memeorandum: White House eyeing Clarke for Homeland Security post (Daniel Lippman/Politico)

8:05 PM ET, April 28, 2017

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MJ Lee / CNN:

First on CNN: Ahead of Trump's 100th day mark, Obama says Obamacare is more popular than Trump — One moment from each of Trump's first days — New York (CNN)Former President Barack Obama hailed the political resilience of his signature health care law at a private event Thursday …

Discussion: Washington Post, IJR, Raw Story, Hot Air, The Week, Shareblue, Politicus USA, Occupy Democrats, Political Wire and Business Insider

Bloomberg:

If Republicans Can't Get This Lawmaker, Obamacare Repeal May Be Dead — An architect of previous years' repeal bills not ready to back — Vote count could be close as backers claim ‘great progress’ — Representative Fred Upton helped guide dozens of Obamacare repeal measures through …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Fox News:

‘The First 100 Days’: Trump says he's ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans — President Trump told Fox News' Martha MacCallum on Friday that he's “disappointed” with how congressional Republicans have handled big legislation on health care and other issues, as he reflected on his first 100 days in office.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul

Discussion: Politicus USA, The Week and Political Wire

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why can't House repeal Obamacare? Because a lot of Republicans don't want to

Discussion: Raw Story, The Resurgent, New York Times, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Hit & Run, Daily Kos, Daily Wire, Hot Air, The Hill and Politico

CNBC:
No government shutdown for now: Senate passes short-term funding bill

Discussion: The Daily Signal, The Week, Talking Points Memo and CNN

Peter Weber / The Week: Trevor Noah wants you to cut the outrage over Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speech

Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
GOP shuts out doctors, experts, Democrats — pretty much everybody — as they work on Obamacare repeal

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Mother Jones and IJR

Daniel Lippman / Politico:

White House eyeing Clarke for Homeland Security post — The White House is considering David Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, for a position at the Department of Homeland Security, three people familiar with the administration's planning told POLITICO.

Discussion: RedState, ABC News, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Raw Story, TheBlaze, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Right Wing Watch, Joe.My.God., FOX6Now.com and Daily Kos

Raw Story:

Trump admits he thought being president would be a lot easier than his old life — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is. — President Donald Trump on Thursday reflected on his first 100 days …

Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Political Media Earns Poor Marks From Americans

Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air, Front Page Magazine, TheBlaze, AOL and The Gateway Pundit

Josiah Ryan / CNN:
Journalist: Trump brought Electoral map handouts of his wins to interview

Discussion: RedState and New York Magazine

Politico:
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump

Discussion: The Week and Mother Jones, more at Mediagazer »

Yonhap News Agency:

(LEAD) N. Korea fails in missile test: S. Korean military — North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Saturday, which apparently exploded seconds after liftoff, South Korea's military said. — “North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do …

Discussion: The Hill, The Atlantic, Telegraph, Reuters, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and BBC

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Kasich: Trump should ‘eradicate’ North Korean leadership — Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a former Republican presidential candidate, said Friday that President Trump ought to “eradicate” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his top lieutenants in a surgical military strike designed to give rise to a more benign leadership in Pyongyang.

Discussion: The Week and Political Wire

Christine Wang / CNBC:
North Korea ballistic missile test fails: Report

Discussion: New York Magazine

CNN:
Tillerson urges world to act on North Korea, says US willing to use military force

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, NPR, Washington Post, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Common Dreams, Washington Free Beacon and New York Times

Reuters:
U.S. says time to act on North Korea, China says not up to Beijing alone

Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air, Occupy Democrats, SARAH PALIN and Daily Mail

Eliana Johnson / Politico:

DeMint to be ousted from Heritage Foundation — The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, will soon be out of a job, following a dispute with board members about the direction of conservative think tank, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, The Week, Washingtonian, Mediaite, FITSNews, RedState, Washington Times, Political Wire and Axios

New York Times:
Jim DeMint Is Said to Be Out at Heritage Foundation

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and New York Magazine

Charlie Savage / New York Times:

N.S.A Halts Collection of Americans' Emails About Foreign Targets — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is stopping one of the most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program in which it collects Americans' emails and texts to and from people overseas and that mention …

Discussion: Raw Story, New York Magazine, Common Dreams, Hit & Run, Axios, The Guardian and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Dustin Volz / Reuters:
U.S. spy agency abandons controversial surveillance technique

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and SARAH PALIN

NSA.gov:
NSA Stops Certain Foreign Intelligence Collection Activities Under Section 702

Discussion: Just Security, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Lawfare

NSA.gov:
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities

Discussion: Politico, The Atlantic, Just Security, NPR and Lawfare

Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:

EXCLUSIVE: Advanced Talks Underway For New Conservative Network Amid Fears Fox News Moving Too Far Left — On the heels of major shakeups at the Fox News Network, an alternative conservative network is being actively discussed amongst conservative fat cats.

Discussion: Washington Post, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, TheBlaze, Althouse, Axios, The Week, The Hill, BizPac Review, Deadline, New York Magazine and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Murdochs Exploring Fox News Options as Pressure on Bill Shine Mounts

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Media Matters for America, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Mediaite, Daily Wire, TheBlaze, RedState, CNNMoney and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

Alex Young / Consequence of Sound:

$12,000 luxury Fyre Festival is basically a disaster zone — This weekend was to mark the launch of Fyre Festival, a boutique, luxury music festival taking place in Exumas, Bahamas. Tickets to the festival ran between $4,000 and $12,000, with the price of admission including a chartered flight from Miami …

Page Six:
A-listers told to avoid disastrous Fyre Festival before it began

Discussion: New York Magazine

Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
'It's worse than a refugee camp': Disastrous Bella Hadid-backed Bahamas Fyre Festival is CANCELLED …

Discussion: The FADER, Refinery29 and Althouse

Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:

Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt in Talks for MSNBC Show, Sources Say — MSNBC is in talks with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt about creating a show for him on weekend evenings, four well-placed sources at the network tell Daily Intelligencer. Initially MSNBC was keen on having Hewitt host …

Discussion: Political Wire, Mediaite and Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Daily Beast:

White House Weighs Kicking Out Sebastian Gorka — The Trump administration is actively exploring options to remove controversial national security aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House and place him at another federal agency, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Alex Jones Suffers Defeat In Custody Hearing — “Mr. Jones is like a cult leader,” the conspiracy blogger's ex-wife told the jury. “And we've seen the horrific damage cult leaders do to their followers.” — Reporting From — AUSTIN — After a grueling 10-day trial …

Discussion: Occupy Democrats, Daily Kos and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

Austin American-Statesman:
VERDICT: Ex-wife of Alex Jones wins joint custody after bitter trial

Discussion: USA Today, New York Daily News, NBC News, The Daily Caller and RedState

Ben Hartman / The Daily Beast:
InfoWars' Alex Jones Loses Custody Case, Ex-Wife Wins Right to Decide Where Children Live

Discussion: The Week and New York Magazine

Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:

Milo Yiannopoulos Is Starting a New, Ugly, For-Profit Troll Circus — With what he says is a $12 million stake from secret investors, the former Breitbart tech editor is launching Milo Inc., a live-event touring company, dedicated to making progressives' lives a “living hell.”

Discussion: Mediaite, IJR, New York Magazine, Occupy Democrats, LGBTQ Nation, Business Insider, The Stranger … and Joe.My.God., more at Mediagazer »

Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:

Maybe America Wasn't Crazy to Elect Donald Trump — A confession: I'm much less afraid of Trump than I was a year ago. His rhetoric, his unfettered far-right agenda, his love of violence, and his loathing of constitutional limits during the campaign were indeed things to be terrified by.

Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:

The Convicted Con Artist Of The Winter White House … WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — An admitted fraudster who owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to his victims has had access to President Donald Trump through his wife, who is the guest reception manager of Mar-a-Lago, the Winter White House.

Discussion: Shakesville and The Week

Rachana Pradhan / Politico:

Trump names anti-abortion leader Yoest to top HHS post — President Donald Trump on Friday said he would name one of the most prominent anti-abortion activists in the country to a top communications post at HHS. — Charmaine Yoest, tapped to be assistant secretary of public affairs, is a senior fellow at American Values.

Discussion: Shareblue, The White House, Hot Air, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Refinery29, LifeNews.com, New York Magazine, Axios and TheBlaze

Christine Grimaldi / Rewire:
Breaking: Trump Appoints Anti-Choice Extremist to Prominent HHS Post

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Right Wing Watch, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, Common Dreams and ThinkProgress

Erin Kelly / USA Today:

Congress passes short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown — WASHINGTON — With just hours left until a government shutdown at midnight, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill Friday that will keep the government open for another week. — House members voted 382-30 to approve the legislation …

Discussion: IJR and New York Magazine

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer blocks one-week stopgap funding bill

Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress

Morgan Eads / Lexington Herald-Leader:

‘You are safe,’ Transylvania attacker says to Republican student in coffee shop — A man who used a machete to attack a Transylvania University student in a campus coffee shop Friday first asked people about their political affiliations, a witness said. — The assailant, thought …

Discussion: Raw Story, Occupy Democrats and Washington Post

Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:

Here's the first look at how Elon Musk's ‘boring’ car tunnels will work — Cars will be lowered into the tunnel from the roads on what Musk calls a car “skate.” — At the TED conference today, Elon Musk gave a first look at the underground tunnels his new company, The Boring Company, is shooting to develop in the future.

Discussion: Motherboard, Mashable and Eschaton