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9:50 PM ET, April 10, 2017

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Video shows man forcibly removed from United flight from Chicago to Louisville — A video posted on Facebook late Sunday evening shows a passenger on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville being forcibly removed from the plane before takeoff at O'Hare International Airport.

New York Times:

United Passenger Dragged From Overbooked Flight — A man on an overbooked United Airlines flight was forcibly removed from his seat and dragged through the aisle on Sunday, and video of the anguished protests by him and other passengers spread rapidly on Monday as people criticized the airline's tactics.

Discussion: Bloomberg, WCNC-TV, Mashable, Forbes, CBS Chicago, View from the Wing, Mediaite, CBS New York, Sputnik International, Althouse, CBS Philly, AOL, Al Jazeera English and twitchy.com

Brian Doherty / Hit & Run:

Why Should Police Help United Airlines Cheat Its Customers? — The world is rightly abuzz over an awful incident yesterday in which a man was beaten and dragged off a plane by police at Chicago's O'Hare airport for the crime of wanting to use the seat he's paid for on a United Airline flight getting ready to leave for Louisville.

Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A man wouldn't leave an overbooked United flight. So he was dragged off, battered and limp.

Discussion: Big Think, Outside the Beltway, View from the Wing, The Ring of Fire Network, Mediaite, BGR, CBS Pittsburgh, Mashable, Mother Jones, CBS Dallas, CBS Los Angeles, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller

Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem wants hearing after United passenger dragged off flight

Discussion: New York Magazine, BGR, Raw Story, View from the Wing and Mediaite

NBC News:
United Airlines CEO Apologizes After Video Shows Man Dragged Off Flight

Discussion: USA Today, CBS Baltimore and IJR

Chicago Tribune:
United CEO apologizes after video of O'Hare passenger dragged from flight goes viral

Discussion: Raw Story and FOX News Radio

Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post: Officer who dragged bloodied passenger off flight placed on leave

Alicia Melville-Smith / BuzzFeed:
A Man Was Dragged Off A United Plane After The Airline Overbooked The Flight

Discussion: View from the Wing, ThinkProgress, Daring Fireball and Axios

John Archibald / al.com:

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigns amid sex scandal — Embattled Gov. Robert Bentley this afternoon agreed to a deal that forced him to resign the office of governor, plead guilty to two misdemeanors and agree to never again hold public office. — The extraordinary agreement …

Discussion: ABC News, Talking Points Memo, RT, FiveThirtyEight and Business Insider

John Archibald / al.com:

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley expected to resign this week — It Is becoming clear that Robert Bentley will not last the week as governor. — Sources in Montgomery say his lawyers have been involved in negotiations to step down from the governorship and plead to lesser charges, allowing Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey to step up as governor.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Hot Air, Mother Jones, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, RedState, The Daily Caller, ABC News, WHNT-TV and Axios

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
5 Of The Wildest Details In Report On Alabama Guv's Efforts To Hide Affair

Discussion: Vox and Axios

Eric Velasco / Politico:
How Alabama's ‘Luv Guv’ Broke New Ground in a Scandal-Plagued State

Discussion: ABC News

Amber Phillips / Washington Post: Alabama governor resigns, pleads guilty to charges tied to allegations he tried to cover up affair with a top aide

Claire Aiello / WHNT-TV:
Gov. Robert Bentley resigns from office: “It is time for me to step down”

Discussion: Hot Air

Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Robert Bentley, Alabama Governor, Resigns Amid Scandal

Discussion: Politicus USA, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Gateway Pundit

Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:

Breitbart editors tell staffers to stop writing stories critical of Jared Kushner, sources say — Employees at Breitbart News have been asked by senior editors to refrain from writing stories critical of Jared Kushner, two people familiar with the matter told Business Insider.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Daily Kos, The Hill, Raw Story, CBS News, Hullabaloo, AOL, No More Mister Nice Blog, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Little Green Footballs, IJR, RedState, Political Wire and Axios, more at Mediagazer »

Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:

The Trouble With Trump's White House Is Donald Trump — It took Donald Trump 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles to buy himself one day of kind coverage at the end of another otherwise terrible week. But what the president himself described as an impulsive reaction to heartrending photos …

Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA

Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House on edge as 100-day judgment nears

Discussion: The Atlantic, Hot Air, ABC News, Vox, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story and Axios

Reuters:

Kremlin, angry at Syria missile strike, says Putin won't meet Tillerson — The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will not meet President Vladimir Putin when he visits Moscow on Wednesday, a move that could point to tensions over a U.S. missile attack on a Syrian air base last week.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, RedState, The Daily Caller, FOX6Now.com, Mediaite and The Guardian

Associated Press:

Official: Russia knew in advance of Syrian chemical attack — WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has concluded Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week, a senior U.S. official said Monday. — The official said a drone operated by Russians was flying over a hospital …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters and IJR

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

Susan Rice's claim that Obama got Syria to ‘verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile’ — “We were able to find a solution that didn't necessitate the use of force that actually removed the chemical weapons that were known from Syria, in a way that the use of force would never have accomplished.

Discussion: TheBlaze, Reuters, IJR, National Review, Washington Free Beacon, Infowars, Hot Air and twitchy.com

Kelly Mclaughlin / Reuters:

China 'deploys 150,000 troops to deal with possible North Korean refugees over fears Trump may strike Kim Jong-un following missile attack on Syria' — China, which was left shocked by the air strikes, has deployed medical and backup units from the People's Liberation Army forces to the Yalu River

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Military News and New York Times

NASDAQ.com:
Midday Update: Stocks Return Gains on Reports of Chinese Troop Deployments on N. Korea Border

Discussion: New York Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit

Fits / FITSNews:
China Sends 150K Troops To North Korean Border

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Infowars and Vox Popoli

Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml: South Korean Paper Reports China Has Deployed 150,000 Troops To North Korea Border

Jonathan Lloyd / NBC Southern California:

2 Adults and 1 Child Dead, 1 Student Critically Injured in Shooting at San Bernardino Elementary School — The shooting appeared to stem from a domestic violence dispute involving the shooter and teacher, Garcia said — A teacher and a student were shot dead and another child …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo, twitchy.com, Daily Wire and The Daily Caller

Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
San Bernardino School Shooting: Man Kills Wife Then Himself; 1 of 2 Students Wounded Has Died

Discussion: Townhall.com, sbsun.com, Fox News, ABC News, RT, KFOR-TV, WHNT-TV, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CBS New York, Vox, FOX31 Denver, ThinkProgress, twitchy.com, Mediaite, RedState, Mother Jones, Hot Air, IJR and Axios

Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Teacher, 8-year-old student killed in San Bernardino special-ed classroom shooting, officials say

Discussion: CNN, CBS Denver, CBS Philly, Latest from Crooks and Liars and Mediaite

New York Times:

Trump Tops Obama, Bush and Clinton in Golfing and Private Getaways So Far — After years of criticizing former President Barack Obama for playing golf and going on private getaways, President Trump has already done more of both in his first 81 days than Mr. Obama, as well as former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Discussion: The Independent, Common Dreams, Daily Wire, IJR and Shareblue

Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
White House walks back suggestion US may respond to additional barrel bombs in Syria

Discussion: Politico, The Hill and RedState

Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Liberal leaders call for challenge to Gabbard over Syria skepticism

Discussion: RT, Hit & Run, The Ring of Fire Network, CNBC, Infowars and Washington Free Beacon

Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:

Markey: Dems Will Reinstate SCOTUS Filibuster If We Control Senate And WH (VIDEO) — Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said Monday that, if Democrats regain control of the Senate and the White House, they will reverse Republicans' change to the filibuster rules for Supreme Court nominees.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Gorsuch sworn in as Supreme Court justice

Discussion: New York Times, Bloomberg, Slate, Fox News, Washington Post, CNN, NPR, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Politico, Reuters, The Daily Signal, BuzzFeed, New York Magazine, The Guardian, ThinkProgress, SCOTUSblog, ABC News and Denver Post

Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:

Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy — Attorney General Jeff Sessions will end a Justice Department partnership with independent scientists to raise forensic science standards and has suspended an expanded review of FBI testimony across several techniques …

Discussion: RT, Hit & Run, Above the Law and ThinkProgress

U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces New Initiatives to Advance Forensic Science and Help Counter …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Common Dreams and The Daily Caller

Mary Emily O'Hara / NBC News:

New York Becomes Only State to Offer Free Four-Year College — New York will be the only state in the country to offer universal public college tuition coverage for working- and middle-class residents after the program was included in the budget package approved Sunday night.

Discussion: IJR, CNNMoney, Gothamist, WIVB-TV, AOL and KFOR-TV

Joe Concha / The Hill:

O'Reilly's ratings rise as advertisers flee — Bill O'Reilly's ratings at Fox News were up last week as news that he paid $13 million to five women who accused him of sexual harassment and improper conduct made headlines. — “The O'Reilly Factor” averaged more than 3.7 million total viewers …

Discussion: RedState

Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones:

There's Racist. And Then There's Stunningly Racist. Then There's This GOP Fundraising Email. — Last week, a fundraising email was circulated in support of David Clarke, Milwaukee's infamous conservative sheriff. The email was made to look like it came from Rudy Giuliani.

Discussion: Daily Kos and RedState

New York Times:

California Moves to Become ‘Sanctuary State,’ and Others Look to Follow — A 42-year-old immigrant was on her way to church in Mendota, a small city in California's Central Valley, one afternoon last month when the police stopped her because the tinted windows on her 2006 Nissan were too dark.