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10:25 AM ET, May 11, 2017

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Washington Post:
How Trump's anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director  —  Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Experts on authoritarianism are absolutely terrified by the Comey firing  —  “Trump has talked like a would-be authoritarian since day one. ...  This is the first clear warning sign that he's attempting to [act like one].”  —  Those are the words not of a Democratic political operative …
New York Times:
‘Enough Was Enough’: How Festering Anger at Comey Ended in His Firing  —  WASHINGTON — The countdown to President Trump's dismissal of James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, began last weekend, which the president spent stewing over Mr. Comey's testimony to Congress last week in which he provided …
Wall Street Journal:
As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency  —  The Justice Department moved on Wednesday to find a temporary successor for fired FBI Director James Comey, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his top deputy interviewed five candidates amid continuing fallout over the controversial dismissal.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey  —  WASHINGTON — The script should be familiar by now.  President Trump takes action that stuns the country, eliciting indignation and disbelief from Democrats and leading them to conclude that the vitality of American democracy is under assault.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump puts agenda, presidency at risk  —  The answers to why Trump canned Comey are becoming clear: The president was filled with grievance about the FBI probe and acted on impulse without clearly thinking through the fallout, numerous sources tell me.  —  The consequences are also becoming clear …
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:
Americans are witnessing a slow-motion coup  —  Rule of law be damned, President Trump was mad as hell and casting around looking for a reason to fire James Comey  —  Less than a day after the firing of FBI Director James Comey, it's becoming clear that Trump has conspired with his attorney general …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Source close to Comey says there were 2 reasons the FBI director was fired  —  Washington (CNN)There are two reasons why President Donald Trump fired James Comey, according to a source close to the now-former FBI director:  — Comey never provided the President with any assurance of personal loyalty.
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
WaPo story on Trump and Comey cites more than 30 officials but can't beat this one editor's note  —  Former FBI Director James Comey's termination was big enough news that CNN added a special “Non-Comey news” section to its homepage Wednesday.  —  .@CNN website right now.
The Daily Beast:
New FBI Boss Could Be More Controversial Than Comey
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Joshua Keating / Slate:   If It Happened There: Political Chaos as Regime Purges Powerful Security Chief
Wall Street Journal:   Rod Rosenstein's Justice
Bbauer / Lawfare:
How It Was Done: The Problem Is Not Only That Trump Fired Comey, But How He Did It
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Easy Tells of Comey's Canning
Discussion: USA Today and The Atlantic
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Sessions emerges as Trump's most valuable ally
Discussion: The Week
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Associated Press Goes Around the Bend on Comey
Discussion: LifeZette and The Daily Caller
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Why Trump expected only applause when he told Comey, 'You're fired.'
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
After Comey, Justice Must Be Served
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi threatens to force vote on outside Russia probe
Discussion: TheBlaze
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The White House Story On Comey Just Gets Worse and Worse
Discussion: Politico, USA Today and Discourse.net
Economist:
What is Trumponomics and how does it differ from standard Republican economics?  —  Well it's an interesting question.  I don't think it's ever been asked quite that way.  But it really has to do with self-respect as a nation.  It has to do with trade deals that have to be fair, and somewhat reciprocal, if not fully reciprocal.
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Presence of Russian photographer in Oval Office raises alarms  —  A photographer for a Russian state-owned news agency was allowed into the Oval Office on Wednesday during President Trump's meeting with Russian diplomats, a level of access that was criticized by former U.S. intelligence officials as a potential security breach.
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ABC News:
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
'I didn't come here to defend the president tonight' — Republican who rescued health-care bill faces voters
Ken Silverstein / Observer:
The John Oliver Property Tax Scam: HBO Comedian Secretly Buys Manhattan Mansion  —  Liberal deity avoids taxes by using loophole created by Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump is wildly unpopular with coastal elites, but few despise him as feverishly as the Hollywood Brigades, led by Meryl Streep …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
President Trump expected to launch commission on ‘election integrity’  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system, multiple senior administration officials tell ABC News.
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Experts Now Agree: The Deplorables Really Are Deplorable  —  New social-science surveys help Democrats explain away Trump's win: Yes, his voters are racist.  —  Scene: The lab-coated man comes in from the room.  “It was a troubling case,” he admits.  “This question of why you voted for Trump.”
Discussion: TheBlaze
Clive Irving / The Daily Beast:
U.S. to Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe … The Department of Homeland Security will ban laptops in the cabins of all flights from Europe to the United States, European security officials told The Daily Beast.  The announcement is expected Thursday.
 
 
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