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1:30 AM ET, April 12, 2018

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bannon pitches White House on plan to cripple Mueller probe and protect Trump … Stephen K. Bannon, who was ousted as White House chief strategist last summer but has remained in touch with some members of President Trump's circle, is pitching a plan to West Wing aides and congressional allies …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Justice Dept. turns over document that launched Russia probe  —  A day after Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, threatened the impeachment of FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department on Wednesday turned …
Washington Post:
Trump chooses impulse over strategy as crises mount … In a White House known for chaos, the process of developing the U.S. response to the Syrian government's alleged latest gas attack was proceeding with uncharacteristic deliberation, including several national security briefings for President Trump.
Discussion: The Week
Bloomberg:
Trump Ordered DOJ to Hire Controversial Former Aide, Sources Say
Associated Press:   Another high-ranking official leaves NSC
New York Times:
Ryan Found Himself on the Margins as the G.O.P. Moved Right  —  WASHINGTON — Paul D. Ryan took the helm of the House two and a half years ago, not because he wanted it, but because he was seen as the only lawmaker who could keep Republicans from devouring themselves.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan implodes his party — ahead of schedule … Paul D. Ryan's face has always said more than his words.  In the two years since the Republican Party takeover by Donald Trump, it has been a mask of anguish.  —  So it is no surprise that, come what may for House Republicans in the fall election …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Paul Ryan / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:   ‘I feel content that I have done my part; I am ready to move on’
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
House Speaker Paul Ryan was the biggest fraud in American politics
Discussion: The Week and Splinter
Axios:
Paul Ryan won't run for re-election
The Daily Beast:   Trump Allies and House Republicans to Paul Ryan: Get Out Now
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fanatic, Fraud, Factotum: The Rise and Fall of Paul Ryan
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
1 in 8 House seats will have no incumbent on Election Day
Discussion: Power Line, Fortune, Politico and MSNBC
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
How Paul Ryan Went From Young Gun To Gone
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Ryan Retirement Puts WI-01 at Risk and Throws House GOP Into Deeper Turmoil
Discussion: Sabato's Crystal Ball and Axios
New York Times:
Raid on Trump's Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape  —  The F.B.I. agents who raided the office and hotel of President Trump's lawyer on Monday were seeking all records related to the “Access Hollywood” tape in which Mr. Trump was heard making vulgar comments about women …
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CNN:
FBI sought Trump's communications with his personal lawyer regarding Access Hollywood  —  (CNN)FBI agents who raided the home, office and hotel of Donald Trump's personal lawyer sought communications that Trump had with attorney Michael Cohen and others regarding the infamous “Access Hollywood” …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Federal investigators sought Trump's communications with his lawyer about ‘Access Hollywood’ tape
Alan Dershowitz / Fox News:
Why the FBI raid on Trump's lawyer hurts all of us
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Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Here are some of the threats made against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt  —  CBS News has obtained an August 2017 report prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency's office of inspector general that contains a list of 13 threats made against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his family.
Kansas City Star:
Woman: Sexual encounter with Greitens was not consensual.  Lawmakers find her credible  —  When she tried to leave, sobbing after a non-consensual sexual encounter, she says the man who would be governor physically stopped her.  —  What happened next, she testified under oath …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Woman testifies that Greitens groped and hit her; governor blasts ‘lies’ and ‘tabloid trash’  —  Gov. Eric Greitens spoke at a news conference on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, about a report that was about to come out concerning his affair in 2015.  Greitens called the investigation a “witch hunt”.
Kansas City Star:
Missouri legislators call on Gov. Greitens to resign in wake of bombshell report
Discussion: Bustle and Vox
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pompeo failed to disclose Chinese business connection  —  WASHINGTON  —  CIA Director Mike Pompeo failed to disclose last year that he owned a Kansas business that imported oilfield equipment from a company owned by the Chinese government.  —  That omission, on the questionnaire Pompeo …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Mike Pompeo Could Go Down If Senate Democrats Decide to Fight
Discussion: Common Dreams, CNN and Axios
Erick Erickson / TheResurgent.com:
A Congressman's Profanity Laced Tirade in a Safeway Grocery Store  —  One of the President's congressional defenders has privately decided he hates Trump and wants to unload.  —  “If we're going to lose because of him, we might as well impeach the motherf**ker,” said the congressman …
Fox News Insider:
Tucker Carlson Assad Bombing Civilians Chemical Gas Attack Response Noah Rothman  —  Tucker Carlson debated a magazine editor who claimed the host “willfully misled his audience and advanced Russian geopolitical narratives” by cautioning against anti-Assad actions in Syria following the chemical attack on civilians there.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Threatens Syria Before Allies Are on Board
Tim Mak / NPR:
NRA, In New Document, Acknowledges More Than 20 Russian-Linked Contributors  —  The National Rifle Association has accepted contributions from about 23 Russians, or Americans living in Russia, since 2015, the gun rights group acknowledged to Congress.  —  The NRA said in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden …
Cristina Maza / Newsweek:
RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR WITH U.S., INSTRUCTING CITIZENS TO BUY WATER AND GAS MASKS  —  Claiming that some Americans are preparing for a coming war with Moscow, Russian state-owned television explained to the country's residents how to stock their bunkers with water and basic foodstuffs in case a war breaks out.
Cindy Adams / Page Six:
Women are lining up to date Rudy Giuliani  —  The about-to-be-consciously uncoupled Rudy Giuliani is coming off to Upper East Side sex kittens like catnip.  They're purring at him.  Sidling — if not actually front-ling — in his direction.  —  It seems power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel moves to take up bill protecting Mueller  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee is moving forward with legislation to limit President Trump  —  's ability to fire special counsel Robert Mueller  —  (R-Iowa) wants to add the bill to the panel's business meeting agenda scheduled for Thursday …
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:   Senate Judiciary Committee to Take Up Bill Protecting Mueller
Christina Capatides / CBS News:
Single mom of five goes viral with inspiring law school graduation photo  —  Ieshia Champs has wanted to be a lawyer since she was 7 years old.  In her teenage years, however, the odds began stacking up against her and it appeared that her dream might be permanently out of reach.
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Zuckerberg Gets More Questions About Diamond & Silk Than Facebook's Role in Myanmar Genocide … When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Capitol Hill this week, he was bound to face a variety of difficult questions ranging from his company's handling of user information to the proliferation of fake news over its pages.
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
The privacy question Mark Zuckerberg kept dodging
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Stephanopoulos: Comey compared Trump to a ‘mob boss’ … Ex-FBI Director James Comey  —  compared President Trump  —  to a “mob boss” in a taped interview with ABC News, according to a promotional video released Wednesday.  —  “How strange is it for you to sit here and compare the president …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Trump/Rosenstein Russian Nesting Doll of Nonsense  —  Note that there is an emerging attack from the White House that suggests that Rod Rosenstein must recuse himself because he has a conflict of interest in overseeing the Mueller probe.  The conflict is this: Mueller is investigating …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:   Trump turns to Dershowitz as Mueller probe escalates
 
 
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Bob Norman / WPLG-TV:
Parkland teacher faces charge after his gun is fired in public bathroom
Liam Dillon / Los Angeles Times:
Garcetti: 'We're the same as Iowa'
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Washington Lies In a Parallel Universe
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Marines suspend general who called allegations of sexual harassment ‘fake news’
Discussion: VICE News, Bustle and Task & Purpose
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
Women pose for open carry pics in solidarity with college student who had gun in her graduation photo
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Crossed The Creepy Line And Can't Go Back
Asia Argento / Women in the World:
I refuse to be silenced  —  'Play dumb, be silent …
Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
Roger Stone to Trump: Don't fire Mueller
 Earlier Items: 
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Corker: Tax cuts could be 'one of the worst votes I've made'
Discussion: Splinter and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Trump signs law weakening shield for online services
Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Laura Ingraham Loses IBM as Advertiser Boycott Continues to Grow
Discussion: Washington Press and KTLA
Associated Press:
Trump weighs plan to allow states to require drug testing for some on food stamps
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
Jill Stein's Campaign Recently Turned Over Documents To The Senate Intelligence Committee
Discussion: NY State of Politics
ClickHole:
Heartbreaking: This Man Starved To Death Because He Was Too Captivated By The Diverse Array …
Discussion: The Onion
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Sinclair chairman broke restraining order and allegedly threatened neighbor
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
 

 
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