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9:15 AM ET, May 8, 2018

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New Yorker:
Four Women Accuse New York's Attorney General of Physical Abuse  —  Eric Schneiderman has raised his profile as a voice against sexual misconduct.  Now, after suing Harvey Weinstein, he faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own.  —  Update: Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position.
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New York Times:
Eric Schneiderman, New York Attorney General, Quits After Assault Claims  —  Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York State attorney general who rose to prominence as an antagonist of the Trump administration, abruptly resigned on Monday night hours after The New Yorker reported that four women had accused him of physically assaulting them.
Washington Post:
New York's attorney general resigns after four women accuse him of physical abuse … New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned Monday night, stepping down from office hours after he was accused of physically abusing four women in an article published by the New Yorker.
New York Post:
Manhattan DA opens probe into Schneiderman
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
As headlines swirl, Trump grows frustrated with Giuliani  —  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with lawyer Rudy Giuliani's frequently off-message media blitz, in which he has muddied the waters on hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels and made claims …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump grows frustrated with Giuliani as Stormy Daniels drama rages on  —  President Donald Trump has shaken up his legal team in the last three weeks — and he's still not happy.  —  The president has been griping to associates that Rudy Giuliani, his new personal attorney, has failed to shut down the Stormy Daniels hush money saga.
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
State Dept.: Giuliani doesn't speak for US on foreign policy
Discussion: HuffPost and Shareblue Media
Politico:
Nunes sticks to contempt threat against Sessions
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Unswayed by Allies, Trump Is Expected to Leave Iran Deal, Diplomats Say  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that he is withdrawing the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, European diplomats said after concluding that they had failed to convince …
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New York Times:
Opponents of Iran Deal Hired Investigators to Dig Up Dirt on Obama Aide  —  WASHINGTON — For years, opponents of the nuclear deal with Iran have accused Benjamin J. Rhodes, a top national security aide to President Barack Obama, of scheming to sell the diplomatic agreement on false pretenses to the American people.
Grace Sparks / CNN:
Majority say US should not withdraw from Iran nuclear agreement
Discussion: Washington Times and The Week
Weekly Standard:
John Kerry, Busybody
Discussion: CNN, IJR and BostonGlobe.com
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The dishonest case against the Iran deal
Discussion: Al-Monitor and The Daily Caller
Axios:
Pompeo signaled Iran deal withdrawal to European colleagues
New York Times:
White House Aides Are Urging President Trump to Fire Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. Chief  —  WASHINGTON — Senior White House staff members are encouraging President Trump to fire Scott Pruitt, his embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief, according to two top administration officials.
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Politico:
Pruitt fast-tracked California cleanup after Hugh Hewitt brokered meeting  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a polluted California area on his personal priority list of Superfund sites targeted for “immediate and intense” action after conservative radio and television host Hugh Hewitt brokered …
Discussion: Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
New Files Detail the Threats Made Against Scott Pruitt at the E.P.A.  —  Want the latest climate news in your inbox?  You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our new email newsletter.  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency had a total of 33 threat investigations underway …
BuzzFeed:
New Documents Show That EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Did Not Face Serious Security Threats
Discussion: HuffPost and New York Times
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
US military wives threatened by Russian hackers posing as IS  —  PARIS (AP) — Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone from hackers threatening to slaughter her family.  —  “Dear Angela!” the Facebook message read.
CBS News:
Mueller rejects Trump request to answer questions in writing  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is now on President Trump's legal team, told CBS News correspondent Paula Reid Monday afternoon that special counsel Robert Mueller's office has rejected proposals to allow Mr. Trump …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Aim to Decide by May 17 Whether President Testifies in Mueller Probe  —  Legal team has long been divided on sit-down interview with special counsel  —  WASHINGTON—Lawyers advising President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation hope to decide whether he should testify by May 17 …
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democratic Meddling In West Virginia And 4 Other Things To Watch This Election Day  —  North Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio all have high-profile primary fights.  —  It's not surprising that the spotlight is on Don Blankenship's campaign for the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in West Virginia.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
7 things to watch in Tuesday's primaries
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
New York Times:
Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web  —  An alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream conversation.  Should we be listening?  —  Here are some things that you will hear when you sit down to dinner with the vanguard of the Intellectual Dark Web …
Aric Jenkins / TIME:
Jeff Sessions: Parents and Children Illegally Crossing the Border Will Be Separated  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the U.S. will take a stricter stance on illegal crossings at the Mexico border by separating parents from children, rather than keeping them together in detention centers.
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Washington Post:
Sessions vows to prosecute all illegal border crossers and separate children from their parents
Discussion: Mother Jones and Politico
Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Federal judge rightly rebukes Mueller for questionable tactics  —  An experienced federal judge has confirmed what I have been arguing for months, namely, that the modus operandi of special counsel Robert Mueller  —  is to charge associates of Donald Trump with any crime he can find in order …
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:   The Two Rod Rosensteins  —  Limiting Congress but letting …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Meyers: Trump Wanted Me To Apologize On-Air for Making Fun of Him  —  Four years after the ‘Late Night’ host torched Trump at the WHCD, he says Michael Cohen was sent to negotiate Trump's appearance on his show—with one big demand. … NEW YORK—It wasn't all porn star hush money …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The connection that may decide 2018 isn't what you think  —  But the Democratic hopes of retaking the House, the Senate or both could pivot on whether the party can complete a very different connection: linking voters' perceptions of the Republican tax bill with the GOP's persistent efforts …
Discussion: New York Times and Shareblue Media
Aaron E. Carroll / New York Times:
It's Time for a New Discussion of Marijuana's Risks  —  You may reasonably decide the benefits outweigh the harms, but you should know about those potential harms.  —  The benefits and harms of medical marijuana can be debated, but more states are legalizing pot, even for recreational use.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Bill O'Reilly: I Offered Sarah Sanders to Stand at Press Briefings and Scold ‘Out of Line’ Reporters  —  Bill O'Reilly is mostly sticking to his online show these days, but over the weekend the ex-Fox News host mingled at an event that included White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration's ‘Nerve Center’ for Sanctions Policy Is ‘Depleted’ at the Worst Possible Time … The little-known federal agency in charge of enforcing financial punishments against the United States' geopolitical foes is busy these days.  But it's also starving for cash and staff, and its director left the government last week.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Hatch to McCain: Invite Trump to your funeral  —  Sen. John McCain should reconsider his wish that President Donald Trump not attend McCain's funeral, said Sen. Orrin Hatch, the most senior GOP senator.  —  McCain prefers instead that Vice President Mike Pence attend his funeral rather than Trump …
 
 
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Would-be robber dead in St. Louis shootout after victim, 74, pulls own gun
Peggy McGlone / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center rescinds Bill Cosby's Honors and Twain awards
Discussion: The Root and Mediaite
Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:
STDs in L.A. County are skyrocketing. Officials think racism and stigma may be to blame
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Qatar eyes stake in Newsmax
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
William Barber Takes on Poverty and Race in the Age of Trump
Mitchell Schnurman / Dallas Morning News:
Cornyn pans Texas lawsuit to end DACA: 'I honestly don't understand'
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Breitbart
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Melania Trump Announces ‘BE BEST’ Campaign For Children
 Earlier Items: 
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Roger Stone Says He Had Little Contact With Manafort Deputy
Discussion: emptywheel
Page Six:
Elon Musk quietly dating musician Grimes
Discussion: Mashable and The Guardian
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Mueller Has to Expose Trump's Crooked Business Empire
Walter M. Shaub Jr / Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago isn't the ‘Winter White House.’ It's just an embarrassing cash grab.
David Fontana / Washington Post:
Washington is now a cool city. That's terrible news for American democracy.
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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