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5:05 PM ET, May 13, 2017

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New York Times:
The Election Is Over, But Trump Can't Seem to Get Past It  —  WASHINGTON — In the small dining room next to the Oval Office where he works much of the time, President Trump keeps a stack of color-coded maps of the United States representing the results of the 2016 election.
Discussion: RealClearPolitics and CNN
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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 …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Cutout of Sean Spicer in the bushes becomes Internet meme  —  Cutouts of press secretary Sean Spicer in bushes have quickly become a new Internet meme.  —  The joke began after a report from The Washington Post on Tuesday following President Trump's stunning decision to fire FBI Director James Comey.
New York Times:
President Trump Craves Loyalty, but Offers None
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
A Top Trump Official Just Flunked The Jimmy Kimmel Test  —  It's fine to pay for sick kids, Mulvaney says, but diabetics are another story.  —  You've heard of the undeserving poor?  Get ready for the undeserving sick.  —  A top Trump administration official defended the American Health Care Act …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Axios and Politicus USA
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Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Jason Chaffetz Has Been Telling House Republicans He Will Join Fox News  —  When House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz announced in April that he would not seek reelection, speculation reigned—did the powerful Utah Republican have his eyes on another office?
Discussion: Mediaite
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Gingrich urges Trump: ‘Close down the press room’  —  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich is urging President Trump to follow through on his threat to cancel daily White House press briefings, accusing news media of being “dishonest opponents” of the president.  —  “What they ought …
Discussion: RedState
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New York Times:
A Look at the Candidates Trump Is Considering to Head the F.B.I.
Discussion: Politico, Joe.My.God. and The Guardian
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump threatens to cancel White House briefings because it is ‘not possible’ …
New York Times:
Hacking Attack Has Security Experts Scrambling to Contain Fallout  —  Governments, companies and security experts from China to Britain raced on Saturday to contain the fallout from an audacious global cyberattack amid fears that if they did not succeed, companies would lose their data unless they met ransom demands.
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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 …
Discussion: Shareblue and Raw Story
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: Raw Story and Political Wire
Rob Spahr / New Jersey Online:
WATCH: Christie blasts protestors of drug-treatment center near school  —  SHREWSBURY BOROUGH - Gov. Christie visited the borough on Thursday morning to celebrate the opening of a new Seabrook House outpatient drug and alcohol-treatment facility.  —  Not everyone was as delighted as the governor …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Trump stokes fears of how he'd handle real crisis  —  So, what if there's a real crisis?  —  A real war — not a war with the media, or James Comey.  A real showdown — not a political showdown.  A real surprise that's out of the White House's control — not a situation …
Discussion: Daily Kos, CNN and Viking Pundit
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Pope Francis previews meeting with Trump  —  Although he once said anyone who wants to keep migrants out of their country “is not Christian,” Pope Francis said today he won't try to get Trump to soften his tone when they meet on May 24, per AP.  —  Pope Francis told reporters he'd listen respectfully …
Saba Hamedy / CNN:
Democratic Rep.: ‘Very strong case’ for obstruction of justice against Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Rep. Jerrold Nadler said in an interview Friday that President Donald Trump's dismissal of FBI Director James Comey and subsequent tweet that Comey “better hope” their conversations weren't taped add up to a …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Candidates interview for FBI director post  —  Top Justice Department officials are scheduled to interview four candidates Saturday to serve as FBI director on a permanent basis, a source familiar with the process told POLITICO Friday night.  —  The four potential nominees set to be interviewed are …
Discussion: New York Magazine, The Week and Axios
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Chris Smith / Vanity Fair:
Inside Trump's Coming War with the F.B.I.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Court Rules Kentucky Print Shop Has Right to Avoid Making Gay Pride T-shirts
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Benny Johnson / IJR:
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Reads Mean Tweets on Net Neutrality
Discussion: Gizmodo and Washington Examiner
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Trump: ‘In America We Do Not Worship Government, We Worship God’
Discussion: Mother Jones
Davis Richardson / The Daily Caller:
Obama Once Said That The American Dream Is To ‘Be Donald Trump’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Kay Lazar / BostonGlobe.com:
Rights groups say Malden school's hair extension ban is unfair
Discussion: Associated Press
Mike Allen / Axios:
Dumbfounded, demoralized GOP publicly defends Trump
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
The New Yorker drew Comey being dragged off a plane. The United passenger's lawyer critiqued it.
Discussion: CNN and Althouse
William Grimes / New York Times:
Nicholas Sand, Chemist Who Sought to Bring LSD to the World, Dies at 75
Discussion: Daily Mail and Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
Jessica Huseman / ProPublica:
Trump's Expected Pick for Top USDA Scientist Is Not a Scientist
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
This is not a crisis, Republicans say as a large spider slowly devours them
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
President Donald Trump has slid back from his campaign promises to curb the annual legal immigration …
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
‘Rare as winning the lottery’: New dinosaur fossil so well-preserved it looks like a statue
Discussion: neo-neocon and Daily Mail
Penny Starr / Breitbart:
Town Hall Protesters Mock Death of GOP Lawmaker's Special Needs Daughter
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
NASA Denies Trump's Request to Send Astronauts Past the Moon on New Rocket
Discussion: The FADER