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9:50 AM ET, May 14, 2017

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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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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: Axios and Associated Press
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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John Podesta / Washington Post:   Trump's top aides must go
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: Axios, Salon, Power Line and CNN
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 …
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
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.
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Ann Coulter Tweet About Alleged Illegal Immigrant Rape Flagged as ‘Hate Speech’ by Twitter  —  Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter had a tweet linking to a recent article flagged as “hate speech” by Twitter.  —  Ann Coulter posted a link to a recent article on her website titled “To Say, ‘Stop Raping Me!’
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
At Mar-a-Lago, the star power of the presidency helps charities — and Trump — make more money  —  The women of the Palm Beach Habilitation Center had whispered among themselves that President Trump might pop in for their Hab-a-Hearts Luncheon at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's luxurious private club.
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Why working class Americans voted with their middle finger  —  MORE FROM: … 'We're voting with our middle finger," a Trump supporter in South Carolina told a reporter last fall.  No doubt.  —  Many a liberal observer saw the Trump vote as a rageful taunt aimed at racial and sexual minorities.
Discussion: Instapundit
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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Kimberly Ross / RedState:
Slate Prefers That You Don't Have a Happy Mother's Day
Discussion: twitchy.com
Lee Siegel / New York Times:
For Liberals, Is It Time to Move to Norway?
Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
APPEAL IN BOY'S BURP ARREST CASE RELIES ON GORSUCH DISSENT
Discussion: Axios and NPR
Lizzy Acker / Oregonian:
Man arrested after ‘masturbating vigorously’ in public because he ‘hates Portland’
Discussion: Walid Shoebat
Masha Gessen / NYR Daily:
The Autocrat's Language  —  Donald Trump has an instinct for doing violence to language.
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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
Discussion: Mediaite, Axios and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
The Election Is Over, but Trump Can't Seem to Get Past It