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9:50 AM ET, May 13, 2017

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The Daily Beast:
White House Staff React in Real-Time as Trump Tweets: ‘Jesus’ … It was 7:51 a.m. eastern time on a Friday, and the president was angrily tweetstorming again.  —  This time, it was about “Fake News,” “the Russians,” China and beef, James Comey and “tapes,” and his sometimes hapless White House staff.
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New York Times:
President Trump Craves Loyalty, but Offers None  —  It is often at moments of crisis that Americans get the clearest glimpses of a president's character, and this week they had the chance to learn a good deal about the true Donald Trump after his abrupt decision to fire James Comey, the F.B.I. director.
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Did Donald Trump's Dinner With FBI Boss James Comey Break the Law?
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
‘It Took My Breath Away’: Chris Wallace Offers Stunning, Must-Watch Critique of Trump White House
Discussion: The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Weighs Shake-Up of Press Team
Discussion: Political Wire
Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Comey turns down Senate invite, won't testify next week
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Trump vs. the Russia Investigations
Alan Dershowitz / Washington Examiner:
Trump did not obstruct justice in firing James Comey
Pamela Brown / CNN:
Source: Comey is ‘not worried about any tapes’
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Senate Starts to Look at Trump's Businesses  —  I spoke recently to a longtime business associate of Donald Trump's, and asked his thoughts about the various investigations into collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.  He laughed and said that there is no way Trump could have been part of such a conspiracy.
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Adviser Paul Manafort's Bank Records Sought in Probe  —  Federal investigators looking into Russian election interference requested information; New York investigators also examining his real-estate transactions  —  The Justice Department last month requested banking records …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Financial-Crimes Monitor to Share Records in Trump-Russia Probe  —  Senate committee requested the data from Treasury's FinCEN  —  WASHINGTON—A Treasury Department unit that specializes in combating money-laundering will share financial records with an expanding Senate probe …
New York Times:
‘Looking Like a Liar or a Fool’: What It Means to Work for Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has never shown any reluctance to sacrifice a surrogate to serve a short-term political need, so he apparently did not think twice this week about exposing a series of staff members to ridicule …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Hannity: Trump Should End Press Briefings and ‘Tweet Out All of His Accomplishments’ Instead  —  Sean Hannity opened his show with a monologue attacking the mainstream media, but this time he used the opportunity to voice his support for President Donald Trump ending those daily press briefings.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump threatens to cancel White House briefings because it is ‘not possible’ …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘No one can talk sense into him’: CNN guest says even Ivanka seems to have lost control of President Trump
Discussion: AOL
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump suggests WH ‘not have press conferences’ unless he does them himself
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
NASA Denies Trump's Request to Send Astronauts Past the Moon on New Rocket  —  When NASA launches its new big rocket for the first time — more than a year and a half from now, at the earliest — there will be no astronauts along for the ride.  —  In February, at the request of the Trump administration …
Discussion: The FADER
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sinclair Requires TV Stations to Air Segments That Tilt to the Right  —  They are called “must-runs,” and they arrive every day at television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group — short video segments that are centrally produced by the company.  Station managers around the country …
Steven Rosenfeld / Alternet:
Donald Trump's Financial Ties to Russian Oligarchs and Mobsters Detailed In Explosive New Documentary from the Netherlands  —  Dutch TV did what no American TV network dares, suggesting Trump's past includes illegal racketeering.  —  Donald Trump's business partners have included Russian oligarchs …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump meltdown sets off GOP alarms over 2018 midterm  —  CORONADO, Calif. — With the White House in meltdown mode, top Republican Party officials and operatives gathered at a posh oceanside resort here and contemplated a 2018 midterm election that will test them in unimaginable ways.
Discussion: Political Wire
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
This is not a crisis, Republicans say as a large spider slowly devours them  —  I would recognize a crisis if it were happening.  —  When the president seized me, stunned me with his venom and covered me with digestive fluid from his chelicerae, I was initially taken aback …
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
President Donald Trump has slid back from his campaign promises to curb the annual legal immigration of roughly 1 million foreigners.  —  In an interview with pro-globalist Economist magazine, Trump was asked: “Do you want to curb legal immigration?”  Trump responded by saying he prefers merit-based immigration of skilled people.
Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Roger Stone contradicts Trump, says he has spoken to the President ‘very recently’  —  The Trump administration can't keep its story straight.  —  President Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday morning to shoot down reports that his confidant, political strategist Roger Stone …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Trump has a long history of secretly recording calls, according to former associates  —  Throughout Donald Trump's business career, some executives who came to work for him were taken aside by colleagues and warned to assume that their discussions with the boss were being recorded.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why it's likely that Trump does have recordings of his Oval Office conversations
Charles J. Sykes / New York Times:
If Liberals Hate Him, Then Trump Must Be Doing Something Right  —  If there was one principle that used to unite conservatives, it was respect for the rule of law.  Not long ago, conservatives would have been horrified at wholesale violations of the norms and traditions of our political system …
Discussion: Politicaldog101.Com
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Jessica Huseman / ProPublica:
Trump's Expected Pick for Top USDA Scientist Is Not a Scientist
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
‘Rare as winning the lottery’: New dinosaur fossil so well-preserved it looks like a statue
Discussion: Daily Mail
John Binder / Breitbart:
Arrest Record Puts Activist DREAMer on ‘Priority’ Deportation List
Penny Starr / Breitbart:
Town Hall Protesters Mock Death of GOP Lawmaker's Special Needs Daughter
Chris Smith / Vanity Fair:
Inside Trump's Coming War with the F.B.I.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Hill
Jeremy Gorner / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago cop shot in vest, woman wounded in exchange of gunfire on West Side
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Why Is A Top Harvard Law Professor Sharing Anti-Trump Conspiracy Theories?
Discussion: Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
No, It Is Not ‘Treason’  —  We need to forgo irresponsible accusations of treachery.
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
‘You are paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks,’ chopper tells Calif. beachgoers
Discussion: Boing Boing and Mashable
Hadas Gold / Politico:
New York Times publisher sends personal appeal to those who canceled over Bret Stephens
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
GreAt / Securelist:
WannaCry ransomware used in widespread attacks all over the world