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5:20 PM ET, May 9, 2017

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ProPublica:
Comey's Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate  —  FBI director James Comey generated national headlines last week with his dramatic testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, explaining his “incredibly painful” decision to go public about the Hillary Clinton emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop.
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Comey misstated key Clinton email evidence at hearing, say people close to investigation  —  FBI Director James B. Comey overstated key findings involving the Hillary Clinton email investigation during testimony to Congress last week, according to people close to the inquiry.
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Chris Murphy: We'll hit Republican “liars” with Medicare-for-all if Trumpcare passes.  —  The staggering dishonesty of the Republican Party's efforts to sell the American Health Care Act hasn't gone unnoticed among Democrats, and it will have a lasting impact on national politics, especially if the bill becomes law.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A French Lesson for the American Media
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Sean Spicer defends lag in Michael Flynn's dismissal, takes aim at Sally Yates  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended President Donald Trump's handling of the dismissal of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, taking aim at then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates in the process.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Harry Walker / Daily Express:
Bit rich?  Barack Obama ‘to pocket £2.5million for sold-out speech in Milan today’  —  BARACK Obama will reportedly pocket a staggering £2.5million (€3million) today for delivering a speech to a sold-out audience in Milan as part of his lucrative post-presidential speaking tour.
Tom LoBianco / CNN:   First on CNN: Senate Russia investigators ask Treasury for Trump team financial information
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spicer questions whether Yates had partisan motives in Flynn warning
Discussion: ABC News
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
OBAMA STARTS DEFINING HIS NEW ROLE IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Spicer: Trump will not announce Paris climate decision until after G7
Discussion: Axios
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Trump team marks 6-month election anniversary by vowing to air video of Clinton campaign's concession call  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's upset November victory never seems to be far from the White House's mind.  —  On Tuesday, Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media …
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
It Was Cultural Anxiety That Drove White, Working-Class Voters to Trump  —  White Americans carried Donald Trump to the White House.  He won college-educated white voters by a four-point margin over Hillary Clinton, according to exit polls.  But his real victory was among members of the white working class …
Discussion: IJR, Washington Post and Axios
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PRRI:
Beyond Economics: Fears of Cultural Displacement Pushed the White Working Class to Trump |  PRRI/The Atlantic Report  —  Perhaps the most contested question from the 2016 presidential election is what factors motivated white working-class voters to support Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton by a margin of roughly two to one.
Discussion: Vox, Hit & Run and Washington Monthly
Tegna / KING-TV:
Tunnel collapses at Hanford; no radiation released, officials say … Hundreds of workers were told to take cover at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation after a tunnel full of highly contaminated materials collapsed Tuesday morning.  But officials say no radiation was released and no workers were hurt.
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Tegna / KING-TV:
Tunnel at plutonium finishing plant collapses in Hanford
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Sen. Hatch: ‘The public wants every dime they can be given’  —  Washington (CNN)Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch warned Tuesday that efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in the Senate might be complicated because once the public “is on the dole, they'll take every dime they can.”
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Left adopts shock tactics in Obamacare repeal fight  —  One newly formed progressive super PAC is planning to cart caskets to Republican lawmakers' districts and hold mock funerals for their constituents.  Another activist is encouraging protesters to ship their own ashes — should they die without health care —to GOP lawmakers.
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Wisconsin's Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748)  —  A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters.  —  Donald Trump holds a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, November 1, 2016.  (Reuters / Carlo Allegri)
Gizmodo:
Here's How Easy It Is to Get Trump Officials to Click on a Fake Link in Email  —  Even technology experts can be insecure on the internet, as last week's “Google Docs” phishing attack demonstrated.  An array of Gmail users, including BuzzFeed tech reporter Joe Bernstein, readily handed over access to their email to a bogus app.
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
Spirit Airlines cancels flight, passenger brawl breaks out  —  (CNN)Screams and commotion took over Fort Lauderdale's airport Monday as travelers clashed with Spirit Airlines employees and police.  —  About 300 Spirit flights have been canceled over the past seven days, leaving thousands of passengers angry.
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Gareth Davies / Daily Mail:
Spirit Airlines customers clash at Fort Lauderdale airport
New Republic:
Sarah Jones  —  The New York Times allowed an anti-choice group to write a press release on the op-ed page.  —  Mad about Bret Stephens?  The Times sees that and respects your rage, choosing to double down on its decision to publish right-wing propaganda.
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Lori Szala / New York Times:
The Problem With Linking Abortion and Economics
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Iowa congressman walks out of a TV interview and into an angry town hall meeting  —  DUBUQUE, Iowa — An Iowa congressman walked out of a television interview on Monday, declining to explain why his staff is pre-screening constituents who plan to attend his town hall meetings this week.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton:
AG Paxton Files Lawsuit to Uphold Constitutionality of Texas Sanctuary Cities Law  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to uphold the constitutionality of Senate Bill 4.  SB 4 bans sanctuary cities in Texas and requires …
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Reuters:
Commerce Secretary Ross says 3 percent GDP growth not achievable this year  —  The U.S. economy won't achieve the Trump administration's 3 percent growth goal this year and not until all of its tax, regulatory, trade and energy policies are fully in place, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday.
Discussion: Political Wire
HuffPost:
Trump Administration Cites Segregation-Era Ruling To Defend Its Travel Ban  —  In 1971, the Supreme Court decided that courts shouldn't investigate the motivations of officials who closed public pools rather than integrate them.  —  WASHINGTON In a brief defending its ban on citizens …
David Byler / Real Clear Politics:
How Bad Is the Democratic Senate Map for 2018?  —  Right now, the stars seem aligned for Democratic gains in 2018.  President Trump's approval rating is low, Democrats lead in the House generic ballot and special elections show Republicans losing ground with some voters.
Discussion: Need To Know Network
Sean Cockerham / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
President Kamala Harris?  She's making the first moves.  —  LOS ANGELES  —  Now's the time prospective presidential candidates start taking the subtle but crucial behind-the-scenes steps that get them noticed by the political intelligentsia, and Sen. Kamala Harris is quietly following the script.
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Wall Street Journal adds 300,000 subscribers in first three months of Trump era  —  In the Age of Trump, the Wall Street Journal has kept its head down.  —  It has not stressed the necessity of its journalism, à la the New York Times and its “Truth is Hard” ad campaign or The Washington Post …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Graham wants panel to look into Trump's business dealings: report  —  Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) wants to look into President Trump's potential business ties to Russia as part of a Senate investigation, according to a CNN report.  —  The GOP senator told CNN's Manu Raju that his interest …
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
The Passion Of Ivanka Trump  —  Ivanka Trump's new book, Women Who Work, reads like an alien who speaks only French wrote it with Google Translate.  —  “We enjoyed riffing on our core values,” Ivanka writes in a section on personal mission statements.  “We're training for marathons and learning to code …
National Journal:
Surf's Up For a Wave Election  —  Political analysts are beginning to think the undertow could sweep away Republicans and give Democrats control of the House.  —  House Re­pub­lic­ans were caught on the horns of a di­lemma.  If they didn't pass a bill that ef­fect­ively re­pealed …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Goodbye To My Friend, Bob Owens  —  Like many people, I first “met” Bob Owens through the Internet when he was running his own blog about firearms and other musings.  His work was regularly forwarded to my email inbox and it quickly became clear that not only was his work good, he had many fans.
 
 
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Julie Beck / The Atlantic:
Slack Doesn't Want People Using It for Romance
Discussion: New York Magazine
Eliza Shapiro / Politico:
Protesters greet Paul Ryan outside Success Academy
Discussion: ABC News
Alec Macfarlane / CNNMoney:
Airline CEO attacked with cream pie
Discussion: Raw Story and theGrio
Vasudevan Sridharan / International Business Times:
Erdogan calls on Muslims to flood Jerusalem's iconic mosque and protect its Islamic identity
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Elizabeth Roberts / CNN:
Mexico was second deadliest country in 2016
Discussion: Bloomberg, Axios and The Daily Caller
Mark Thoma / The Fiscal Times:
Killing Banking Rules Will Invite a Whopper of a Recession
Discussion: EconLog and bradford-delong.com
Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
The author of Rise of the Creative Class is grappling with its dark side
 Earlier Items: 
ABC News:
Richard Simmons sues National Enquirer over stories claiming he is changing gender
Discussion: People.com and IJR
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Officials: Trump Approves Plan to Arm Syrian Kurds
Discussion: TheBlaze, NBC News and AOL
Media Matters for America:
Roger Stone Selling “Advertising Opportunities” With “President Donald Trump's Confidant”
Anna Momigliano / Washington Post:
Italian forces ignored a sinking ship full of Syrian refugees and let more than 250 drown, says leaked audio
Discussion: AOL and The Week
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Anonymous warns world to ‘prepare’ for World War 3
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
'Y'all see why I voted for him?': Jimmy Carter says he was a Bernie Sanders supporter
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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