missile Strike, He Would — On CNN's Reliable Sources this morning, The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill went off on the “atrocious” media coverage of the Syria missile strikes, even calling out CNN's Fareed Zakaria in particular.

Discussion: Common Dreams and IJR

Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:

How Bannon's multimedia machine drove a movement and paid him millions — Stephen K. Bannon could barely finish his sentences as he implored the listeners of his Breitbart News radio show to see the new movie “Clinton Cash.” — It was July 20, the homestretch of the 2016 presidential campaign …

Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:

Walker wants Wisconsin to be first state to stop dictating how much time kids should go to school — If Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has his way, the Badger State will become the first to stop requiring students in public schools to spend a minimum number of hours in class.

Discussion: Booman Tribune