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11:40 PM ET, May 18, 2018

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New York Times:
F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump accused the F.B.I. on Friday, without evidence, of sending a spy to secretly infiltrate his 2016 campaign “for political purposes” even before the bureau had any inkling of the “phony Russia hoax.”
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Washington Post:
Secret FBI source for Russia investigation met with three Trump advisers during campaign  —  A retired American professor in 2016 began working as a secret informant for the FBI as it investigated Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential campaign, and he contacted three Trump advisers …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Congratulations, America, indeed … Congratulations, America, indeed.  —  President Trump was being sarcastic when he tweeted, at 7:28 Thursday morning, “Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History . . . and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction.”
Asha Rangappa / Washington Post:
The FBI didn't use an informant to go after Trump.  They used one to protect him.  —  What the president doesn't get about counterintelligence.  —  President Trump and his allies are outraged at reports that the FBI used an “informant” to spy on Trump's 2016 campaign.
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:   Talk of unproven FBI ‘plant’ in Trump campaign circulates among Republicans
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Warner: Identifying FBI source to undermine Russia probe could be a crime
Discussion: RedState
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
It's right there in plain sight
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
2018 has been deadlier for schoolchildren than service members … The school shooting near Houston on Friday bolstered a stunning statistic: More people have been killed at schools this year than have been killed while serving in the military.  —  Initial estimates put the number killed …
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New York Times:
Texas School Shooting: 10 Dead, 10 Hurt, and Many Not Surprised It Happened  —  SANTA FE, Tex. — A nation plagued by a nightmarish loop of mass school shootings watched the latest horror play out in this small eastern Texas town Friday morning, as a young man armed with a shotgun …
Houston Chronicle:
‘Multiple fatalities’ reported at Santa Fe High School shooting  —  SANTA FE, Texas - A shooting at Santa Fe High School this morning has left “multiple fatalities,” a law enforcement source confirmed.  —  The source said the gunman was a male, but could provide no further information.
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About Dimitrios Pagourtzis, The Suspected Santa Fe High School Shooter
CNN:
There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year
Washington Post:
Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms  —  President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon.com and other firms to ship packages, according to three people familiar …
Naomi Martin / Dallas Morning News:
White, straight and Christian: Dallas County politician admits rewarding kids for marrying within race  —  Vickers “Vic” Cunningham, a former criminal district judge now in a runoff to be the sole Republican Dallas County commissioner, acknowledged Friday that in 2010 he set up a living trust …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dallas Morning News:
We withdraw Vickers Cunningham recommendation in GOP runoff for Dallas County Commissioners Court Precinct 2  —  This newspaper recommended Vickers Cunningham for the Precinct 2 seat on the Dallas County Commissioners Court because we felt the former state district judge's career left him best prepared for the job.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Special Counsel subpoenas another Stone aide in Russia probe - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed a key assistant of long-time Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone, two people with knowledge of the matter said, the latest sign …
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
House rejects farm bill as conservatives revolt  —  House conservatives tanked a GOP farm bill on Friday over an intraparty feud over immigration, delivering a stunning blow to Republican leaders as they try to find a path forward on immigration.  —  In a 198-213 vote, GOP conservatives …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
White House Keeps Details of Melania Trump's Health Under Wraps  —  WASHINGTON — This week, the first lady, Melania Trump, underwent a procedure for what the White House called a benign kidney condition.  Four days into her recovery for the procedure, which experts say typically …
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Getting to the Bottom of the Trump Tower Meeting  —  Donald Trump Jr. has no memory of Rinat Akhmetshin attending the infamous June 9, 2016, Trump Tower meeting, even though he was apparently dressed entirely in pink, and according to at least one attendee, did most of the talking.
Discussion: Washington Post and HuffPost
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Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy  —  He says there's a crisis in masculinity.  Why won't women — all these wives and witches — just behave?  —  TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there's no shame in looking backward to a model of how the world should be arranged.
Eve Peyser / VICE:
The Onion's Brutal Israel Commentary Goes Beyond Satire  —  The country's leading humor publication has taken a stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict in a way that most “real” newspapers haven't.  —  via The Onion  —  On Monday, as the United States celebrated moving its Israeli embassy …
Discussion: New York Times and IJR
Foreign Policy:
Trump Lawyer Met With Qatari Government Official Days Before FBI Raid  —  Was Michael Cohen seeking to add foreign governments as clients of his consulting business?  —  President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, who made millions over the past 18 months soliciting funds from clients seeking entree …
Justin Wilfon / WSB-TV:
Police: 2 people shot, 1 dead near high school graduation  —  CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - Clayton County police confirm to Channel 2 Action News that two people have been shot and one of them is dead near Mt. Zion High School in Clayton County.  —  Investigators said both victims are females.
David French / National Review:
The Best Explanation for Our Spate of Mass Shootings Is the Least Comforting  —  On another terrible day, I hate to introduce even more pessimism, but when we discuss mass shootings, one of the first questions we ask is the simplest and also the hardest to answer.  Why?  Why does this keep happening?
Discussion: Instapundit
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Actually, the 1 Percent Are Still The Problem  —  The Atlantic trots out a familiar argument blaming the upper middle class for income inequality.  It's wrong.  —  One of the nice things about Occupy Wall Street was that it provided a tidy shorthand to describe the problem of income inequality …
Discussion: RealityChek
Kyle Spurr / Bend Bulletin:
Stormy Daniels performance cut short after drunk man throws wallet in her face  —  Daniels appearance in Bend was delayed for hours  —  A customer takes a picture of herself with a poster of Stormy Daniels and a cutout of President Donald Trump while waiting to enter Stars Cabaret in Bend on Thursday, May 17, 2018.
Washington Post:
Trump administration will pull funds from groups that perform abortions or provide referrals … The Trump administration is proposing a far-reaching change in the distribution of Title X family-planning funds that would make clinics that provide abortion services or referrals ineligible for the federal funding.
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Laura Bassett / HuffPost:
Trump's New ‘Domestic Gag Rule’ Would Strip Funds From Planned Parenthood
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story, NPR, Vox and MSNBC
Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct  —  Google's unofficial motto has long been the simple phrase “don't be evil.”  But that's over, according to the code of conduct that Google distributes to its employees.  The phrase was removed sometime in late April or early May …
more at Techmeme »
Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:
Frisco hospice exec admits making patients overdose ‘to hasten their deaths’ and make more money  —  The former executive of a Frisco hospice admitted Thursday to overdosing patients to “hasten their deaths” so the company could make more money, court records show.
New York Post:
Protesters spite racist lawyer with live Mariachi band outside home  —  A Mariachi band triumphantly played at a protest Friday outside the home of the Midtown lawyer caught on camera hurling racist insults at Spanish-speaking restaurant workers.  —  More than 100 people gathered in front …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
GOP candidate films herself confronting transgender woman using bathroom  —  A Republican candidate for Congress in California filmed herself confronting a transgender woman using the women's bathroom at a Denny's in Los Angeles.  —  Jazmina Saavedra, who is campaigning for a seat …
New York Post:
Playboy Playmate took young son on fatal leap from NYC building  —  A former Playboy Playmate jumped with her 7-year-old son to their deaths from a Midtown hotel Friday — amid a nasty custody battle with her chiropractic ex, sources told The Post.  —  Stephanie Adams, 47 …
Dvora Meyers / Deadspin:
Michigan State's Nassar Settlement Could Set A Troubling First Amendment Precedent  —  On Wednesday, Michigan State announced that it had settled with 332 survivors of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse for $500 million.  Of that enormous sum, $425 million will be divided among the women and girls …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Inside the final days of Cambridge Analytica: Failed rebrands, fleeing clients and Nerf basketball  —  For months, Cambridge Analytica employees had heard whispers of a rebrand that would save their business.  —  On Thursday, any lingering hope was extinguished when the embattled data firm linked …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
Columbia Law professor who coined ‘net neutrality’ term mulling run for attorney general  —  ALBANY - Tim Wu, a Columbia Law professor credited with coining the term “net neutrality,” is considering a run for state attorney general.  —  “I'm thinking about it,” Wu told the Daily News.  “It's a great job.
 
 
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Kylie Atwood / CBS News:
Trump administration ends aid for northwestern Syria
Discussion: Middle East Eye
Todd Starnes Show / FOX News Radio:
Kellyanne Conway Criticizes Democrats Using School Shootings For Politics
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
As Trump tightens asylum rules, thousands of Venezuelans find a warm welcome in Miami
Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg:
Putin Praises Trump for Business Skills, Calls Him ‘Donald’
Discussion: National Review and BloombergQuint
CNN:
US bombers changed course after North Korea threatened Trump summit
Washington Post:
Cathleen Decker joins National Politics team as Campaign Editor
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Giuliani to campaign in support of Donovan's re-election bid
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Detains Activists Who Pushed to End Ban on Women Driving
Maya Asheri / Haaretz:
Israeli Minister Bars Work From Jerusalem Art Students Because They Protested Gaza Bloodshed
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
Talia Lavin / Village Voice:
Credulity and Barbarity in the Age of Trump
Discussion: Slate
NBC4 Washington:
Potential Spy Devices Which Track Cellphones, Intercept Calls Found All Over D.C., Md., Va.
Scott Bland / Politico:
Ryan-linked group raised $24.6M from anonymous donor
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Sen. Dean Heller's Campaign Paid His Social Media Influencer Son More Than $50,000
Discussion: Splinter
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Obama's Legacy Has Already Been Destroyed
 

 
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Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+
 
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