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3:35 PM ET, April 12, 2019

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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:

Inside Ivanka's Dreamworld — You could tell by his eyes, the way they popped and gleamed and fixed on someone behind me. Only one person gets that kind of look from Donald Trump. “Oh!” the president said. “Ivanka!” — Ivanka Trump lifted her hands, astonished.

Discussion: Fox News, Mercury News, Politico, Bipartisan Report, Washington Post, The Guardian, Vox, Jezebel, Vanity Fair, Page Six, IJR, Raw Story, The Week, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Splinter, New York Post and Mediaite

James Politi / Financial Times: Trump considered daughter Ivanka for World Bank post

Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump bulldozes across the presidency's red lines

Discussion: CNBC, Slate, ABC News and Raw Story

John Harwood / CNBC:

2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg on taxing the rich and the future of American capitalism — CNBC's John Harwood sat down with 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg to discuss his approach to economic change. — Here's what he has to say about the future of American capitalism, a wealth tax, economic inequality, climate change and more.

Caroline Kelly / CNN:

Pence says Buttigieg bringing ‘attacks on my Christian faith’ — Pence: Trump is expressing frustration of Americans — Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence hopes South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg will offer more than attacks on his religious faith or the character …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, The Week, Townhall, ellentube.com, The Stranger, Media Matters for America, Raw Story, Just Security, WREG-TV, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Slate and National Review, more at Mediagazer »

Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:

Pence says he considered Buttigieg ‘a friend’ who now is making ‘attacks on my Christian faith’ — The week-long back and forth between Vice President Pence and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg over their past working relationship in Indiana and their differing views of religion in politics continued into Friday.

Discussion: Vox, Breitbart, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA, Bloomberg, Axios and CNN

Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: This is Elizabeth Warren's Catch-22

Discussion: Rolling Stone, Fox News and Talking Points Memo

Catherine Garcia / The Week: Sean Hannity seems to have deleted all references to Julian Assange, WikiLeaks on his Twitter

Associated Press:
Buttigieg goes from cordial to critical of Pence on campaign

Discussion: Axios

NBC News:
Are political handicappers giving Bernie Sanders a break?

Discussion: Philly.com, Washington Monthly, Daily Wire and Shakesville

Washington Post:

White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting political foes — White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of “sanctuary cities” to retaliate against President Trump's political adversaries …

Washington Post:
Trump says administration giving ‘strong considerations’ to releasing immigrant detainees in ‘sanctuary cities’

Discussion: National Review, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, ThinkProgress, Louder With Crowder, The Gateway Pundit, The Rush Limbaugh Show and CBS San Francisco

Bonchie / RedState:
Why Are Democrats Upset at Illegal Aliens Being Sent to Their Sanctuary Cities?

Discussion: CNN and twitchy.com

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump thinks sending migrants to immigrant-heavy, immigrant-friendly cities is a punishment

Discussion: Politico, Fox News and Bangor Daily News

Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:

Roger Stone's woes: He's broke. Donald Trump doesn't call. And his wife broke her ankle. — In a wide ranging interview with SiriusXM's “Jim Norton & Sam Roberts” Roger Stone said his living situation has plummeted, his savings are gone and his car was impounded. — South Florida Sun Sentinel

Michael Weiss / The Atlantic:

Julian Assange Got What He Deserved — In the end, the man who reportedly smeared feces on the walls of his lodgings, mistreated his kitten, and variously blamed the ills of the world on feminists and bespectacled Jewish writers was pulled from the Ecuadorian embassy looking every inch …

Discussion: National Review, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Observer, Freedom of the Press … and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Roger Stone wants to put Assange on the stand

Discussion: One America News Network

Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:

W. Samuel Patten sentenced to probation after steering Ukrainian money to Trump inaugural — An American political consultant whose guilty plea marked the first confirmation that illegal foreign money was used to help fund Donald Trump's inaugural committee was sentenced to probation Friday …

Discussion: Axios, The Week and Bloomberg

David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:

Here's the Law That Requires Mnuchin to Turn Over Trump's Taxes, or Lose His Office and Go to Prison — The law is clear, and it leaves no wiggle room. The consequences for breaking it include removal from public office and up to five years in prison. — Donald Trump and his top White …

Discussion: Raw Story and One America News Network

Brian Faler / Politico:
To get Trump's tax returns, Democrats must show they have a good reason

Discussion: The Daily Caller

David Freedlander / New York Magazine:

Corey Lewandowski Is Advising a Candidate Planning to Challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Trump's former campaign manager has been helping Ruth Papazian, a medical journalist who is launching a long-shot challenge to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the first-term Democratic incumbent congresswoman.

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
With Polls and Private Meetings, Republicans Craft Blunt Messaging to Paint Democrats as Extreme

Discussion: Political Wire and Politico

Moira Donegan / The Guardian:

Elizabeth Warren is the intellectual powerhouse of the Democratic party — It may well not be Warren who wins the Democratic nomination, but whoever does will be campaigning on her ideas — There's still nearly a year to go before the Iowa caucuses, the first contest of the Democratic presidential primary …

Discussion: Vox

Alex Thompson / Politico:
‘Liz Was a Diehard Conservative’

Discussion: Jezebel

Kriston Capps / CityLab:

The Hidden Horror of Hudson Yards Is How It Was Financed — Since its official unveiling last month, critics have been teeing off on Hudson Yards, the $25 billion office-and-apartment megaproject on Manhattan's West Side. The Guardian's Oliver Wainwright calls it “bargain-basement building …

Joe Walsh / The Bulwark:

What We Already Know About the Mueller Report Should Scare Us — And Congress has a duty to push forward from here. — The Russia probe is too big and too important to be judged by a highlight reel. Yes, there are some clear takeaways from Attorney General William Barr's summary of the report's conclusions.

Discussion: Raw Story

Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Post-Mueller Report, Trump Approval Back at 45% High

Discussion: Washington Post and Opinion Today

Lulu Ramadan / Palm Beach Post:

Undisclosed cash flowed at Trump inaugural ball with ties to China, embattled Saipan casino — Thousands of dollars in donations flowed to an undisclosed source at a Trump inaugural ball with links to China and dubious donors, but no financial records. — In the decked-out ballroom …

Discussion: Raw Story

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Non-College Whites Had Affinity for GOP Before Trump — WASHINGTON, D.C. — White Americans without college degrees helped propel Donald Trump to an upset victory in the 2016 election and have been one of his most supportive subgroups during his presidency.

Warren Henry / The Federalist:
Will The Democratic Party Faithful Ever Notice Their Leaders Are Crazy?

Discussion: New York Times

Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:

Trump's new attorney general launches fresh changes to immigration courts — WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr is making his first major moves on immigration policy since his confirmation, setting up big changes for the courts that decide whether immigrants will stay in the U.S. or be deported.

Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Over 3 A.M. Dissent, Supreme Court Says Alabama Execution May Proceed — WASHINGTON — A bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled early Friday morning that the execution of an Alabama death row inmate could proceed. The vote was 5 to 4. — Justice Stephen G. Breyer's anguished dissent …

Miami Herald:

No espionage charge in indictment against Chinese intruder arrested at Mar-a-Lago — Trump Tourism: Access for Sale — The Miami Herald is investigating how U.S. President Donald J. Trump has become a favorite target of a little-known Chinese industry peddling access to the rich and powerful.

Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:

Trolls hijacked a scientist's image to attack Katie Bouman. They picked the wrong astrophysicist. — As the world stared in wonder this week at the first image of a black hole, a new star was born here on Earth: Katherine Bouman, a 29-year-old postdoctoral researcher who developed an algorithm …

Discussion: New York Times, Boston Globe and FiveThirtyEight

NBC News:

Trump advisers discussed whether military could build and run migrant detention camps — Top Trump advisers met at the White House Tuesday to talk about increasing military involvement at the border, including building tent cities for migrants. — WASHINGTON — When some of President …

Discussion: Shakesville, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos and Shareblue Media

Michael Kranish / Washington Post:

Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump — After Bernie Sanders lost his primary campaign for president against Hillary Clinton in 2016, a Twitter account called Red Louisiana News reached out to his supporters to help sway the general election.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast and Raw Story

Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:

FBI Man's Testimony Points to Wrongdoing Well Beyond Spying — Attorney General William Barr shocked official Washington Wednesday by saying what previously couldn't be said: That the counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016 involved “spying.”

Discussion: Real Clear Politics and twitchy.com

Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:

A Federal Judge Compared Trump's Criticism Of The Courts To The KKK And Segregationists — WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual public rebuke against President Donald Trump by a sitting member of the federal judiciary, US District Judge Carlton Reeves delivered a speech Thursday calling …

Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times

Luke O'Neil / The Guardian:

‘Fox News brain’: meet the families torn apart by toxic cable news — Fox News built a wall between Luke O'Neil and his mother, and he's just one of many families split by its viral ideology — I love my mother. She is one of the kindest and sweetest people you will ever meet and I would be nothing without her.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story

Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:

IG report: Some Architect of the Capitol officials created sexual harassment ‘culture of permissibility’ — Members of Congress allegedly sexually harassed night shift custodial staff while they cleaned their offices. Sexual harassment prevention training went off the rails.

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

He Has Driven for Uber Since 2012. He Makes About $40,000 a Year. — COTATI, Calif. — Uber's public stock offering next month will make a bunch of people remarkably rich. Peter Ashlock is not one of them, although he has toiled for the ride-hailing company almost since the beginning.

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

Republicans are anti-voting and anti-democratic — By definition, you get a more robust democracy and leaders more reflective of the population as a whole when more people vote. Democracy has little meaning if it doesn't rest on the broadest possible franchise.

Discussion: Feeds and NPR