memeorandum: Trump claims ‘no politician in history’ has been ‘treated worse or more unfairly’ (David Nakamura/Washington Post)

5:10 PM ET, May 17, 2017

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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

First Republican raises impeachment for Trump — (R-Mich.) on Wednesday said reports that President Trump pressed ousted FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation would merit impeachment if true, becoming the first Republican lawmaker to broach the idea.

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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:

White House on edge: ‘We are kind of helpless’ — It was, in the words of one senior White House official, the worst day of Trump's presidency. — White House officials spent early Tuesday wondering who was leaking details of President Donald Trump's classified conversations with Russian officials …

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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

First Republicans talk possibility of impeachment for Trump — Republicans are beginning to talk of the possibility that President Trump could face impeachment after reports that he pressed ousted FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

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Dan Merica / CNN:

Trump to graduates: ‘No politician in history... has been treated worse’ — New London, Connecticut (CNN)President Donald Trump, amid his own swirling controversies, advised United States Coast Guard Academy graduates that while things aren't always fair, “you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight.”

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New York Times:

Comey Memo Fallout: Senate Committee Invites Comey to Testify — The Senate Intelligence Committee invited the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey to testify on reports that President Trump asked him to scuttle the investigation into Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser.

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate Intelligence Committee leaders demand Comey memos

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USA Today:
Pretend Clinton did what Trump has done

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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Trump Has Really Screwed Himself This Time

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Washington Examiner:
GOP fears Trump will take the Republican Party down with him

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Mike Allen / Axios:
“Comey's revenge” may be far from over

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Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump looks to foreign trip for reset after domestic drama

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: No politician has been treated worse by media than me

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Intel panel asks Comey to testify publicly

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New York Times:
The Criminal President? — After the revelations of the past 24 hours …

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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump claims ‘no politician in history’ has been ‘treated worse or more unfairly’

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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo: Murkowski: ‘May’ Be Time For Independent Probe On Trump-FBI-Russia

Jake Sherman / Politico:
Chaffetz invites Comey to testify next Wednesday

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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Here's why Comey couldn't just quit in February

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:

The 25th Amendment Solution for Removing Trump — It was just three days and a lifetime ago that I wrote a column about Donald Trump's unfitness for the presidency that affected a world-weary tone. Nothing about this White House's chaos was surprising given the style of Trump's campaign, I argued.

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Jonathan Swan / Axios: Behind closed doors, House GOP “shellshocked” by Comey

John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist: The Media Elite Is Indulging Dangerous Fantasies About Removing Trump From Office

Jeff Larson / ProPublica:

Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago — We tested internet security at four Trump properties. It's not good. — Two weeks ago, on a sparkling spring morning, we went trawling along Florida's coastal waterway. But not for fish. — We parked a 17-foot motor boat in a lagoon …

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Gizmodo:
Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago. We Tested It.

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David Remnick / New Yorker:

Is the Comey Memo the Beginning of the End for Trump? — Donald Trump, who may well have attempted to obstruct justice within just a few weeks of taking his oath of office, came to the Presidency with a wealth of experience in the art of deceit. He may know little of domestic or foreign policy …

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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column Dear Vice President Pence: What are you thinking?

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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Trump Presidency Falls Apart

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Wall Street Journal:

Russian State-Run Bank Financed Deal Involving Trump Hotel Partner — A Russian-Canadian developer put money into a Donald Trump hotel project in Toronto after receiving hundreds of millions from a deal involving Russian state-run bank VEB.

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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:

What Does Barack Obama Really Think of Donald Trump? 'He's Nothing But a Bullsh-ter' — She packs her own lunch, and he still isn't allowed to drive. Subscribe now for all about Michelle and Barack Obama's lives after moving out of the White House - only in PEOPLE

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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:

Jimmy Fallon Was on Top of the World. Then Came Trump. — Ambling onto the Art Deco set of “The Tonight Show” for his monologue rehearsal one Monday afternoon, Jimmy Fallon gave the crowd here at Studio 6B a warm, practiced welcome before trying out a new batch of jokes about the French election …

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Chris Cillizza / CNN:

The scariest thought: What if Donald Trump just doesn't know what he's doing? — (CNN)The fundamental question, always, when it comes to President Donald Trump is this: Is he following a grand plan that only he can see or is he just saying and doing things with no broader blueprint in mind?

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Reuters:
Embroiled in controversies, Trump seeks boost on foreign trip

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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump to unveil plans for an ‘Arab NATO’ in Saudi Arabia

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Max Kutner / Newsweek:

FBI NOT PROBING DNC STAFFER SETH RICH'S MURDER, DESPITE WIKILEAKS CLAIM — U.S. SETH RICH #DNCLEAKS DNC HACK DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE — The FBI is not investigating the unsolved murder of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, Newsweek has learned.

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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Story on DNC staffer's murder dominated conservative media — hours later it fell apart

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Bloomberg:

Trump Said to Rule Out Moving Israel Embassy to Jerusalem — The embassy will remain in Tel Aviv for now, official says — Administration seeks to avoid provoking Palestinians — President Donald Trump has decided not to immediately move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem …

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Sarah Wildman / Vox:

Trump gave the Russians Israeli intelligence. That's a uniquely bad country to compromise. — When Donald Trump revealed highly sensitive information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Oval Office, he directly endangered the life of an Israeli spy living under deep cover in ISIS territory, ABC News reported last night.

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Judah Ari Gross / The Times of Israel:
Former Israeli spymasters rip into Trump, say Israel must reassess intel sharing

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Austin American-Statesman:

‘THIS IS CRAZY’: Austin man sues date for texting during movie — A man is suing a Round Rock woman for texting during a movie date at the Barton Creek Square theater, according to a petition filed in small claims court in Travis County. — Brandon Vezmar, 37, of Austin filed the claim Thursday against his date.

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David Montero / Los Angeles Times:

Alex Jones settles Chobani lawsuit and retracts comments about refugees in Twin Falls, Idaho — Inside the Chobani Yogurt factory in Twin Falls, Idaho. — Alex Jones backed down. Again. — The far-right conspiracy theorist agreed Wednesday to settle a defamation lawsuit filed against him by Greek yogurt manufacturer Chobani.

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Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:

Why liberal democracy only dies when conservatives help — Liberal democracy is not dead, but it's not well. From Hungary to Poland to even the United States, far-right populists have won power, and, in a few cases, are busy consolidating it. — In some sense, it shouldn't be too surprising …

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

The guy who predicted Comey's memos thinks the former FBI director may be trying to take down Trump — News broke Tuesday evening that then-FBI Director James B. Comey had written notes in February indicating that President Trump had asked him to end an investigation of former White House national security adviser Michael T. Flynn.

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Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:
Comey's Memos Were a Product of a Culture of Note-Keeping

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NBC News:

Trump Gave Russians Secrets News Orgs Are Being Asked To Withhold — Some of the intelligence President Trump provided to Russian officials is so secret that American news organizations are still being asked not to report it, two U.S. officials told NBC News.