memeorandum: Here's a Trump campaign strategy Democrats are eager to embrace (Nancy Scola/Politico)

12:35 PM ET, April 6, 2019

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‘No Celebrities’: Embarrassing Turnout at Trump's Beverly Hills Fundraiser — Tickets for the event allegedly started at $15,000 and went as high as $150,000. — BEVERLY HILLS, California—Late Friday afternoon, Donald Trump landed in Los Angeles for a re-election fundraiser.

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Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: W.H. resurrects health care push — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — W.H. HEALTH CARE PUSH NOT OVER ... NANCY COOK: “White House acting chief-of-staff MICK MULVANEY is convening a meeting at Camp David this weekend with top White House staffers and key Cabinet members …

Post and Courier:

Former SC Governor, U.S. Senator Ernest F. ‘Fritz’ Hollings dies at 97 … Fritz Hollings celebrates his 1998 victory over Republican challenger Bob Inglis to retain his U.S. Senate seat. It would be his final campaign. File/Matthew Fortner/staff — Fritz Hollings is sworn …

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David Travis Bland / The State:

Former U.S. Senator Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings has died — One of South Carolina's political titans has passed. — Ernest F. Hollings died on Saturday. — Hollings was 97. — Better known as “Fritz” Hollings, the South Carolina Democrat served in the state's House of Representatives before becoming Lieutenant Governor in 1954.

Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:

Feds Arrest New York Man for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar — A 55-year-old New York man was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening to kill freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the Elmira Star-Gazette reports. The man, identified as Patrick W. Carlineo …

Kevin Bohn / CNN:

New York man charged with threatening to assault and kill Rep. Ilhan Omar — (CNN)A New York man is in custody after having been arrested and charged with threatening to assault and murder Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York.

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Jeff Murray / Elmira Star-Gazette:

Steuben County man makes death threats against Rep. Ilhan Omar, federal official say — Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate after an upheaval that split Democrats and clouded their agenda.

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Associated Press: FBI: NY man threatened to kill Minn. Congresswoman

Associated Press:

A 2016 hangover: Some Bernie Sanders supporters still upset — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was hard to miss Cheri Pichone's excitement about Bernie Sanders' second presidential run. She showed up to a recent Iowa rally decked out in Sanders gear, complete with a figurine of the Vermont senator and progressive icon.

Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
The Reluctance of Bernie Sanders to Release His Damn Tax Returns Is Part of a Bigger Issue

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Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats face minefield if they get Trump's tax returns

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CNN:
Trump lawyers issue letter fighting tax return request

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David French / National Review:
The Trump Era Should Make Libertarians of Us All

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Congress' new Mueller fight: Do Dems need to begin impeachment to see secret files? — Do Democrats have to begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump in order to access special counsel Robert Mueller's secrets? — That legal debate began raging inside the House Judiciary Committee …

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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Ruling on grand jury records could affect release of Mueller report details

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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:

Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski might have been a woman or intersex — Researchers noticed the Polish officer's delicate bone structure after the skeleton was extracted from the Pulaski monument in Savannah, Georgia. — Casimir Pulaski, hero of the Revolutionary War and the pride …

Nancy Scola / Politico:

Here's a Trump campaign strategy Democrats are eager to embrace — President Donald Trump left many in Washington scratching their heads when he put his 2016 campaign's digital chief in charge of his entire reelection effort. — But now Democrats are embracing that strategy too.

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Bandy X. Lee / New York Daily News:

Trump's mental condition seems to be getting worse: He should subject himself to a rigorous assessment now — Two years after organizing a conference at Yale about how mental health professionals could warn the public ethically and effectively, our predictions have borne out to be true …

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Richard Fausset / New York Times:

3 Black Churches Have Burned in 10 Days in a Single Louisiana Parish — ATLANTA — Three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one south Louisiana parish, where officials said they had found “suspicious elements” in each case. The officials have not ruled …

ABC News:

Trump pulls ICE director nominee amid threats to close border over illegal immigration — Trump said he wants someone “tougher” to lead ICE. — As he left for a high-profile trip to the southern border on Friday to highlight his efforts to stop illegal immigration, President Donald Trump …

Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's border threats jam up Pence's trade tour

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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump raises eyebrows by saying, ‘We should get rid of judges’

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Paul Kane / Washington Post:

Pelosi outlines a path to victory for House Democrats in 2020 — and guarantees it — Barely three months into her second turn in charge, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already mapped out a plan to overwhelm Republicans in the 2020 elections. — “I'm going to have our races won by this November,” the California Democrat said.

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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren just called for eliminating the filibuster. She's got a point.

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Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:

Republican Senator John Kennedy Suggests Someone Could Be ‘Killed’ if Unredacted Mueller Report Is Released — Republican Senator John Kennedy suggested that someone could be “killed” if the unredacted version of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is released to the public.

Abraham Riesman / New York Magazine:

Whatever Happened to the Israeli Left? On the eve of the Jewish state's elections, an appraisal of the battered opposition. — Barreling down a barely existent road in the South Hebron Hills, as I sit in the passenger seat of Nasser Nawaja's well-worn Dacia Duster, the conversation turns to the fate of the Holy Land.

Neil Irwin / New York Times:

What's at Risk if the Fed Becomes as Partisan as the Rest of Washington — The credibility of the Federal Reserve around the world has been built over decades. — Politicians have had strong opinions on what the Federal Reserve should and shouldn't do throughout its 105-year history.

Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:

The Deep Rot Exposed by the Biden Flap — The problem isn't too much hugging but the rancor and triviality of our political debate

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Lauren Kelley / New York Times:

America's Leaders Need Sex Ed — For those who want to regulate women's bodies, ignorance has been no obstacle. — Ms. Kelley is a member of the editorial board. — A few recent news stories have served as reminders that an awful lot of people lack even a basic understanding of the female body.

Associated Press:

The Latest: Jury rejects Harry Reid therapy band injury case — LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's injury lawsuit against the maker of an exercise band (all times local): — A jury in Las Vegas rejected former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's lawsuit against an exercise band maker …

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Matt M. Miller / The Daily Caller:

SPLC Director Threatens To Call Police On Reporter Over Questions About Sexual Harassment Allegations — Two of the remaining top-level staff at the embattled Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) threatened to call the police on a Daily Caller reporter on Thursday, as he tried to ask …

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