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8:55 PM ET, April 12, 2018

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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
James Comey Has a Story to Tell.  It's Very Persuasive.  —  Truth, Lies, and Leadership  —  290 pages.  Flatiron Books.  $29.99.  —  In his absorbing new book, “A Higher Loyalty,” the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey calls the Trump presidency a “forest fire” …
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Ruth Brown / New York Post:
Comey: Trump asked me to investigate ‘pee tape’ to reassure Melania  —  President Trump wanted James Comey to investigate the infamous “pee tape” allegations — to reassure Melania that he hadn't actually paid Russian hookers to urinate on a hotel bed, the former FBI chief claims in his upcoming book.
Washington Post:
Trump's allies worry that federal investigators may have seized recordings made by his attorney … President Trump's personal attorney Michael D. Cohen sometimes taped conversations with associates, according to three people familiar with his practice, and allies of the president are worried …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
James Comey's memoir: Trump fixates on proving lewd dossier allegations false … The nation's intelligence chiefs had just finished briefing Donald Trump on Russia's interference in the 2016 election when FBI Director James B. Comey stayed behind to discuss some especially sensitive material …
Associated Press:
In new book, Comey says Trump ‘untethered to truth’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and “untethered to truth” and calls his leadership of the country “ego driven and about personal loyalty” in a forthcoming book.
Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the GOP plan to discredit Comey  —  Trump allies aim to discredit James Comey  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's allies are preparing an extensive campaign to fight back against James Comey's publicity tour, trying to undermine the credibility of the former FBI director …
The Daily Beast:
Comey: Trump Asked Me to Investigate ‘Pee Tape’ Allegations
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump, Mueller teams prepare to move forward without presidential interview  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office and President Donald Trump's legal team are now proceeding with strategies that presume a presidential interview will likely not take place as part of the Russia investigation …
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CNN:
White House is prepping an effort to undermine Rosenstein  —  Washington (CNN)The White House is preparing talking points designed to undermine Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's credibility, according to sources familiar with the plan.  —  The plan calls on President Donald Trump's allies …
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
The Principle of Professional Law Enforcement Is Now on the Line
Discussion: The Daily Beast and CNN
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:   Mueller has the goods on Trump's 4 potential acts of obstruction
Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:   Firing Rosenstein Won't Save Trump
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence  —  Late in 2015, a former Trump Tower doorman named Dino Sajudin met with a reporter from American Media, Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press:
$30,000 rumor? Tabloid paid for, spiked, salacious Trump tip
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
National Enquirer paid second source with embarrassing Trump rumor
Discussion: Vox, Breitbart, Raw Story and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump weighs rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership amid trade dispute with China  —  President Trump told top administration officials Thursday to look at rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the multination trade agreement he pulled the United States out of shortly after taking office.
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Reverses Course and Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, in a stunning reversal, told a gathering of farm state lawmakers and governors on Thursday morning that he was directing his advisers to look into rejoining the multicountry trade deal known …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Lawmakers' Letter Claims Further Spending Abuses by the E.P.A. Head, Scott Pruitt  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, insisted on staying in luxury hotels that were costlier than allowed by government standards, while also pushing to fly on an airline …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Pro-Trump EPA Official: Pruitt Asked Us to Rent Him a Private Plane
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and CNBC
Washington Post:
Senate confirms a former coal lobbyist as Scott Pruitt's second-in-command at EPA
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Diamond & Silk Claim Facebook Never Contacted Them.  Facebook Emails Prove Otherwise. … Pro-Trump vloggers Diamond & Silk found themselves the center of two high-profile congressional hearings this week lawmakers obsessed over claims the duo were “censored” by Facebook.
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Diamond, Silk, Facebook, and Facts
Discussion: Mediaite
Emma Platoff / The Texas Tribune:
Former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman found guilty of 23 felonies  —  A federal jury in Houston has ruled that Steve Stockman, a conservative former Texas congressman, is guilty of all but one charge in his federal fraud trial.  —  Steve Stockman, a former Texas congressman …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Holocaust Is Fading From Memory, Survey Finds  —  For seven decades, “never forget” has been a rallying cry of the Holocaust remembrance movement.  —  But a survey released Thursday, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, found that many adults lack basic knowledge of what happened …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Staring Down on Syria  —  On Saturday I took my family to have a closer look at Syria.  —  This was on the Golan Heights, from a roadside promontory overlooking the abandoned Syrian town of Quneitra.  The border is very green at this time of year, a serene patchwork of orchards and grassland …
Discussion: Shadowproof, CNN and Breitbart
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New York Times:
Mattis Expresses Caution on Imminent Strike Against Syria
Madeleine Marr / miamiherald:
This Parkland teacher left his gun in a public bathroom.  It was loaded, BSO says.  —  Not the most normal sight: a gun left in the bathroom stall.  —  But that's exactly what went down on Sunday in a men's room at the Deerfield Beach Pier.  —  The circumstances of how the Glock 9mm got there are unusual.
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Matt Bai / Yahoo:
Fire the special counsel.  Please.  —  Let me put it to you this way, Mr. President.  Who are you going to listen to — the voice of the stable genius inside your head, or the timid voices of experience, the ones that said you'd never win?  —  You know what you want to do.  Just do it already.
CNN:
Trump's secretary of state pick faces Senate grilling … TRUMP'S SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINEE  —  CONTENT BY LENDINGTREE  —  Experts are urging Americans to refinance in 2018  —  Pay off your house with this insane trick  —  How much could you save by refinancing?
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Bustle and IJR
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Washington Post:
FBI raid sought Trump lawyer's communications with bank that loaned him money against his taxi business … A federal investigation into what role President Trump's personal attorney played in facilitating payments to two women who alleged affairs with Trump is also examining the lawyer's interactions …
Rob Haskell / Vogue:
Disney CEO Bob Iger On Taking the Biggest Risk of His Career  —  Disney's plan to acquire 21st Century Fox is about keeping up with a rapidly changing world.  “The status quo, to me, is a joke,” says Iger, photographed at home in Los Angeles.  —  Photographed by Mark Peckmezian, Vogue, May 2018.
James Oliver Cury / Hollywood Reporter:
Charlie Rose's Life Now: “Broken,” “Brilliant” and “Lonely”  —  Before the devastating allegations of sexual misconduct hit, Rose was a legendary man-about-town.  Now, the former CBS and PBS star, one of TV's most feted journalists, is hiding out on Long Island with occasional …
Discussion: Mediaite
Fox News:
Biblical prophecy claims the Rapture is coming April 23, numerologist says  —  Is the Rapture finally here?  One Christian numerologist says a biblical sign strongly suggests it.  —  David Meade tells the U.K.'s Daily Express newspaper that on April 23, the sun and moon will be in Virgo, as will Jupiter, which represents the Messiah.
Adam Schefter / ESPN:
Seahawks postpone visit after Colin Kaepernick won't say if he'll stop kneeling  —  After arranging for Colin Kaepernick to work out for the Seattle Seahawks this week, team officials postponed the trip when the quarterback declined to say he would stop kneeling during the national anthem next season …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Revealed: Secret rightwing strategy to discredit teacher strikes … A nationwide network of rightwing thinktanks is launching a PR counteroffensive against the teachers' strikes that are sweeping the country, circulating a “messaging guide” for anti-union activists that portrays the walkouts …
Discussion: Common Dreams and Splinter
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Ricky Waddell is leaving the White House  —  Trump's deputy National Security Adviser Ricky Waddell will leave the White House, according to two sources briefed on the decision.  New National Security Adviser John Bolton wants to bring his own person in, and Waddell was H.R. McMaster's hand-picked deputy.
 
 
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Fox News' Kilmeade: Only Appropriate Reason For FBI to Raid Cohen's Office Is If He Was Part of ISIS
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
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