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10:50 AM ET, April 14, 2017

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
If Trump Fired Bannon, Would He Seek Revenge?  —  When Steve Bannon vacated a home in Florida in 2015, his landlord complained that an entire Jacuzzi had apparently been coated in acid.  After conservative media star Dana Loesch left Bannon's employ at Breitbart News in 2012 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Vox
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:   'People's hopes are dashed': Ex-Breitbart writer says Trump's nationalist fanbase is in despair
Dan Merica / CNN:
Dems can't win Trump's base in 2018, but they'll try to demoralize it
Discussion: Political Wire and The Atlantic
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump's base turns on him
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Donald Rodham Clinton
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, a Steep Learning Curve Leads to Policy Reversals  —  WASHINGTON — For President Trump, the road to changing his mind on China included a discussion with corporate executives in the State Dining Room of the White House in February.  When the conversation turned to China's currency …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Within Trump's inner circle, a moderate voice captures the president's ear  —  As power struggles and ideological battles engulfed the White House, an unlikely player is exercising new influence on the direction of President Trump's administration.  —  Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs president …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Stealth caucus gains ground in Trump White House  —  In President Trump's White House, it's better to not be seen or heard — at least in public.  —  A cadre of Trump's top aides from New York City — economic adviser Gary Cohn, deputy national security adviser Dina Powell and Trump family members Ivanka …
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
Julian Zelizer / CNN:   Bannon's departure would rip the mask off the ‘blue-collar Trump’
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's got a new favorite Steve
Discussion: ABC News
NBC News:
U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger  —  The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.
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John Pomfret / Washington Post:   China is suddenly leaning on North Korea — and it might be thanks to Trump
Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Vice President Pence heads to Seoul as North Korea tensions flare
Discussion: The Slot
CNN:
36 ISIS fighters killed by US ‘mother of all bombs’: Afghan official  —  (CNN)In its second major display of military might in one week, the US dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS positions in a remote part of Afghanistan.  —  Afghan officials said 36 militants were killed …
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BBC:
MOAB strike: US bombing of IS in Afghanistan ‘killed dozens’
Discussion: RedState
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Bombs Away!  —  One of the liberal media's themes these days …
CNN:
First on CNN: US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why Do Democrats Feel Sorry for Hillary Clinton?  —  Every day, the incoherence deepens: He's going to cover “everyone,” but he's going to push 24 million people off their health insurance.  He's going to wipe out the debt, but his tax cuts and spending spree will add trillions to it.
Discussion: Liberal Values
Jee Lee / The Wellesley News:
Free speech is not violated at Wellesley  —  Many members of our community, including students, alumnae and faculty, have criticized the Wellesley community for becoming an environment where free speech is not allowed or is a violated right.  Many outside sources have painted us as a bunch …
Bloomberg:
Russia Says Evidence Growing Syria Chemical Attack Was Staged  —  U.S. actions in Syria seek regime change, Lavrov says  —  Foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Syria meet in Moscow  —  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a chemical-weapons attack in Syria that provoked U.S. missile strikes …
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Forbes
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Jeff Flake weathers brutal, 2 1/2-hour Mesa town hall  —  The Arizona senator was battered with questions about Trump's proposed border wall; internet privacy; taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood; and his opposition to ‘Obamacare.’  —  U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake endured a brutal face …
David French / National Review:
Trump's MOAB Drop Triggered a Tweet You Need to Read  —  I want you to read this tweet, sent after today's MOAB drop and written by an American patriot and a man I'm privileged to know, Johnny (Joey) Jones: … In response to online argument, he further amplified his point: … And again:
Discussion: Red Alert Politics and CNBC
John Follain / Bloomberg:
Le Pen Criticizes Trump for Changing His Mind on NATO  —  French candidate says administration may have swayed Trump  —  U.S. president said military alliance was “no longer obsolete”  —  French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Friday U.S. President Donald …
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Tracy McNicoll / France 24:
Mélenchon: Far-leftist surges in French polls, shocking the frontrunners
Discussion: Samizdata
WXYZ-TV:
Detroit emergency room doctor charged with child genital mutilation  —  (WXYZ) - A Henry Ford Hospital emergency room doctor has been arrested and charged in connection to performing female genital mutilation on young girls.  —  Jumana Nagarwala, 44, of Northville Michigan is accused …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls
Discussion: Breitbart and The Root
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
For Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court job may seem subordinate  —  WASHINGTON — Newly minted Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will take his place Thursday inside the storied conference room where his eight colleagues have labored shorthanded for the past 14 months.  But he'll likely have one eye on the door.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
New York Post:
‘Proof’ Eli Manning was in on Giants memorabilia scheme … Giants quarterback Eli Manning was in on a scheme to sell phony game-worn gear — sending an email asking the team's equipment manager for “helmets that can pass as game used,” according to blockbuster court papers obtained by The Post.
New York Times:
Jeff Sessions, Unleashed at the Border  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions went to the border in Arizona on Tuesday and declared it a hellscape, a “ground zero” of death and violence where Americans must “take our stand” against a tide of evil flooding up from Mexico.
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Sexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School Acknowledges  —  Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Wallingford, Conn., acknowledged decades of sexual abuse by former teachers against the students entrusted to their care in a report on Thursday.
Discussion: New York Magazine and AOL
Decision Desk HQ:
RRH Poll (sponsored by Decision Desk HQ): Ossoff 39% Handel 15% Gray 12% in GA06  —  A little over a week ago, we saw that Red Racing Horses was trying to raise enough funds to conduct a poll in Georgia's hotly contested Congressional contest.  Public surveys have been rather scarce …
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Shamlet / RRH Elections:
RRH Elections/Decision Desk HQ GA-6 Poll: Ossoff (D) leads Handel (R) 39-15
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Marist Poll:
4/14: International Tensions Heightened, Say Many Americans... Trump Approval Rating at 39%
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Border Patrol struggles to recruit agents amid immigration crackdown
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Turkish referendum polls show ‘Yes’ vote above 51 percent
Wall Street Journal:
Labor Department Mutiny
Discussion: Hot Air
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Pompeo mocks microwave surveillance claims
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
The Magic Disappearing $100 Billion Climate Fund
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Shifts Back to Health Care
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Shoko Oda / Bloomberg:
The Great Japan Potato-Chip Crisis: Panic Buying, $12 Bags
Discussion: Daily Mail
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Overseas Adoptions by Americans Continue to Decline
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Ryan Browne / CNN:
US sending ‘dozens’ more troops to Somalia
Discussion: Just Security
Brian Resnick / Vox:
How many American atheists are there really?  —  “There's a lot …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump Nominates Salesman To Run Military Draft
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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