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10:45 AM ET, May 14, 2017

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of Trump's Firing of James Comey  —  Just 29 percent of Americans say they approve of President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, while 38 percent disapprove, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Warner: I will ‘absolutely’ subpoena tapes between Comey and Trump if they exist … (D-Va.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he will “absolutely” subpoena recordings of conversations between President Trump and former FBI Director James Comey if they exist.
Discussion: ABC News
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Trump denies he asked Comey for loyalty, threatens to cancel press briefings  —  Donald Trump is denying recent reports that he asked for former FBI Director James Comey's loyalty a few days after he was sworn in as president.  —  Sources told ABC News that Trump posed the question to Comey …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Michael Walsh / New York Post:   Comey's firing is a gift to the FBI
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up  —  At the urging of longtime friends and outside advisers, most of whom he consults after dark, President Trump is considering a “huge reboot” that could take out everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Special Prosecutor Is Not the Answer  —  Careful what you wish for.  —  In the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, many are demanding a special prosecutor into the Trump-Russia connection.  It's not appreciated enough that such an appointment could well turn into a shield for wrongdoing.
patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Sealed Indictment granted against Donald Trump  —  Separate sources with links to the intelligence and justice communities have stated that a sealed indictment has been granted against Donald Trump.  —  While it is understood that the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution means that …
Discussion: twitchy.com, CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
Alexandra Berzon / Wall Street Journal:
Former Employees of Donald Trump Say They Saw Him Tape Conversations  —  Three former employees say they saw Mr. Trump tape phone calls in Trump Tower before he was president  —  A tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday suggesting that he might have taped phone conversations …
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios, Salon, Power Line and CNN
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
At 3 a.m., NC Senate GOP strips education funding from Democrats' districts  —  N.C. Senate Republicans were visibly upset with Democrats for prolonging the budget debate with amendments during an after-midnight session Friday morning.  —  As the clock approached 1 a.m. …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Jose Pagliery / CNN:
Russian money-laundering details remain in the dark as US settles fraud case  —  US officials feared for Russian witness  —  New York (CNN)A major US investigation into Russian money laundering has come to an abrupt end.  —  The case aimed to expose how Russian mobsters allegedly stole $230 million …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
White House ‘systems failed’ with Comey firing, but Trump pushed the buttons  —  In deciding to abruptly fire FBI Director James B. Comey, President Trump characteristically let himself be guided by his own instincts — fueled by his creeping anger and sense of victimhood about a probe …
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Kimberly Ross / RedState:
Slate Prefers That You Don't Have a Happy Mother's Day  —  Motherhood is a drain and kids are a pain.  Or so they say.  —  As I'm sure you've noticed, motherhood isn't as fashionable as it used to be in decades past.  —  American females have made great strides, but according to Fed Chair …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Lee Siegel / New York Times:
For Liberals, Is It Time to Move to Norway?  —  Whenever a Republican gets elected president, it is a standard reflex for die-hard liberals and progressives to wring their hands and moan about moving to Canada or Europe.  —  For those of us who have lived abroad — when I was 19 …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Widening Blast Radius of the Fox News Scandal  —  While the growing chorus of allegations from former employees are making Rupert Murdoch's cable news network sound more like a malevolent bachelor party in Las Vegas, what happens at Fox News is not staying at Fox News.
Washington Post:
THE PAINFUL TRUTH ABOUT TEETH … SALISBURY, Md. — Two hours before sunrise, Dee Matello joined the line outside the Wicomico Civic Center, where hundreds of people in hoodies, heavy coats and wool blankets braced against a bitter wind.  —  Inside, reclining dental chairs were arrayed in neat rows across the arena's vast floor.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Comey's 9-year-old neighbor baked him cookies after he was fired: report  —  Former FBI Director James Comey's nine-year-old neighbor reportedly baked and hand delivered chocolate chip cookies to him after he was fired by President Trump this week.  —  A reporter for NPR recounted a text she received from the little girl's mom.
Discussion: RedState, Mashable and twitchy.com
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Rebekah Lowin / Food & Wine:   James Comey's 9-Year-Old Neighbor Baked Him Chocolate Chip Cookies
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 and Axios
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New York Times:   The Health Care Bill's Insults to Women
 
 
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Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
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Discussion: Axios and NPR
Lizzy Acker / Oregonian:
Man arrested after ‘masturbating vigorously’ in public because he ‘hates Portland’
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Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Ann Coulter Tweet About Alleged Illegal Immigrant Rape Flagged as ‘Hate Speech’ by Twitter
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Why working class Americans voted with their middle finger
Discussion: Instapundit
Masha Gessen / NYR Daily:
The Autocrat's Language  —  Donald Trump has an instinct for doing violence to language.
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Woman attempts to drive GOP congressman off road over health-care vote, police say
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump at Liberty University Bashes ‘Critics’ in First Commencement Address
Discussion: Gothamist, The Hill and Raw Story
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Comey Debacle  —  Rather than rationalizing and enabling …
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Court Rules Kentucky Print Shop Has Right to Avoid Making Gay Pride T-shirts
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Jason Chaffetz Has Been Telling House Republicans He Will Join Fox News
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